twenty-four pages of idioms and expressions about animals

thirty-three pages of idioms and expressions about a person’s body and bodily functions

idioms about buildings and construction; includes idioms about house components like doors and walls, as well as places such as farms, castles etc.

idioms about a person’s character and appearance

idioms about children, including idioms about babies and teenagers

idioms about clothes; different parts of clothes such as pants, suits, pockets etc

idioms about colours such as blue, red, green, black etc

idioms about death, passing on, life and ghosts

idioms about drinking and beverages

fourteen pages of idioms about food, nutrition and nourishment; includes idioms about fruit, vegetables, meat, grains etc.

idioms about furniture and household fittings; includes idioms about tables, carpets, chairs etc.

idioms about gambling; card games; poker; russian roulette and luck

idioms about the law, lawyers and judgement

idioms about gender; men and women; including masculine and feminine relationships

7 pages of idioms about money and currency; including idioms about pennies, pounds, dollars and cents; expensive items such as diamonds, gold and silver; inexpensive items such as trash, rags and garbage

idioms about music; instruments such as horns, bells and fiddles; sounds such as whistling, ringing, and tooting

idioms about the names of people

idioms about the names of places; including streets, towns, cities, and countries

idioms about nationality or ethnicity; including countries and where people come from

idioms about nature; including waterbodies like rivers ponds and tides; the four natural elements: fire, earth, water and air; astronomy and celestial bodies

idioms about numbers and figures

6 pages of idioms about plants and flowers; including trees, vines, leaves, seeds and grass; flower arrangements and bouquets; specific flowers and trees such as oaks, lilies, orchids, weeds, roses and daisies

idioms about police and crime; authority figures such as the sheriff; different types of crimes like stealing and murder

idioms about politics, economics and voting

idioms about professions and jobs

5 pages of idioms about religion, church and gods;

7 pages of idioms about sport; including idioms about sport instruments such as balls and bats

idioms about technology and science

6 pages of idioms about time, clocks, time of day, seasons, moments and hours

idioms about transport and travel; vehicles such as cars, wagons, planes and boats; travel by driving and sailing

idioms about war and conflict; idioms about weapons such as arrows, axes, guns, knives and swords

idioms about weather, including clouds, rain, storms and rainbows

definition of an abbreviation; types of abbreviations: acronyms, initialisms, shortening and contraction; punctuation in abbreviations and a list of common abbreviations

definition of active voice and passive voice; choosing active voice; changing passive voice to active voice; choosing passive voice; changing active voice to passive voice

definition of an adjective; importance of adjectives; correct use of adjectives; recognising adjectives by the use of suffixes; examples of adjectives with suffixes; placement of adjectives; order of multiple adjectives; adjectives and degrees of comparison

definition of an adverb; importance of adjectives; correct use of adverbs; recognising adverbs; types of adverbs; sentence modifiers; adverbs and degrees of comparison

a list of animal parents and their young or offspring

a list of animals and the sounds they make

definition of an antonym; forms of antonyms; antonyms with prefixes; antonyms with suffixes; types of antonyms: complementary antonyms, rational antonyms and graded antonyms; 7-page list of commonly used antonyms

definition of an apostrophe; purpose of the apostrophe: indicate a noun’s possession, indicate omission of letters through contraction and indicate the plural form of individual letters

definition of a clauses; types of clauses: main (independent) clauses, subordinate (dependent) clauses, conditional clauses, relative clauses, noun clauses

definition of collective nouns; 6 pages of commonly used collective nouns; including collective nouns relating to people, collective nouns relating to animals and collective nouns relating to things

8-page study guide to comprehension and analysing skills that teaches learners how to answer comprehension tests and listening tests; the importance of comprehension skills; comprehension skillsets: reading skills, listening skills, answering skills and types of questions

definition of concord; the agreement between the subject and verb in a sentence; the 15 rules of concord individually explained with examples

definition of a conjunction; types of conjunctions: coordinating conjunctions, correlative conjunctions and subordinating conjunctions; including examples of each type of conjunction

definition of a contraction; list of common contractions with the words be, will, would, have, had, would, should, could and odd words

degrees of comparison; positive degree, comparative degree and superlative degree; adjectives and degrees of comparison; adjectives of one syllable, adjectives of two syllables, adjectives of three or more syllables; irregular adjectives

