Revision & Comprehension: Reading to grasp words meanings in various contexts
SUBJECT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE
CLASS: SS1
DATE:
TERM: 3RD TERM
WEEK ONE
TOPIC
Revision of last term’s work and examination
Comprehension: Reading to grasp words meanings in various contexts.
Commonly Misspelt Words
Comprehension: Reading to grasp words meanings in various contexts.
Contextual Usage of Words
The passage in unit 8 page 133 makes comparison between men and women from some findings, it is concluded that men interrupt discussion more than women. Also, it’s recorded that certain men consistently dominate talk in any conversation.
Words can give various meanings in various contexts, for example; the word ‘man’ can be used to have various meanings in various context e.g. That man is my father. ‘man’ in this context means an adult male human being.
EVALUATION
State the synonyms of the following:
He was assigned to man the gate of the company. ‘man ‘ here means guide, He is to man the office ‘man’ here means take charge, or manage.
In the passage read, the word ‘sex’ as used in the passage means ‘gender’.
In another context it could mean an intercourse between a male and a female.
‘leave’ in the first line of the second paragraph means ‘make.’ ‘leave’ could also mean vacate or a short break from work.
EVALUATION
Give another word to the underlined words as used in the passage
READING ASSIGNMENT
Unit 10 page 162 of the Effective English.
Commonly Misspelt Words
There are words that students easily get confused about in terms of spelling. The words are:
Misspelling Correct spelling
Accomodations Accommodation
Begining Beginning
Clearify Clarify
Continous Continuous
Defiinate Definite
Convenant covenant
Dilligent diligent
Auxillary Auxiliary
Enimity Enmity
Enviroment Environment
Greatful grateful
EVALUATION: write out the correct spellings of the following words: grammer, guidiance, fourty, intrest, grieivous, mispel, bustop, noticable, ocasion, occured.
The dictionary is used for the following of purposes: meaning, spelling, pronunciation, usage, stress, collocation, transcription, parts of speech/ word classes etc. consider the word ‘abuse’.
Note: The transcription of the word ‘abuse’ above already include its stress, while the collocation covers its usage as well. The Oxford Advanced Dictionary is used here.
EVALUATION
Using a good dictionary, write out the transcription, word class, meaning, stress, collocation/usage of these words: rapport, acquaint. Defer. Solicit, acquiesce, cohere, comply, concur, obsess, and concede.
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