SS 3 English Language – KnowledgeMerchant

Correction for
12/8/2020

1. C 2. A 3. B 4. D

5. C 6. B 7. B 8. B

9. C 10.C 11. C 12.A

13. D 14. C 15 .A

12/8/2020
Hello Students,
Correction for
10/8/2020

C. 2 . D 3. A 4. D
C. 6 . B 7. D 8. A
9 . C 10 B 11. D
12 A 13 A 14 B Below are the exercises for today’s
Class .
From the words
lettered A to D, Choose the word that rhymes with the given word. An
example is given below.
Example: pale
A. pail B. palm
C. mall D. haul
The correct answer
is “A ” because only
“pail ” rhymes with
“pale”
Now answer the questions that
follow:
suite
A. soot B soothe
C. sweet D sight
brood
A. crude B. broad
C. blood D. bruise
beach
A . rich B. teach
C. peace D breeze
drawn
A. drown B . prone
C. prune D . prawn
phone
A . town B. gown
C. Seen. brown

In each of the following questions , the
main/ primary
stress is indicated
by writing the
syllable on which
it occurs in capital
letters . From the
words lettered A to D, choose the one
that has the correct
stress.
Example: education
A. E-du-ca-tion
B. e-DU-ca-tion
C. e-du-CA-tion
D. e-du-ca–TION
The correct answer is “C” because the
primary stress of
the word “education”
is on the third syllable.
Now answer the
following questions

reproduction
A. RE-pro-duc-tion
B. re-pro-DUC-tion
C .re-PRO-duc-tion
D. re-pro-duc-TION
insufficient
A . IN-suf-fi-cient
B . in-suf-FI-cient
C. in-SUF-fi-cient
D. in-suf-fi-CIENT
distinguishable
A. DIS-tin-guish-a-ble
B. dis-TIN-guish-a-ble
C. dis-tin-GUISH-a-ble
conservative
A. CON-ser-va-tive
B. con-ser-va-tive
C. con-SER-va-tive
D. con-ser-VA-tive
mathematics
A. math-E-mat-ics
B. MATH-e-mat-ics
C . math-e-mat-ICS
D . math-e-MAT-ics

In the following
options lettered A to D, all the words
except one have
the same pattern.
Identify the one with
the different stress
pattern.
Example:
A. ago B. above
C. delay D. motor
Options A,B ,C are all stressed on the
second syllable while option D is the
only one stressed
on the first syllable.
So “D” is the correct
answer.
Now answer the questions that follow:

A . attention
B . dramatic
C . frequent
D. inform
A. obstacle
B. condemn
C . today
D. prevail
A. clever
B. lazy
C. paper
D. postpone
A. emphatic
B . tomorrow
C . hopeful
D. phonetics
A. terror
B. unless
C. colonial
D . behind

Kindly write only your answers in the
form below

10/8/2020
Hello Students, how are you doing?
Below are the exercises for today’s class.
From the list of words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word
or group of words that best completes
each of the following sentences

The athlete was
disqualified from
participating in the
race because he was discovered to
have taken performance enhancing……. .
A. tablets B . medicine C. drugs
D. food
They don’t agree
with him because
his Views are…….
opposed to theirs.
A . decisively
B . significantly
C. emphatically
D. diametrically
There was no ……
for the invective
he showered on
them in his
speech.
A. justification
B. opportunity
C. chance D. place
Bribery is
detrimental to the
growth of any
society, it must
be……….
A. removed
B. abolished
C. deposed
D. eradicated
The…….. levelled
against him are
quite serious.
A. offences
B. wrongdoing
C . allegations
D. wrongs
The……. of
Chukwu and
Taiwo as left back
and goalkeeper
will be an
unbeatable one.
A. support
B. combination
C. competition
D. cooperation
He was very
angry at the time,
so please…..
what he said.
A. dismiss
B. tolerate
C scrutinize
D. disregard
The politician
decided to take
the editor of the
newspaper to court
for……. of character.
A. defamation
B. deformation
C. destruction
D. depreciation
The renowned
literary giant who
was killed in an
accident was
awarded an
honorary degree
…………..
A. respectfully
B. immediately
C. posthumously
D. extraordinarily.
The new baby
boy is a welcome
………. to our
happy family.
A. supplement
B. addition
C. inclusion
D. admission

After each of the following sentences
a list of possible
interpretation is
given. Choose the
interpretation that you consider most
appreciate for each
sentence.

Chroma knows
the city like the
back of her hand .
This means that
Chroma knows the
City
A. Very small
B. Shaped like the
back of his hand
C. Very useful
D. very well
Tonye has a
sweet tooth. This
means that Tonye
A. likes to eat sweet
things
B. keeps her teeth
clean
C. has only one
tooth but a very
pretty one
D. has pretty teeth
From our first
meeting we got on
like a house on
fire . This means
that we
A. became great
friends
B. quarrelled bitterly
C. became friends
though the house
caught fire
D. fell passionately
in love.
In moment of
danger he kept
his head. This
means that in moment of danger
he
A. put both hands
on his head
B. never got excited
C. never got a
headache
D. Put on his cap

Kindly write only your answers in the form provided below.

Corrections for 05/08/2020

A- so that it will be 2. B- in case he has 3. A- to talk to 4. D- whose opinions he was expressing 5. E- had queried 6. C- taking 7. A- had 8. D- like 9. D-the more 10. A- would he

05/08/2020

Hello dear students,

How are you all.Before starting today”s work, Let us look at the previous corrections.

Corrections for 03\08\2020

When the cars collided, it was quite clear who the policeman regarded as the culprit. He summoned the first driver, who was a woman, though nobody knew who she was. He also spoke to a nearby fruit-seller, who he persuaded to act as a witness. However, when the magistrate asked who had swerved over the white line, the fruit-seller accused the second driver, who of course denied it. Whom should the magistrate hold responsible? He had to decide who to punish. The policeman continued to maintain that the second driver, to whom he was related, was completely innocent, and the clerk, who the magistrate consulted on a point of law, left him more confused than ever.

1. Publicity

2. Advertisement

3. Publication

4. Currency

5. Fame

Topic: Lexis and Structure

Choose from the alternatives A-E the form that best completes the sentence

They wanted to advertise the meeting ……………….. well attended.

[a] so that it will be [b] so that it would be [c] to be [d] in order to be

2. He always carries a spare wheel …………….. a puncture [a] if he has [b] in case he has [c] in the case of having [d]if he should have

3. I wanted to discuss the matter with my uncle, but he was not an easy man……………….[a] to talk to [b] to be talked to [c] to talk to him [d] for talking

4. It was not clear……………… [a] whose opinions was he expressing? [b] of whose opinions he was expressing [c] the one”s opinions that he was expressing [d] whose opinions he expressing

5. If anyone…………… it, the editor of the newspaper would simply have pleaded ignorance[a] queries [b] would query [c] would have queried [d] had queried

6. ………………. a note book and pencil from his pocket, he wrote down the number of the car [a] Taken [b] Having been taken [c] Taking [d] When taken

7. The country has a hard-working population and many natural resources. If only it ……………….. more industries of its own! [a] had [b] has [c] will have [d] would have

8. The fangs of a poisonous snake are hollow, ……………….. the needle with which a doctor gives an injection.[a] as to [b] as for [c] as [d] like

9. She gave him an aspirin to calm him down, but it seemed to make him all…………….. restless [a] as [b] the most [c] more [d] the more

10. A stranger would”nt have known you even if he”d seen you, ………….? [a] would he [b] would”nt he [c] had he [d] had”nt he

Good luck!

