by melaniewp | Jul 30, 2013 | AIC Key Quotes, An Inspector Calls, GCSE, IGCSE
Act Two follows on cleanly from the cliffhanger at the end of Act One with the Inspector looking ‘steadily and searchingly’ at Sheila and Gerald (Act One). This produces a ‘hysterical laugh’ (Act Two) from Sheila, who repeats the word...
by melaniewp | Jul 15, 2013 | 11+, Burgess Hill, Common Entrance, East Grinstead, English, English Classes, English Tuition, English Tutor, GCSE, Haywards Heath, IGCSE, Oxford Graduate Tutor, Private Tuition, Private Tutor, Tuition, Tutor
Older teenagers face an intense schedule of public examinations from GCSE to AS and A-Level or IGCSE to IB. Younger teens have Common Entrance to contend with.Recent Results:GCSE and A-Level tutees raised their grades from C to A – even D to A in one...
by melaniewp | Jul 8, 2013 | Colon, GCSE, IGCSE, KS3, Punctuation, Punctuation Exercises, SPAG
The colon is often used before a list of:ingredients;things to bring;things to do;and more. It is usually used for emphasis, when the list of items needs to stand out. It isn’t always used for every list. Sometimes, when you’ve been running, leaping,...
by melaniewp | Jul 7, 2013 | English Language Exam, Exercises, GCSE, Grammar Exercises, IGCSE, KS3, Tension, Writing
You can create tension, or interest, by leaving the most important information to the end of a sentence. To do this, you will need to reverse – or alter – the normal sentence order.e.g.A red silk dress was draped across the back of the chair. > Draped...
by melaniewp | Jun 28, 2013 | English Language Exam, English Literature, GCSE, IGCSE, Rhetoric
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by melaniewp | Jun 26, 2013 | English Literature, GCSE, IGCSE, Metaphors, Technical Terms
They conjure up two ideas – the thing you’re literally describing, and something else as well.e.g. his hands were like ice = literally, his hands were cold.This example, which is a simile, describes ‘hands’ through a word-picture of ‘ice’. Or you...
