SS3 First Term English Language Lesson Note – Letter Writing: Informal Letter

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WEEK 3

CONTENTS

SPEECH WORK: –Clusters of two consonants occurring in the final position

COMPREHENSION: -: Exercise. (NOSEC. Pg. 33)

VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT: Words associated with Motor Vehicle and Travelling

STRUCTURE: Modals- (forms and uses)

SUMMARY: Exercise. (NOSEC. Pages 34)

WRITING SKILLS: – Letter writing- Informal Letter

ASPECT: SPEECH WORK

TOPIC: Cluster of two consonants occurring in final position

Cluster of consonant sounds occur in many English words. However, in some consonant sounds, it is easy to identify the cluster of consonant sounds by merely looking at the written form of the words. Consonant cluster occurs when more than one consonant is placed together without an intervening vowel sound.

A number of cluster combinations are possible at the end of a word and these possibilities are as a result of inflectional endings to express plurality and tense in regular nouns and verbs respectively.

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: