593 prompts matching "Author's Toolkit: one short sentence after a long one"
Spelling clinic: communicate
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Check my understanding of the word 'communicate' by ask
Spelling clinic: conscious
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Check my understanding of the word 'conscious' by askin
Spelling clinic: criticise
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Check my understanding of the word 'criticise' by askin
Spelling clinic: determined
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Check my understanding of the word 'determined' by aski
Spelling clinic: equipped
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Check my understanding of the word 'equipped' by asking
Spelling clinic: existence
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Check my understanding of the word 'existence' by askin
Spelling clinic: forty
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Check my understanding of the word 'forty' by asking me
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
Understatement: saying less to mean more
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me what understatement means with examples, and c
Strong verbs instead of 'went' and 'got'
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me a bank of stronger, more precise verbs to use
Linking ideas across a whole essay
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me techniques for linking ideas clearly across a
Listening for the main point in a speech
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to listen for the main point of a short sp
Spotting bias in a spoken argument
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to spot bias or one-sidedness in a spoken
Retelling a story I just listened to
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Read me a short story and check how well I can retell i
Explain changing the pronouns in reported speech
You are my Primary 6 English teacher. Teach me changing the pronouns in reported speech step by step, with an example I would meet in Nigeria. Check I have followed each step, then set me one question to try.
Nigerian examples for direct and indirect speech and punctuating
I'm a Primary 6 pupil preparing for Common Entrance. For grammar, we are covering direct a
Rapid quiz on forming a question with will
You are my Primary 6 English teacher. Ask me five questions on forming a question with wil
Game: answering a question that begins with will
You are my Primary 6 English teacher. Play a word game with me on answering a question tha
Nigerian examples for relative clauses with who
I'm a Primary 6 pupil preparing for Common Entrance. For grammar, we are covering relative
Game: when a bullet point needs a capital letter
You are my Primary 6 English teacher. Play a word game with me on when a bullet point need