SS1 ENGLISH LANGUAGE SECOND TERM WEEK ONE

CONTENT

1. Speech Work: Consonants /k/, /g/, /f/ and /v/
2. Comprehension: Healthy Diet
3. Vocabulary Development: Other Expressions Associated with Traditional Religion (Examples: fanatic, hermit, atheist, etc.)
4. Structure: Complex Tense Form (Present Tense – Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous)
5. Writing Skills: Speech Writing (Introduction)

ASPECT: Speech Work

TOPIC: Consonant Sounds /k/, /g/, /f/ and /v/

Consonant Sound /k/

This is a voiceless velar plosive sound. It has many spelling symbols as shown below:

‘k’   as in king, keg, kite

‘c’    as in cat, coat, coffee, cocoa, carrot, car

‘cc’   as in account, accountant, accommodation

‘ch’   as in chemical, mechanic, chemistry, chemist

‘q’     as in liquor, liquid

‘ck’   as in black, back, snacks

‘x’   as in  anxious, six, axe

NOTE: /k/ is silent in the following words, therefore it should not be pronounced. E.g. know, knowledge, knife, knock, knew, etc.