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Boosting Your Creative Writing Skills with Tutoring
The ability to communicate effectively is a crucial life skill, and mastering one's native language lays the foundation for it.

Nigel Porter
Jul 28, 20233 min read


From Good to Great: Tips on Enhancing Your Child's Writing Composition Abilities.
As a parent, it is important to ensure that your child is equipped with the necessary skills to excel in their academic pursuits. One of …

Nigel Porter
Jun 5, 20233 min read


Managing Test Anxiety: Techniques to Help Your Child Perform Their Best.
Test anxiety is a common phenomenon that many students experience. The pressure to perform well can lead to stress, nervousness, and …

Nigel Porter
May 26, 20233 min read


10 Fun and Engaging Activities for Teaching English Vocabulary.
10 Fun and engaging activities to help build vocabulary.

Nigel Porter
May 21, 20233 min read


Metaphor or Simile?
What are the differences between metaphors and similes?

Nigel Porter
May 11, 20232 min read


5 Tips to build children’s vocabulary
5 Tips on building and improving children’s vocabulary.

Nigel Porter
May 5, 20233 min read


Practise or Practice
Practise or practise? What is the difference?

Nigel Porter
Feb 25, 20232 min read


Using Homophones
Choosing the correct homophone in your/you’re writing can be a bit tricky. Here/hear are/our some/sum examples of/off homophones.

Nigel Porter
Feb 19, 20233 min read


Progressive Form
The progressive form is a verb form that indicates an ongoing action or state in progress. It is formed by combining the verb "to be"...

Nigel Porter
Feb 18, 20231 min read


Colon or Semi-colon?
Colons can be a great way to emphasise a point or introduce additional information in your writing. They can be used to introduce a list...

Nigel Porter
Feb 14, 20232 min read


10 Story ideas for your writing
Here are 10 story ideas to inspire you to write. Please do email me your stories, I would love to read your ideas. A girl/boy who...

Nigel Porter
Feb 12, 20231 min read
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