definition of a diminutive; list of diminutives

definition of figure of speech; the thirteen types of figures of speech each explained with definitions and examples; including alliteration, anaphora, assonance, euphemism, hyperbole, irony, metaphor, onomatopoeia, oxymoron, personification, simile, synecdoche and understatement

definition of gender; list of the masculine and feminine words for gender relating to people; list of the masculine and feminine words relating to animals and creatures

definition of a homonym and the difference between homonyms and homophones; list of homonym examples explaining the different words

definition of a homophone; homonyms vs homophones; list of homophone examples explaining the difference between the homophones

definition of houses and homes; list of homes indicating what kind of animal or person lives in the particular home

the 5 rules for joining sentences: joining independent clauses, joining sentences about the same subject, transition words, transition punctuation, tenses

levels of language; emotive language including propaganda, denotation and connotation, subjectivity and objectivity, sensationalism, bias/prejudice and fact and opinion; formal language; informal language including politically correct language, colloquialism, slang and jargon

long vowel sounds; the 3 vowel sound groups: double vowel sounds, vowel digraphs and the silent e

list of names of places

definition of a noun; the 5 types of nouns: common nouns, proper nouns, pronouns, compound nouns and possessive nouns, including examples of each type of noun; the 5 types of common nouns: countable nouns, uncountable nouns, collective nouns, concrete nouns, abstract nouns and gerunds

definition of parts of speech; the 8 parts of speech categories: noun, verb, adverb, adjective, pronoun, preposition, conjunction, interjection, article; examples of each part of speech category; guidelines to categorising sentences into parts of speech

definition of a phrase; the 10 types of phrases with examples: noun phrase, verb phrase, gerund phrase, infinite phrase, appositive phrases, participial phrases, prepositional phrases, absolute phrases, adjectival phrases and adverbial phrases;

a 71-page document that lists phrases and their definitions alphabetically

definition of a plural; the rules of plurals

definition of a prefix; a list of common prefixes, their meanings, examples and how it is used in a sentence; definition of a suffix; a list of common suffixes, their meanings, examples and how it is used in a sentence

definition of a preposition; the 5 rules of prepositions

definition of a pronoun; types of pronouns and examples: personal pronouns, possessive pronouns, reflexive pronouns, emphatic pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, interrogative pronouns, exclamatory pronouns, relative pronouns, pronouns of number and pronouns of amount

definition of punctuation; the 17 elements of punctuation with examples: full stop, comma, question mark, exclamation mark, ellipsis, colon, semicolon, hyphen, dash, double quotation mark, single quotation mark, parentheses, brackets, braces, slash, capital letters, italics/underlining/boldface

definition of sentence; the 4 types of sentences with examples: statement sentence, question sentence, exclamation sentence and command sentence

definition of synonyms; 19-page list of synonyms listed alphabetically

definition of a tense; the basic verb tenses explained: present tense, past tense and future tense; explanation and examples of the simple present tense, simple past tense, simple future tense, present continuous tense, past continuous tense, future continuous tense, present perfect tense, past perfect tense, future perfect tense, present perfect continuous tense, past perfect continuous tense, future perfect continuous tense; a verb tenses chart summarises the verb tenses in each category

the doubling rule; short vowel sound and long vowel sound

definition of a verb; types of verbs: regular verbs and irregular verbs; 3-page list of irregular verb examples; strong verbs with a list of examples

guidelines for creating an advertisement; the ‘aida’ principle; advertising tactics

guidelines to writing an article; feature article; newspaper article; magazine article

cartoon terminology; examining a cartoon; persuasive techniques used in cartoon: symbolism, exaggeration, labelling, analogy and irony

elements of comic strips; comic vocabulary definitions and examples: text containers

guidelines to setting up a curriculum vitae; example of a cv

example of a dialogue on a talk show

guidelines to writing a dialogue for interviews and script writing

4 extracts of a diary as examples

guidelines to writing a diary

example of writing on an envelope

writing a formal report; report characteristics; eye-witness report; investigative report:

guidelines to writing an invitation

guidelines and example of writing a letter for job or work application

guidelines to writing a formal letter; features of the business letter; example of a formal letter

guidelines to writing an informal letter; features of an informal letter; example of an informal letter

