Monophthongs

They are vowel sounds whose quality doesn’t change over the duration of the vowel .It is a speech sound that consist of only one vowel sound. Monophthongs are sometimes called “pure” or “stable” vowels. E.g.

/e/- set, pet

/u:/ – boot, school

/I/- sit, big

/ə/- away, police

/æ/- bag, bad

/Ӡ:/- bird, burn

/D/ – Pot, hot

/Ʌ/- love, run

/Ʊ/ – book, bush

/ↄ:/ – saw, horse

EVALUATION

1. What is monophthong?
2. Give five examples of monophthong with two examples each.

ASPECT: Structure

TOPIC: Making Request Using Will, Could, Please

Content:

We use language to request something from other people for example, when we want to borrow something. We use “will”, “could” and “please” to make request. Examples are:

Will you pass the ruler, please? (very informal, common between classmates)

Response: certainly, here you are.

Would you pass the water, please? (more formal)

Would you mind passing the book, please? (most formal)

certainly

Would you mind lending me your pen?

I’m afraid I can’t. I need it at the moment.

Can I borrow your English textbook? (very informal)

Sorry, not at the moment.

Could I borrow your pen? (more formal, polite and respect)

I’m afraid not. I’m using it.

Could you help me with my assignment? (More Formal)

Sure, here you are.

Please, give me your laptop.

With pleasure. Of course.

Please, help me wash my handkerchief. (More Formal)

Certainly not!

EVALUATION: Make appropriate request for the following situation.

1. Student-student
2. Student-senior student
3. Student-teacher
4. Teacher-teacher

ASPECT: Composition

TOPIC: Formal Letter Invitation (As a Guest Speaker)

Content:

Formal letter of invitation is a letter of favour or assistance. It can be written to an individual being an invitation as a guest speaker and if such is reasonable, it is often granted. Below are some useful hints on writing a letter of invitation.

1. Make a reasonable request.
2. Identify what you need and give detailed information about it.
3. Send information about the group, association or club.
4. Mention if someone has suggested to you to contact the individual.
5. Ask for alternative help if your request cannot be met.
6. It is better address the letter to the individual to quicken attention.(This should be courteous and friendly without flattery)

EVALUATION: Write a letter of invitation to a guest speaker to speak on a topic of your choice at an event to hold in your school.

ASPECT: Literature

TOPIC: Synecdoche, Onomatopoeia, Antithesis

Content:

Synecdoche: The use of a part of a thing to represent the whole, or the use of the whole to represent a part e.g.

1. Thousands of heads were counted during the census exercise (the head represents the whole body)
2. All hands should be on deck.

Onomatopoeia: It involves words that echo or imitate the sounds of the things they represent. E.g.

“crash”, “cuckoo”, “squeak”, “sizzle”, “click”.

“creaking and shuffling… thus, as five hundred boys of different sizes lowered themselves into the chains”

Antithesis: it is the choice and arrangement of words to emphasize oppositeness or contrast, e.g.

1. Man proposes, God disposes.
2. This is an insult on both the dead and the living of the village.
3. I toil day and night.

WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT:

Choose the appropriate form of verb in the bracket to fill in the blank space.

E.g. I have never visited (visit) Lagos.

1. They have _____ (drive) a very long way, so they must feel very tired.
2. Listen! The clock ________( strike) seven, eight, nine!
3. Johnson has _______ (grow) a lot in the last year.
4. He often _____ (fall) sick with malaria, and I often buy medicine for him.
5. They (sleep) when the thief entered their room.