03/08/2020

Hello students,

I trust we are indeed doubling our efforts in order to realize our aim of a distinction in English Language. We are just a few weeks away. May God crown our efforts with success. Never give up practising your essays and all that has been imparted into you over the years. It is well.

Topic: Exercises

A Complete each space with Who or Whom whichever is strictly correct.

When the cars collided, it was quite clear …………………..the policeman regarded as the culprit. He summoned the first driver, …………………………was a woman, though nobody knew …………………she was. He also spoke to a nearby fruit-seller, …………………………he persuaded to act as a witness. However, when the magistrate asked …………………….had swerved over the white line, the fruit-seller accused the second driver, ……………………..of course denied it. ………………………should the magistrate hold responsible? He had to decide ………………………..to punish. The policeman continued to maintain that the second driver, to …………………….he was related, was completely innocent, and the clerk, ………………..the magistrate consulted on a point of law, left him more confused than ever.

B Choose from alternatives A-E the expression which most suitably completes the sentence. Each expression is to be used once.

A fame B publication C publicity D currency E advertisement

The daily press gave wide ………. to the government”s new policy.
Vacancies will be notified by ………………………
The ……………………of the firm”s accounts revealed the truth of the accusations.
Rumours of his death gained ……………. from the fact that he was never seen in public.
His ambition was to achieve lasting ………………..as a novelist.

Good luck!

29/7/2020
Hello Students,
Correction for 27/7/2020

C 2. A 3. D 4 .B
C 6 .D 7. A 8 .D
C

Below are the exercises for today’s
class.
From the words or
group of words lettered A to D , choose the word or
group of words that
best completes each of the following sentences.

After their meeting the two
presidents issued a
…………….
A. communique
B. memorandum
C. report D . statement
The preliminary
……….. conducted
by the police into the incident reve
aled that the death of the victim was a
result of provocation.
A . interrogation
B . examination
C. report D. investigation
The unfavorable
economic climate
has forced many
people to………..
to seek green pastures.
A. fly B. Immigrate
C. emigrate D. travel
The package is ………. please handle it with Care.
A. weak B . fragile
C. inform D. frail
Many people are
now going against
……….. punishment
for criminal offences.
A. mortal B. fatal
C . capital D. corporal.
I trust my father,
he will never……..
any act of indiscipline.
A . condone B. condemn C. repudiate D. discourage .
The members of
staff pledge their
…….. loyalty to the
new principal.
A. United B. divided
C. unalloyed
D. enormous
There was an
interruption of the
court ……. because
of power outage.
A. procession
B. debates
C. deliberation
D. proceedings
The Minister was
sacked for gross
……..of duty.
A . performance
B . dereliction
C. laziness
D dishonesty
The kidnappers
demanded a ……..
of two million naira
before they could
release the child of
the influential
government official.
A .random B. token
C. settlement
D. deposit.

Kindly write only your answers in the form provided below.

27/7/2020
Hello students,
Below are the exercises for today’s
class.
After each of the following sentences,
a list of possible
interpretation that you consider most
appreciate for each
sentence.
1) He received the news of his mother’s death without batting an
eyelid. This means that he
A. hated his mother.
B. loved his mother.
C. showed no feelings
D. stood perfectly still.
2) The teachers has
the principal in the
palm of her hands.
This means that the
teacher
A. has complete power over the principal.
B. and the principal
are intimate friends.
C. always hold the
principal’s hand
D. helps the principal who has a
withered hand.

You don’t know Tosin, he does not do anything by halves. This means
that Tosin is
A. lazy B. Powerful
C very good D . thorough.
The auditors discovered that the
accountants had
doctored the accounts of the firm. This means that the accountants
A. improved the accounts of the firm.
B . falsified the accounts
C . called in a doctor to see the accounts.
D. became sick because of the account.
5) From the way he
teaches the teacher has demonstrated that
he knows his onions. This means
that the teacher:
A. is very lazy.
B. is yet to understand his work
well .
C. Knows his work
very well.
D. enjoys eating onions.
6) He was advised
not to put too many irons in the fire. This means that he was advised
not to
A. be a blacksmith
B. take on more
Problem than he can cope with.
C. harm himself because of many irons in the fire
D. play with fire.
7) I’m afraid he has a screw to loose.
This means that he
A. is slightly changed in his behavior.
B. is not a good mechanic.
C . has left one screw unfasten.
D . has a loose screw in his car engine.
8) Knowing that he
held the Trump card ,Tolu kept silent and allowed
others to go on arguing. This means
that Tolu .
A. had the biggest
card.
B. was the best player.
C. had the best idea
D. had the means to
win.
I’m afraid I don’t
go all the way with
you on that. This means that I
A. can only travel part of the way with you. B . never travel all the way with you.C . don’t completely agree with you. D. think you are going in the wrong direction

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Corrections for 22/07/2020

Instead of quarrelling, let’s try to understand ourselves.
The chief wanted to marry fifty girls who were strangers both to him and to themselves.
It sometimes seems that the nations of the world all hate each other.
Discuss it among yourselves and let me know your decision.
People who talk to themselves and let me know your decision.
Those of you who want to claim travel allowance should present themselves to the bursar.
The girls who came first, second and third shook hands with each other.
If we sit any nearer the fire, we shall burn ourselves.
Do the pupils run the library themselves.
Mr. and Mrs. Ata had a quarrel and stopped speaking to each other.

22/07/2020

Hello students,

Let”s start this class with the correction of the previous class.

Mziliki and Lobengula were each given a treaty to sign, and both signed it, though neither could read. When Piet Grobler and his brother brought the second treaty, Lobengula treated it very courteously, believing it was simply a copy of the first.They explained the gist of it to the members of the council, but failed to exp[lain either, knowing that they would be able to read it for themselves. The brothers made two other requests, but Lobengula did not grant any, because none was acceptable. At his trial, he told his fellow countrymen:

“I am no different from any one of you:. We love our land, and do not want it to be taken from us. So if we sign two different treaties believing them to be the same, we cannot be expected to honour both. Only the first is valid.”

Exercise

Fill in the blanks with each other, ourselves, yourselves or themselves

Instead of quarrelling, let’s try to understand………………..
The chief wanted to marry fifty girls who were strangers both to him and to…………………….
It sometimes seems that the nations of the world all hate……………………
Discuss it among………… and let me know your decision.
People who talk to…………….. are often regarded as mad.
Those of you who want to claim travel allowance should present……………..to the bursar.
The girls who came first, second and third shook hands with…………….
If we sit any nearer the fire, we shall burn……………………
Do the pupils run the library……………?
Mr and Mrs Ata had a quarrel and stopped speaking to………….

Good luck!

20/07/2020

Good morning students,

Great to have you in class again.

