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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 src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDx-mL- 7jWq13VfTVgrSLfw6M_k2cxCdsov9Vh_nft0zPybGhhfgZ6OgUsC4j4mYQ3L5kcpUUsC3hvYMql0C6ufWmVrZJj9d0XirCj9EZm4U5cKH-2HM_csiPaDgYMd_X9UGaVBzjPek729s7jnhdnxYIHmLvRM3H467lrPIkt2fYF5P9SwxhX7OAdyLs/s400/CLASS%209.jpeg"/> 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 di...

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...

NEGATIVE WORDS and SENTENCES BY EGURIASE S. M. OKAKA Negative sentence simply have the opposite meaning to positive sentence. Let us consider the following sentences: Positive: I am used to reading all night. Negative: I am not used to reading all night. Positive: Adamu sometimes drives his father’s car. Negative: Adamu never drives his father’s car. The most important negative word is not. The word not makes a whole sentence, clause, or phrase negative; its short form –n’t. Examples • Do not – don’t • Has not – hasn’t • Have not – haven’t • Cannot – can’t • Will not – won’t • Was not – wasn’t • Would not – wouldn’t • Did not – didn’t • Need not needn’t • Were not – weren’t Other negatives words include: a. Neither, No one, Neither… nor b. None, Never, Nor c. No, Nothing d. Nobody, Nowhere Sentence Examples • Neither skirt looks good on you. (applies to both skirts) • Neither my brother nor his wife can drive. • I would never do anything to hurt my sister. • ‘Would you lik...