English Language SS1 Week 3 Contents: Structure: Countable and Uncountable Nouns Spoken English: Diphthongs Comprehension A. Countable and Uncountable Nouns In your junior secondary school course, you have learned that there are two types of common noun – countable and uncountable. E.g. table, dog, house are countable nouns while electricity, water, sugar are uncountable nouns.
How many times have you been told by parents, advisers, and teachers alike to study harder? But what does it even mean to study hard? Do you have to study until your head hurts? It sure sounds like it! The whole idea of studying harder suggests that you are really not putting in your best
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Sounds The central vowel /ә/ This short sound is very common, It only occurs in unstressed syllables (ones said with almost no force). It is the vowel you normally hear in these common words: a, an, the, and, but, of. When you have to make this sound, your mouth should NOT be wide open. Read
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These two words are often confused. One way to resolve the confusion on using who vs. whom is to remember that who is always used for the subject and whom is used for the object. In particular, there are two scenarios that lead to a confusion between who and whom: When introducing a question, and
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The Nigeria Spelling Bee is a multilingual spelling bee competition where spellers are drawn from every state in Nigeria to spell words from the English, Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo languages. The Competition shall start from the State level. The indigenous languages words will not be used for elimination at the state level. (No speller will
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INTRODUCTION: Life Saver Essays is hosting an Essay Writing Contest for budding writers. Our goal is to encourage rising talent and promote the spirit of writing, which seems to have diminished. TOPIC: You can choose any topic, but you are advised to choose topics that you feel passionately for and where you can voice your opinion.
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Empathy is the ability to mutually experience the thoughts, emotions, and direct experience of others. It goes beyond sympathy, which is a feeling of care and understanding for the suffering of others. Both words have similar usage but differ in their emotional meaning. Comparison chart Empathy Sympathy Definition Understanding what others are feeling because you
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It is important to understand the difference between ‘either’ and ‘neither’ so that we don’t get confused between the two. Both words can be used as pronoun, conjunction and adjective; however, the use of ‘either’ is considered positive, while the use of ‘neither’ is considered negative. As adjective: ‘Either’ indicates one or the other, or
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Skill Focus: How to keep up with your English during the Holidays During the holidays, so many students play around and totally forget how to speak good English, they resume back to school and end up struggling with English language. The English language is permanently evolving and developing constantly as new words are created or adopted from other
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Below are some common grammar mistakes I see routinely, not only in editorial queries and submissions, but in print: in HR manuals, blogs, magazines, newspapers, trade journals, and even best selling novels. If it makes you feel any better, I’ve made each of these mistakes a hundred times, and I know some of the best authors
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