In English Language, there is nothing like ‘an information’, there will not be anything like that and in fact, there can never be anything like that. Even though many people have been using ‘an information’ when they are making reference to...
In usage, it is possible to use the third person plural pronoun ‘They‘ to refer to a singular noun referent or antecedent. Over the years, it would have been a grammatically ill-constructed expression if the word ‘They‘ were used to refer...
Meaning Coordinating ConjunctionsThese are conjunctions that are used to join units of equal grammatical rank or structure.Equal grammatical rank means the units that are joined are equal and similar; i.e. word and word, e.g. ladies and gentleman, men or women, beautiful...
The Communicative Usage of I and Me These two personal pronouns (I and me) are first person singular pronouns, often used by the the one speaking in reference themselves (himself or herself) when speaking. We often mistakenly used them interchangeably. Even...
In English Language, some words express the relationship between a noun or a pronoun and other parts of a sentence.The relationship be; time relationship, position relationship, direction relationship among others.For example; ‘Ayisha placed the book on the table’, the word ‘on‘...
Meaning of Adverbs Adverbs are words that modify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs. E.g wonderfully, very, so, gradually etc.a. The lady writes beautifully. (modifies the verb ‘writes’)b. The lady writes beautifully legible. (modifies the adjective ‘legible’)c. The lady writes beautifully well....
Reading Comprehension Asssignment Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions which follow; Approximately one billion people are being added to the world’s population every twelve years. One reason for this rise in number is the widespread improvements in basic...
Reading Comprehension Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions which follow; The town crier’s bawling that dawn alerted the townsfolk to the chief’s call to an emergency meeting. Even the village dogs, led by the chiefs, howled so loud...
Meaning of verb A verb is a word that expresses an action or a state of being. Examplesa. The hunter killed a lion. (action)b. Hawa is angry. (State of being) .Every complete sentence has a verb. Types of Verbs There are...
How to Answer WASSCE Comprehension Passages Reading comprehension is an important component of the WASSCE English Language Paper 2.From 1993 to 2000. There used to be two comprehension passages i.e. Q6 and Q7 which had a total mark allocation of 20,...
