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WEEK 8

Speech Work: Intonation: (Rising Tone) Vocabulary Development Prefixes (as word Extension, making for new meanings); Reading Comprehension: Reading for Critical Evaluation: ‘The Civil Service’ (NOSEC, pages 122 – 123) Structure: Phrasal Verbs (Two-word phrasal verbs); Writing Skills: Creative Writing: Story (Guided writing) Write a story that illustrates the saying: ‘Pride goes before a fall’; Summary: Exercise: Use any WAEC/NECO summary question.

ASPECT:     Speech Work

TOPIC:         Rising Tone

The rising tone is used to indicate a rise in the pitch of our voice. Remember that it is indicated by the use of the upward arrow (↗). The rising tone can be used in the following ways;

  1. To make request

Examples:

  1. Close that door, please. ↗
  2. Could you lend me your pen? ↗
  3. Sweep the floor as soon as you finish, please. ↗
  4. To list items.

Examples

  1. Mother brought rice, ↗ beans, ↗maggi, ↗ and onions. ↘
  2. There was enough food at the party; rice, ↗ salad, ↗ chicken, ↗ and foofoo. ↘
  3. She bought bananas, ↗ pineapples, ↗ guavas, ↗ oranges, and ↗ and water melons. ↘
  4. To ask questions which require Yes or No as the answer

Examples;

  1. Is she your mother? ↗
  2. Did you enjoy the meal? ↗
  3. Would you want me to visit you? ↗
  4. To make polite request

Examples;

  1. Please, let’s bury the hatchet. ↗
  2. Lend me your pen, please. ↗
  3. May I see you briefly, please? ↗
  4. To express surprise/disbelief.

Examples:

  1. Really ↗
  2. What? ↗
  3. Can that be true? ↗

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