Structure: Relative Pronouns.

Content: Definition, Identification and Functions.

Recall that a phrase is a group of words without a finite verb and is used as a single part of a speech or sentence.

A noun phrase is a phrase that has the noun as its headword and which performs any of the six functions of a noun – subject, object, complement, etc.

Examples

1. The fat woman with a tiny voice took ill shortly after the exercise.
2. The new English teacher called John a lazy student.
3. She is a woman of virtue.

Other Types of Noun phrases.

1. Gerundial Phrase.

This is a phrase introduced by a gerundial (verb ending in –ing)

Examples

1. The government has banned smoking in public.
2. Fixing that computer should not be a problem for him.

• Infinitive Phrase

This phrase is identified by an infinitive (i.e the basic form of verb preceded by to)

Examples:

1. It is an offence to smoke in public.
2. To fixthat computer should not be a problem.

Functions of Noun Phrases

1. Subject of the verb

The young woman in pink gown is watching us.

• Object of the verb

The girl bought a big brown bag (direct)

• Noun phrase as subject complement.

Our principal is a hard-working woman.

• Noun phrase as object complement.

The infamous leader calls himselfan evil genius.

• Noun phrase as complement of preposition

The man died after a prolonged illness.

• Noun in apposition

Roberts’s fiancée hails from Ondo, a town in the west of Nigeria.

EVALUATION

State the grammatical functions of nouns or noun equivalents with examples.

READING ASSIGNMENT

Countdown in English,Page 211.

1. Topic: Comprehension: Peptic Ulcer, Effective English, page 48.

Content: Review

This passage deals with peptic ulcer, which happens when parts of the stomach lining the duodenum are attacked by protein – digesting enzymes, pepsin and hydrochloric acid.The acid of these enzymes give rise to internal bleeding and pain which can only be relieved by taking food in small quantities at frequent intervals.

EVALUATION

Read the passage again and answer the questions that accompany it (See Effective English,Pg 48)

• Vocabulary Development: Words Associate with Health.

Contract – To get a disease or to be infected.

A syndrome – A pattern of illness that go together.

Chronic – Long lasting disease or illness.

Convalescence – A resting period after recovery from an illness.

Transfusion(Blood)  – This is giving a person blood that has been supplied by someone else.

Viruses – Tiny organisms, smaller than bacteria which cause disease.

Contagious – Spread by having contact with a patient suffering it (disease).

Coma – State of unconsciousness.

Anesthesia – This is given when an operation is about to be carried out.

Intravenous – Given through the vein.

Debilitating – Weakening.

Relapse – Fall back into the illness after recovery.

EVALUATION

Practice 2, pg 50 – 51, Effective English.

READING ASSIGNMENT

Effective English,pg 50.

GENERAL EVALUATION/REVISION

1. Explain the duties of the following in a hospital setting;

a pathologist, a dermatologist, an obstetrician, a gynecologist, a physician.

• What is the function of each underlined noun phrase in the sentences below:
• Mr. Kola needed to see the principal
• To err is human.
• He remembered to clean his shoes.

WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT

SECTION A

1. Summary (Reading to Summarize): Nnamdi. Azikwe. Pg 26

The passage focuses on Nnamdi Azikwe Sport Complex, the ultra- modern stadium in Enugu. The complex is said to have been named after the man who has given Nigerian sportsmen the greatest inspiration through his involvement in sports.

EVALUATION

Answer the questions that follow.

READING ASSIGNMENT

Effective English,pg 26.

• Structure: Relative Pronouns.

Content: Definition, Identification

Pronouns are words used as substitutes for noun. They are mostly employed to avoid unnecessary repetition of nouns or noun equivalents. Pronouns are of different kinds, one of which is relative pronouns.

A relative pronoun is a word that relates or links an adjectival or relative clause to the word it describes (i.e its antecedent. They include pronouns such as who, whom, that, which, whose, where, etc.

Examples:

1. That is the boy whose father once killed an elephant.
2. I can identify the boy who took your toy.
3. He wrote the poem which (or that) won the prize.
4. The school where the football field is, produced the best player.
5. The time when I was asleep was when he came in.

Note: the pronouns who (subject), whom (object) and whose (possessive) are used strictly in reference to people.

The word ‘which’ is used for things, while ‘that’ goes with people or things.

EVALUATION

Write or construct five meaningful sentences using any of the relative pronouns.

READING ASSIGNMENT

Countdown in English, page 220.

• Vocabulary Development: Building.

Content: Words, Meanings

Trench – A long narrow ditch or hole dug in the groun D.

Concrete – Mixture of cement, sand, gravel and water that hardens as it dries.

Foundation – Part of a house on which the other parts test for support.

 D.P.C (Damp Proof Course): Layer of material application to prevent moisture or damp from passing through a wall or floor.

Scaffold:  A structure made of scaffolding, for workers to stand on while working on a building.

Glazier:A person whose job is to put glass in windows.

German floor:  Concrete floor made over the short walls of a foundation to ground floor.

Plumbers:An individual who fits water pipes, basins, baths, watertanks etc.

Gravel:  Pebbles and pieces of rock coarse than san D.

EVALUATION

Complete the sentences on page 135, Countdown in English,

READING ASSIGNMENT

Countdown in English, page 135.

• Topic: Writing – Narrative

Content: Definition, Features, Sample Question.

A narrative essay is one in which the writer tells or relates a story or a past event. It involves giving an account of an incident or event in which somebody was involved to an audience that has not experienced it or to people who were not there when it took place. Every narrative involves:

1. people
2. action
3. time and;
4. place

Features

1. Tense forms (use the past tense forms).
2. Natural sequences of events (i.e. arrangement in order of occurrence).
3. Linkage of events: let there be unity and coherence.

Also note that there must be arrangement into different paragraphs – introduction, body and conclusion.

Sample Question:  Narrate a journey by train that you embarked on.

Heading My Journey by Train to Kano

Paragraph 1: What necessitated the journey to Kano.

Paragraph 2: Arrangements for the journey.

Paragraph 3:.

Major things that happened during the journey while you were on the train

Paragraph 4:.

Paragraph 5: The arrival in Kano.

Paragraph 6: The resolution. Lessons learnt and recommendations.

EVALUATION

Use the outline to write a full length essay.

GENERAL EVALUATION/REVISION QUESTIONS

Make short sentences with the given words on building.

Write five sentences featuring the relative pronouns treated and underlinethe words.

WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT

SECTION A

Choose the correct option.

1. She read through the manuscript but could not make __what it meant  A. out  B. up  C. off  D. in
2. Aware of the fact that he will soon be caught, the thief turned himself __ to the police  A. out  B. up  C. down  D. in
3. Although Charles was tired, he didn’t want to break __ the party  A. off  B. away  C. up  D. down
4. How many players turned __ for the practice?     A. in  B. up  C. out  D. off
5. I’m easily turned __ by foul smell  A. in  B. out  C. of  D. off

SECTION B

Complete practice 2, page 35, Effective English

SECTION B

Complete the sentence in section A, page 32