Topic: Use of Pronouns

all, both, none, neither, either, any

Fill in each space with one of the above six words plus the correct pronoun, e.g. both of us, us both, it all, all of you, etc.

Mzilikazi and Lobengula were each given a treaty to sign and ……… signed it, though……… could read. When Piet Grobler and his brother brought the second treaty, Lobengula treated…………. very courteously, believing it was simply a copy of the first. They explained the gist of it to the members of the council, but failed to explain………., Knowing that…………. would be able to read it for themselves. The brothers made two other requests, but Lobengula did not grant………….., because…………… was acceptable. At his trial, he told his fellow countrymen: “I am no different from any one of you:………….. love our land, and do not want………….. to be taken from us. So if we sign two different treaties believing them to be the same, we cannot be expected to honour………..: only the first is valid.”

Always remember to practice your essay writing.

Good luck!

16/7/2020
Correction for 15/7/2020 on summary.
(a) (I) A Parent-Teacher Association helps
the principal to achieve discipline
in school.
(ii) A Parent-Teacher Association provides financial
assistance to the school to obtain
necessary amenities and infrastructures.
(iii) It offers useful
advice and good
suggestion to the principal on how to
improve the school.
(b)(I) The PTA Executive may not
cooperate with the
principal and may
undermine his authority.
(ii) The PTA officials
may mobilize forces against the principal.
(iii) The PTA officials may misappropriate funds meant to execute projects for the school.

15/7/2020

Hello students.

Correction for 13/7/2020 on stress

1.c 2. D 3. A. 4. B 5 .D 6. B 7 .B 8 .B

C 10. C 11. C
12 .D 13. B 14. C
B

Today’s Topic: Revision exercise on summary

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions on it.

The parent-Teacher Association in secondary School has its advantages and disadvantages.
It is a necessary association as it enables parents and teachers to team up in seeing that a child receives good education. It is a body the government can easily run to, to supplement its efforts in providing education for all, when the financial burden becomes too heavy to carry alone. Besides, principals benefit a lot from a well-established, co-operating Parent – Teacher Association (PTA). It assists the principal to achieve discipline in school, as it takes necessary steps to see that problems posed by both staff and students are promptly and expertly handled. For instance, it suggests measures to adopt to curb late – coming, advises its parent – members to procure needed textbooks for their children/wards and helps in curbing truancy.
Parents so involved see themselves as part and parcel of the school and are proud and eager to contribute their quota towards the progress of the school. They tax themselves to provide necessary amenities and infrastructures that are non-existent in the school or refurbish those in dilapidated forms, for effective teaching and learning to take place. It generally gives useful advice and constructive suggestions to the principal on how to move the school forward.
However, PTA can be a thorn in the flesh of principals, especially where the Chairman of PTA, or other influential executive members are over – ambitious, pessimistic, corrupt and troublesome. Such a Chairman and his cohorts may feel at par with the principal, blatantly refuse to recognize his authority, nor give him their co-operation. PTA fund would not be released when needed for worthwhile projects to be executed in schools. In addition, parents’ minds would be poisoned against such PTA expenditure. When at all a PTA project is approved, the principal will have a problem on his hands to see that a large chunk of the approved and fund does not end up in the private pockets of PTA officials.
PTA officials at times descend as low as mobilizing forces against the principal by painting him black and instigating teachers to write petitions go the Ministry of Education or the government, against him.
A Chairman, in collusion with his officers, at times demands for a PTA office to be located in the school, and on refusal, the principal becomes his number one enemy. The list of harm PTA can do to a school is endless.
However, since education is very expensive, it is worth it to involve PTA in the running of schools, but with close monitoring. A wise and diplomatic principal will know how to handle PTA in order to get the best out of it.

(a) In three sentences, one for each, give three advantages of a Parent – Teacher Association.

(b) In three sentences, one for each, state the disadvantages of a Parent – Teacher Association given in the passage.

Kindly write only your answers in the form provided below.

13/07/2020

Hello Students, I’m happy to be with you again on this platform. How are you doing? Hope you are keeping safe.

Today’s Topic: Tips for Stress in the Test of Orals
In the Test of Orals, the examiner’s options are fairly limited sinc he will never hear you say the words or sentences which form the basis of the test. On the whole, he aims to test you on words stress in which he wants to find out if you know the correct placement of stress on individual words. To do this, he offers you a number of options of which you should identify the correct one. Here is an example:

The test starts with the following rubric:
In each of the following questions, the main/primary stress is indicated by writing the syllable on which it occurs in capital letters. From the words lettered A to D, choose the one that has the correct stress. An example is given below.

Example: education
(A) E-du–cation (B) e-DU–cation (C) e–du–CA–tion (D) e–du–ca–TION

The correct answer is ‘C’ because the main/primary stress of the word ‘education’ is on the third syllable.

Now answer the questions that follow:

agriculture
(A) a–g-ri-CUL-ture (B) ag-RI-cul-ture (C) AG-ri-cul-ture
(D) ag-ri-cul-TURE
expectation
(A) ex-PEC-ta-tion (B) EX-pec-ta-tion (C) ex-pec-ta-TION
(D) ex-pec-TA-tion
political
(A) po-LI-ti-cal (B) po-li-TI-cal (C) PO-li-ti-cal
(D) po-li-ti-CAL
entertainment
(A) EN-ter-tain-ment (B) en-ter-TAIN-ment
(C) en-TER-tain-ment (D) en-ter-tain-MENT
participate
(A) par-ti-CI-pate (B) PAR-ti-ci-pate (C) par-ti-ci-PATE
(D) par-TI-ci-pate
reproduction
(A) RE-pro-duc-tion (B) re-pro-DUC-tion
(C) re-PRO-duc-tion (D) re-pro-duc-TION
insufficient
(A) IN-suf-fi-cent (B) in-suf-FI-cent (C) in-SUF-fi-cent
(D) in-suf-fi-CENT
distinguishable
(A) DIS-tin-guish-a-ble (B) dis-TIN-guish-a-ble
(C) dis-tin-GUISH-a-ble (D) dis-tin-guish-A-ble
conservative
(A) CON-ser-va-tive (B) con-ser-va-TIVE
(C) con-SER-va-tive (D) con-ser-VA-tive
mathematics
(A) math-E-mat-ics (B) MATH-e-mat-ics
(C) math-e-mat-ICS (D) math-e-MAT-ics
invocation
(A) IN-vo-ca-tion (B) in-vo-ca-TION (C) in-vo-CA-tion
(D) in-VO-ca-tion
nationality
(A) na-TIO-na-li-ty (B) NA-tio-na-li-ty (C) na-tio-na-LI-ty
(D) na-tio-NA-li-ty
phenomenon
(A) PHE-no-me-non (B) phe-NO-me-non
(C) phe-no-ME-non (D) phe-no-me-NON
reciprocate
(A) RE-ci-pro-cate (B) re-ci-PRO-cate (C) re-CI-pro-cate
(D) re-ci-pro-CATE
electrify
(A) E-lec-tri-fy (B) e-LEC-tri-fy (C) e-lec-TRI-fy
(D) e-lec-tri-FY

Kindly write only your answers in the form provided below.

