Words associated with the Environment

CONTENT:

: Most of our activities are carried out in our various environment. In some places, certain days have been declared as environmental sanitation days. i.e in Lagos state, Thursdays of each week is for the traders while the last Saturday of the month is the general environmental sanitation day.

What is environment? The simple meaning of environment is “surroundings” i.e what surrounds a thing, our environment therefore can be said to be everything that makes up our surroundings, and this affects our being able to carry out our activities on the face of the earth.

Reference: students should read more on environment on page 124 – 125 of new oxford secondary English course for senior secondary schools (2).

ASSIGNMENT: new oxford secondary English course for senior secondary schools (2). Page 126

ESSAY WRITING: INFORMAL LETTER

ASSIGNMENT: Your friend living abroad has written to you asking about the cost of living in your country. Write back to tell him or her about the situation, including the rise in the prices of commodities and whatever things that makes living more expensive nowadays.

SPEECH WORK: FALLING TONE

The falling tone is used in declarative sentences, commands, exclamations and WH – questions (question introduced with interrogative words e.g what, who, whose, where, etc.).

EXAMPLES

Statements

OLA WORKS HARD in SCHOOL

WE’LL SEE about THAT

HE GOT it RIGHT

SHE IS GOING to THE OFFICE

Commands or orders

GO OUT

DON’T TOUCH the FOOD

DON’T JUST STAND and STARE

CLOSE the BOOK

INTERJECTIONS

My GOD

What a DAY

How PRETTY SHE looks

WH- QUESTIONS

Whose BOOK IS THIS

When IS SHE COMING