guidelines to writing a letter to the editor

guidelines to writing a letter to the press; example of a letter to the press

the format of writing minutes

guidelines to creating a pamphlet

guidelines to writing a postcard; example of a postcard

guidelines to writing a review; review about restaurants; review about blurbs; review about entertainment such as films and theatres; review about books

techniques for summarising; summarising is a life skill; why do you need to do summaries; what is a point-form summary or list; examples of good and bad summaries

an example essay about the topic abortion vs adoption

an example essay about the authors favourite food and a dinner party

an example essay with the topic of a pool party containing subjects of animals and a general theme surrounding self-esteem

guidelines about how to write a basic essay; consists of the nine components of an essay; choosing a topic, brainstorming, doing research, outline, introduction, thesis statement, the body, conclusion, editing and proofreading

matthew arnold’s poem, dover beach; about the poet; in depth analysis of the poem

analysis of poet, mongane wally serote’s poem, city johannesburg

shabbir banoobhai’s poem, you cannot know the fears i have, about the poet and poem

study guide about poetry terminology; includes definitions of atmosphere, image, setting, theme, stanza, refrain, couplet, quatrain, sestet, octave and sonnet

ts eliot’s poem, preludes; about the poem; analysis of the poem; summary and explanation of prelude i, ii, iii, iv, theme and style

wh auden’s poem, the unknown citizen; importance and about them poem; explanation of the title; symbolism, imagery and wordplay; rhyme, form and meter; the speaker’s point of view; theme of identity; theme of manipulation; theme of patriotism; theme of passivity; in depth analysis of each section of the poem

anthem for a doomed youth by wilfred owen; about the poet; analysis of the poem

animal farm by george orwell analysis part 01; author biography; animal farm as a fable and a satire; historic and social background of animal farm; orwell’s personal view on politics

animal farm by george orwell analysis part 02; summary of the plot; chapter summaries

animal farm by george orwell analysis part 03; characters in the novel: the pigs, the horses, the sheep, the dogs, the humans, the birds, the cows, the donkeys, the goats and the cat; themes, symbols and representations; the main theme; symbols in the story; events in the book representing events in russian history

questions and answers about george orwell’s animal farm

short story, badeni’s bank note, by frank brownlee; analysis of content, character, structure and style; questions and answers

hamlet by william shakespeare; about the author; summary of the play; context of hamlet; summary of acts; character analysis; analysis of the play; explanation of the themes

how table mountain got its cloud; short story by ian d. colvin; about the writer; analysis of the content, character, structure and style; questions and answers

in the withaak’s shade; short story by herman charles bosman; analysis of the content, character, structure and style; questions and answers

la miseria; short story by uys krige; analysis of the content, character, structure and style; questions and answers

michiel oberholster; short story by sannie uys; about the writer; analysis of the content, character, structure and style; questions and answers

nothing but the truth, play by john kani; character analysis; short questions and answers

nothing but the truth, play by john kani; essay analysis questions and answers

romeo and juliet by william shakespeare; analysis of the play part 01; general analysis; getting to know the text; summary of the plot; characters in romeo and juliet; shakespeare's world

romeo and juliet by william shakespeare; analysis of the play part 02; summary and structure of act i – v; including analysis of setting, time, topics and theme

romeo and juliet by william shakespeare; analysis of the play part 03; line-by-line commentary of each act

romeo and juliet by william shakespeare; analysis of the play part 04; the themes of the play: kinds of love, law and order

romeo and juliet by william shakespeare; analysis of the play part 05; analysis of the characters: tybalt, the nurse, the montagues and capulets, the lovers, friar laurence, romeo and juliet

romeo and juliet by william shakespeare; analysis of the play part 06; the imagery: the sun, moon and the stars, bird imagery, darkness and daylight; a note on the language

43 pages of questions and answers on romeo and juliet by william shakespeare; questions on every act

short story, roppie, by jack cope; analysis of the content, character, structure and style; questions and answers

study guide on prose terminology; types of literature; the literary essay

perceval gibbon’s short story, the coward; analysis of the content, character, structure and style; questions and answers

short story, the follower, by fc cornell; about the writer; analysis of the content, character, structure and style; questions and answers

short story the mining engineer’s story by c louis leipoldt; analysis of the content, character, structure and style

rudyard kipling’s short story the way that he took; about the writer; analysis of the content, character, structure and style; questions and answers

