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 the following sentences – note the underlined letters. He said “Let us go home” My elder […]
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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 woke up early so that he could attend the wedding ceremony of one of my
Register are terms or words that are used in any given field of human knowledge or human Endeavour Register of farm Peasant farming or subsistence farming – Agricultural production for the satisfaction of the farmer’s immediate and extended families Tilling – making sail to be soft so that the preparation of the ridges and mounds
Making Sentences with Simple Present Tense and Simple Past Tense Present Tense Past Tense She speaks well She spoke well Bimpe works hard Bimpe worked hard Ume works in the farm Ume worked in the farm He is a student He was a student EVALUATION Write five sentences in present tense in past tense
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Speech involves language sounds which are associated with meaningful sounds that come out of the mouth (human mouth) and they are known as speech sounds. What is articulation? Articulation is the movement of the vocal organs to produce speech sounds the vocal organs are then referred to as “articulators” PURE VOWEL SOUNDS (MONO THRONGS)
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Read the following passage carefully and do the exercise on it: The dog is a domestic animal whose usefulness is rarely appreciated by man. It is not an ordinary animals. The dog is very loyal to man no matter the situation, the dogs remains faithful to man. The popular saying in a marriage ceremony “for
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,
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;
Argumentative: Day School is better than Boarding School Study the article below: Education is the foremost important aspect of any child’s life. Children who are privileged to have an education tend to be seen as smart and intelligent. Although, not everyone attended school, having an education, at least, to a certain stage, is key and
All the parts of speech are: Noun (2) pronoun (3) verbs (4)adjective (5) adverb (6) preposition (7) conjunction We shall consider each one, under our grammar lesson Noun- A noun is a naming word. Nouns are the names of people e.g man, woman, Ali etc. names of animals e.g horse, dog,
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 Auxiliary verb Main verb I
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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 express a series of completed actions. I finished work, walked to the beach, and found
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A FESTIVAL IN MY VILLAGE I was born in Ha Nam , a province in the North of Vietnam . I am always proud of my hometown with hard-working and kind farmers. I feel most proud of my village because of the many traditional festivals that takes place every year. One of the most important
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/I/ – this sort vowel has various spelling symbols like e, I, u, ay, ey, y, ui, ie, a,ia e.g. market, manage, quick, Friday, village, holy, symbol / I: / – This vowel is longer in length than vowel /I/ spelling symbpls-ea, ev,ae. Ie, ei, e, I, ey, ay, ee, etc. e.g. retrieve, seek, people,
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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, “How did the world begin?” people made up stories to answer these questions. Legend is
What is an adjective? An Adjective is a word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun Types of Adjectives We have the following types of adjective : Adjective of quality Adjective of number Adjective of Definite number (cardinal and ordinal) Adjective of Definite number Proper adjectives Distributive adjectives Demonstrative adjectives Possessive adjective Companion of
Tense is a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time. We shall look at the present tense. The present tense is used to show an action that occurs always or an occupation. For example – I live in New York. The moon goes around the earth. He eats rice every day. EVALUATION:
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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 and are joined in wedlock, the celebration of victory is brutally scuttled by some demented
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/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
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.