Blozzom Everyday

  Consonant/3/ and /d3/ When you say consonant /3/, the end of your tongue curves back behind the tooth ridge to make a light contact with it while air pushes through the gap. It is a voiced consonant sound. It's spelling forms include genre, beige, bourgeois, measure, leisure, seizure, regime, prestige, treasure, pleasure, television, illusion, provision, explosion, etc. On the other hand, consonant /d3/ is pronounced when the top blade and sides of the tongue touch the tooth ridge. At the same time, the front of the tongue is raised towards the hard part of the roof of the mouth to stop air from going out , then moves back to release the air. It is a voiced consonant sound. Examples include: Jane, just, enjoy,reject, gist,magic, cage, midget, grudges, ledger, refrigerator, adjacent, adjudicate, adjust, suggest, exaggerate, education, gradual, soldier, etc.

Changing Positive Statement to Negative Statements Negative statements can simply be changed by adding 'not', 'never' to a sentence. Negative sentences have the opposite meaning to positive sentences. For example: Positive: I am used to reading all night. Negative : I am not used to reading all night. Positive: Abubakar sometimes drives his father's car. Negative: Abubakar never drives his father's car. The most important negative word is not . The word not makes a whole clause negative. It's short form is n't. Examples: do not - don't has not- hasn't  cannot- can't  will not- won't  Other negative words include: neither, neither...nor, never, no, nobody, nothing, nowhere, no one, etc. Evaluation: Change the following positive sentences to negative sentences: Laura likes football. The film had started. My sister reads newspaper. It can be done. He is gentle.

  Adverbs Adverbs refers to a part of speech that modifies verbs in sentences. Types of Adverbs Adverb of time : This is an adverb that tells us when an event occurs. E.g The new manager resumed later. Adverb of place He left there. Adverb of manner The boys spoke loudly Adverb of frequency  E.g The children visit their parents occasionally. Adverb of degree  The citizens were tremendously impressed by the efforts of the government. Adverb of interrogation  Why were you running? Adverb of Affirmation I will definitely attend the party. Adverb of Negation I do not know the answer. Evaluation Identify the type of adverbs in the following sentences: She has curly blond hair and blue eyes. We happily sang a birthday song for Sandra. She jumped up suddenly and left the room. It was a magnificently beautiful performance. He always write slowly. She worked carefully with the sick child.

  The Mirror By Augus Obinna Chukwuka I did not know That life is like A mirror beneath the Sun I did not know That there is A mirror in A still and clean Water I did not know That first mirror Of every man is First his conscience  And then his clan I did not know That the main Work of a mirror Is to make-believe  Of that which is real? I did not know A broken mirror Is far from a broken image But a broken image stands Broken before a mirror I did not know  That the shadow Of a substance  Cast by the sun Upon a curious soil or sea Is best mirror Of the year! Background of the Poem A mirror is a piece of glass that reflects images, something that shows what another thing is like in a very clear and accurate way. However, the poem reflects the true self of human kind. The poem is likened to an axiom that says, "the you you see is the you you are". The mirror cannot change the person's character; it only reflects the original image o the looker. But the person will be judged