SS2 First Term English Language Lesson Note – Consonants Clusters

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WEEK 1:

Speech Work: Consonants Clusters (two Consonants in Initial position); Vocabulary Development; Words associated with the Human Body System and Function; Reading Comprehension: Reading for Main Gist: ‘A Journey for Resumption’ (NOSEC, pages 4 -5) Structure: Noun Phrases (Features, Forms, Positions and Functions); Writing Skills: Expository Writing: (Format and style) ‘Managing Population Explosion in Nigeria’ Summary: Practical approach to writing a good summary (Introduction).

ASPECT: SPEECH WORK

TOPIC: Consonants Clusters: Two Consonants in Initial Position   

Definition of Term: Consonant cluster is the occurrence of at least two consonants at the beginning or end of a syllable. The syllable is a unit composed of consonants and vowels or syllabic consonants. A syllable is the smallest pronounceable unit of speech. It has three parts: a beginning or release, a centre or nucleus, and the end or arrest/closure. Only consonants occur at the beginning and at the end of a syllable. Vowels are the main sounds of the centre of the syllable. Note that, no vowel sound intervenes between a consonant cluster.

Examples:

Word   Beginning/Release        Centre/Nucleus            End/Arrest       Syllable            Structure

Eye                  /-                                 ai                     -/                      V                     /ai/

Tie                   /t                                  ai                     -/                      CV                   /tai/

Tight                /t                                  ai                     t/                      CVC                 /tait/

The above examples outlays what syllable means. We build from there to explain consonant clusters. As earlier indicated, whenever two or more consonants occur at the beginning or at the end of a syllable results into consonant clusters. Examples:

1. Play /plei/ CCV
2. Pray /prei/ CCV
3. Plate /pleit/ CCVC
4. sly /slai/ CCV
5. black /blæk/ CCVA cluster of two consonants at the beginning, no cluster at the end.

The next set of examples show the occurrence of consonant clusters at the end of the syllable.

Examples:

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