Speech Work

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In today’s class, we will be talking about speech work, etc. Enjoy the class!

Reviewing the Vowel and the Consonants

Vowels:

There are twenty vowels in the English Language. They include twelve pure vowels and eight diphthongs.

Pure vowels

1. /i:/ Seat, Cheap, Sheep
2. /i/ sit, chip, ship
3. /e/ set, bread, friend
4. /ᴂ/ Sat, Chat, match
5. /a:/ Far, pass, father
6. /ɔ/ Dog, hot, what
7. /ɔ/ port, Lord, ward
8. /u/ full, pull, would
9. /u:/ fool, pool, coup
10. /Λ/ fun, cut, tongue
11. /ᴈ:/ first, nurse, word
12. /ə/ again, away, forget

Diphthongs

1. /ei/ eight, gate, stable
2. /əv/ go, boat, toe
3. /ai/ bite, fight, die
4. /au/ how, south, doubt
5. /ɔi/ boy, oil, toy
6. /iə/ fear, hear, cheer
7. /eə/ fare, hair, bare
8. /əu/ sure, poor, tour

Consonants:

There are twenty-four consonants in the English Language. They are

1. /p/ People, deep, stipend
2. /b/ ball, debate, mob
3. /t/ take, mistake, boat
4. /d/ do, admit, mad
5. /k/ can, kettle, suck
6. /g/ gun, bag, again
7. /ts/ church, watch, butcher
8. /d ɜ/ judge, joy, bridge
9. /f/ fever, safe, father
10. /v/ voice, revise, involve
11. /θ/ thank, both, thorough
12. / ∂ / that, mother, breathe
13. /s/ sun, miss, messenger
14. /z/ zoo, wise, bags
15. /j/ shirt, wish, mission
16. /dɜ/ measure, pleasure, vision
17. /h/ house, hurry, rehearse
18. /m/ man, remember, warm
19. /n/ name, renew, tan
20. /ɳ/ going, doing, tongue
21. /l/ late, little, tibe
22. /r/ write, rat, worry
23. /w/ worry, reward, worship
24. /j/ yam, yes, duty

Review of Tenses

Tenses occurs only in verbs. Tense refers to the changes that takes place in the form of the verb to indicate time. Only two tenses, namely the present and the past, can be identified.

The present tense: The only change that takes place in the form of the verb to indicate the present tense occurs when the verb agrees with a third-person singular subject.

Examples

• Singular

1. I sleep, wake and eat
2. You sleep, wake and eat
3. He sleeps, wake and eats.

• Plural             

1. We sleep, wake and eat
2. You sleep, wake and eat
3. They sleep, wake and eat

The past tense: Regular verbs form their past by adding. ‘ed’ to the simple form of the verb, while irregular verbs form their past tense in different ways.

Examples:

1. Ume worked on the farm yesterday. (regular)
2. Ada spoke to me on the telephone (irregular)

Further Hints on How to Answer Comprehension Questions

As has been discussed previously, candidates are advised to obey the instructions to the letter. Other hints are:

1. If you are told to give a one-word answer, do not give more than one word. Or if a question demands that you write sentences, do not write phrases or clauses.
2. Be very conscious of the time so that you do not use more than the time allotted to this section. You should also be careful not to rush over the exercise.
3. No information which is not required should be given. Keep your personal opinion to yourself.
4. Never give two answers where one is demanded. This would suggest guesswork, and if one of the answers is wrong, no credit will be earned even for the correct one.
5. Lastly, make sure that you understand what precisely the passage is about and what you are required to do.

 

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