JSS1 First Term English Language Lesson Note – Speech work: /h/ /j/ /w/

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WEEK 9

ASPECT: Speech work: /h, j, w/

/h/ This is a voiceless glottal fricative which is produced as the airstream passes through an open glottis to the mouth. E.g., who, hole, hospital house, hat, horse, behave, behold, inherit etc.

Silent in: hour, heir, exhibit, honour, exhaust etc.

/j/ This is a semi-vowel sound that is pronounced with the front part of tongue is raised towards the hard palate to the position higher than the production of /i:/.

Eg. Yet, yam, youth, few, new, suit, tune, yard, year, yes, yoke, yen, yours etc.

/w/ This is a voiced bilabial consonant.eg. we, well, wise, wolf, when, wear, queen, choir, one, once, question, square, dwarf, squash etc.

ASPECT: Structure

TOPIC: Position and functions of pronoun

Position of pronouns: Pronoun could be used to replace noun in a sentence either as subject or object.

FUNCTIONS OF PRONOUN

Pronoun replaces noun in a sentence.
It helps to avoid unnecessary use of nouns.

ASPECT: Composition

TOPIC: FORMAL LETTERS: WRITING TO SUIT DIFFERENT SITUATIONS

Definition of formal letters

Formal letters are letters written to offices. They are otherwise known as official letters.

Features of Formal Letters

Formal letters have the following features

Address of the writer & date (written at the top right-hand corner of the sheet of paper).
Address of the addressee (writer below the writers address at the left-hand corner of the writing paper)

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