Eguria

  MISCELLANEOUS STUDIES BY  EGURIASE S. M. OKAKA   Miscellaneous Studies At least, I added this page of miscellaneous studies to cover other parts of English language, relevant to examination students at all levels. Our miscellaneous studies will take us from Proverbs to similes, from Interrogative pronouns to Participle phrases, from the uses of “All” and “the whole” to the uses of “much” and “many”. and to a passage on Hints and pronunciation for Foreigners and “Shall” and “Will”.   PROVERBS   Proverbs                                                       Meaning   ·         A friend in need is a friend in                   A real friend is the one who   stands deed.                                                                         by you even in difficulties. ·         A stitch in time saves nine                         A care or caution taken in time saves                                                                           you many troubles later.

    SUMMARY AND COMPREHENSION                                                                                    BY  EGURIASE S. M. OKAKA   SUMMARY “Summary” as used in school certificate examination has specifically, a quite different meaning from it ordinary dictionary meaning.   In school certificate examination, summary questions are proceeded by a question or questions calculated to test the student’s comprehension of the passage, by culture of asking the student to discern and extract the relevant leading ideas of the passage or prose, leaving out everything that is unnecessary, and reducing these major ideas to writing in a number of statements or sentences.   GENERAL RULES FOR WRITING SUMMARY   ·         Read the question or questions first, and know precisely what you are required to do, before reading the passage or prose. ·         As you read the passage with “slow-hurry” make marks on various parts of the passage that have something to do with the idea you