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Grammar: Noun, Pronoun, and Verb By Eguriase S. M. Okaka I believe that having a good knowledge of the parts of speech gives you a good knowledge of the English language as well. The parts of speech are the foundation stone of your building, if you consider building a house. If your foundation is solid that house will be solid but if the foundation is weak your house will be weak as well. If you know your parts of speech very well you will know your grammar very well. Grammar in general takes it root from parts of speech. Let us remind ourselves once again. The parts of speech include: • Noun • Pronoun • Adjective • Verb • Adverb • Preposition • Conjunction • Interjection and considerably the Articles which also are inclusive amongst them. Do you still remember the parts of speech (that is, the different classes into which we group words). Here is your chance to go over them again. • A verb is a doing word. • An adjective is a description word. • A preposition is a word that ...

TENSES - PRESENT PROGRESSIVE AND PAST PROGRESSIVE BY EGURIASE S. M. OKAKA Tense refers to the time the action of a verb took place or is taking place whether in the present or in the past or in the future. We identified the various types of tenses and how they are used in everyday speech or conversation. However we shall concentrate more on the three basic types of tenses- the present, past and future tense-in the progressive form. In this article, we shall refresh our memory on what we have learnt before. Present progressive The present progressive tense expresses actions that happen at the time of speaking. We also use it to say someone does something every time, always, regularly, and so on? Look at these sentences. They are all simple sentences. • Olu sings beautifully. • I go to school every weekday. • I watched cartoons every Saturday morning at 7 o’clock. • She lives close by. • Plants take their food from the sun. All the sentences above are written in the present tense, bu...

WRITING: MORE ON FORMAL LETTER BY EGURIASE S. M. OKAKA Remember that a formal letter is an official letter or business letter. It is a letter written to someone in his/ her official post. The method of writing this type of letter is purely different from that of the inform letter. Let us consider some examples of formal letters. Examples of formal letters: • Letters to heads of school / institutions – headmasters / headmistresses, principals, vice-chancellors. • Letters to political office holders – presidents, vice-president, ministers, Inspector-General of Police. • Letters to heads of companies, managers, marketing managers. • Business letters such as letters for business transaction. • Letters of applications for jobs. Features of a former letter: a) Address of the receiver and at the top right-hand side of the letter. b) Designation and address of the recipient at the left-hand of the letter, below the date. c) Salutation: Dear Sir, / Dear Madam. Do not write Dear Ma. That ...

WRITING: MORE ON INFORM LETTERS BY Eguriase S. M. Okaka Remember that informal letters are letters you write to your friends, your parents, your brothers and sisters, aunties and uncles, cousins and nephews, or generally to any relation or friend. Informal letters are friendly in style and you are expected to use every day conversational English. You do not use formal language at all. Features of an informal letter • Writer’s address and date: This is usually written at the top right side of the letter. You can use the straight form of the indented / slanting form. • Greetings / salutation: It is written at the left side just below the date, e.g. Dear or My dear plus the first name of the receiver. Example Dear Pat, or My dear Pat; dear mum, Dear Dad, Dear Uncle John, etc. take note of the capital letters. • Introduction: This is usually used for exchange of pleasantries. This is because of the close relationship with the receiver. • The body of the letter is subdivided into parag...

Grammar The interrogative Sentence By Eguriase S. M. Okaka Remember that interrogatives are questions and there are different forms in the English language. There are two basic question types in English-yes/no questions and wh questions. Other forms are rhetorical questions and tag questions. We will be revising these different types interrogative in this write-up. Yes/no questions These questions are also known as polar questions. They require a yes or a no answer. Examples • Is Tom also among the ambassadors? • Do you want some sugar in your tea? • Will Jibril travel this weekend? • Can you eat a bowl of rice? • Are you still living on garri? You would have noticed that we have used different verb forms in the examples. Can you explain the verb forms used in each of them? The questions require short answers. Example Is Tom also among the ambassador? Answer: Yes, he is. Or simply, yes or no. Exercise Create questions for each of the following answers. Questions An...

Vocabulary as related to the Theater as an Act By Eguriase S. M. Okaka The word theater is derived from the Greek word theaomai meaning ‘to see’. Hence, the word refers to an art concerned almost exclusively with live drama performance on stage. The theater can also be a building, room, other setting where plays or other dramatic presentations are performed. Sometimes a theater can also be a place where films are showed. The purpose of the theater is to imitate represent or life in performance for other people to see and enjoy or also learn from. The following are some of the words used in talking about a theater or a play. Study them and try to remember them without looking at your textbook. • Actor refers to a male person who performs a role in a play or film. • Actress refers to a female person who performs a role in a play or film. • Antagonist refers a person who opposes another character’s goal or desire. • Audience refers people who assembled to watch a play or listen to a s...