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

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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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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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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COMPREHENSION AND WRITING SKILLS

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

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INTRODUCTION TO ANSWERING COMPREHENSION

COMPREHENSION/ READING SKILLS INTRODUCTION TO ANSWERING COMPREHENSION CONTENT Introduction Basic Guide Comprehension simply means understanding Basic Guide Carefully check the instructions you are given. Read the passage through very quickly to grasp the general sense idea Quickly look at the questions thoroughly and keep them in mind. Read through the passage again more slowly trying

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COMPREHENSION/ READING SKILLS: SKIMMING AND SCANNING

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.  

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KINDS OF SENTENCES

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

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FIGURES OF SPEECH: SIMILE, METAPHOR, IRONY AND PERSONIFICATION

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:

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INTRODUCTION TO PHRASAL VERBS. ADVERBS, CONJUNCTIONS AND PREPOSITIONS

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

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NOUN, PRONOUN, VERB ADJECTIVE, SPELLING; DOUBLING OF CONSONANTS

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

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