ORAL ENGLISH As part of the the final English Paper written at the Senior High School during WASSCE, students are tested on oral English. The oral English paper is made up of sixty (60) multiple choice objective questions. These questions are...
Meaning Prepositional phrase A prepositional phrase is a group of words without a finite verb introduced by a preposition. Structure of a Prepositional Phrase A prepositional phrase is made up of a preposition a noun or noun phrase or a pronoun...
Prepositional errors It is common in our everyday usage of the language to commit prepositional errors because a single preposition can serve multiple purposes. In vs On – medium in which something is seen. In – It is used when something...
Proved vs Proven Many language users mistakenly exchange proven for proved in contexts where they actually needed to have used proved.This error keeps recurring among many language users.Let us cease this opportunity to learn how to use both words correctly, however,...
Meaning of negative questions Negative questions are questions that are formed using the negative particle ‘not’ in interrogative sentences. Most often, the negative particle is used after the the auxiliary verb in the interrogative sentence.E.g Is she not beautiful?Does she not...
The Noun Phrase The noun phrase refers to a group of related words without a finite verb that has a noun as the headword. Or, a noun phrase is a group of related words that have a noun function.Examples; the wicked...
Meaning of phrase Phrase is a group of related words without a finite verb that expresses an incomplete thought. Examples;The man, the three men, the three handsome men, the three handsome men in the world, very good, has come, very late,...
How to use Would Rather Would rather; It is used to show preference for one thing over another.We use would rather in two ways; a. With one or same subject in two different clauses used together as a sentence.b. With two...
Tenses used when using I wish We use the verb ‘WISH‘ when expressing a situation we wanted to be different.Most often than not, we usually commit one mistake or the other when using this particular verb to express a situation we...