08/07/2020

Good morning students,

These are the corrections for the previous class

1. E- unconcerned 2. A- relentless 3. C- callous 4. D- unmindful 5. B- absentminded

B- coaxed 2. B- soothe 3. E- exultant 4. C- incurred 5. B-devoid 6. B- deteriorated 7. C- implicated 8. E- condone 9. A- imperious 10. D- reconciled

06/07/2020

Hello dear students,

I trust our face-face resumption today will herald blessings and distinctions in bountiful measures. Amen. We will be looking at some areas under paper 1.

Topic : Lexis and Structure

Choose from alternatives A-E the expression that most suitably completes the sentence. Each expression is to be used once

A. relentless B. absent- minded C. callous D. unmindful E. unconcerned

Two dogs were fighting savagely in one corner of the compound, while in the other, two women, completely ………………, were pounding yam.
For years the amount of inhabitable land had been slowly diminishing before the ………………………… advance of the sea.
By failing to stop after knocking down a woman with a baby, the driver showed a[n] …………… disregard of others.
Quite …………… of his own safety, he dashed into the burning stable to release the frightened horses.
He was so …………….. that he often passed his friends in the street without noticing them.

Choose from alternatives A-E the expression that best completes the sentence.

With many gentle words he ……….. the timid child to tell him her name. A. compelled B. coaxed C. provoked D. pledged E. flattered
The doctor gave him some ointment to…………. the irritation. A. pacify B. soothe C. boost D. smother E. blur
The defeated city was forced to agree to…………………………. terms by the victors.A. domineering B. exuberant C. exhilarating D. exorbitant E. exultant
In providing me with an education, my father……………….considerable debts. A. underwent B. imputed C. incurred D. expended E. exultant
He looked at the starving woman with eyes ……………… of any pity. A. exempt B. devoid C. immune D. deficient E. remote
As the months went by, the condition of the abandoned tractors gradually……………. A. corrupted B. deteriorated C. degraded D. demolished E. subsided
His twin brother was convicted of theft, but he himself was not …………….. in the crime. A. imparted B. implied C. implicated D. appropriated E. indulged
By not punishing his children”s misbehaviour he appeared to…………….it. A. reconcile B. relent C. denounce D. slight E. condone
She stopped her huge car by the market, and called the bread-seller across to her with a[n] ………………. gesture. A. imperious B.illustrious C. eminent D. gaudy E. sumptuous
At first he hated the idea of being transferred, but he soon became…………… to it. A. stabilised B. integrated C. relaxed D. reconciled E. unified

Good luck!

Correction for 1/7/2020 on summary.
(a)(I) The effectiveness of
Literacy programmes is
limited by the population growth
which is higher than the illiteracy rate.
(ii) Literacy campaigns are only
given lip service by
government functionaries or used for political campaigns.
(iii) The re-introduction of levies in schools has led to a reduction in the school population
(b) The government
of Togo and Ghana
encourage nursery
education while little or no encouragement is
given to nursery education in Nigeria
by the government.
(c)(I) Formalizing education too early
in life kills children’s initiatives.
(ii) Children should be allowed to explore their environment and
obtain new information in their
indigenous languages.

1/7/2020
Hello students, how are you doing?
Correction for 29/6/2020
(a) It is necessary for people to work together in an organization so that the objectives of the organization can be achieved.
(b) The head coordinates and harnesses the efforts of the various workers in the organization.
(c) The head of an organization can be a human hawk by terrorizing the workers to do what he wants/by applying all sorts of techniques and tactics to force his subordinates to do what he wants.
(d) If the head behaves as a boss the organization may not realize the goals it planned to achieve.
(e)If the head sees himself as a leader the organization’s productivity will be high and the organization’s objectives will be fully realized.
(f) “Does he see himself as a boss or
leader?”-
The Literary device is Rhetorical question.
(“If he sees himself as a boss……”
(I) Grammatical name: Adverbial clause (of condition)
(ii)It modifies the verb “would be.”
(h)(I) mandatory: compulsory, imperative, necessary, essential
(ii) play: performs
(iii) realize: achieve,
accomplish ,carry through, actualize
(iv) offer: give, put forward, proffer
(v) rationale: reason,
reasoning, thinking,
motive, sense
Today’s Topic: Revision on Summary.
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions on it.
Many African states have taken measure in their bid to eradicate illiteracy, but efforts have been hampered by a population growth that is higher than the illiteracy rate.
The Algerian delegate said that despite liberalization of primary school education, illiteracy would remain at substantial levels if
population growth was not controlled.
There is also the fear that literacy campaigns in most African states receive only lip service from government functionaries,or are treated as a topic merely for political campaigns. For example, commitments to the
Universal Primary Education (UPE) programme were made at a more favorable economic
period of the nation’s life. The re-introduction of levies in schools in some States has led to a fall in the school population.
In addition,if teachers are not given sufficient incentives to attract
and retain their services, they will leave the profession.
Furthermore, though some educationists regard early childhood education as a priority, nursery
education in Nigeria is left in the hands of private people.
In Niger, that government,as in Nigeria, prefers to allocate funds to primary rather than to pre-school education.
Togo differs by stressing that, psychologically, children must be prepared for a smooth transition into primary education. Its education experts have enlisted UNESCO’s assistance in funding an inexpensive way to run pre-primary schools.
Conversely in Ghana, although nursery Schools are
privately run, the Ghanaian Ministry of Education has nursery School training centers within its ministry.
Nevertheless, there is the argument that trying to formalize education at too early an age, kills children’s initiatives.
It is also argued that children should be allowed to explore their environment and obtain new information in their
indigenous languages to prevent confusion.
Therefore,class one
programmes should be tailored with the
assumption that the
child has had no previous formal education.
(a)In three sentences, one for each, state three factors which limit the effectiveness of
literacy programmes.
(b) In a sentence, compare and contrast nursery education in Nigeria,
Togo and Ghana.
(c) State in two sentences why class one programmes should assume that pupils have previously had no formal education.
Kindly write only your answers in the
form provided below.

