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Climbing Everest – Summary

May

23

2016

When you analyse the summary question, you must find two things: the parts of the summary and the tense(s) required for the answer. The following question about climbing Mount Everest is a great example to make students aware of the above points. The question asks students to summarise the problems mountaineers FACE while climbing Everest and… ...

Describing weather like a pro!

May

20

2016

Compiled and contributed by Abdulla Shiyaz, English Teacher, Thoddoo School, Maldives. We thank Shiyaz for making a difference by sharing! USEFUL PHRASES FOR DESCRIBING WEATHER The sky and clouds: The high sunlit clouds drifted across a clear blue sky. The sky above was full of tumultuous, dark, ragged clouds. A sky of mackerel clouds, crimson ...

Garlic – The lifesaver

May

16

2016

Writing a good summary involves not only being able to include relevant content points, but also the ability to change words and phrases. It is important that you DO NOT copy and paste from the text! You must try to change the word class, perhaps an adjective into a noun, or change the sentence structure… ...

Beauty idioms, synonyms & collocations

May

10

2016

Compiled and contributed by Abdulla Shiyaz, English Teacher, Thoddoo School, Maldives. We thank Shiyaz for making a difference by sharing! Common Synonyms and Collocations for Beauty Aesthetically pleasing (adj) is a more objective way to say that it pleases the senses. It’s much more common to use this to describe design than human beings (it’s ...

Cooking is fun – summary

May

9

2016

Exercise 5 Read the following article by a cookery teacher in Dubai. Write a summary of the advantages for young people if they learn how to cook. Your summary should be about 100 words long (and no more than 120 words long). You should use your own words as far as possible. You will receive… ...

Power Sentences from 10

May

4

2016

These are some of the students’ responses to the Crafting Power Sentences lesson posted earlier. Enjoy reading some cool sentences from grade 10! We recommend you to go through the post Show, Don’t tell for better understanding! 1. After I won the Bashiball Competition, with a smile reaching my ears, I sprinted up to my… ...