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Raushan Kumar

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Yes, learning basic German is highly recommended. It helps you with daily tasks, part-time jobs, reading contracts, and dealing with government offices. It also helps you integrate socially and culturally.

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Sarjana Sinha

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Here are a few reasons why a student must study Japanese course:

  • Learning Japanese gives you an understanding of Japanese culture, which is rich in history, traditions, and art forms. 
  • Japanese courses offer diverse career opportunities in fields like business, translation,  travel and tourism.
  • As per the 2022 Ethnologue research, over 125 million people speak Japanese as their mother tongue or first language.
  • The Japanese make up the third the largest language community on the Internet, after only English and Chinese speakers.
  • Studying Japanese provides insights into the country's rich culture and fosters cross-cultural
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Pallavi Pathak

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There are a variety of learning methods to master antonyms. The beginner can start from common antonym pairs and group them by themes like size, emotions or time. They can participate in online quizzes, and use flashcards, or vocabulary apps for daily practice. Practice example sentences to understand how antonyms can be used in context. To learn any language it is important to read books in that language, watch shows in the same language, so, that it comes naturally to the learner. Hence, here it is advisable to speak in English and play word games as much as you can. Exposure, usage, and repetition are key to remembering antonyms and

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Pallavi Pathak

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There are three types of antonyms:

  • Gradable antonyms - It is words with opposite degrees such as "cold" for "hot", and "short" for "tall".
  • Complementary antonyms - Exact opposites where the antonym completely excludes the other. Example - "alive" for "dead", and "on" for "off"
  • Relational antonyms – As the name suggests, they exist in relationship with the other. Eg- "sell" for "buy", and "child" for "parent".

The learner should have a good understanding of these types to use them more accurately mainly during complex discussions and writing. It also helps in understanding how words work in context.

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Pallavi Pathak

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Learning antonyms is one of the basic requirement of improving English language skills as it helps you express your ideas more clearly and expands your vocabulary. The understanding of opposites allows you to compare and contrast various situations, qualities, or emotions. It also improves your writing and speaking by giving more word choices and helps you to avoid repetition and make it monotonous or boring. In academic writing, the use of antonyms allows the creation of balanced arguments. It is a basic part of the English learning process which helps in improving reading comprehension, and word usage skills and builds stronger gramm

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Pallavi Pathak

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No, not all English words have antonyms or exact opposite meaning word. Many Verbs and adjectives have clear opposites such as "arrive" is the antonym of "leave", and "weak" is the antonym of "strong". However, some words, like "chair", "banana", and "car" don't have any direct antonyms. Also, many complex or abstract concepts might not have true antonyms. In such cases, the antonym is based on context or related word pairs. Many words have more than one antonym depending on how they are used in a sentence. Hence, the learner must learn it with context in mind.

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Nishtha Singh

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English is the primary language at Camosun College. Hence, meeting one of the requirement is mandatory:

  • Completion of BC High School Grade 12 English with C+ or better OR
  • Recognized Pathway Partner Certificate OR
  • External Assessment

For external assessment, IELTS / TOEFL / PTE test scores are accepted. The minimum test scores that are required in these tests are:

Tests

Minimum Score

IELTS

Overall 6.0

TOEFL

Overall 78

PTE

Overall 54

Know about the tests that make you eligibile for Canadian Universities

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Pallavi Pathak

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Antonyms are words that have opposite meanings. It is extremely important to master them to increase English vocabulary and express yourself better by showing contrast in feelings, thoughts, or descriptions. For example - the antonym of "happy" is "sad", of "cold" is "hot". An antonym can be a verb, adjective, adverb or noun. Antonyms are used in both written and spoken English to make communication more impactful and expressive. Having a good hold on the antonyms improves communication skills, vocabulary, writing, conversations, and reading comprehension.

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Satyendra Kaur

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To identify a noun in a sentence, students must apply the below rules:

  • Look for words that name a person, place, thing, or idea.
  • Find the subject or verb to spot connected nouns.
    Example: She is writing – “She” is a noun, “is writing” is the verb.
  • Check for articles (a, an, the) – they usually come before nouns.
    Example: The competition was held – “competition” is a noun.
  • Look for capitalized words – they might be proper nouns.
    Example: Shakespeare wrote books – “Shakespeare” is a noun.
  • Words following “a lot, ” “some, ” or specific numbers are often nouns.
    Example: Some pencils are on the table – “pencils
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Kritika Malhotra

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A collective noun is a word given to group of people, things or animals. Example: herd, family, flock, government and so forth.

These nouns are usually treated as a singular noun even though it refers to a group of animal, thing or people.

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