JSS 3 English Language (1st, 2nd & 3rd Term)

ADVERBS OF MANNER

Adverbs of Manner What is an adverb of manner? Adverbs of manner describe how something happens. For example, it is possible to walk or run at different speeds. The words… Read More »ADVERBS OF MANNER

CONSONANT SOUNDS

As we already know, there are forty-four speech sounds on English. While twenty of them is vowels, the remaining twenty four are consonants. A consonant is produced with the flow… Read More »CONSONANT SOUNDS

INFORMAL LETTER AND FORMAL LETTER

Introduction: writing is the means of communication. We shall revisit the formal and informal letter in this lesson. A formal letter is refers to the business, letter or an official… Read More »INFORMAL LETTER AND FORMAL LETTER

ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS

Adjectives: -ed or -ing? English contains numerous -ed or -ing adjective pairs derived from verbs. To avoid mixing these up,remember that the -ed adjectives are used to describe how you… Read More »ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS

INFORMAL LETTER

Letter writing is an act of communicating information, feelings, ideas or opinions to somebody who is absent or resides in a distance. A letter should contain full details of the… Read More »INFORMAL LETTER

Positive statement to Negative

Sentence transformation: affirmative to negative Change the following affirmative sentences into negatives. In the simple present tense, we make negative forms by putting ‘not’ after ‘do’ or ‘ does’. Note… Read More »Positive statement to Negative

Rhyme Scheme

Rhyme Scheme Definition of Rhyme Scheme Rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhyme that comes at the end of each verse or line in poetry. In other words, it is… Read More »Rhyme Scheme

Stress and Intonation

Stress is the relative emphasis that may be given to certain syllables in a word, or to certain words in a phrase or sentence. In English, stressed syllables are louder… Read More »Stress and Intonation

Adverbs of Frequency

What are adverbs of frequency? Adverbs that change or qualify the meaning of a sentence by telling us how often or how frequently something happens are defined as adverbs of… Read More »Adverbs of Frequency

VOWEL /Ә/

This sound is a neutral vowel. It is used to represent the weak form of other vowel sound. Why the schwa is the most common sound In stress-timed languages such… Read More »VOWEL /Ә/

Poetry

THE ELEMENTS of POETRY Poetry, as man’s inherited possession, is the expression of strong feeling and thought which leads to a communion between the individual and his surroundings, but most… Read More »Poetry

Verb + Preposition

PREPOSITION Adjectives The two examples given above (sorry, concerned) fall into this category. The category as a whole tends, like them, to express emotions, e.g. happy, glad, pleased, delighted (all… Read More »Verb + Preposition

Fiction and non-fiction

Fiction vs Non fiction Fiction is not true and non-fiction is true. This is the simplest way of defining fiction and non-fiction. Non-fiction involves real things, real people, real events,… Read More »Fiction and non-fiction

Conjunctions

A conjunction is a word that joins parts of a sentence together. Examples: And, but, or, because, so. Example sentences: I want to come, but I can’t. She is smart… Read More »Conjunctions

Prepositions

A preposition is a word that is used before a noun or a pronoun to connect it to another word in the sentence. It is usually used to show location,… Read More »Prepositions

Adverbs

An adverb is a word that describes or gives more information about a verb, an adjectiv another adverb, or even the entire sentence. Adverbs usually answer the following questions: Where?… Read More »Adverbs

Verbs

A verb is a word or group of words that express an action or a state. Examples: Go, jump, sleep, eat, think, be, change, become, drive, complete. Example sentences: We… Read More »Verbs

Adjectives

An adjective is a word that describes a person or thing. Examples: Big, pretty, expensive, green, round, French, loud, quick, fat. Example sentences: He has big blue eyes. The new… Read More »Adjectives

Pronouns

A pronoun is a word that is used instead of a noun. For example, you could say, “Lisa is a nice girl.” Then you could replace the noun “Lisa” with… Read More »Pronouns