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Parts of Speech

 PARTS OF SPEECH  Noun Pronoun Verb Adverb Adjectives  Preposition  Conjunctions  Interjections  1. Noun: A Noun refers to names of persons, places, or things. E.g Chike, Ade, Audu, Lagos, Abuja, book, pen, orange, etc. Types of Noun i. Common Noun: These are nouns which refers to things. They usually have plural forms. E.g book/books, car/cars, etc. ii. Proper noun: These are nouns which refers to persons and places. They do not have the plural form. E.g Mary, January, Faith Academy, etc. 2. Pronouns: Pronouns are used instead of a noun. E.g he, she, it, they, them, etc. Types of pronounce include possessive pronoun, demonstrative pronoun, etc. 3. Verb: A verb is an action word. It tells us something about the subject of a sentence. Example of verbs include go, stop, shout, run, sang, etc. Types of Verbs include transitive and intransitive verbs. a. Transitive verbs are verbs which take object nouns. E.g The pupils watched the play ii) The pupils like their teacher. b. Intransitive ve

REVIEW OF VERBS AND ADVERBS

Topic:               Review of Verbs and Adverbs Content:             A verb is an action word. It tells us what the subject of a sentence does. There are two types of verbs: transitive and intransitive verbs. Transitive Verbs These are verbs that have / take objects. Example: One man does the work.   I broke my leg. She slapped the boy. The tailor made a beautiful dress. Intransitive Verbs These are verbs that don’t take / have objects Examples: A cock crows. I slept very well yesterday. The baby cries everyday.           However, some verbs can be used either as transitive verbs (that is, with objects) and as intransitive verbs (that is, without objects) e.g; ate i.           He ate rice (rice is the object) ii.          He ate (no object) fight i.           I can fight him (Him is the object) ii.          I can fight (no object) sing i.           Bimpe sings a song everyday (song is the object) ii           Bimpe sings eve

REVIEW OF MONOPHTHONGS

  Topic:               Review of Monophthongs Content:             The English vowel sounds are twenty five in number. These vowels consist of twelve monophthongs and eight diphthongs and five triphthongs .  The monophthongs refers to a single vowel sound. They are twelve in number. They can be sub-divided into long and short vowel sounds:   The short vowel sounds are seven (7). They are: / I / ‘a’         -            village, adage ‘e’         -            before, women, English ‘u’         -            b us iness, b u sy, min u te ‘ei’        -            foreign ‘ui’        -            b ui ld, g ui lt ‘y’         -            s y mbol, l y nch, m y th ‘O’        -            w o men ‘I’         -            s i t, p i g, b i g, p i t, k i d /e / ‘a’         -            m a ny, a ny ‘ou’       -            s a id ‘ay’       -            s ay s ‘e’         -            b e d, p e g, egg, n e t. ‘ea’       -            d ea d, br ea d, h ea d ‘

SS1 FIRST TERM SCHEME OF WORK FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE

  SS1 FIRST TERM SCHEME OF WORK FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE WEEK TOPIC SUB-TOPIC 1.   a . Oral : Review b.Structure   c. Reading Comprehension   d Vocabulary development e . Words for the week v  Differentiate between letters of alphabet and English sounds. v  Review of word classes: parts of speech, use them in sentences. v  Identify the topic sentence and main idea in the passage. v  Words associated with home and family. v  Meaning of docile ,  indict, playwright, abase, haughty, millenium, chalet, memento, absolve, synonymous.   2. a. Oral   b. Structure   c. Comprehension   d. Writing   e.Words for the week v  Monophthongs (pure vowels)   v  Nouns, meaning, types, examples and usage   v  Contextual meaning, replacement question form.   v  Composition on ‘My Family’. v  Discreet,gazelle, boycott, enmity, bequeath, hallowed, epitome, apathetic, facade, lynch.         3. a.  Oral   b. Structure c. Comp rehension d. Vocabulary Development e . Words for the week v  Diphthongs   v  Countable a