Contents:

  • Spoken English
  • Part of Speech: Noun
  • Punctuation : Apostrophe

A. Spoken English

The /i:/ sound

The /i:/ is pronounced as a long e as in

e – be, he, these

ee – tree, bee, need

ea – sea, meat

i – police, machine

ie – chief, believe

ei – seize

B. Grammar

Parts of Speech : NOUN

NOUN is a name of a person, animal, place or thing.

Examples:

The Boy works hard – Boy is the Noun (Name of a person)

My Uncle lives in Kenya – Kenya (place)

Look at the Bags – Bags (thing)

Common Nouns: There are two kinds of nouns – Common nouns and Proper nouns. A common noun can be the name of:

i. a person – a teacher, a student, a sister

ii. an animal – a cow, a goat, an elephant

iii. a plant – a thornbush, an iroko tree

iv. a thing – a radio, a car, a bed

v. a place – a house, a garden, a school

vi. a quality or idea – courage, wisdom, freedom

vii. an action – laughter, smile

Using Common nouns with A or An:

The little words AAN and THE are called ARTICLES. A and AN are called Indefinite articles while THE is a Definite article.

We use A or An before common nouns that name people, animals, plants, things or places.

We use An before words that begin with vowel sounds A, E, I, O or U.

Examples: An ant, An egg, An insect, An orange.

We use A before words that begin with consonant sounds.

Examples: A car, A girl, A fish, A school.

Proper Nouns: Proper nouns are the names of particular places or people. They always begin with capital letters. Proper nouns include:

i. The names of places: Africa, Asia, Lagos State, Agege

ii. The names and titles of people : The Principal, Mr Momodu, Mrs Abiodun, Alhaji Ali, Charity

iii. The names of the days of the week and special days: Monday, Good Friday, Saturday, Eid-el-Fitr

iv. The names of the months of the year and special festivals: April, November, Easter, Ramadan, Christmas

v. The names of school subjects: Social Studies, English, Mathematics

vi. Other names: Nigeria Airways, Government college, Central Bank of Nigeria

C. Vocabulary: Punctuation

Apostrophe (‘) – Uses of apostrophe

i. The marking of the omission of one or more letters

e.g. do not written as don’t

ii. To illustrate a possessive case

e.g. My Father’s Car

iii. Used as plural of written items that are not words established in English orthography

e.g. P’s, Q’s

Assessment

1. Identify the nouns in this sentences:

a) Peter is going to School

b) The cat slept under the bed

2. The /i:/ sound can be recognized in one of the following words.
a) lime         b) see          c) head        d) nice

3. Pick the correct option

a) An horse b) A umbrella       c) An aunt   d) An cap

4. One of these options is not a proper noun

a) Sokoto    b) Mrs Akerele      c) Boxing Day      d) Courage

5. Which is the odd one?
a) A   b) An          c) Am          d) The

Answers

1.  a: Peter – Name of a person, School – Name of a place

b: Cat – Name of an animal, Bed – Name of a thing

2. See – It has the long e sound

3. An aunt – Indefinite article AN is used before vowel sounds

4. Courage – This is a common noun

5. Am – This is not an article