750 prompts matching "Idiom Explorer: 'the ball is in your court'"
Formal or informal? greeting a visitor
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Help me practise the difference between greeting a visi
Formal or informal? writing to the principal
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me the formal phrases and polite tone needed for
Formal or informal? apologising to a friend vs a teacher
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me different phrases for apologising informally t
Upgrade my words: making 'nice' more precise
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me at least eight more precise words to use inste
Spot the alliteration in a sentence
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me what alliteration is, then give me five senten
Building strong similes about the weather
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Help me practise building vivid similes about different
Proverb power: Nigerian proverbs and their meanings
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me the meaning behind well-known Nigerian proverb
Reading the question before the passage
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me why reading the question first can help me rea
Checking my answer matches the mark scheme
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to check whether my comprehension answer c
Inference questions: reading between the lines
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to answer inference questions by reading b
Ellipsis: leaving words out for effect
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me what ellipsis punctuation is and how it can be
Using synonyms to avoid repeating the same word
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to use synonyms to avoid repeating the sam
Using 'however' and 'therefore' correctly
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me the correct punctuation and placement for usin
Keeping my letters sitting on the line
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me tips for keeping my letters sitting neatly on
Crossing out mistakes tidily instead of scribbling
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me the correct, tidy way to cross out a mistake i
Checking my handwriting is legible to a stranger
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me a simple way to check whether my handwriting w
Commas in a list versus commas for clauses
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me the difference between using commas in a list
Question tags in spoken and written English
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how question tags like 'isn't it?' and 'don't
Building my personal 'wow words' list
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Help me build a personal list of impressive 'wow words'
Nigerian examples for identifying the audience and purpose of
I'm a Primary 6 pupil preparing for Common Entrance. For reading, we are covering identify