585 prompts matching "Rapid quiz: How a word's meaning has changed"
Skimming skill: getting the gist fast
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to skim a short passage quickly to get the
Multiple-choice comprehension: avoiding trick answers
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to spot and avoid common trick answers in
Inference questions: reading between the lines
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to answer inference questions by reading b
Common Entrance exam: pacing myself across sections
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to pace myself sensibly across the differe
Fronted adverbials to open a sentence
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to open a sentence with a fronted adverbia
Using pronouns to avoid repeating a noun
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to use pronouns correctly to avoid repeati
Repetition as a deliberate cohesive device
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how writers sometimes repeat words on purpose
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
Asking a good follow-up question after a talk
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to ask a thoughtful follow-up question aft
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
Using evidence to back up a spoken opinion
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to support a spoken opinion with clear evi
Listening for tone: is the speaker serious or joking
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to listen for tone of voice to work out wh
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
Apostrophes for possession: singular and plural
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me the rules for using apostrophes to show singul
Apostrophes for contraction: don't, can't, it's
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to use apostrophes correctly in contractio
Four sentence types: statement, question, command, exclamation
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me the four main sentence types and how to punctu
Determiners: this, that, these, those
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to use the determiners this, that, these a
Direct and indirect objects in a sentence
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to identify the direct and indirect object
Prepositional phrases for extra detail
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to use prepositional phrases to add extra
Checking tense consistency across a paragraph
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to check that verb tenses stay consistent