The Present Simple tense is the most basic tense in English and uses the base form of the verb (except for the verb be). The only change from the base is the addition of s for third person singular. How do we make the Present Simple tense? There are two basic structures for the Present Simple: 1. Positive sentences subject … Read more
AKAN A member of a people who live in Southern Ghana. Lullaby Someone would like to have you for her child but you are mine. Someone would like to rear you on a costly mat but you are mine. Someone would like to place you on a camel blanket but you are mine. I have … Read more
POET: MARJORIE OLUDHE MACGOYE She was born in England in 1928. She went to Kenya in 1954 and worked with the C.M.C Bookshop in Nairobi, where she got married. She is publisher’s representative in Nairobi. POEM: A freedom Song Atieno washes dishes, Atieno plucks the chicken, Atieno gets up early, beds her sacks down in … Read more
Did you know the names of babies of adult animals? “Look at that cute baby cat!” is not something you hear very often. There’s nothing technically wrong but English already offers a shorter, more familiar term for such; a kitten. The cub of each animal is named in different ways. Now let’s see the names … Read more
ANIMALS AND SOUNDS List of Animal Sounds with animals images A Apes Sounds gibber Asses bray B Bears growl Bees Hum, Buzz Beetles Drone Birds Sing Bitterns Boom Blackbirds Whistle Bulls Bellow C Calves Bleat Cats Meow, Mew, Purr Chickens Cackle Cocks Crow Cows Moo, Low Crows Caw Cuckoos Cuckoo D Deer Bell Dogs Bark, … Read more
MEANING Translation is a process by which ideas that are written in one language are represented by equivalent words of another language. Translation deals with written texts while interpretation deals with spoken words/information. Interpretation refers to the transfer of ideas from one language to equivalent ideas of another language in form of speech. It involves … Read more
Definition Markers of style are features of a discourse which enable us to identify or recognize its style. The markers of style are sometimes known as LINGUISTIC LEVELS. The markers of style are categorized into five Linguistic levels that are; Graphological/ graphitic level Phonological/phonetic level Grammatical/structural level Lexical level Semantic level 1. GRAPHOLOGICAL LEVEL This … Read more
LEVEL OF FORMALITY Level of formality is the choice of language according to different situation (context). Level of formality result to the different language styles such as follows: Frozen style – It is the style of language that follows strictly the rules of language of a certain field (domain). For example legal language, religious language, … Read more
THE CONCEPT OF STYLISTICS AND OTHER RELATED ISSUES Stylistic refers to the study of Language variations and styles depending on the social situation or context, whether is written or spoken. Language always varies. Stylistic aims at studying Language features or habits/characteristics and why such features are used where they are used i.e. in the newspapers, … Read more
Here are ten questions to help you start speaking English. Each of these questions helps to begin or continue a conversation. The questions are in two categories: Basic Facts and Hobbies / Free Time. There are also a number of questions that can help you continue the conversation after the first question. Five Basic Facts … Read more