29/6/2020
Good morning students, how are you doing? Thank God for another opportunity to reach you through this medium.
Today’s topic: Revision on Comprehension.
Read the following passage carefully and answer the question on it.
Read the following passage carefully and answer the question on it.
The success or failure of an organization depends largely on the head of such an organization. In any organization whether big or small
people have to work together. The achievement of the goals or objectives of the organization makes it mandatory for teams to be formed. The moment a team is formed there must be a head.
The head plays a very crucial role in helping the organization to realize it’s goals. It is the head that coordinates and harnesses the efforts of the team. His ability to harness the efforts of the team effectively and thus bring about the full realization of the objectives of the organization depends on his perception of himself . Does he see himself as a boss or a leader?
If the head sees himself as a boss, he would be a human hawk and his attitude to his team mates could best be summarized
in one word- terrorism. The boss applies all sorts of techniques and tactics to make his subordinates do what he wants. He may resort to harassment, bullying, intimidation and coercion of his subordinates, all in the name of performing his role.
Workers in such an organization are therefore always afraid of the boss and they dare not offer any advice or suggestion however useful or sound it may be. There is the general atmosphere of frustration among workers. Of course, a frustrated worker cannot give off his best. In the final analysis the organization suffers by not achieving most of the goals it set out to achieve.
On the other hand if the head perceives himself as a leader he treats his team members as human beings who deserve human
treatment and respect. He sees his subordinates as very important in the realization of the goals of the organization. He solicits for their support and cooperation. He is persuasive rather than coercive. He makes his team mates see the rationale behind every action he takes and thus carries them along. A leader thus makes for a high morale among the team members, high productive and the full realization of the objectives of the organization. There is little wonder then why some organizations
perform poorly while
some perform even well above expectations.
QUESTIONS
(a) Why is it necessary for people to work together in an organization?
(b) What is the function of the head in an organization?
(c) How can the head of an organization be a human hawk?
(d) What can happen in the end if the head behave as a boss?
(e) What will be the consequence for the
organization if the head sees himself as a leader?
(f) “Does he see himself as a boss or
leader?”What is the Literary device used in the above?
(g)”If the head sees himself as a boss….’
(I) What is the grammatical name given to the above expectation as used
in the passage?
(ii) What is its function?
(h) For each of the following words find
another word or phrase which means the same and which can replace it as it is used in the passenger:
(I) mandatory (ii) plays (iii) realize (iv)
offer (v) perceives
(vi) rationale
Kindly write only your answers in the form below.

29/06/2020

Hello dear students,

Before we start today”s class, let”s go through the corrections for the previous class.

1.He recently married a beautiful, young, Ghanaian woman.

2.This is a wonderful, new, Italian movie.

3. This is a beautiful, slim, Brazilian supermodel.

4.It is in the large, blue, metal container.

5. He sat behind a big, brown, wooden desk.

6. She gave him a small,black, Egyptian vase.

7. It is a long, narrow, plastic brush.

8.Panettone is a round, Italian, bread-like christmas cake.

9. It was made of a strange,green, metallic material.

10. She was a beautiful, tall, thin, young, black-haired, Kenyan woman.

11. What an amazing, little, old, Chinese cup and saucer.

12. A lovely, old, ceramic, coffee, mug.

13. We bought a new, round, kitchen table.

14. That is a really ugly, wooden chair.

15. She went home and sat on her old, comfortable, wooden bed.

***I hope you take note of where you made mistakes and learn from the corrections. Note that questions on ordering of adjectives are set under paper 1 [objectives].

24/06/2020

Hello dear students,

I hope you are keeping safe and working hard. Please do.

Before we begin today”s topic, let”s look at the corrections for the previous class.

My smelly old maths teacher.
A small old black Turkish box.
A friendly fat young man
Our boring tall headmaster.
A long dark wooden table.
A beautiful old Spanish city.
Our nice French arts teacher.
A perfect new system.
A fantastic 18th century Scottish castle.
A horrible greedy businessman.
Pass me the big blue plastic cup.
All the girls fell in love with the handsome new American teacher.
He was wearing a dirty old flannel shirt.
I used to drive an old German blue car.
He recently married a beautiful young Greek woman.

TOPIC: ORDERING OF ADJECTIVES [11]

Using the guidelines in the previous class, do the following exercises:

Rearrange these sentences in the right order.

He recently married a young beautiful Ghanaian woman.
This is a new Italian wonderful movie.
She is a Brazilian slim beautiful supermodel.
It is in the blue metal large container.
He sat behind a brown wooden big desk.
She gave him a black small Egyptian vase.
It is a plastic long narrow brush.
Panettone is a bread-like round Italian christmas cake.
It was made of a green strange metallic material.
She was a beautiful, thin, tall, black-haired, Kenyan, young woman.
What an little, old, amazing, Chinese cup and saucer.
A coffee, lovely, old, ceramic, mug.
We bought a round, new kitchen table.
That is a ugly, really, wooden chair.
She went home and sat on her comfortable, old, bed, wooden.

Good luck !

Please, remember to keep practising your informal letter writing as I would take a look at your folders on resumption. Thank you.

22/06/2020

Dear students, hope you are keeping safe.

Correction for 17/06/2020 on CONCORD

have
Influences
Praises
have
is
Was
Misunderstands
have
does
Was.

Topic: Order of Adjectives

The order of adjectives take a fairly common pattern. That is:

Determiner e.g a, an the, these

2. Number/Quantity: e.g twenty, five, tenth

3. Quality/Opinion: e.g beautiful, rough, round

4. Size: e.g big, small

5. Age: e.g old, new

6. Shape: e.g rectangular

7. Colour: e.g red, black

8. Origin: e.g Italian, Nigerian

9. Material: e.g metal, wooden

10. Type: e.g U-shaped, foursided, general purpose

11. Purpose/Qualifier: e.g sports, cleaning, cooking

12. Noun: e.g bag, car, dress

Exercise

Rearrange these sentences in the right order

My teacher old maths smelly
Black small box Turkish a old
Man a fat friendly young
Tall our headmaster boring
Wooden dark a table long
City a Spanish beautiful old
Arts nice teacher our French
New a perfect system
18th century a Scottish fantastic castle
A businessman horrible greedy
Pass me the plastic big blue cup
All the girls fell in love with the American new handsome teacher
He was wearing a flannel old dirty shirt
I used to drive an blue old German car
He recently married a young beautiful Greek woman

Good luck!

17/06/2020

Hello students, how are you doing today?
Correction for 15/06/2020

(a) (i) Robots work (well) under any circumstances/condition.
(ii) Robots work without making demands.
(iii) Damaged part of robots can be replaced.
(iv) Robots work tirelessly.
(v) Robots can be programmed to perform any task.

Any three for 5 marks each

(b) (i) The human being can take initiative/face challenges/deal with crises/emergencies.
(ii) The human being can perform more functions than the robots.
(iii) The human being is capable of controlling his actions.
(iv) Human being can make spontaneous decisions.

Any three for 5 marks each 

TOTAL - 30 Marks

Our topic today is CONCORD

Concord is the agreement between the Subject and the verb in number and person. This agreement is that when ever the Subject is singular, the verb should be singular. When ever the subject is plural, the verb should also be plural.
Example

Lola eats rice (singular Subject and singular verb).
They eat rice (plural Subject and plural verb).

Some rules of Concord;

When two or more items, (nouns or pronouns) are joined by AND as Subject, the verb should be plural.
E.g
i). Yemisi and Olu come to school early.
ii). His brother and I are friends.
When the two nouns joined together by AND refer to the same person or item, the verb will be singular.
E.g
i) Bread and butter is not a lazy man’s food
ii) My mother and my sponsor appreciates your contribution.
When singular nouns or pronouns are joined together by conjunction like: with, together, like, the verb will be singular.
E.g
i) The man with his son goes to the farm.
ii) Seun together with her boyfriend has been admitted at the University of Ibadan.
iii) James like John is smaller than Sunday.
When correlations, either……or, neither…..nor join together two nouns or pronouns of similar number and person, the verb will singular if the two items are singular and will be plural if they are plural. E.g
i) Either the teachers or the students are to attend the workshop.
ii) Neither the boy nor his counsel appears in court.

