Author: Msomi Bora

  ENGLISH NOTES FOR ORDINARY LEVEL   Also Read >> English Grammar Click the links below to view the notes: FORM ONE FORM TWO FORM THREE FORM FOUR        HOW TO BE BETTER IN ENGLISH   1. Speak, speak, speak Let’s start right off by saying that there isn’t a magic pill for better speaking. That would be too easy, right? Basically, the best way to speak better is to, well – speak! Commit to practicing often and with as many different people as possible. Do you already live or study overseas? Take…

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ENGLISH NOTES FOR FORM FOUR We have:Notes 1 and Notes 2Notes 1To view the Notes, click the following links below: TOPIC 1 – EXPRESSING ONESELF TOPIC 2 – LISTENING FOR INFORMATION TOPIC 3 – READING LITERARY WORKS TOPIC 4 – SPEAKING USING APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE CONTENT AND STYLE TOPIC 5 – WRITING USING APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE, CONTENT AND STYLE TOPIC 6 – WRITING APPLICATION LETTERNotes 2To view the Notes, click the following links below:1. EXPRESSING ONE’S IDEAS AND FEELINGS2. LISTENING TO INSTRUCTIONS3. GIVING INSTRUCTIONS4. LISTENING FOR MAIN IDEAS AND TAKING NOTES5. ANALYSING NOVELS, PLAYS AND POEMS6. STARTING, INTERVENING IN AND CLOSING A CONVERSATION7. NEGOTIATING SOLUTIONS TO…

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TOPIC 6: WRITING APPLICATION LETTER Writing Letters of Application for Jobs Application letters are written for official purposes such as job applications. These letters are sometimes called official business or formal letters. Application letters should be always be concise, complete, logically, planned, clearly, and politely expressed in grammatically correct and good English or language. Format of an Application Letter An application letter regardless of their purpose, consist of the following parts or elements: 1. Writer’s/ sender’s address – this is written on top right hand corner. This part is also called a letterhead. 2. Date – (this is under a sender’s…

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TOPIC 5: WRITING USING APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE, CONTENT AND STYLE. Writing Narrative Compositions/Essays Composition refers to a piece of writing on a particular topic, event or person. It can be expository, narrative, argumentative or descriptive compositions. Composition can be written at collage, school, and university as a part of studies or assignment given on a particular course. In writing composition a student is supposed to generate his/her own ideas and use them to narrate, describe, explain, argue, or persuade a certain thing or event. Composition involves writing essays, letter, poems, stories, debates, speeches, dialogue, which involves a collection of…

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TOPIC 4: SPEAKING USING APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE CONTENT AND STYLE Conversation is a form of communication between two or more people. The conversation may be bases on a certain topic / issue or subject or event that needs the sharing of ideas or information. A conversation or discussion normally involves spoken language used during interviews, telephone conversation between a father / mother and son daughter or any person. Actors or players also use conversation style. Observe good grammar and tone when involved in formal conversation. Informal/casual conversation allow you to be free to choose any language style and tone depending on…

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LITERATURE ANALYSIS FOR ORDINARY LEVEL Click the links below to view the the analysis of novels, plays and poems: NOVELS PLAYS POETRY POEMSTHE DEFINITIONS OF LITERATURE Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially novels, plays, and poems. It includes both print and digital writing. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include oral literature, much of which has been transcribed. Literature, a body of written works. The name has traditionally been applied to those imaginative works of poetry and prose distinguished by the intentions of their authors and the perceived aesthetic excellence of their…

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