Earlyface

Just a little FYI for your exam. Here are
some things you should have in mind when
you are about to write your Jamb English
exam.
Gerunds (-ing verbs)
1. Occur as subject/object of a verb
E.g. (1) Playing lawn tennis was one of his
hobby. (2) The doctor advised him to stop
smoking.
Eating regularly keeps you healthy.
2. Preceded by possessive adjective
(my,his,her) or possessive noun.
(1) I didn't understand his behaving like
that. (2) Please excuse my going to bed.
3. Prevent & Stop + Object + Gerund
I prevented him from going.
4. Make & Had better without to
(1) The man made John confess. (2) I
thought I'd warn you.
Emphatic Stress
The answer is usually the option without
the stress word (word in caps).
E.g. Lambusa TOOK OFF the wig. (a) did
Lambusa take of the wig? (b) who took off
the wig? (c) what did Lambusa do. Ans= C
(without take/took off).
Use of Apostophe [']
['s] is added to (1) singular noun, (boy's
car), (2) last part of compound/group
names (brothers-in-law's, mother-in-law's,
May & Baker's, new year's day) (3) plural
nouns that don't end with (s) (children's
clinic, women's talk) & (4) possessive
indefinite pronons (one's, somebody else's,
someone else's) (5) noun that end in (s)
(Charles's, Jos's, James's - except ancient
names - Jesus', Moses' Achimedes'). Only [']
for plural words (boys' cars). It's wrong to
add apostrophe in yours, his, hers, ours,
theirs. (1) that car of his (not that his car),
(2) this land is theirs (not this land is
theirs') (3) yours faithfully.
Use Of "On"
bed-relaxing, time - exact (right on time),
flat surface, transport, slap-face.
Use Of "In"
enclosed place, large/popular city, clothes
on, slap - metaphor, time - early/a bit late,
bed - asleep, arm chairs, gunshot/head,
begining / end of story.
Use Of "At"
place seen as point of target/meeting,
when a place is not final destination,
specific time, small city or place in a big city,
night - regular action, precided at, villages,
outskirts & satelite houses.
Concord
1. Collective nouns (congregation) & Plural
words like any, everybody, each, everything,
everyone takes singular verbs. E.g
Everybody (is) here.
2. Subjects joined with (and) takes plural
verbs except food & units of currencies
which takes singular verbs. (1) the man &
his wife (are) here. (2) rice & stew (is)
sweet. When joined by (or), it is determined
by the subject after (or). (1) The boys or the
girl (is) to blame. (2) The girl or the boys
(are) to blame.
3. Verbs of phrases such as "with, as well
as, together with, in addition to, in
company of, etc" is determined by the first
subject. E.g. The man with his wife (is)
present.
Subjunctive
it is about time, it's high time, as if, i wish,
it's time, i'd rather, if only, suppose - uses
past tense for present & future actions but
past perfect tense for past actions. (1) It's
high time we (left) here. (2) her mother
said, "i would rather you (cooked) the food.
When (to) is added to subjunctive, it
remains in present tense.
Sentence Detachment
Sentences are detached by removing
relative pronouns (who, whom, that,
whose, which) & the words before the gap
if the relative pronouns appear after the
gap. E.g. (1) It was __ who fought the civil
war [they/them/theirs]. When who & It was
is removed. We have: (They) fought the civil
war. (2) You who__ convicted should
appear. [are/is/was] When who is removed.
We have: You (are) convicted.
Sentences Order
Use DO-SI-SHA-CPOMN-DEH
DO - Determiners
SI - Size
SHA - Shape
C - Color
P - Participle
O - Origin
M - Material
N - noun adjective
DE - Denominal
H - Head
Wish you success. Now go crush that exam.
The Lord is ur Muscle.