Lesson Notes, Audio Lessons, Exam Questions
Lesson Notes, Audio Lessons, Exam Questions
Welcome to the JSS 1 English Language Notes section, covering topics from the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd terms of the school year.
These detailed notes are designed to help students grasp essential concepts in English Language, perfect for revision, assignments, and exam preparations.
Access the JSS 1 English Language notes for all three terms. Perfect for exam preparation and subject revision.
The library is a building that houses a collection of books and other materials. It can also mean a room where books are kept. Consider the following words. Library card – A card certifying the bearer’s right to use the…
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…
Folktales are stories that are made up long ago to teach people and children how to live good lives and how to live wisely. These stories are usually about animals (fables), birds, fish or insects that think and talk like…
A formal letter is an official letter or business letter written to those in places of authority. A SAMPLE LETTER THAT CONTAINS ALLTHE FEATURES OF FORMAL LETTER Question – Write a letter of permission to be absent from school to…
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…
Adverbs are words that adds more information to a verb, to an adjective and to another adverb. We shall be looking at only two types of adverbs in this lesson: – Adverb of manner:- Which is used to show how…
What is a vowel sound? A vowel sound is a speech sound that is made with the vocal that being opened. We shall be contrasting three monothongs or pure vowels which are /u/, /u:/ and /D/ /u/ /u:/ /D/ Bull …
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…
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…
/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/…
Elements of Composition Elements of composition are the features or characteristics that make up the composition; they are divided into 3 parts which are: (i) The introduction (ii) The body (iii) The conclusion Introduction: is the opening paragraph or the…
Members of the family Nephew- A son of your brother or sister Niece-A daughter of one’s brother or sister (or brother-in-law, or sister-in-law) Cousin-the child of your aunt or uncle, (first cousin, full cousin) (cousin brother (male cousin) female cousin)…
A pronoun is a word that is used instead of a noun. Underline the pronouns in these sentences. John is a boy He is in the class Nike is a girl She is at home They are brother and sisters…
Literature is the art of composition in prose and verse literature mirrors life and the society. There are three (3) genres of literature which are: Drama (b) Prose (c) Poetry. The purpose of Literature Literature seeks to correct the…
What is an essay? An essay is a written composition of moderate length explaining a particular issue or subject matter. In writing an essay, we must consider the following types of essays which are : (a) Narrative essay (b) Descriptive…
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…
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…
Diphthongs: The word ‘diphthong’ is from a Greek word, which means double sound. They are also vowels. The difference is that while a pure vowel contains only one sound, a diphthong contains two sounds with a glide from the first…
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…
FUTURE TENSE: SIMPLE FUTURE No change occurs in the simple form of the verb in the expression of the future, but English has a few ways of indicating futurity. By using the modal auxiliary verbs ‘shall’ and ‘will’ e.g I…