Blozzom Everyday

Prefixes   A prefix is a group of letters or syllable which is attached to the front of a root word to form another word which usually changes its meaning.  The following are examples with their meaning.  Prefix Meaning New Words/Derivative  un- not         unhappy, untrue  dis-         not         discomfort, dislike  non- not         nonsense, non-smoker mis- wrong mismanage, mislead  mal- bad         malfunction, maltreat  super-        exceeding supernatural, superman  out-        exceed outdo, outlive  sub- below substandard,subhuman hyper- beyond hypertension, hyperactive  anti- against anti-social, antiviral  EVALUATION Form words with these prefixes: pro-, inter-, trans-, pre-, over-, under- 

Stress Patterns In this lesson, we will explain the morphophonemic approach at identifying a stressed syllable. In this approach, stress placement is determined as a result of the occurrence and arrangement of vowels (short, long, diphthongs) and consonants in syllables.  A (i) For two syllable vowels, simple adjectives, adverbs and prepositions, Stress the first syllable when the second syllable contains a short vowel and one or a final consonant. E.g. ENter, ENvy, Open, Equal. However, a two syllable verb that ends in the diphthong (әu) is stressed on the first syllable  If the last syllable contains a long vowel, diphthong or more than our consonant stress it. If the last syllable contains a short vowel or not more one consonant stress the second syllable e.g. resuRRECT, enterTAIN, enCOUNTER, deTERmine B (i) Nouns of two syllables Stress the first syllable if the second syllable contains a short vowel otherwise stress the second e.g. MOney, PROduct, LArynx, eSTATE...

Prepositional Phrase A prepositional phrase is a group of words, which begins with a preposition and ends with a noun, pronoun or noun phrase called its complement. Examples : 1. Preposition + Noun (a) He is in trouble. (b) Trust in me. 2. Preposition + Pronoun   (a) Please, bear with me. (b) Go after them. 3. Preposition + Noun Phrase (a) She is always yelling at the girls. (b) We are at the farm. Other Types  1. Preposition + Wh clause e.g. He was surprised at what she told his friend. 2. Preposition + ing clause e.g. He needs a truck for transporting gravel. Grammatical Functions A prepositional phrase can serve as a modifier (an adjective), an adverb or a complement of a verb or complement of an adjective. 1. Modifier (adjective)    The man with a hat is our teacher. (modifies the noun “man”) 2. Modifier (adverb) The police caught the thief in the garden. (modifies the verb ‘caught’) 3. Complement of a verb We believe in what you said....

Letter Writing a. Informal letters are private or personal letters. They are letters we write to people who are very familiar to us such as our parents, friends, classmates etc. FEATURES OF AN INFORMAL LETTER 1. Writer’s address and date 2. Salutation e.g. Dear Efe, 3. Introduction 4. Body of the letter 5. Conclusion 6. Subscript, Your friend, b. Semi-formal letters are letters we write to people who are not totally strange to us but are not close enough to us to deserve personal letters. E.g our teachers, family doctor, priest etc. The semi-formal letter is more related to the informal letter than to the formal letter. FEATURES OF A SEMI-FORMAL LETTER 1. Writer’s address and date 2. Salutation e.g. Dear Mr. Eze, Dear Mrs Jones, 3. Introduction 4. Body of the letter 5. Conclusion 6. Subscript, e.g. Yours sincerely, c. Formal letters are also called official or business letters. They are written to people in their official positions. They are people we do not...

Rhymes A rhyme refers to  two letters that have the same ending sound. Rhyme is also used in poetry to refer to a pair of lines that ends with the same sequence of sounds. Examples: Rhyme Pairs 1.   Should                    Would  2.   Food                        Sued 3.   Bird                         Word 4.   Laugh                       Calf  5.   Ride                          Site  6.   Buy                          Sky  7.   Head                        Said  8.   Fail           ...