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  When playing games, students become more engaged in their learning, taught content is reinforced and class positivity is increased. In this article, we have outlined ten of the most important benefits students gain from playing games in the classroom.  10 Benefits to Playing Games in the Classroom More Motivation Playing games in the classroom increases overall motivation. By playing games, students become more motivated to learn, pay attention and participate in set tasks. Games help students to become a part of a team as well as take responsibility for their own learning.  They can also be a great classroom management tool, helping to motivate a class. Controlled Competitiveness Students can become very competitive in the classroom, especially boys. Games are a great way to control the competitiveness between peers. By using games in the classroom, students can compete against each other whilst playing a game, then support each other during other l...

  Conjunctions join words,  sentences , phrases, or clauses. Examples : and, then, but, however, or, even. Inexperienced writers overuse conjunctions, and they end up with too many thoughts in one sentence. Long sentences do not impress readers. They show a writer’s ignorance and chase readers away. More examples:  and, but, either…or, neither…nor, that, as, after, before, since, when, where, if. There are three types of conjunctions: coordinating, subordinating, and correlative conjunctions. Coordinating conjunctions A coordinating conjunction is a word that joins two elements of equal grammatical rank and syntactic importance. They can join two verbs, two nouns, two adjectives, two phrases, or two independent clauses. The seven coordinating conjunctions are  for, and, nor, but, or, yet,  and  so . Everything that you need to know about nouns. Everything that you need to know about verbs Everything that you need to know about pronouns Everything that ...

  A noun is a naming word. It identifies people, places, or things. There are four types of nouns: 1.   Common Nouns Common nouns are names given to ordinary objects. They can be identified by ‘a’, ‘an’ or ‘the’. Examples : the shoe, a kitchen, an apple. 2.   Proper Nouns Proper nouns are names given to people, places, days, months, ideologies, subjects or titles. They always begin with capital letters. Examples : July, China, Friday. Everything that you need to know about conjunctions Everything that you need to know about verbs Everything that you need to know about pronouns Everything that you need to know about prepositions Tips for making vocabulary easier to learn 3.   Pronouns Pronouns are substitutes for nouns, taking the place of nouns that precede or follow them. Examples : I, hers, myself, who. We have four types of pronouns: Personal  pronouns indicate a person or group. Examples: he, she, they Possessive  pronouns...

  Verbs are ‘doing’ words. They show action, a state of being, or express time. We have present, past, and future tense. I buy. (Present tense) I bought. (Past tense) I will buy. (Future tense) Tip : The trend is to use the simple tense in writing. It’s clean, clear, and uncomplicated. It’s also user-friendly. Finite Verbs: Stand on their own. Have a subject. Have a number. Have a tense. A finite verb makes a complete sentence with a subject. It can be in past, present, or future tense. Examples: She works. Subject = She Number = One person Tense = Present They negotiated. Subject = They Number = Many people Tense = Past   Everything that you need to know about articles Understanding the correct order of adjectives Everything that you need to know about capitalization Adjectives that describe everything, anything and everyone Everything that you need to know about adverbs Everything that you need to know about prefixes and suffixes Infinite Verbs:  Do not show tense, pers...

  For you to earn the highest scores in the Speaking Section, your responses must fulfill the demands of the task given with only minor mistakes or lapses.  The test graders are looking for a highly intelligible and sustained conversation . As of August 2019, your Speaking score is now determined by one human grader and the new SpeechRater software. This is called  Enhanced Speaking Scoring  by ETS. Previously, students were graded only by human raters. There are three main factors that comprise scoring for the Speaking Section. Length of Task: 1-4 minutes long each Number of Tasks: 4 Questions: 1 question per task; 4 questions in total Total Time: 17 minutes Avg. Time per Question: 45-60 seconds for the speaking part of each question When Questions will appear: After the test taker is done with reading and listening material Screen/Test Details: Pictures on the screen can help test takers imagine the setting and the role of the speakers Test takers will see and hear...

  A  pronoun  is a word that replaces a noun in a sentence. Pronouns are used to avoid repeating the same nouns over and over again. For example, "Jeremy ran so fast, you'd think his life was on the line." The pronoun "his" saved us from repeating the name Jeremy again. Common pronouns include  I ,  me ,  mine ,  she ,  he ,  it ,  we , and  us . In truth, there are many different types of pronouns, each serving a different purpose. Personal Pronouns Personal pronouns are used as a substitute for a person's name. There are two kinds: subjective and objective pronouns. That is, they either act as the subject of the sentence or the object of the sentence. As the subject of a sentence, they are: I you he she it we they For example: They  went to the store. I  don't want to leave. He  runs a great shop in town. You  can't leave, either. As the object of the sentence, they are: me you her him it us them...