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

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 […]

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”

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

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

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

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

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,

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:

“A LETTER TO THE SISTER WHO PLANS TO DIVORCE HER HUSBAND ADVISING HER AGAINST THE DECISION”  ESSAY WRITING: INFORMAL LETTER Content Definition Features Informal letters are private or personal letters. They are letters we write to people who are very familiar to us such as our parents, relatives, friends, classmates and other people with whom

COMPREHENSION AND WRITING SKILLS Introduction to Summary Writing Content The Procedure Useful Hints The Test: Summary section seeks to test the candidate’s ability to extract or pick relevant information from a longer passage and present that information in clear, concise language. The Procedure Read over the passage once or twice for thorough understanding Read the

THE JEWS The passage is about the Jews who looked at Abraham as their father. He made a covenant with God. The Jews were once enslaved by the Egyptians. The Jews moved to their country (Canaan) and later began to travel to other countries where they settled and became successful. Their main belief is that

VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT-TRANSPORTATION AIR TRANSPORTATION Taxi- The process of a plane moving slowly along the ground before beginning to run forward for take-off. Runway: This is a wide path from which aircraft take off and on which they land. Tarmac: This is a surface of a road, runway at an airport. E,g The plane was waiting

COMPREHENSION/ORAL SKILLS ADVERTISING: Page 86-87 of the Effective English. The passage discusses about two basic objectives advertising, which are: to inform the target audience about the product or service; and to create or stimulate demand for the product or service through persuasion.    Evaluation Answer the questions below the passage.   FIGURES OF SPEECH Content:

KINDS OF SENTENCES- SIMPLE, MULTIPLE, COMPOUND, COMPLEX AND COMPOUND-COMPLEX Essay Writing: Expository- “Honesty is the Best Legacy” Vocabulary Development: Words Associated with Fisheries and Animal Husbandry   STRUCTURE: Kinds of Sentences Simple Sentence Compound Sentence Compound / Complex  Sentence   THE SENTENCE A Sentence is a group of words that contains a subject and a

COMPREHENSION / READING SKILLS The passage is a short extract from a full-length play. There are three characters; Salubi, Samson and Kotonou. Kotuno is a driver who wants to give up driving, Samson, a motor park tout, is his mate or conductor. Salubi  is a driver-trainee. EVALUATION Answer the questions under the comprehension passage.  

ESSAY WRITING: TYPES OF ESSAYS; SPEECH WORK: MONOTHONGS, IDIOMS ESSAY WRITING Essay writing is an art of communication, it requires the acquisition of the necessary skills to attain excellence.   Types of Essays Narrative Descriptive Expository Argumentative Creative Writing   REPORT WRITING: FORMAL REPORT. A formal report can be that of a robbery, an accident,

Phrasal Verbs Verbs often combine with adverbial particles to form multi-word verbs or phrasal verbs.Its meanings cannot be determined from the meaning of the verb and the particles in isolation, rather, it has to be comprehended from the entire phrase Examples turn down: refuse :I turned down the offer give in: surrender: Our team refused

Review of Word Class- Parts of Speech Noun– A noun is a naming word. It is a name of a person, animal, place, thing or and idea. Nouns also cover names like those of institutions, months and days, and abstract ideas. Below are examples of nouns: Names of people: Uche, Peterson, Adebisi, Falase Names of