Mastering English With Ease

  Tips on How to Pass English in WASSCE & NECO Examinations  –  Summary             In this Segment of our Special Edition, we will discuss how to answer questions on  Summary in WASSCE and NECO English Language papers. SUMMARY Instructions:   Read the instruction(s) before any other thing.   This section usually carries 40 marks, and you will be required to spend 40 minutes on it.   You will be required to read a given prose passage (of about 500 words) chosen from a wide variety of sources, from any part of the world, but within the level of your understanding, as a candidate of WASSCE or NECO.   You will then be asked to answer all the questions that will be propounded.               In this section, your examiner will be testing your ability in the areas of: (a)   Summarising of the essential points, in concise but clear English, with avoidance of repetition and superfluity (too many words); (b)   Extraction or filtering of relevant information from the passage. (

  Tips on How to Pass English in WASSCE & NECO Examinations – Comprehension             In this Segment of our Special Edition, we will discuss how to answer questions on  Comprehension in WASSCE and NECO English Language papers. COMPREHENSION Instructions:   Read the instruction(s) before any other thing.   This section usually carries 30 marks, and you will be required to spend 30 minutes on it.   You will be required to read a given passage (of about 350 words) chosen from a wide variety of sources, but within the level of your understanding, as a candidate of WASSCE or NECO.   You will then be asked to answer all the questions that will be propounded.   You will be asked to answer a number of questions bothering on your ability in the following areas (which your examiner will be looking out for):   (a)   Comprehending the content of the passage factually and accurately; (b)   Finding appropriate synonyms or equivalents for selected words and phrases; (c)   Identifyi

  Tips on How to Pass English In WASSCE & NECO Examinations – Essay/Letter Writing                        (Part 2)   Continued from Part 1     Organisation (Continued)   Essay Writing: -          If you are writing an essay, you only need to write the topic boldly, and go straight to present your points (as the body) taking note of the followings: (i)                 Each of your essay points or ideas should be presented in a paragraph; (ii)              The paragraphs should link each other with conjunctions such as ‘but’, ‘also’, ‘however’, ‘furthermore’, moreover’, ‘finally’, etc, so that your write-up will flow logically and coherently. Debate Writing: -          If you choose to write on a debate topic, whether in support of a motion or   against it, you should start with greetings to the officers in charge, using an   expression like:   ‘Good-day Mr. Chairman, Panel of Judges, Accurate Time-Keeper, Co-debaters and my audience’ -          Next, intr

  Tips on How to Pass English In WASSCE & NECO Examinations – Essay/Letter Writing (Part 1)                  With the rescheduled West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for 2020 (which was earlier postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic) now fast approaching, and the National Examination Council (NECO) following, it has become necessary to provide some tips/guidelines on how to excel in the English Language papers, especially for our candidate readers and parents/guardian readers.            This special edition will be presented in three parts to help in passing the three most difficult parts of the English Language subject, namely: (1) Essay/Letter Writing, (2) Comprehension and (3) Summary.   Let us now start with the first part: ESSAY/LETTER WRITING OR COMPOSITION Instructions:   Read the instruction(s) before you ever attempt any question.   This section usually carries 50 marks. - You will be asked to answer one question out of five, in thi