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WEEK:8
ASPECT; Speech Work: Clusters of two consonants which occur initially.
Vocabulary Development: Identification of use of Figures of speech: Simile, Metaphor, Irony,
Reading Comprehension: Reading for the Writer’s Purpose: Homes- Man’s Fortress of Safety.
Structure: Subordinate Clauses (Types and Functions)
Writing Skills: Free Writing (Introduction: Features of Poetry)
Summary: Exercise: Use any WAEC/NECO summary question.
ASPECT: Speech Work
TOPIC: Clusters of Two Consonants (Initial Position)
What is Consonant Clusters?
The coming together of two, three, or more consonants, either before or after the vowel in a syllable is known as a cluster.
Syllable Structures in English
- V = a
- CV = no, me
- CC = Pray
- CCCV =Sprout
- VC = up
- VCC = soft
- CVCCC = thanks
- CVCC = texts / texts
- CVCC = sells, looks, writes
- CCVCC = strength
- CCVCC =
Consonant Clusters: Initial Position
Consonant clusters at the initial position have the syllable structure as: CCV, CCCV, CCCVC,
- The consonant clusters at the initial position:
Examples: CCV
(i) st_air (ii) st_ar (iii) pl_ay (iv) pr_ay (v) fr_om
- Three consonant clusters at the initial position: CCCV
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