The Lion and the Jewel

http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/anglophone/soyinka.html#lion

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lion_and_the_Jewel

NARRATIVE DIALOGUE CLASSWORK

Review the notes on narrative dialogue on page 109  entitled 'Dialogue Format' of your text. Following this, rewrite the following sentences below and include punctuation marks, quotation marks and capital letters. 

1. peggy said i have two cats do you have any pets
2. i have two dogs three fish and seven snails said joe
3. i have two cats said peggy do you have any pets
4. i'm not sure said sue if i know how to do this test has he brought any papers home asked mother
5. he shook the tree so hard said joan that the apples fell to the ground
6. we are going to write an editorial today said mr cumberland
7. get out of here she said before i call the police
8. dad said let's go to eagle park if it doesn't rain
9. i've never been to california remarked jane maybe my family will go this summer
10. peggy said why are you here so early

Punctuation Quizzes

Complete the following quizzes:

• PUNCTUATION QUIZ 1

• PUNCTUATION QUIZ 2

Post your grade in the comment section below.

CXC CSEC English A exam - Paper 1 topics

CXC English A exam paper 1 contains sixty (60) compulsory multiple choice questions organized into two (2) sections.

(Compulsory means that you have no choice, you have to do ALL the questions on this Paper.)

 Section 1

 Section one (1) is made up of twenty (20) separate multiple choice questions. In this section, you will be tested on the following skills:

Section 1 Skills

• Comprehension
• Grammar
• Punctuation
• Paragraphing

 Section 2

Section two (2) is made up of forty (40) multiple choice reading comprehension questions based on your understanding of  five (5) passages. The passages will consist  of,

1) One poem


2) One narrative extract


3) One expository extract


4) one persuasive abstract ( e.g. an advertisement, speech or letter to the editor)


5) one visual abstract (e.g. a table, diagram, map, chart, cartoon or advertisement)


In this section, you will be tested on the following skills:

Section 2  Skills

• Comprehension
• Inference
• Analysis
• Evaluation

Each question on this paper is worth one (1) mark. You should attempt to answer ALL 60 multiple choice questions on this paper. (If you don't know an answer then  guess!)