HOW TO PASS YOUR ENGLISH-LANGUAGE
💯✔ ENGLISH LANGUAGE SCHEME OF EXAMINATION✔💯
💯✔ There will be two papers – Papers 1 and 2 all of which must be taken.
💯✔ Papers 1 and 2 will be combined in a composite paper to be taken at one sitting.
💯✔ PAPER 1: Will consist of eighty multiple choice questions, all of which should be answered within 1 hour for 40 marks.
💯✔ PAPER 2: Will consist of five essay topics and a passage each to test candidates comprehension and summary skills.
💯✔ Candidates will be expected to write an essay on one of the topics and answer all the questions on Comprehension and Summary passages.
💯✔ _The paper will last 2 hours and carry 100 marks
How to Narrate a story
Take time to think about the question and the story before you start talking.
Use narrative tenses – past simple, past continuous and past perfect.
Use adjectives and adverbs to make the story interesting.Use sequencing words: first of all, then, after that, later on, finally, in the end ...Give your story an introduction.
Say briefly what your story is about.Give the background to your story.
Say when and where it took place and what you were doing at that time.
Say what happened step by step. Use words like so, because and although to connect the actions until you reach the end of the story.Keep the action moving!Finish your story or anecdote by saying why it is important to you or why you remember it.
Look at your listeners.
Don’t:
Take too long telling the story or your listeners will get bored.
Use a flat or bored voice.
Look down or look around the room.
FORMAL LETTERS
1. Date.
2. Address of writer.
3. Designation of the addressee.
4. Company’s or Organization’s address in full.
5. Salutation.
6. Heading/Title.
7 .Reason for writing stating any reference or advert seen with name of source and date of publication if possible.
8. Tone of letter should reflect the respect or deference to the addressee if a senior or a person you expect some favor from…even if it is a letter of complaints on something you are angry about your words need to be diplomatic and never uncouth!
9. Short sentences are preferable.
10. AVOID GRAMMATICAL,PUNCTUATION AND SPELLING ERRORS (more notes on these coming up).
11. Balance the length of sentences and link your paragraphs.
12. Balance the number of sentences in each paragraph.
13, Apart from your introduction and conclusion use only 3-5 paragraphs with each expressing different ideas.
14. For conclusion restate the reason for writing.
15. State yours “faithfully” with small letter “f”.
16. Don’t forget to sign and write the name of the writer or your name.
INFORMAL LETTERS
1. Date.
2. Address of writer.
3. NO DESIGNATION OF THE ADDRESSEE TO BE INCLUDED!
4. Informal salutation such as Dear Daddy,Dear Uncle Wale or Dear Bobby
5. DON’T LET YOUR INQUIRY ABOUT HEALTH OR WELL-BEING OCCUPY MORE THAN A LINE!…SOME STUDENTS OFTEN DECEIVE THEMSELVES ASKING AFTER THE BABY,DOG OR EVEN THE FIGHT THEIR SISTER OR MOTHER HAD IN THE MARKET A FEW MONTHS BEFORE THE LETTER!…ALL IN A BID TO ACCUMULATE ENOUGH WORDS TO MEET THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF WORDS REQUIRED...its a wonder that students do not know or are not just prepared to know that such games are easily discoverable and promptly decoded with lesser marks.
6. A letter to a friend can be chatty and should reflect some measure of familiarity between two friends…tutors should please spend more time in giving examples to students because this is their Achilles heel as they tend to let go of their guard…very merrily!
7. Long sentences are allowed and can predominate…CONTRACTED FORMS SUCH AS WEREN’T,OR DON’T ARE ALSO ALLOWED (NOT ALLOWED FOR FORMAL LETTERS!)
8. Avoid the same errors from grammar,punctuations and spellings.
9. Balance the length of sentences and link your paragraphs.
10. Balance the number of sentences in each paragraph.
11. Apart from your introduction and conclusion use only 3-5 paragraphs with each expressing different ideas.
12. For conclusion restate the reason for writing.
13. For Yours sincerely,truly,lovingly etc those italicized words must start with a small letter.
14. No signature but first name of writer allowed.
15. Though colloqual expressions and slangs may be permitted know that they are very risky…also be careful about using new acceptable words such as femme fatale which might be known and approved more by markers from urban areas of the country…anyway,why risk words that are not likely to add more marks to your essay?
…for both formal and informal letters the tone should agree with the purpose of the letter…if it is for sympathy or condolence it should give comfort…even if it is a complaint against certain behavior it should indicate disapproval of such behavior without betraying annoyance or anger of the writer.
NOTE
…again,we wish to say that if in doubt of what to write the student should use the following questions as guide…what?…where?…when?…why?…how?…of the topic or subject matter…or just remember the nouns,verbs,adjective which are related to the subject matter …of course these are emergency measures against mental blankness…Good luck!
