Category JSS 1 English Language Notes (1st, 2nd & 3rd Term)

There is a day that will continue to remain indelible in my memory.  It is the day that i learnt a bitter lesson which i will pass on to my children.  I was then about eleven.  My father and i…

The simple past is used to talk about a completed action in a time before now.  We can sentence with past tense to express completed action in the past e.g. She washed her. I saw a movie yesterday. Used to…

A diphthong is a sequence of two vowels.  This means that in order to produce a diphthong, the tongue moves or glides from the position of are simple vowel into the position of another vowel.  We  have eight (8) diphthongs: …

Zumji and Uchenna is an exciting play which ends in tragedy.  It is the story of tow passionate lovers from the ethnic divide whose marriage plan was disallowed on tribal grounds.  When the undaunted due eventually in the epic battle…

A prefix is a letter or groups of letter added in front of another word to change its meaning e..  anti + body = antibody, ex + president = expresidetn Suffix is a letter or group of letter added at…

The future tense is used for an action which is about to take place.  It is formed by using shall or will and a simple. Present tense – for example: They will work hard next week She will sell bread…

To pronounce the vowel /e/, the front of the tongue is raised a little from the floor of the mouth. It is also pushed a little to the front.  The tip of the tongue touches the lower teeth.  Read out…

It is very important to note that myths are stories that are made of long ago to explain something the nature of certain phenomena or why things are the way they are.  For example, people have always asked the question,…

A Expository essay is a type of essay in which one is made to explain a process of doing something.  The purpose of the expository essay is to explain a topic in a logical and straight forward manner.  It present…

We can make sentence with the present tense and we must understand the fact that the present tense is used to express habits.  For examples: She goes to the market every day Dr. Audu usually gets to the hospital at…

Good after, Mr Chairman, a panel of judges, an accurate time-keeper and my co-debaters.  I am here to support the motion which states that road transportation is safer than air transportation.  These are many valid points: First, you don’t have…

Child labour – is when one subject a child to in human task.  The following are words that are associated with child labour: Sweat shop Slave labour Forced In humane Salt mines Work house Nine Underpaid Trafficking is a (crime). …

The past continuous tense refers to an action that was given at a time when another thing happened.  The past continuous tense is formed by using WAS or WERE and continuous tense.  For example: I was eating rice when he…

Drama is a literacy genre or work, that is meant to be performed on stage by characters.  Long stories, which we call novely are divided into chapters. Plays are divided into acts and each act is usually divided into scenes. …

A narrative is a recount of past experiences or shared experiences of the past.  In everyday life, we often need to give an account or a report of an event or something that happened in the past, when we do…

The present continuous tense is used for an action that is going on now.  It is important to note that the action in question is still going on as at the time of reporting. Look at this table: Subject   …

Vowel /D/:- Is a short vowel.  To pronounce /D/ the tongue is low in the mouth but it is pushed towards the back.  The lips from a round shape.  g. (i)  Elliot lost his little dog. (ii)  Put the doll…

Oral poetry is poetry that is composed and transmitted without the aid of writing. It is essentially handed down through the words of the mouth.  Written poetry on the other hand is poetry that is compose (creatively) or figuratively written…

Marriage is the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce).  E.g. A long and happy marriage we have the following marriage related words:  Courtship, date (dating), bride, bride, groom, bride price, dowry, fiancée, spinster,…

In our last class on grammar, we were looking at simple present tense, but now our focus will be on the simple past tense. THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE: is used for an action that took place in the past. For…