Grammer - Junior Secondary 2 - Concord

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STEPS

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

LEARNERS ACTIVITY

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INTRODUCTION

The teacher revises the previous lesson and introduces the new topic by explaining more rules of concord.

1.   A sentence that has two singular subjects joined by ‘and’ takes a plural verb

Examples

a.   The man and his wife are loving people

b.   The cat and the rat are great enemies

2.   When a sentence has two plural subjects joined by ‘and’, the verb is plural

Examples

a.   The students and the teachers have agreed on the day of the tests

b.   Men and women live together

3.   Whenever two plural subjects are separated by either….or; neither…nor; both….and; all…..but, the verb is plural

Examples

a.   Either the men or the women have broken the rule

b.   Neither the priests nor the worshippers understand their idol

c.   Both Lara and Lekan are happy to go to JSS 3

d.   All of you but Cecilia are correct

Learners observe, learn and participate

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EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION/TEACHER MODELLING

She discusses more rules of concord

4.   Some nouns are plural though we regard them as single objects. They usually take a plural verb e.g scissors, trousers, pliers, spectacles

Examples

a.   My spectacles are in the car

b.   My trousers are dirty

c.   The pliers are loose

5.   Collective nouns used as subjects take singular or plural verbs

Examples

a.   The committee is sitting at noon

b.   The committee were asked to raise funds for the inter-house sports competitions

Learners observe, learn and participate

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EVALUATION

The Learners are asked to

1.   State the rules of concord treated

- Learners observe, learn and participate

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CLASS-WORK

Learners are asked to answer Exercise 6-8 on page 210 of the New Concept English for Junior Secondary School 2.

Learners observe, learn and participate

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ASSIGNMENT

Learners are asked to answer Exercise 9-10 on page 210 of the New Concept English for Junior Secondary School 2.

Learners participate

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CONCLUSION

The teacher marks their books, corrects it and commends the Learners