ASSIGNMENT

Select the correct verb forms to fill the blank spaces in the sentences below.

What we’re supposed to be new proposals………..turned out to be mere modifications. (has/have)
What ever I hear the newspapers support………..the public. (influences/influence)
Nobody except his children…………him. (praises/praise)
You and he……….a big problem to solve. (has/have)
What she proposes and does………..her own affair. (is/are)
Rice from Thailand and Denmark………… imported last year. (was/were)
Either the strikers or their leader…………our suggestion. (misunderstands/misunderstand)
Neither the teacher nor his students…………reported yet. (has/have)
What I do or refuse to do…………not concern you. (does/do)
The two ladies were nominated but neither…………approved. (was/were)

Kindly write only your answers in the form below and copy the note online in your English notebook.

15/06/2020

Hello students, it’s nice getting across to you once again through this platform. Before today’s lesson, let’s see how well you performed in the last lesson.
CORRECTION FOR 11/06/2020

gratefully —— adverb of manner
continually —– adverb of frequency
next week —– adverb of time
smugly —— adverb of manner
outrageously —– adverb of degree
here —– adverb of place
Tomorrow —— adverb of time
today —— Adverb of time
directly —— adverb of manner
outside ——- adverb of place

Today, we are looking at practice exercise on SUMMARY

Read the following carefully and answer the questions on it.

Every normal human being would want to put his or her feet up once in a while and relax, but, obviously, one cannot relax all the time. A little work does not kill. Rather, it keeps one active and mentally alert.
Some people think that the invention of robots is the best thing that ever happened to man. They are convince that the invention has saved the day because robots are ideal workers who work without complaining or getting tired. Robots never reveal company secrets for any reason — corruption, fame or blackmail.
The admirers of robots think that once a robot is programmed, it can do any piece of work with precision over a long period without slowing down, getting bored or even going on break or vacation. Robots can be made to perform any task. They do not grumble, protest or ask for ‘inducement allowance’, overtime, bonus or any of the motivations that human beings usually demand. They also work under conditions which human beings would not accept due to either incapability or attitude.
One good thing about the robot is that any of its damaged parts can be replaced for work to go on effectively. On the other hand, if a human being loses a vital part of the body, that part may not be replaced for work to go on as effectively as before
There is no doubt at all that the robot is useful but I strongly believe that the human being is more efficient than the robot in many ways. Human beings are sensitive, thinking beings who are flexible and can therefore control their actions. Thus, they can perform more functions than robots. Since human beings can think, discriminate and make value judgments, they can solve problems on the spur of the moment. The robot, on the other hand, cannot do this because what it has been programmed for is all that it is capable of doing. If a robot is wrongly programmed, it will continue to produce the wrong result until its programme is corrected.
The human being can take the initiative in many things. He can communicate or even call for assistance when need be, which the robot cannot do. The human being can be appealed to, to make some crucial changes; he can also learn from observing what goes on and modify what he is doing.
It is clear that even though robots are useful, they are deficient in many ways, and therefore cannot have an advantage over human beings. In crisis, the robot cannot face the challenge. It neither reacts not reflects.
The robot is designed and programmed by human beings. How then can the created be superior to the creator? Robots are created to assist human beings and relieve them of some of their burdens, not to take over completely from them.

(a) In three sentences, one for each, state why the admirers of robots think that robots are more efficient than human beings.

(b) In three sentences, one for each, state three advantages which the human being has over the robot.

Kindly write only your answers in the form below.

10/6/2020

Good morning students. How are you doing today? Before today’s lesson, here are the correction for our last lesson on 8/6/2020.

(1) entirely modifies agreed.

(2) last month modifies our visit.
completely modifies fruitful.

(3) fairly modifies obvious.

(4) publicly modifies embraced.

(5) down stairs modifies the room.

(6) perfectly modifies satisfactorily.
Satisfactorily modifies recited.

(7) last year modifies our visit.
absolutely modifies fruitless.

(8) terrifying modifies unsatisfactory

(9) abroad modifies travelled.

(10) silently modifies prayed.

TYPES OF ADVERBS

Today, we shall be looking at types of adverbs. We have different types of adverbs.

Adverbs of time: These adverbs answer the question when? Examples of such adverbs are: now, tomorrow, yesterday, last week, the following year, this morning.
This adverbs usually occur at final positions or at initial positions in a sentence. e.g yesterday, we all came late to school. Or we all came last to school yesterday.
Adverbs of frequency: These adverbs answer the question how often? Adverbs which answer how often? Are: always, seldom, rarely, regularly, often. E.g

a. Solomon drives to Church regularly.
b. They always eat rice at home.
c. The people visit the zoo every Sunday.

Adverbs of place: These adverbs answer the question where? Examples of such adverbs are: here, there, outside, inside, downstairs, below, above. E.g

a. They have arrived outside.
b. My friend prefers to sleep indoors.

Adverbs of manner: These adverbs answer the question how? Or in what manner? Examples are: fast, quickly, quietly, slowly. E.g

a. The thief sneaked away quietly.
b. We prayed silently in the house.

Adverbs of Degree: These adverbs answer the question to what extent? Examples are: very, fairly, extremely, absolutely, almost. E.g

a. They hardly greet each other.
b. They almost collided with a passing train.
c. My friends supported me absolutely.

ASSIGNMENT

State the type of adverb in each sentence below:

The gymnasts somersaulted gratefully.
Yemisi continually falls on the stairs.
Next week we plan to pay our debts.
Betty lay smugly on the soft chair.
Our rates are outrageously reasonable.
Here we go.
Tomorrow, we shall travel to Lagos.
I’m going to sing today.
The dog ran towards directly.
Let’s meet outside.

Kindly write only your answers in the form below and copy the note online in your notebook.

8/6/2020

Good morning students. I’m glad to have you on this platform. I hope you are having fun with the online classes. Please make good use of this opportunity as time waits for no one. Today, we shall be looking at adverbs.

ADVERBS
There are some words in our utterance which say something about the way an action is done or the time and place of the action or how often the action is done. For instance, in the example below:

(1) Kola drank the water quickly.
(2) I go to school always.
The words quickly and always give us information about the actions described in the statements. The word quickly tells us about the way Kola performed the drinking while always describes how often I go to school. Words which behave like quickly and always are called adverbs. There main function is to tell us about:

(a) how an action is performed.
(b) when and where the action takes place.
(c) how often the action is done.

In other words, the adverbs give us more information about the verbs in the statement. Thus, in a statement like: The baby cry here.
The word here is an adverb because it tells us about the place the cry took place. In some cases, the adverbs may even give us information about adjectives as well as other Adverbs. For example, the adverb extremely in the example:

The mattress was extremely hard, is providing information about the adjectives hard. It tells us how hard the mattress was.

In the example, we work very slowly.
The adverb very is telling us about the adverb slowly.
Example of adverbs in English are: badly, completely, easily, kindly, sadly, naturally, lightly.

