Americans use the term "zero" most frequently; "oh" is also often used (though never when the quantity in question is nothing), and occasionally slang terms such as "zilch" or "zip". Phrases such as "the team won two-zip" or "the team leads the series, two-nothing" are heard when...
TO GCSE, OR NOT TO GCSE; That Is the Question Being Asked as Examiners across Wales Buckle Down to Re-Mark Thousands of English Exams. Wales on Sunday Asks If This Is the Beginning of the End for the Qualification
Hi Gill ! I’m sorry but I don’t understand 5 question – whay “If you HAVE lost…” I thought I should say “If you lost …” !? What did “have” need for ??? Thank you !!! Vladkabatkovich Another lesson for you: https://www.engvid.com/english-tenses-present-perfect-pr...
GCSE English language candidates are being “betrayed” by the AQA exam board, with standards for marking “all over the place”, an experienced examiner has claimed. The insider, who has spoken to Tes, has used social media to highlight their concerns about a “shit show” surrounding the ...
Welcome KS3 students to this English Grammar and Language quiz! This fun and engaging quiz is designed to help you test and enhance your understanding of English grammar rules and how language works. Each question provides multiple choice answers, remember there's only one correct answer. Ready ...
AQA GCSE English Language and English Literature English Language 4705English Literature 4710. AP English Literature & Composition Free Response Section Three essays Two hours (about 40 minutes each) Two are “close reading” One on a prose passage. ...
An advocate for reading and for expanding our students’ vocabulary, Andy’s enthusiasm is contagious. He has it right when he quotes Ludwig Wittgenstein: “The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.” What a fantastic challenge for all English teachers!
In today’s Europe this question is debated all over. What I was surprised to hear a few month back was that the largest country of the EU, which also has been having probably the largest imported work force, from Turkey, for that matter, has always forgotten about language teaching to ...
One of the aspects of the proposed changes in the GCSE modern foreign language, MFL, syllabus in the UK is the use of corpus derived word lists1. Distribution of words when counted follow a power law. A common power law is Pareto in economics –“Pareto showed that approximately 80% of ...
“Author and You”–Questions require students to use what they already know, with what they have learned from reading the text. Student’s must understand the text and relate it to their prior knowledge before answering the question. Example: How do think Frog felt when he found Toad? Answe...