Week 5 – SS2 Second Term English Language Notes

 WEEK FIVE

1. Speech Work – Rhyme Scheme
   

   Another aspect of Test of Orals which students must be very familiar with is rhyme. Rhyme occurs when words end in same sound. To be more precise, two words rhyme with each other when they have:

   1. Same vowel ending.

      Example:     go    –    know
              do    –    sue
              buy    –    thigh

   2. Same final consonants (or consonant cluster sequence)

      Example:    worst    –    burst
              count    –    amount
              just    –    dust

   3. Same final vowel and consonant.

      Example:    half    –    laugh
              receive-    deceive

 EVALUATION
From the words lettered A – D, choose the word that rhyme with the given word

1. done    A. gone    B. pen        C. dawn    D. don
2. shook     A. hoot    B. hook    C. roof        D. soak
3. amend    A. rescind     B. abound    C. resent    D. depend
4. pale    A. palm    B. abound    C. resent     D. depend

 READING ASSINGMENT
Countdown in English, pg 312.

1. Structure: Pronoun Types
   

   In the first series, we saw the use of relative pronouns (who, whom, which, whose etc.). But this time, attention is on some other pronoun types: Personal, demonstrative, interrogative and possessive
   
    

   1. Personal Pronouns

      These are words used in place of any of the three persons we have in English language

      1. The first person refers to the person(s) being addressed
      2. The second person refers to the person(s) or being addressed and;
      3. The third person refers to the person(s) or things spoken about.

      Note that personal pronouns have singular and plural forms and they can also be used both in the nominative or subjective as well as accusative or objective cases. The table below illustrate the personal pronouns at a glance.

1. Demonstrative Pronouns.

   These are so called because they point out particular persons, places, or things. The English demonstrative pronouns are: this, these, that, those. “this” and “that” are singular, “these” and “those” are plural.
   Also “this” and “these” point at objects that are near, while “that” and “those” are used for distant objects.
   Examples:     This is my friend.
           These are my books.
           That is her shop.
           These are my cars.

2. Interrogative Pronouns.

   Interrogative pronouns are employed or used in asking questions.
   Examples:    What is your name?
           Which of the dresses is yours?
           Whose hat is this?
           To whom did you give the letter?
           Where do you live?
   Note: The interrogative pronoun ‘which’ is used when we are making a selection from a known set of possibilities or when the choice is limited to a specific number.

3. Possessive Pronouns.

   These are pronouns which show ownership. For example, “The house is mine” means that the house is owned by me.
   Other examples of possessive pronouns are his, ours, yours, theirs.
   It is important for students to note the difference between possessive pronouns and possessive adjectives.
   Possessive Pronoun             Possessive Adjective
   The ruler is mine            This is my ruler
   These books are ours            These are our books

    The table below illustrates the possessive words in their adjective and pronoun forms.

Person	Singular	Plural
Poss. Adjective	Poss. Pronoun	Poss. Adjective	Poss. Pronoun
1st person	my	mine	our	ours
2nd person	your	yours	your	yours
3rd person	his	his	Their	Theirs
her	hers
its	its

Note that apostrophe cannot be used with possessive pronouns e.g.
This pencil is yours         This pencil is your’s
            Not
This school is theirs        This school is their’s
EVALUATION
Underline and classify the pronouns in the following sentences.

1. What did you do to my box?
2. That is the room which I used as the store
3. Give the book to him.

 READING ASSIGNMENT
Read about, Emphatic, Reflexive, Reciprocal and Indefinite Pronouns.See Countdown in English, pg 218 – 220

1. Summary – Identifying the Topic Sentence of a Passage, Wole Soyinka – Effective English pg158
   

   The passage is a review of James Gibbs book on Wole Soyinka. The reviewer points out the strengths and weaknesses of Gibbs’ study of Wole Soyinka’s life, career and works.

 EVALUATION
Read the passage and answer the questions (see Effective English, pg 158)

 READING ASSIGNMENT
Effective English, pg 161 (Adverbial Expression – Intensifiers and Linking Expressions).

 GENERAL EVALUATION/REVISIONAL QUESTIONS

1. Write five words that rhyme.
2. For each of the following words, write two sentences, determine when each is used as possessive pronoun or possessive determiner (adjective)

 WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT
Section A
Choose the word which contains the same vowel sound that is underlined.

1. Know         A. sew     B. how        C. vow
2. Make        A. height    B. take        C. says
3. fair            A. wear    B. mere    C. dear
4. best        A. regal    B. leopard    C. legal
5. story        A. drought    B. spot        C. fought

 Section B
Practice 3 (1 & 2) page 73, Effective English.