ASSIGNMENT

Identify the word each of the adverbs modifies in each of the sentences below:

(1) We agreed entirely with the report.
(2) Our visit last month was completely fruitful.
(3) It has become fairly obvious that Kofi is dishonest.
(4) Wale embraced Lucy publicly.
(5) Let’s eat in the room down stairs.
(6) Ade recited his lines perfectly satisfactorily.
(7) Our visit last year was absolutely fruitless.
(8) Britain has terrifying unsatisfactory weather condition.
(9) Kunle has travelled abroad
(10) We prayed silently in the house.

Kindly answer the questions in the form below. Write out only your answers e.g

entirely modifies agree

Corrections for 03/06/2020

disease 2. countries 3. ecto 4. anopheles 5. malaria 6. nets 7. mosquitoes 8. bed. 9. hygiene 10. environment 11. water 12. breeding 13. measures 14. prescribed 15. symptoms

Kindly note the above corrections in case of next time.

Date: 03/06/2020

Hello dear students,

It is exciting communicating again on this platform. Today, we would take another look at vocabulary development. But before we do, let’s see how well we performed in the previous exercise.

Corrections for 01/06/2020

statements 2. complainant. 3. witness. 4. a magistrate 5. charged 6. testimony 7. bailed 8. remanded 9. cell 10. detainees 11. inmates 12. sentence 13. clerk 14. an oath 15. judgment

Topic: Words associated with health

Passage

Malaria is a tropical 1 widespread in Sub- Saharan 2 such as Nigeria, India and Haiti. It is caused by the 3 parasite, plasmodium, which is transmitted by the female 4 mosquito. Although it has not yet been eradicated, 5 can be easily managed by taking proper medication.

Treated mosquito 6 can be put on doors and Windows ad a repellent to 7 entering the house. It is also advisable to sleep in a net-covered 8 . The first rule of 9 should also be strictly adhered to: always keep your living 10 clean and devoid of stagnant 11 which is a 12 ground for mosquitoes. Preventive 13 are also available, which can be administered on a regular basis.

Finally, 14 medicines for a full-blown attack of malaria should be completed, even after 15 have disappeared.

Options

complication, condition, disease, infection, infirmity
countries, provinces, regions, States, territories
blood, body, cell, ecto, tissue
aedes, anopheles, culex, culicinae, mansonia
fever, malaria, migrane, pneumonia, typhoid
gauze, kits, mesh, nets, wire
ants, bugs, fleas, flies, mosquitoes
area, arena, bed, house, office
fitness, health, hygiene, nature, safety
atmosphere, environment, habitat, quarters, space
air, fluid, liquid, vapour, water
breathing, breeding, mating, muddy, reproductive
means, measures, mechanisms, methods, rules
approved, controlled, prescribed, recommended, restricted
infections, pains, signals, signs, symptoms

Good luck!

No Fields Found.

Date: 01/06/2020

Hello students,

Hope you had a great weekend. And a happy new month. I also hope you are working assiduously on your letter writing. This week, we will be doing some exercises on vocabulary development. But before we kick off, let’s go through corrections for the previous class.

B-key, 2. D-said, 3. A-blew, 4. C-son, 5. B-dirt, 6. B-grey, 7. A-allow 8. C-tour, 9. C-put 10. A- about 11. C-miser, 12. C-lathe, 13. A-bandit, 14. C-few, 15. D-weak, 16. B-beige, 17. D- motion, 18. B-horse, 19. C-range, 20. A-house, 21. D- acc-re-di-TA-tion, 22. C- dis-ad-van-TA-geous, 23. C- o-cea-NO-gra-phy, 24. D-un-sym-pa-THE-tic.

Take note of the corrections in case of next time.

CLASSWORK

Topic: words associated with the law.

Read through the passage and choose your answer from the options below.

Kindly fill in your answers using the form below.

During the previous holiday, I read a text about a teenager called Yohanna who stole a wallet in the market. Unfortunately for him he was caught and taken to the police station. At the station, the officer on duty took down two 1 from the 2 whose wallet was stolen and the 3 . Yohanna denied the act. The next day, they all appeared in the 4 court, where the accused was formally 5 ,to which he pleaded not guilty, but after the magistrate had heard the 6 of the witness, he told Yohanna that he would stand trial. Although the accused could be 7 , no one was available to do that for him, thus he was 8 in a 9 until a later date had been fixed for his trial. The warden took him back to the prison where other 10 accused of crimes. While in the prison, he narrated his story to the other 11 and was advised to tell the truth by pleading guilty so that the magistrate would give him a lighter 12 . On the day of the trial, the 13 read out the charges and Yohanna pleaded guilty. The witnesses were called but before giving their evidence, they took 14 using the Bible/Quran based on their religion. The magistrate gave her 15 and Yohanna was happy because it was a light one.

1.comments, observations, remarks, reports, statements

2. accused, complainant, defendant, prosecutor, suspect

3. intervener, observer, passerby, spectator, witness

4. a high, a magistrate, a supreme, an appeal, an industrial

5. arrested, charged, examined, interrogated, presented

6. confession, evidence, presentation, submission, testimony

7. acquitted, bailed, detained, discharged, released

8. confined, constricted, imprisoned, incarcerated, remanded

9. camp, cell, guardroom, prison, reformatory

10. criminals, culprits, detainees, hoodlums, defenders

11. accomplices, associates, colleagues, inmates, partners

12. condemnation, pronouncement, sanction, sentence, verdict

13. clerk, client, judge, lawyer, prosecutor

14. a covenant, a declaration, a promise, a vow, an oath

15. conclusion, decision, judgment, pronouncement, remark.

No Fields Found.

Date : 27/05/2020

Hello students

How are you doing today?

We are moving on with exercises on orals but first, corrections for the previous class.

Correction for 25/05/2020

Identify the odd word from the sets below

1.sham 2.binge 3.lagged 4.fall 5.honest

Identify the wrongly spelt word

1.reach 2.simbol 3.plat 4.manige 5.lepard.

Nosec ssbk3 pg 193 51 – 60

51. A – tough 52. C – healthy 53. D- mission 54. C – handbag 55. A – copper 56. B – who 57. D – plait 58. B – new 59. A – buoy 60. C- woo

Kindly use the form below to answer the given questions

Good luck!

Choose from the options lettered A – D the one that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the capital letter or letters.

1.Eve (a) hymn ( b) key (c) pit (d) Senate

2. dEAd (a) bad ( b) beat (c) lesion (d) said

3. sOOn (a) blew ( b) could ( c) hook (d) put

4. hUt (a) nude (b) pull (c) son (d) true

5. lEARn (a) card (b) dirt (c) friend (d) sear

6. tAble (a) alright (b) grey (c) high (d) quay

7.mOUSE (a) allow (b) beauty (c) mass (d) sow

8. puRE (a) cut (b) fool (c) tour (d) love

9. bUll (a) dull (b) foul (c) put (d) rule

10. hAve (a) about (b)card (c) clerk (d) earn

Choose from the options lettered A-D the one that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the capital letter or letters.

