Fill in the blank spaces with the correct form of the verbs in the bracket Amadi has never ____ late to service (come) His mother, together with his sisters ____ in the bakery (work) Clement and his friends _____ games (like) He _____ a lot of reading everyday (do) Neither sports nor academic studies_____ easy …
Long sound /ᴣ:/ as in: bird, heard turn, etc. This is a long vowel sound. It occurs when the consonant /r/ follows the vowel /i/ or /e/ and the /r/ is followed by another consonant. Common spelling symbols of /ᴣ:/ er – verb, serve, term ir – girl, bird, stir our – journey, scourge, …
TYPES OF POEMS Epic :It is a long narrative poem that celebrates real historical events, heroic achievements, civilization, quasi-divine figures and such other subjects. Ballad: This is an anonymous narrative in verse passed from generation to generation by words of the mouth and meant to be sung and danced before a crowd. Ode: It is …
SIMPLE PAST TENSE Regular verbs form their past tense by adding ‘-ed’ to the simple form of the tense, while irregular verbs form their past tense in different ways. Example: Dada worked in the farm yesterday. (regular) The boys talked to me this morning. (regular) We ate last night. (irregular) She spoke kindly to me. …
/ᴧ/ Sound Short sound /ᴧ/ as in: cup, love, but, etc. Common spelling symbols of /ᴧ/ sound u — dust, but, must ou – cousin, young, country o – love, Monday, come oo – blood, flood EVALUATION Sentence for practicing /ᴧ/ sound Did you say, ‘Some love onions for breakfast or supper?’ But when …
Poetry refers in totality to the deployment of certain devices such as figure as figures of speech (emotion), rhyme and rhythm, stanzaic divisions, metre, subject matter in a body of words in order to express an idea. FEATURES Imagery: this refers to the selective and effective use of words to create pictorial impression in …
Tenses occur only in verbs. Although it is usual to talk about the past, present and other tenses, it refers to the change that takes place in the form of the verb to indicate time. THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE It is used to express habitual truth, eternal truth, what is fixed and present action. …
CONTRAST /u/, /u:/ A vowel sound is made with a free flow of air through the mouth without any obstruction either by the tongue or the lips. Word Contrast /u/ /u:/ look …
SPEECH WORK /u/ A vowel sound is made with a free flow of air through the mouth without any obstruction either by the tongue or the lips e.g /e/ is pronounced freely as in “set” /set/ Common spelling symbols of /u/ oo – wool, foot ; u – push, full; o — wolf, woman; …
A formal letter is also known as official letter or business letter. It is the kind of letter we write to people we don’t know or are not used to. Here, the language you use must be formal/official. Examples of this kind of letter are the letter we write to commissioners, ministers, editors, etc. Features …
What is an Adverb? An adverb is a word that is used to modify (to tell more about) a verb, an adjective, and another adverb. TYPES OF ADVERB Adverbs of Manner Adverbs of manner are ones that answer the question “how?” These adverbs show how something, such as an action, is done. In a …
Identify the nouns in the following sentences No one understands why whales sometimes strand themselves. Since 1989, people in a group called Project Jonah have used an inflatable pontoon to rescue stranded whales and other marine mammals. More than two thousand marine mammals have been helped in recent times. Identifying Types of Pronouns Identify the …
An adverb modifies a verb, an adjective or another adverb. Types of adverbs Adverbs of manner: they denote how an action is being carried out. Examples are boldly, quickly, friendly, happily etc. Adverbs of time: adverbs of time tell us the time when an action takes place. Examples are- yesterday, tonight, tomorrow, weekend etc. …
Antonyms are words that are opposite in meaning Look carefully at the underlined words: Word antonyms Happy sad New old Remember forget Smaller bigger Like dislike Big small Beautiful ugly Like hate Big small Quiet noisy Supply the opposite of these words Dead – Awake – Bright – Far – Fat – Dark …
The use of “shall”, “will”, and “may” Read the sentences in the table several times and write out fourteen correct sentences from it: He The boy Will Buy a book, Go to Lagos, Pay the bill, Won’t he? We Shall not Go with them, Buy from them, Tell the truth, …
Read these sentences: He came in at a point in time I was eating then He came in when I was eating When I was eating, he came in. Now, write down the sentences below like sentence (iii) above. I saw him when he was going out We got there when they were fighting Dada …
Read these sentences. Use the underlined words in sentences of your own. Put away all the toys Some children are very playful Give me any of the colours Each book costs $300 None of the boys is in school Make eight sentences from this table Each All None Some of us …
Read these sentences aloud Ngozi was there, wasn’t she? Yes, she was They were not busy, were they? No, they weren’t My sister did not buy sugar, did she? No, she didn’t You are a small boy, aren’t you? Yes, I am Men don’t surrender easily, do they? No, they don’t We agreed to meet …
Read these sentences aloud. Think about the two parts. Statement Question I ate beans, She bought two oranges, They swept the room, Carol sang a song, He killed the snake, He has gone, Didn’t i? Didn’t she? Didn’t they? Didn’t she? Didn’t he? Hasn’t he? Ade could not buy a pen, She is not …
Vocabulary: Astronomy The lexis and structures on the vocabulary of astronomy. Some of the words used include universe, orbits, planets, eclipse, cosmonaut, satellite, galaxies, etc. Astronomy: the Scientific study of the universe, especially of the motions, positions, sizes, composition, and behaviour of astronomical objects. Universe: the totality of all matter and energy that exists in …