Speakers of English language often times make error in their speech or writing by misusing the tense. Tense is simply the change that takes place in the verb to show the time of an action and based on this definition we have two major tenses in English namely Present tense and Past tense. Other kinds of tense include:

1. The simple present tense

2. The present continuous tense

3. Present perfect tense

Correct: I have run the race

Wrong: I have drank the water

Correct: I have drunk the water

Wrong: The little boy has broke his ankle

Correct: The little boy has broken his ankle

Wrong: I have get what I wanted.

Correct; I have got what I wanted

Wrong: I have worked in this company since two years.

Correct: I have worked in this company for two years.

Wrong: Are you online?

Correct: Are you on the phone?

Wrong: we saw Jane in the Television/screen

Correct: We saw Jane on the television/screen.

Wrong: I heard it over/in (the) radio.

Correct: I heard it on (the) radio or I heard it over the air.

Wrong: There is no credit in my phone.

Correct : There is no credit on my phone

Wrong: The manuscript is in the computer.

Correct: The manuscript is on the computer

Wrong: Speak on the microphone

CORRECT: Speak into the microphone.

WRONG: He is working under the rain/sun.

CORRECT: He is working in the rain/sun

WRONG: I born my last child in 2005

CORRECT: I had my last child in 2005

WRONG: There are a lot of tall storey buildings at Lagos.

CORRECT: There are a lot of tall storey buildings in Lagos

WRONG: I will be in Uzuakoli tomorrow.

CORRECT; I will be at Uzuakoli tomorrow.

(Use "in" for big cities and "at" for small cities).

*UBA Plc Essay Competition 2020 - N6Million Grant For Your Child.*

✓ Are you in secondary school in Nigeria?

✓ Can you express your thoughts in English language?

✓ If yes, then I encourage you to participate in the ongoing National Essay Competition being organized by UBA Plc.

*Topic:*

"Do you think that the lock down during the Covid-19 pandemic was an essential measure in spite of the hardship it brought economically? What would you have done differently and why?"

*Requirements:*

1. Be a Secondary School Student

2. Must submit a handwritten essay (750 words MAX)

3. Must submit a passport photograph

4. Must submit a copy of a birth certificate, National ID or passport

*Deadline:* October 2nd, 2020

*Awards* - Educational Grants:

1st Prize -  N2.5 million.

2nd Prize - N2 million.

3rd Prize -  N1.5 million.

You can do it. Click the link below to see more detail and, on the second link, to start your application:

https://m.facebook.com/groups/322170341648644?view=permalink&id=876290682903271

https://www.ubagroup.com/national-essay-competition/

[Parents, please draw the attention of your children who are in Secondary Schools to this]

Thank You