February 2025
Character
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Character refers to the way a person behaves, his manners and general behavior. Character can also be viewed as a person’s disposition, nature, personality or temperament. Some people can be described as being vain, others fearless while others can be described […]
Tone and Mood
The somber mood at a funeral. Image by Daily Mail. Register Tone and Mood
Tone and mood are often wrongly used inter-changeably although they are in some instances similar in meaning. Their differences can be more easily demonstrated when they are […]
English Language: Register: Matching questions
Register Matching questions
For years now the fifth question (usually question e) ) in register has been a matching question. The question carries 2 marks and requires you to match 4 register items in the first column to four items in the second column with each correct answer you give being worth half a mark. In some rare instances the […]
Glossary of useful Register Words
ZIMSEC Register Glossary of useful words
As a completing year student you will find the following list of words useful when answering your final public examination register questions. There are however two things that you should note:
- While this list of words was created and chosen to cover most common questions it is by no means exhaustive; it is not […]
Emotions/Feelings
Angry Couple. Image By Jet Emotions/Feelings
A feeling is an emotional state. Emotions are sensations derived from one’s circumstances, mood or relationship with others. Usually feelings are accompanied by a set of physiological changes such as a change in heartbeat or breathing rate. These changes can […]
Register: Introduction
Register is a study of how humans approach communication in the real world. Image by:UCSB
Register: Introduction
English Language candidates are required to recognize the appropriate use of registers depending with situation, settings, occasion or purpose as well […]
Answering Register Questions
If it all makes you head ache, don’t despair we will hand-hold you through what the examiners want and need. Answering Register Questions
It might seem trite to say this but the […]
Reason
Which way to go? Image by EPMChannel Reasons in Register
Often enough people act or talk in ways that might be interpreted in any number of different ways depending on the circumstances and other factors. As a candidate you will be presented with scenarios […]