11. fuSe (a) consult (b) magic (c) miser (d) pressure

12. weaTHer (a) breath (b) date (c) lathe (d) smoulder

13. Dance (a) bandit (b)chuffed (c) handsome (d) marked

14. Unite (a) bandage (b) dry (c) unlock (d) few

15. Once (a) weak (b) only (c) pounce (d)whose

16. meaSure (a) badge (b) beige (c) journey (d) mace

17. miSSion (a) grotesque (b) leisure (c) motion (d) suggest

18. Home (a) horse (b) hour (c) morph (d) ghost

19. Jungle (a) clutch (b) cash (c) range (d) raise

20. preSS (a) house (b) lens (c) nose ( d) resign

Choose from the options lettered A-E the one that shows the correct stress of the word given.

21.accreditation (a) AC-re- di- ta- tion (b) acc-RE- di-ta-tion (c) acc-re-DI-ta-tion (d) acc-re-di-TA-tion

22.disadvantageous (a) DIS-ad-van-ta-geous (b) dis-AD-van-ta-geous (c) dis-ad-VAN-ta-geous (d)dis-af-van-TA-geous

23.oceanography (a)O-cea-no-gra-phy (b)o-CEA-no-gra-phy (c)o- cea- NO-gra-phy (d)o-cea-no-GRA-phy

24.unsympathetic (a) UN-sym-pa-the-tic (b)un-SYM-pa-the-tic (c)un-sym-PA-the-tic (d)un-sym-pa-THE-tic

Note: Please, practice essay writing over the weekend. Expecting to see your folders on resumption.

No Fields Found.

Correction for Summary dated 20/05/2020.

1i. Early arrival at the hospital affects out patient treatment.

ii. The number of patients that can be examined adequately by the medical staff affects out patient’s treatment.

iii. How critically ill patients are affects the out patient’s treatment.

iv. The number required by the consultant clinics for teaching purposes affects the out patient’s treatment.

2i. An out patient may receive unsatisfactory treatment because patients attended to are many and the doctor does not attend to patients after civil service hours.

ii. Speedy diagnosis and prompt treatment may not be possible for patients who require admission outside civil service hours since there are few resident medical staff and laboratory technicians are only on call.

25/05/2020

Hello students

How are you all today?

From the above, you can see corrections from the previous class to put you through where you have erred.

TOPIC : PRACTICE EXERCISES ON ORALS

Today, I will be looking at practice exercises on orals.

Kindly complete using the form below.

Assignment

Identify the odd word from the sets below

Skill, till, sham, mill
Bring, binge, sing, ring
Lagged, laughed, shaft, coughed
Wink, wand, well, fall
Honest, his, hand help

Identify the wrongly spelt word from each line

Rich, reach, many, kin
Pretty, wicked, simbol, village
Pan, can plat, man
Manige, bread, men, best
Dead, went, ten, lepard

Also, NOSEC SSS3 pg193 nos 51 – 60

Good luck!

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CORRECTION FOR 15/05/2020

COMPREHENSION PG86

[a] His grandfather slept on his farm and even worked on the first day of a new year.

[b]He went against his grandfather’s instruction that no grandchild should leave the farm for somewhere else without his permission.

[c]He got missing because he was hunting birds without realizing when it became dark.

[d] the irony is that instead of the writer’s grandfather punishing him he embraced and cuddled him.

[e] ‘…darkness suddenly arrived’

[i] Personification

[ii] ‘darkness’ is given the human quality of ‘arriving’

[f] ‘…a beautiful piece of rubbish’

[i] Oxymoron

[ii}useless reason

[g] ‘…that I was missing’

[i] Relative clause/ Adjectival clause

[ii] It qualifies the noun ‘news’

[h}[i] courage – boldness,bravery,fearlessness dauntless,determination

[ii] counterparts -peers, compeers,mates

[iii] opportunity – chance

[iv] melodiously – musically, sweetly, tunefully, mellifluously

[v] dawned on – occurred to, came to, struck

[vi] granted – given, accorded.

I believe from the above corrections, you have been able to make amends where you’ve erred.

20/05/2020

Hello students, good to have this second class with you. I hope you are all staying as safe as possible.

I hope you are practising your essays like I advised previously. Please do as it is important. Today, I would give you an exercise on summary. I know you would be grumbling by now as you always say it is difficult. But like I said, practice makes perfect. Therefore, here we go:

Topic: Summary

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions on it.

One Nigerian city, in addition to a number of smaller, private hospitals, has both a university teaching hospital and a government hospital. Outside both these hospitals, hordes of patients gather daily. They have not been recommended for admission by any doctor. They only know that they are I’ll or injured and have come in hope of care or cure; they are outpatients.

At the university hospital, it is necessary to be in attendance very early in the morning in order to be in a prominent position when the first sorting process takes place. Some people even arrive the night before, but it is not actually a matter of ‘first come, first served’, since a clearly stated admission policy is strictly followed. An explicit purpose of the general outpatient department of the university teaching hospital is: ‘ To provide the necessary patients for the consultant clinics and to shield these clinics from excessive numbers…’ The number and types of patients admitted to the general clinic each day are limited by the number which can be examined adequately by the medical staff and apart from the critically ill, by the numbers required by the consultant clinics for teaching purposes. In other words, the very sick, the very young and the medically interesting have the best chance of entry, with the promise of exhaustive clinical examination, tests and treatment.

Those who are disappointed at the hospital may make their way to the government hospital. There, a different system operates. There, all comers, however many, are seen by a doctor, though exceedingly briefly and treated, provided they turn up during civil service hours, i.e. between 8am and 4 pm. Any patient who requires admission outside those hours or at a weekend is unfortunate. For if he/ she obtains admission as ‘ emergency’, the scarcity of resident medical staff at the fact that laboratory technicians are only ‘ on call’ mean that speedy diagnosis and prompt treatment are unlikely.

Kindly answer the questions in the form given and indicate your subject.

Questions

( a) In four sentences, one for each, state the factors that affect outpatients treatment at the university hospital.

( b) Summarize in two sentences the reasons why an outpatient may receive unsatisfactory treatment at the government hospital.

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15/05/2020

Hello students, I do hope you are keeping safe during this challenging time. It is essential that you do as importantly, the end of the race which began six years ago has been delayed for I believe a short while.

It is therefore important that you use this extra time wisely. Do not relent and please remember all what you have learnt and practised over the last months.

I would have loved us to as usual,continue our practice on Essay writing as we have done previously. However, I have found it a bit challenging correcting[ringing] the work of a few that have sent essays to me via whatsapp but I have encouraged them as I will all of you to please continue with this very important exercise in your folders. God willing, when we meet again, if time permits, I will go through and correct them before you write the examinations.

I have and always will stress the importance essay writing carries in the overall marks for this subject. Therefore, constant practice is key. Not only in essay writing, but other areas as well. For instance, comprehension, summary, lexis and structure and orals. Please continue in this wise.

Permit me for taking up some of your time but I as always, feel the need to remind you of your seriousness in getting at least and I mean at least a distinction in this subject.

Remember, that paper two i.e, essay, comprehension and summary carry the bulk of the marks. I will do my best to give practice exercises on comprehension and summary and the others on this platform. But like I have said and will continue to say, practice makes perfect. You can complement this effort by practising more on your own with past questions.

Till we meet again, Good luck and God bless.

Assignment

Kindly use the form below to answer the questions and indicate your subject before you do.

NOSEC Senior Secondary School 3.

Comprehension pg 86 questions [a-h]

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