SS1 ENGLISH LANGUAGE FIRST TERM WEEK SEVEN
CONTENT
- Speech Work: Consonants /k/, /g/, /s/ and /z/
- Comprehension: Oliha’s Embarrassment
- Vocabulary Development (Words Associated with Home and Family)
- Structure: Nominalization of Verbs
- Writing Skills: Letter Writing – Semi-Formal Letters (Language)
ASPECT: Speech Work
TOPIC: Consonants /k/, /g/, /s/ and /z/
Consonant /k/
This consonant, which is a voiceless velar plosive, has many spelling symbols as shown below:
‘k’ – king, keep, kit.
‘c’ – cat, cap, catch.
‘cc’ – account, accuse, accost.
‘ch’ – chemical, chemistry, school.
‘q’ – queen, liquor, quack.
‘ck’ – back, lack, peck.
‘x’ – anxious, six, axe.
The sound can occur at the initial, medial and final positions as shown below:
The ‘k’ is usually not pronounced before ‘n’ at the beginning of words like ‘know’, ‘knot’, ‘knock’, ‘know’, ‘knight’, ‘knee’, ‘knowledge’, ‘knit’.
Consonant /g/
This consonant, a voiced velar plosive, has the following spelling symbols:
‘g’ – get, gum, gut, dog, leg, sag, tug, mug.
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