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Sceptical: doubting that something is true or useful

Cynosure: a person or thing that is the centre of attention or admiration.

Rear: bring up and care for (a child or animal) until they are fully grown.

Futility: pointlessness or uselessness.

Cordial: warm and friendly.

Aggravate: make (a problem, injury, or offence) worse or more serious.

Alleviate: make (suffering, deficiency, or a problem) less severe.

Your letter must describe the interesting event your friend missed. It could be a speech and price giving day, a sporting event, a fight in school and so on.

The letter is an informal letter and must contain the features below:

1. Address and date

Your school Name
P.O. Box AT 120
Accra
2nd July, 2023

2. Salutation or opening greeting

Since it is a friendly letter you can either use Hello or Dear, followed by the name you call your friend.

E.g Dear Kojo, Hello Adjei, Dear Adzovi, etc.

3. Body

I. Introduce your letter by expressing how happy you are to write him/her the letter and ask about his/her health.

II. Tell your friend about the event, e.g a sports competition that he/she missed.

4. Conclusion

Conclude by telling your friend why you felt it was important to share the event he missed and wish him/her a speedy recovery.

You use any of these to demand a reply or anything else:

I. Hoping to hear from you soon.
II. I hope to hear from you soon.
III. I look forward to hearing from you soon.
IV. I will be grateful if you do write back.

5. Subscription or ending

The ending could be any of the following:

I. Yours friendly,
II. Your friend,
III. Yours truly,
IV. Yours ever,

Write the name your friend calls you after writing any of the above subscriptions.

No signature is required for informal or friendly letter.

Your paragraphs should be well developed and properly linked.

You must check your spellings and punctuations and construct meaningful sentences.

Ensure that you use capital and small letters correctly at their appropriate places, thus for instance I for the pronoun "I" and not "i", etc.

Your tenses should be in the past tense.

1. Give the name of the student you would nominate as "The Best Student of the Year"

2. State the reasons why you would nominate that student. You could consider some of these points

Points to consider

1. A best student has all the attributes of an ideal student.
2. The best student is very good at studies.
3. The best student is also very disciplined and well mannered.
4. So, to be the best student we should study well and also behave well.
5. The best student is loved by students and teachers alike.
6. The best student should try to help his/her fellow classmates as much as they can.
7. The best student is also usually involved in many co curricular activities.
8. His distinct personality draws the attention of his teachers and elders and inspires his peers.
9. He is incredibly inventive and imaginative, therefore when given a task, he thinks beyond the box.
10. He is physically and intellectually fit since he enjoys participating in school sports and extracurricular activities.
11. Other kids in his class constantly aspire to be like him and compete with him to obtain high grades.
12. He always attempts to avoid noticing other people’s flaws, but finds own flaws to be quite disturbing and works to correct them as quickly as possible.
13. He can act more appropriately than others by thinking more clearly about what is good and wrong.
14. Many schools give out best student awards at the end of the year.
15. All students aspire to get this prestigious award.
16. The best student is someone who is not only academically good but also well rounded in all other fields.

Birds of the same feather flock together is a proverb which means people of the same sort or with the same tastes and interests will be found together.

Format of a good story

Beginning: Kickstart your story with a catchy beginning that grips your readers right away!

Character Introduction: Familiarise your readers with the main characters, their part in the story and help them fit the pieces of your story puzzle!

Plot: This is when the real drama begins, as the main plot comes to the limelight. Expose the story and let your characters react, evolve and reach towards the main conflict.

Climax/Ending/Conclusion: Whether you go for a happy one or an open ending, make sure that at least some of the issues if not all of them get resolved by the end and you leave a long-lasting impression on the readers!

Birds of the same feather flock together

There lived a saint in a forest. He was very kind.

Once a mouse ran to him and took shelter in his lap. The mouse was trembling with fear because a cat attacked it.

The saint felt pity for the poor mouse. So he turned the mouse into a beautiful girl.

Thus the mouse was saved. Now, the saint took up the responsibility of looking after the girl. Many years passed by.

The girl grew very attractive. She reached the age of getting married. Then the saint asked her about her choice.

The girl said, "I like to marry one who is the mightiest in the world." The saint proposed her to marry the sun.

But she said," No, my lord, the sun is sometimes covered by clouds. So, cloud is mightier than the sun." "Then marry the cloud," suggested the saint.

"My Lord, mountains are mightier than the cloud," replied the girl. "So, you should marry the highest mountain in the world," the saint retorted.

"Excuse me my Lord, but mice are mightier than the mountains. Because they make holes in the mountain," the girl replied shyly.

Now, the great saint understood everything. He bowed down his head before the way of the world. Then he turned the beautiful girl into her original form.

The beautiful girl received the appearance of a mouse. The saint said, "Now you-can marry the mightiest person in the world. Go and marry a mouse."