452 prompts matching "Modal Verbs: talking about past possibility with 'could have'"
Register switch: a diary entry vs a news report
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Help me compare the informal, personal tone of a diary
Simile or metaphor? tell them apart
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me the difference between a simile and a metaphor
Personification power: giving life to objects
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me what personification is, show me three example
Idiom match-up: guessing meanings from clues
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Give me clues about the meaning of common English idiom
Exaggeration station: understanding hyperbole
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me what hyperbole is with clear examples, then qu
Understatement: saying less to mean more
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me what understatement means with examples, and c
Command words: what 'describe' really wants
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me what the command word 'describe' expects in a
Command words: what 'justify' really wants
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me what the command word 'justify' expects, showi
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
Using quotation marks to prove my answer
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to lift a short quotation from a text as e
Reading the question before the passage
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me why reading the question first can help me rea
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
Vocabulary-in-context questions: guessing meaning from clues
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to work out the meaning of an unfamiliar w
Common Entrance exam: pacing myself across sections
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to pace myself sensibly across the differe
Common Entrance exam: staying calm under pressure
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me calm, practical strategies for staying focused
Connectives that show sequence
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me a bank of connectives that show sequence, such
Linking ideas across a whole essay
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me techniques for linking ideas clearly across a
Using 'however' and 'therefore' correctly
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me the correct punctuation and placement for usin
Taking notes while listening to a talk
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to take short, useful notes while listenin