WEEK SIX
TOPIC
Structures: Prefixes and Negation
Suffixes of Pluralization and tenses
Speech Work: Words of two syllables which are stressed on the first or second syllables.
Essay Writing: story writing- A story which illustrates the saying .”it is a man’s world “/
A: Prefixes and Negation of Pluralization and Tenses.
a. Prefixes Meaning Examples
extra outside extraordinary, extra marital
ex out of ex- official
inter between/among inter marry, inter city
trans across trans Atlantic, Transpose, Transact
post after postgraduate, post natal,
pre before pre-history, pre-natal
super above super human, super natural, natural,
sub below substandard
ab away from abduct, aborigines,
unn bringing together annual
ante year antenatal
anti before anti social, anti clockwise.
Arch against archbishop, architect
Negation Suffixes are less,
Childless, fatherless, motherless , heartless, odourless, penniless, useless,
pluralization suffixes e.g ies, es,
babies, flies, cases, boxes,
Tense Suffixes e.g ‘en’, ‘ze’ . strengthen, deafen brighten, smoothen, widen
‘ze’
Practicalize, mobilize
EVALUATION
Write 2 examples for each of the following suffixes: less, ‘ze’, ‘es’, ‘en’.
READING ASSIGNMENT
Complete English Course page 420 – 423
B. Speech Work: Words of two Syllables which are stressed on the first or second syllable.
Content
Words of two syllables Stressed on first syllable
Words of two syllables stressed on the second syllable.
First Syllable.
The following words of two syllables are stressed on the first syllable
BAsic SOLemn
CREDit COLLar
CHRIStian CERtain
FORtune Period
HATred HAMlet
CAPtain VICtor
STUpid MANsion.
Exceptions to the above rule
1.When a two-syllable word contains a prefix, the primary stress is on the second syllable.
Here are some word examples:
1. begin (6) enGAGE
2. between (7)inspire
3. beFORE (8) Enough
4. inFORM (9) include
5. aWAY (10) desPITE
2. When a two – syllable could double as a noun and a verb, the first syllable takes stress whjen it is noun and the second when it is a verb. E.g.
1. CONtent (5) conTENT
2. CONsent (6) conSENT
3. IMport (7) imPORT
4. REform (8) reFORM.
EVALUATION
Stress the following words of two syllables.
Constract,remit, betray, arrange, baggar, hundred, primer.
READING ASSIGNMENT
Syllables and stress pag 23, standard speech 10, book , diction in English Course.
C. Essay Writing
A story which illustrates the saying – “It is a man’s World”
Content
Explanation
Writing of the story
A story writing requires imagination. The story must follow the order in which the events took place,g radually moving the reader to the climax of your story.
The tile, it’s a man’s world, should have a story which revolves round men taking over in every area of life. You can talk of a man in particular who exhibited the nature of men or with the help of other men excelled in life.
It is also usual in a narrative to use the simple past tense very frequently since the account, relates to past events, e.g. ‘he wrote’, ‘they thought’, ‘we were shocked’.
Be careful with your choice of tenses in this king of writing . See how appropriate the tenses are in the following sentences.
i. We were sleeping when the robbers broke into the house
ii. When we arrived at the stadium, the match had gone on for twenty minutes
EVALUATION
Narrate a story on the topic, ‘It’s a man’s world”
READING ASSIGNMENT
Countdown WASSCE,/SSCE English Language by EVAns pg 5-7
WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT
Choose the right option
1. He would never do anything improper. He is an ………. Reputable man
(a) Emphatically (b) enormously (c) eminently
2. They were ………. Influenced by the words of the traditional ruler
(a) Intensely (b) successively (c) profoundly.
3. It is not at all harmful. On the contrary it is quite………..
(a) Innocuous (b) delightful (c) inefficient
4. They may disagree at first; but they will come round to your point of view………..
(a) Understandably (b) eventually (c ) swiftly.
5. They were agitating for the ………of smoking in public places
(a) abstinence (b) prohibition (c ) protest
Choose the option nearest in meaning .
1. The sight of her out of date clothes made many of sue smile
(a)old fashion (b) forgotten (c) made of date
2. No one greeted him or spoke to him and he realized he had become a pariah
(a) leper (b) outcast (c) traitor
3. He has such a strong personality : every one does what he wants
(a) character (b) face (c) body
4. It was such a peculiar thing to say; I can’t thing why he said it.
(a) strange (b) rude (c ) different
5. I can’t find it anywhere; so presumably its been lost or stolen
(a) undoubtedly (b) probably (c) clearly
3.
1. She makes a little money by selling cloth/ a cloth in a market
2. A care / the care/ care is needed when using sharp tools.
3. A nurse put dressing/ a dressing on the wound
4. I want my shirts to be bright/ a bright/ the bright colour – red or orange would do.
5. We went down a coal mine. It was interesting /an interesting/the interesting experience .