{"id":1730,"date":"2023-10-01T14:31:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T14:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/ecole9ja\/?p=1730"},"modified":"2023-10-01T14:32:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T14:32:23","slug":"week-4-jss-3-third-term-english-language-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecolebooks.com\/nigeria\/posts\/week-4-jss-3-third-term-english-language-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 4 – Jss 3 Third Term English Language Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n\t\t\t\tWEEK Four
\n<\/strong>REVISION
\n<\/strong>GRAMMAR
\n<\/strong>TOPIC: ARTICLE
\n<\/strong>
\n\u00a0‘A’ ‘an’ and ‘the’ are known as Articles they are in fact demonstrative adjectives.<\/p>\n

\u00a0KINDS OF ARTICLES
\n<\/strong>There are two types of articles<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. \n
    Definite Articles\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  2. \n
    Indefinite Articles\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \u00a0<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. \n
      Definite Articles: <\/strong>– An article which is used to refer to a particular person or thing is known as the definite article. Example ‘the’\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
    2. \n
      Indefinite Article:<\/strong> – An article which does not refer to any particular person or thing is known as the indefinite articles. Example ‘a, an’\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      \u00a0THE SELECTION OF ‘A’ OR ‘AN’
      \n<\/strong>The selection between ‘a’ and ‘an’ is determined by sound.<\/p>\n

      \u00a0Hints <\/p>\n

        \n
      1. \n
        A \u2013 Is used before a word beginning with a consonant sound. Examples, a boy, a man, a human, being, a table, a horse, a yard, a young man.\n<\/div>\n

        \u00a0<\/li>\n

      2. \n
        A \u2013 Is used before a word beginning with ‘h’ ‘y’ and ‘u’. examples \u2013 a historical vowel, a human being, a youth, a year, a yellow paper, a university, a useful thing, a unit, a European, a uniform, a union etc.\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        \u00a0<\/p>\n

          \n
        1. \n
          A \u2013 Is used before a word beginning with ‘w’ sound. Examples: a one legged sailor, a one man tribunal, a one dollar note, etc.\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          \u00a0<\/p>\n

            \n
          1. \n
            An \u2013 Is used before a word beginning with vowel sound. Examples: an hour, an honour, an heir, an heir loom, an honest citizen etc.\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            \u00a0THE USE OF INDEFINITE ARTICLE
            \n<\/strong><\/p>\n

              \n
            1. \n
              The indefinite article A or An is used in sense of ‘one of a’. Example I met a friend (means one of a certain friend)\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
            2. \n
              It is used to represent a whole class or in the sense of all or any. Example; (i) A student should be obedient, (ii) A doctor must love his patients\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
            3. \n
              It is used to convert a proper noun into a common noun. Example: He is a Clinton (a great political leader) (ii) She is a mother Theresa (a great social worker)\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
            4. \n
              In certain expressions\n<\/div>\n

              a, Couple, a thousand, a great number of, a dozen, a million, a good deal of etc.\n<\/li>\n

            5. \n
              If is used in exclamatory sentences. Example: What a pretty girl, What a shame, What a clever boy, What a hot day\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              \u00a0‘A’ OR ‘AN’ IS NOT USED FOR
              \n<\/strong><\/p>\n

                \n
              1. \n
                A or An is not used with plural noun. Example dogs, books girls.\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
              2. \n
                With uncountable nouns. Example advice, furniture, knowledge, news, information, luggage etc. But, these words may be used with: some, any, a little, a piece of, a bit of, an item of. Example: some advice, any news, a piece of information. Note:
                \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/strong>A knowledge of English is useful (correct)\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
              3. \n
                With abstract noun. Example: happiness, pleasure, courage, beauty, love, intelligence, hope, fear etc.\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                \u00a0THE USE OF DEFINITE ARTICLES
                \n<\/strong><\/p>\n

                  \n
                1. \n
                  Unique Things: <\/strong>– The definite articles “the” is used with unique things in nature. Example; the sun, the sea,, the sky, the moon, the earth. The sun rises in the east. The earth moves rounds the sun.\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
                2. \n
                  Particular Persons or Things:
                  \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/strong>– ‘The’ is used to talk about particular persons or things. Example: The man you met yesterday is my uncle. The lady you saw at the theatre is my wife\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
                3. \n
                  Persons or Things Mentioned for the second time:
                  \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/strong>– ‘The’ is used to talk about persons or things mentioned for the second time. Example: I met a girl. The girl is very tall. I went to a hosted. The hostel is very neat.\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
                4. \n
                  Singular Nouns:-<\/strong> representing the whole class. Example: The rose is a lonely flower. The scientist should love mankind. The teacher should know the psychology of the students.\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
                5. \n
                  Proper Noun:<\/strong>– Used as common noun. ‘the’ when used before a proper noun makes it a common noun. Example; Jos is the Manchester of Nigeria. Rawlings is the savour of Ghana. Calabar is the Switzerland of Nigeria.\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  \u00a0Assignment
                  \n<\/strong>Fill in the blanks with suitable articles <\/p>\n

                    \n
                  1. \n
                    Iron is \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..useful metal\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
                  2. \n
                    My father is \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026honourable man\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
                  3. \n
                    Honest men speak \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..truths\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
                  4. \n
                    Jerusalem is \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..holy place\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
                  5. \n
                    Do you look at \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026blue sky?\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
                  6. \n
                    I first met Isioma\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..year ago\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
                  7. \n
                    My friend is \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..European\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
                  8. \n
                    Malta is \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.Island\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
                  9. \n
                    Let us consider \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..problem in detail\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
                  10. \n
                    Yoruba is \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..difficult language\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                    \t\t\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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