750 prompts matching "Author's Toolkit: the time of day as a marker"
Building strong similes about the weather
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Help me practise building vivid similes about different
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
Idiom or literal? spotting the difference
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to tell whether a phrase is being used as
Scanning skill: finding an answer fast
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to scan a passage quickly to find a specif
Managing my time in a comprehension test
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me tips for managing my time sensibly across a co
Inference questions: reading between the lines
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to answer inference questions by reading b
Linking paragraphs with adverbials of place
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to link paragraphs together using adverbia
Connectives that show contrast
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me a bank of connectives that show contrast, such
Repetition as a deliberate cohesive device
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how writers sometimes repeat words on purpose
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
Keeping my letters sitting on the line
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me tips for keeping my letters sitting neatly on
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
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
Standard English vs everyday spoken English
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me the difference between Standard English and ev
Capital letters: proper nouns I often forget
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me which types of proper nouns commonly get misse
Mixed review: consolidating the term's punctuation
You are my Primary 6 English teacher. Revise consolidating the term's punctuation with me:
Nigerian examples for using intensifiers such as very
I'm a Primary 6 pupil preparing for Common Entrance. For grammar, we are covering using in
Spot my mistake: using expanded noun phrases
I'm going to write two or three sentences about using expanded noun phrases and I will hid
Explain using quantifiers such as some
Please be my English coach for a few minutes. I'm in Primary 6 in Nigeria and this week we
Nigerian examples for active and passive voice
I'm a Primary 6 pupil preparing for Common Entrance. For grammar, we are covering active a