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WASSCE ENGLISH LANGUAGE || MOST FREQUENTLY USED IDIOMS IN THE WASSCE EXAM

ENGLISH IDIOMS AND PHRASES || IDIOMS, PHRASES|| MEANING AND EXAMPLES.  Idiom: Once and for All  Means: Finally, absolutely   Examples: - My daughter told her boyfriend once and for all that she wouldn t date   him anymore.   - Once and for all, john has quit smoking cigarettes. To come to:  Means: To regain consciousness; to equal, to amount to   Examples: - At first they thought that the man was dead, but soon he came to.   - The bill for groceries at the supermarket came to fifty dollars. To take into account:  Means: To consider a fact while evaluating a situation (S)   Again, a noun or pronoun often follows the verb take.   Examples: - The judge took the prisoner s young age into account before sentencing   him to three months in jail.   - Educators should take into account the cultural backgrounds of   students when planning a school curriculum. - To turn out:  Means: To become or result; to appear, to attend (also: to come out)   The noun form turnout derives from the second defi

ESSAY WRITING || WASSCE, ENGLISH LANGUAGE

In the paper one of the English Language exam, the student's ability is tested on his effective use of the Language as a means of communication. The test is basically designed to look critically at student's ability to express themselves with detailed analysis in an appropriate and clear order, that suits the needs of the audience, purpose, topic and situation before them. Therefore, the student is tested on writing an argumentative, narrative, exposition, descriptive essays, creative and letter writing. I norder to achieve this, a student should be able to write good grammar, good paragraph, the use of standard English etc. A student should also be able to present good ideas and write a good punctuation and error free spelling with good use of vocabulary idioms and phrasal verbs. Note : A student's essay should be 450 words long, and an essay that has twenty (20) errors will be awarded zero for mechanical accuracy. HOW TO APPROACH AN ESSAY QUESTION? For a student to write