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JSS 3 English Language (1st, 2nd & 3rd Term) English Language (All Classes)

PERSONAL AND POSSESSIVES PRONOUN

The pronoun is a word used in place of a noun to avoid repetition and monotony in speech or writing.  In replacing the noun however, the pronoun must reflect gender and number of the noun.

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NASAL SOUND / m n, ɳ/

These sounds are described as nasals because air flows out through the nose as they are produced. They are peculiar in the sense that their sounds come out entirely through the nasal cavity.

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INFORMAL LETTER

Letter writing is an act of communicating information, feelings, ideas or opinions to somebody who is absent or resides in a distance. A letter should contain full details of the issue one is writing about in order to bring about the same reaction that would have occurred if the message contained in it had been a spoken one.

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VOWEL CONTRAST /ᴧ/ AND /a:/

 /ᴧ/                                                                     /a:/

                                                Come                                                                    calm

                                                Cut                                                                         cart

                                                Hut                                                                         heart

                                                Dunce                                                                   dance

                                                Must                                                                     mast

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JSS 3 English Language (1st, 2nd & 3rd Term) English Language (All Classes)

QUESTION TAGS

A question tag is a type of question often found at the end of a statement. It is used to change a statement or sentences to a question when it is added. Question tag is a common device in conversation which is aimed at making a statement and at once ask the listener to confirm it.

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JSS 3 English Language (1st, 2nd & 3rd Term) English Language (All Classes)

CONSONANT CONTRAST /Z/ AND /S/

consonant contrast /s/ and /z/
examples of consonant /s/ and /z/
examples of consonant sound /z/
names with consonants only

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JSS 3 English Language (1st, 2nd & 3rd Term) English Language (All Classes)

COMPOSITION (ARTICLE WRITING)

An article is a complete piece of writing on an issue of public interest. It usually contains views or opinions of its writers on a specific issue or topic.

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JSS 3 English Language (1st, 2nd & 3rd Term) English Language (All Classes)

CONJUNCTION

A conjunction is a part of speech that connects words, phrases, or clauses within a sentence. It is used to show a relationship between the connected elements. Conjunctions are used to coordinate, subordinate, or correlative, and they play an important role in constructing and combining sentences. Conjunctions are words which join phrases, clauses and sentences. […]

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CONTRAST /t/ and /s/

contrast t shirt
contrast to synonym
contrast to sky blue
contrast to something
contrast synonym
contrast to sharp
contrast to sentence examples
contrast to stretch
contrast to swallow
what is the difference between with contrast and without contrast

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SS 1 English Language (1st, 2nd & 3rd) English Language (All Classes)

ANTONYMS – WORDS THAT ARE OPPOSITE IN MEANING

ANTONYMS – WORDS THAT ARE OPPOSITE IN MEANING Antonyms are words that have opposite meanings to each other. They are words that are most commonly used to express contrasting or contradictory ideas. When you encounter an antonym, it provides an opposite or contrasting meaning to another word. For example, “hot” and “cold” are antonyms because […]

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GRAMMAR: ADVERBS AND TENSE

Adverbs are words that modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. They provide additional information about the manner, time, place, frequency, degree, or reason of an action or state. Adverbs can be used with different tenses to convey specific meanings. Here are some examples: 1. Simple Present Tense: – She always sings beautifully. (The adverb “always” […]

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VOCABULARY DEVELOPNMENT (SEXUALITY AND RELIGION) WORDS ASSOCIATED WITH PHOTOGRAGHY)

WORDS ASSOCIATED WITH SEXUALITY AND RELIGION Do you believe in life of the spirit and in one or more  1? if you believe that there is only one God, it means you are  2  (a monotheist) but if you believe that there is more than one good, you are  3  . In ant case, some […]

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VOCABULARY DEVELOPNMENT: SYNONYMNS

VOCABULARY DEVELOPNMENT: SYNONYMNS (WORDS EXACTLY THE SAME INMEANING AND WORDS THAT ARE NEARLY THE SAME) SYNONYMS Synonyms are words that are nearest in meaning, for example, odour, smell, scent,. Note that it is very rare indeed for two words to have exactly the same meaning. If it does happen, the tendency is for one to […]

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TENSE (simple, present, tense, simple past tense, present perfect tense)

TENSE (simple, present, tense, simple past tense, present perfect tense, past perfect tense, present continuous present perfect continuous tense. TIME AND TENSE The words time and tense are not synonymous. Time stands for a concept with which all humans are familiar. Time is divided into past, present, and future. Time is independent of language. Tense […]

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COMPOSITION/ WRITING

Formal letter is an official letter or business letter, written to those in places of authority to lodge a complaint, make a request, make a recommendation or even express your concern or any negative development that may be hindering progress of a place or community. Question: write a letter to the chairman of your local […]

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COMPREHENSION (THE QUEST FOR HEALTH)

Reading for Details and inference. The word “key “as used in the first paragraph in the passage refers to a fuller degree of physical Health. Health is being in a perfect state and where the body and mind are active. Disease is when there is no health, and where one does not maintain perfect health, […]

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AFFIX (AFFIXATION)

Affix : An element that is added to a base or root word to form another word. Affixes can be in the form of prefixes or suffixes. A PREFIX: is an affix that is added to the beginning of a word e.g. “audio” in “audio-visual” is both a prefix and an affix. “l A SUFFIX: […]

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SS 2 English Language (1st, 2nd & 3rd Term) English Language (All Classes)

Structure – Making Uncountable Nouns Countable

The focus here is to see how uncountable nouns can be made countable. Countable nouns are those we can count, they usually have singular and plural forms Example:   girl – girls box – boxes man – men ox – oxen Uncountable nouns are those that cannot be counted, and they therefore have only the singular […]

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Essay Writing – Articles

An article is a piece of writing on any subject of public interest, specifically for publication in a magazine or a newspaper. The topics of such articles may be narrative, descriptive, argumentative or expository. It is important to recognize the audience for which the article is written as this determines the tone and language. The […]

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Structure – More about Phrasal Verbs

Remember phrasal verbs are made up of verbs followed by a prepositions or adverbs – particles. The meanings of these combinations, as already known, cannot be determined in isolation, rather they have to be comprehended from the entire phrase. These meanings can sometimes be obvious or obscure. When the meaning is obscure, it becomes idiomatic. […]

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