The term every is used to denote all the members of a group of people/ objects.

Content

1. You are to write a letter to your friend telling him or her the valuable lessons you learnt during a recent excursion.

Organization

This is an informal letter, and the following features are mandatory:

1. Your address
2. Date
3. Salutation: Dear + first name of friend
4. Introduction
5. Body
6. Conclusion
7. Subscription: Yours sincerely/Yours/Your friend/Yours ever, etc.
8. Your first name

Expression

1. This is a letter to a friend; therefore, the language should be chatty to reflect the close relationship between you and your friend.

2. Contracted forms and slang are acceptable but should be controlled.

3. There should be a variety of sentence types.

Mechanical Accuracy

1. Your concord (subject-verb, noun-pronoun), tense, determiners, prepositions and punctuations must be accurate.

2. Your spelling must be accurate.

3. You can either use American or British spelling but must be consistent

4. Each sentence and proper noun should begin with a capital letter. Mark is deducted for using "i" instead of "I" for the first-person pronoun, etc.

Content

You are to write an article suitable for publication in a national newspaper on the alarming rate of indiscipline among the youth in their country. You are expected to discuss how alarming the nature of indiscipline among the youth in your country had become.

Organization

This is an article, and the following formal features are mandatory:

1. The heading of the article with your name under it or at the end of the article

2. Your contact (address)

3. Paragraphs should be well developed and properly linked

Expression

1. The language should be formal.

2. Slang, colloquialism and contracted forms are out of place

3. Sentence patterns should vary, and you are expected to use appropriate vocabulary.

Mechanical Accuracy

1. Your concord (subject-verb, noun-pronoun), tense, determiners, prepositions and punctuations must be accurate.

2. Your spelling must be accurate.

3. You can either use American or British spelling but must be consistent

4. Each sentence and proper noun should begin with a capital letter. Mark is deducted for using "i" instead of "I" for the first-person pronoun, etc.

CONTENT

You are required to write a letter to the Minister of Health discussing their observation on the increase in cases of malaria in your country in recent times and suggesting at least three ways of curbing the disease.

There were two parts to the question: your observation and suggestions on how to curb the disease.

ORGANIZATION

The following features are expected:

1. Writer's address
2. Date
3. Recipient's designation and full address
4. Salutation - Dear Sir/Dear Madam
5. Title/Heading
6. Subscription - Yours faithfully/Yours sincerely
7. Writer's signature
8. Writer's full name

Coherent, well-developed and properly linked paragraphs are expected.

EXPRESSION

The language should be polite, clear (unambiguous) and persuasive (to move the powers that be to take action).

The use of contracted forms, slang and colloquialism is not allowed. You are expected to use appropriate vocabulary and a variety of sentence patterns/types.

MECHANICAL ACCURACY

Concord (subject - verb, noun-pronoun), tense, determiners, prepositions, punctuation, spelling should be used correctly. Each sentence and proper noun should begin with a capital letter. Be careful not to use "i" instead of "I" for the first person pronoun (subject).

You are expected to state the benefits of the scholarship

Your speech should have the following features:

1. Welcome the audience
2. Introduce yourself
3. Involve the audience (personal pronouns / ask questions / interactive)
4. Use humour
5. Include facts & statistics
6. Use quotes
7. Use rhetorical questions
8. Thank the audience at the end

The story can be real or imaginary. You are expected to give an account of events or tell a story.

Your story should have a plot, a setting and a conclusion.

Your story should have a beginning, a climax and a conclusion. The effective use of dialogue is recommended.

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 story must end with the statement Better late than never.