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,...
Meaning of AdjectivesAn adjective is a word that modifies/describes a noun or a pronoun, thus, an adjective gives more information about a noun or a pronoun.Example; Mary is beautiful. (beautiful is giving information about Mary, and Mary is a noun. We...
INTRODUCTIONIn extended writing/essay and conversation, there are instances where one person/thing i.e a naming word needs to be used more often. IN such instances, the constant use/repetition of that word may make the speech sound unnatural or repetitive. EXAMPLEAma said that...
Nouns play four main grammatical functions in English. These functions will be discussed with examples below; Subject; Nouns can function as grammatical subjects; a noun functions as grammatical subject when it performs the action expressed by a verb, or acts upon...
Meaning of noun gender Noun gender is the convenient grouping of nouns into categories to denote masculine (male), feminine (female) and neuter (inanimate). Types of Noun Gender Basically, there are three types of noun gender; i. Masculine; This gender represents or...
Singular and Plural Nouns Meaning of Singular Nouns A singular noun is a word that names a single person, entity or thing. Examples of singular nouns include the following; boy, man, girl, book, pen, table, chair, tooth, mouse, ox, child, person...
NOUNSMeaning of NounsNouns are words that name. It could be;a. Name of a person; e.g Amina, John, Suhuyini, Adwoa, Laari, Bayong, Gyetuo etc.b. Name of a place; Janga, Walewale, Tamale, Wa, Techiman, Kumasi, Accra, Rome etc.c. Name of a book; Things...