example speech about animal cruelty

example speech about a prisoner by birth

example speech about decisions and choices

example speech on chasing your dreams and having faith

example speech on being fashionably late

example speech about imagination and knowledge

example speech about south africa, a rainbow nation

example speech about building a youth for the future and raising young people to be good citizens

example speech on what one can do with r100

example speech on why people should donate their organs

guide to writing speeches including the introduction, development, conclusion, humour, use cards, practice makes perfect, eye contact, use your voice

identify adjectives and the nouns the adjectives describe by highlighting and underlining

adjectives starting with each letter of the alphabet

using adjectives to describe an image of a cat

using adjectives to describe an image of a boy and girl

different adjectives for the word ‘good’, starting with each letter of the alphabet

complete sentences by choosing the correct adverb

adverbs for each letter of the alphabet

identifying adverbs and verbs in sentences

match animal parents with their young

match animal parents with their young

supply the name of the young of the animal

choosing the correct antonym from multiple choice

choosing the correct antonym from multiple choice

choosing the correct antonym from multiple choice

matching words with their antonyms by drawing a line

matching words with their antonyms by drawing a line

matching words with their antonyms by drawing a line

matching words with their antonyms by drawing a line

matching words with their antonyms by drawing a line

matching words with their antonyms by drawing a line

questions and answers relating to collective nouns of animals

connecting the collective noun with its respective animal group by connective drawing a line

completing the sentences relating to collective nouns

matching collective nouns to its respective noun group

connecting nouns with its respective collective noun by drawing a line

connecting nouns with its respective collective noun by drawing a line

complete the sentences by choosing the correct concord such as has or have, is or are, was or were

choose the correct contraction

choose the correct contraction

connecting contractions with its respective uncontracted words by drawing a line

connecting contractions with its respective uncontracted words by drawing a line

connecting contractions with its respective uncontracted words by drawing a line

choose the correct form of a contraction from multiple choice

choose the correct form of a contraction from multiple choice

choose the correct form of a contraction from multiple choice

choose the correct answer relating to contractions

match phrases by drawing a line to its corresponding figure of speech and meaning; fill in the missing words relating to figures of speech

complete sentences by supplying the correct simile

match phrases by drawing a line to its corresponding figure of speech and meaning

complete the sentences relating to figures of speech by choosing words from the word bank

five types of nouns and examples of each; six types of common nouns and examples of each; identifying the nouns in sentences and naming each type of noun

identify articles and conjunctions in sentences

identify articles and conjunctions in sentences

completing phrases by choosing the correct word from the word bank

completing phrases by choosing the correct word from the word bank

completing phrases by choosing the correct word from the word bank

completing phrases by choosing the correct word from the word bank

plurals of nouns; rewriting sentences by changing the singulars to plurals

choosing the correct plural form of the noun from multiple choice

plurals of nouns; rewriting sentences by changing the singulars to plurals

plurals of nouns; rewriting sentences by changing the singulars to plurals

plurals of nouns; rewriting sentences by changing the singulars to plurals

plurals of nouns; rewriting sentences by changing the singulars to plurals

plurals of nouns; rewriting sentences by changing the singulars to plurals

plurals of nouns; rewriting sentences by changing the singulars to plurals

plurals of nouns; rewriting sentences by changing the singulars to plurals

plurals of nouns; rewriting sentences by changing the singulars to plurals

plurals of nouns; rewriting sentences by changing the singulars to plurals

completing sentences by choosing the correct preposition such as about, of, for, through, to, in

completing sentences by choosing the correct preposition

completing sentences by choosing the correct preposition

choosing the correct pronoun

choosing the correct pronoun

choosing the correct pronoun

choosing the correct pronoun

complete sentences by adding punctuation marks

complete sentences by adding punctuation marks

complete sentences by adding punctuation marks and capitalisation

complete sentences by adding punctuation marks and capitalisation

complete sentences by adding punctuation marks and capitalisation

choosing the correct synonym from the word bank

supply the correct synonym by choosing from the word bank

choosing the correct synonym from the word bank

match each word with its respective synonym by drawing a line

match each word with its respective synonym by drawing a line

match each word with its respective synonym by drawing a line

match each word with its respective synonym by drawing a line

match each word with its respective synonym by drawing a line

identify verbs and nouns in sentences

identify verbs and nouns in sentences

complete sentences by choosing the correct form of the verb

complete sentences by choosing the correct form of the verb

complete sentences by choosing the correct form of the verb