Sentences that contain verbs of attribution such as say, realize, know, see, feel, understand, learn, discover and guess allow writers and speakers of English to omit the word ‘that’. This usually happens when ‘that’ as a subordinating conjunction introducing a dependent clause is implied though omitted. In this post, you will have multiple examples of […]
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Are you looking for a place that offers free reading comprehension practice online? Then you are in the right place. In this post, you will find a harvest of free-to-use reading comprehension passages with standard questions and answers for high school-level learners. At the end of it all, you will have additional resources that should
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If you are looking for poetry analysis notes to help you prepare yourself or your students for the upcoming WAEC SHS Literature test you are in the right place. In this post, you will find a carefully selected group of WAEC/WASSCE Literature study notes in the poetry section. They should enable you to get fully
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Welcome to this Literature tutorial on Figures of Speech vs Literary Devices. You are about to uncover the difference between these two terms once and for all. Also, get ready to find out what they share in common. Introduction Although the terms ‘figure of speech’ and ‘literary device’ are often used interchangeably, they do not
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Part 4 of the WAEC Lexis and Structure past questions and answers series is all about antonyms. The questions test your knowledge and understanding of more vocabulary items in English. Are you ready to face Part 4 of our WAEC Lexis and Structure series? If yes, continue reading. Set A ENGLISH LANGUAGE In each of
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There are four main types of sentence structure in English namely simple sentence, compound sentence, complex sentence and compound-complex sentence. This tutorial will explain, for your easy understanding, the various types of sentence structure in English with appropriate examples. But before we look at the different types and examples of sentence structures, I want us
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To be able to identify a phrase in a sentence, you first need to establish the fact that the group of words in question is not a clause. What this means is that you also need to know how to identify a clause. The reason for this is that for most students of examination English,
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Although Antarctica is generally regarded as a continent, there are no countries or capital cities in that region of the world. Today, you will learn some interesting things about the region of the world known as Antarctica. For example, I will give you a surprising fact about the countries with their capital cities in Antarctica.
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The countries and capital cities in Oceania include Australia – Canberra, New Zealand – Wellington, Fiji – Suva, Samoa – Apia and The Solomon Islands – Honiara. Are you looking for the names of all the major island countries and capital cities in Oceania? Then you’re in the right place. This post will give you
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WAEC Lexis and Structure Part 3 is the continuation of our English Language Lexis and Structure question and answer series. This is a ten-part series of questions and answers on antonyms, synonyms, appropriate choice of words, grammar and more. My goal in giving you the WAEC Lexis and Structure series is twofold. First, I want
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Welcome to Part 2 of the WAEC Lexis and Structure past questions and answers series. In this part, our focus is on antonyms. You are about to learn the meanings and antonyms of more words and expressions in English. Let’s find out how far you have come with your English Language studies, particularly the learning
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Aristotle’s definition of Ethics states that ‘Ethics is the study of the good and the right, the nature of virtues and the best way for humans to live’. This definition of Ethics is one of the most famous definitions by philosophers. There are many other definitions of Ethics by different scholars such as Immanuel Kant,
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In this post, you will discover a wide variety of definitions of Linguistics by different authors ranging from Noam Chomsky and Edward Sapir to Leonard Bloomfield and Victoria Fromkin. Are you looking for definitions of linguistics by different authors, including some less commonly known sources? You will have them all here. Without wasting much time,
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In any English Language test, the term ‘Lexis and Structure’ refers to a set of questions that assess a candidate’s mastery of both English vocabulary (Lexis) and the proper organization and arrangement of words and groups of words in a sentence (structure) Typically, phrases, clauses, punctuation, capitalization, tense, concord and different grammatical forms come under
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Lesson 2 of the WASSCE/SHS African Prose Course on Second Class Citizen focuses on the plot summary of the novel. All the main events and key plot points in the story are here to give students a foundation to build upon. Are you ready for the plot summary of Second Class Citizen? You can now
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Federalism is a system of government in which power is divided between a central or national government and regional or state governments. In a federal system, each level of government has its own responsibilities and authority within the same political system. The primary objective of the division of power is to ensure that both the
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Find below a summary of the reasons why there are many petty traders in West African economies. You can use these points to answer any question on why many small-scale firms or businesses still exist in West Africa. YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE: 24 Causes of Inflation with Examples
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The types of paragraphs in academic writing whose examples you will discover in this tutorial include the narrative paragraph, descriptive paragraph, expository paragraph and persuasive paragraph. Others are the definition paragraph, process paragraph, compare and contrast paragraph, introduction paragraph and concluding paragraph. But the above is not the complete list of types of paragraphs we
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A paragraph in English plays a major role in almost every form of academic writing. Additionally, there are many situations in everyday life where your mastery of effective paragraph writing skills will come in handy. In this post, I will give you an easy-to-understand definition of the term ‘paragraph’ as it is used in English
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You can have a variety of paragraph writing topics starting from personal development and social issues to globalization and philosophy. In this brief post, I’m going to share with you a large number of paragraph writing topics that are suitable for students and teachers. These paragraph writing topics offer students a diverse range of subjects
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