Thanks
💯✔ There will be two papers – Papers 1 and 2 all of which must be taken.
💯✔ Papers 1 and 2 will be combined in a composite paper to be taken at one sitting.
💯✔ PAPER 1: Will consist of eighty multiple choice questions, all of which should be answered within 1 hour for 40 marks.
💯✔ PAPER 2: Will consist of five essay topics and a passage each to test candidates comprehension and summary skills.
💯✔ Candidates will be expected to write an essay on one of the topics and answer all the questions on Comprehension and Summary passages.
💯✔ _The paper will last 2 hours and carry 100 marks
How to Narrate a story
Take time to think about the question and the story before you start talking.
Use narrative tenses – past simple, past continuous and past perfect.
Use adjectives and adverbs to make the story interesting.Use sequencing words: first of all, then, after that, later on, finally, in the end ...Give your story an introduction.
Say briefly what your story is about.Give the background to your story.
Say when and where it took place and what you were doing at that time.
Say what happened step by step. Use words like so, because and although to connect the actions until you reach the end of the story.Keep the action moving!Finish your story or anecdote by saying why it is important to you or why you remember it.
Look at your listeners.
Don’t:
Take too long telling the story or your listeners will get bored.
Use a flat or bored voice.
Look down or look around the room.
FORMAL LETTERS
1. Date.
2. Address of writer.
3. Designation of the addressee.
4. Company’s or Organization’s address in full.
5. Salutation.
6. Heading/Title.
7 .Reason for writing stating any reference or advert seen with name of source and date of publication if possible.
8. Tone of letter should reflect the respect or deference to the addressee if a senior or a person you expect some favor from…even if it is a letter of complaints on something you are angry about your words need to be diplomatic and never uncouth!
9. Short sentences are preferable.
10. AVOID GRAMMATICAL,PUNCTUATION AND SPELLING ERRORS (more notes on these coming up).
11. Balance the length of sentences and link your paragraphs.
12. Balance the number of sentences in each paragraph.
13, Apart from your introduction and conclusion use only 3-5 paragraphs with each expressing different ideas.
14. For conclusion restate the reason for writing.
15. State yours “faithfully” with small letter “f”.
16. Don’t forget to sign and write the name of the writer or your name.
INFORMAL LETTERS
1. Date.
2. Address of writer.
3. NO DESIGNATION OF THE ADDRESSEE TO BE INCLUDED!
4. Informal salutation such as Dear Daddy,Dear Uncle Wale or Dear Bobby
5. DON’T LET YOUR INQUIRY ABOUT HEALTH OR WELL-BEING OCCUPY MORE THAN A LINE!…SOME STUDENTS OFTEN DECEIVE THEMSELVES ASKING AFTER THE BABY,DOG OR EVEN THE FIGHT THEIR SISTER OR MOTHER HAD IN THE MARKET A FEW MONTHS BEFORE THE LETTER!…ALL IN A BID TO ACCUMULATE ENOUGH WORDS TO MEET THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF WORDS REQUIRED...its a wonder that students do not know or are not just prepared to know that such games are easily discoverable and promptly decoded with lesser marks.
6. A letter to a friend can be chatty and should reflect some measure of familiarity between two friends…tutors should please spend more time in giving examples to students because this is their Achilles heel as they tend to let go of their guard…very merrily!
7. Long sentences are allowed and can predominate…CONTRACTED FORMS SUCH AS WEREN’T,OR DON’T ARE ALSO ALLOWED (NOT ALLOWED FOR FORMAL LETTERS!)
8. Avoid the same errors from grammar,punctuations and spellings.
9. Balance the length of sentences and link your paragraphs.
10. Balance the number of sentences in each paragraph.
11. Apart from your introduction and conclusion use only 3-5 paragraphs with each expressing different ideas.
12. For conclusion restate the reason for writing.
13. For Yours sincerely,truly,lovingly etc those italicized words must start with a small letter.
14. No signature but first name of writer allowed.
15. Though colloqual expressions and slangs may be permitted know that they are very risky…also be careful about using new acceptable words such as femme fatale which might be known and approved more by markers from urban areas of the country…anyway,why risk words that are not likely to add more marks to your essay?
…for both formal and informal letters the tone should agree with the purpose of the letter…if it is for sympathy or condolence it should give comfort…even if it is a complaint against certain behavior it should indicate disapproval of such behavior without betraying annoyance or anger of the writer.
NOTE
…again,we wish to say that if in doubt of what to write the student should use the following questions as guide…what?…where?…when?…why?…how?…of the topic or subject matter…or just remember the nouns,verbs,adjective which are related to the subject matter …of course these are emergency measures against mental blankness…Good luck!
Thanks
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