Voice is a term that is used to explain whether the performer of an action comes before the action (verb) or whether it comes after the verb in a sentence. When the performer comes before the verb (action) we say the verb is in the active form e.g. Dairokilled a snake. (Active voice) S […]
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Identification and examples. In this lesson, we will explain the morphophonemic approach at identifying a stressed syllable. In this approach, stress placement is determined as a result of the occurrence and arrangement of vowels (short, long, diphthongs) and consonants in syllables. Guidelines A (i) For two syllable vowels, simple adjectives, adverbs and prepositions, Stress
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This is a written composition that is expected to be delivered to a live audience. It is therefore necessary to consider the languagevis-à-vis the interest of the audience. Primarily, speeches should be very informative, educative and entertaining. The basic types of speeches are: Address of welcome Farewell Address/Speech A Talk on any Topic
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Publishing: The profession or business of preparing and printing books, magazines, CD-ROMS etc and selling or making them available to the public e.g. Evans Brothers is a reputable publishing company.
Manuscript: Copy of a book, piece of music etc before it has been printed or a very old book or document that was written by hand before printinge.g. The author has sold his manuscript to a publishing outfit.
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Content: Definition,Types and Examples A conditional sentence has at least two clauses, one beginning with if (or ‘unless’ which means ‘if …. Not’) Examples: If inflation is high, the value of life insurance policies goes down. Explanation: The ‘if clause’ is the subordinate clause while the result clause is the main clause. The arrangement of
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There is a day that will continue to remain indelible in my memory. It is the day that i learnt a bitter lesson which i will pass on to my children. I was then about eleven. My father and i woke up early so that he could attend the wedding ceremony of one of my
The simple past is used to talk about a completed action in a time before now. We can sentence with past tense to express completed action in the past e.g. She washed her. I saw a movie yesterday. Used to express a series of completed actions. I finished work, walked to the beach, and found
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A diphthong is a sequence of two vowels. This means that in order to produce a diphthong, the tongue moves or glides from the position of are simple vowel into the position of another vowel. We have eight (8) diphthongs: /ei/, /Əu/, /iƏ/, /eƏ/, /ƌi/, /ƌv/, /Ɔi/ and /uƏ/. The following are the various examples
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Zumji and Uchenna is an exciting play which ends in tragedy. It is the story of tow passionate lovers from the ethnic divide whose marriage plan was disallowed on tribal grounds. When the undaunted due eventually in the epic battle and are joined in wedlock, the celebration of victory is brutally scuttled by some demented
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A prefix is a letter or groups of letter added in front of another word to change its meaning e.. anti + body = antibody, ex + president = expresidetn Suffix is a letter or group of letter added at the end of the word. E.g. Use +less = useless, punish + ment = punishment
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The future tense is used for an action which is about to take place. It is formed by using shall or will and a simple. Present tense – for example: They will work hard next week She will sell bread in the evening I shall eat rice tomorrow Aside will and shall – we also
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To pronounce the vowel /e/, the front of the tongue is raised a little from the floor of the mouth. It is also pushed a little to the front. The tip of the tongue touches the lower teeth. Read out the following sentences – note the underlined letters. He said “Let us go home” My elder
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It is very important to note that myths are stories that are made of long ago to explain something the nature of certain phenomena or why things are the way they are. For example, people have always asked the question, “How did the world begin?” people made up stories to answer these questions. Legend is
A Expository essay is a type of essay in which one is made to explain a process of doing something. The purpose of the expository essay is to explain a topic in a logical and straight forward manner. It present a fair and balanced analysis of a subject based on facts – with no references
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We can make sentence with the present tense and we must understand the fact that the present tense is used to express habits. For examples: She goes to the market every day Dr. Audu usually gets to the hospital at 9o’clock We play football in Saturday mornings. On the other hand the past tense is
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Good after, Mr Chairman, a panel of judges, an accurate time-keeper and my co-debaters. I am here to support the motion which states that road transportation is safer than air transportation. These are many valid points: First, you don’t have to take off your shoes and belt to enter a car or bus. If you
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Child labour – is when one subject a child to in human task. The following are words that are associated with child labour: Sweat shop Slave labour Forced In humane Salt mines Work house Nine Underpaid Trafficking is a (crime). Dealing illegally e.g. traffic drugs, goods or humans e.t.c These are words that are associated
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The past continuous tense refers to an action that was given at a time when another thing happened. The past continuous tense is formed by using WAS or WERE and continuous tense. For example: I was eating rice when he entered the room While Kate was selling bread, her sister stole her money The men
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Drama is a literacy genre or work, that is meant to be performed on stage by characters. Long stories, which we call novely are divided into chapters. Plays are divided into acts and each act is usually divided into scenes. In every scene, there are two kinds of writings: (i) state directions, which tells us
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A narrative is a recount of past experiences or shared experiences of the past. In everyday life, we often need to give an account or a report of an event or something that happened in the past, when we do this, we are involved in narration. Note that you make use of the past tense
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