Structures: Plural Forms of Nouns and Compound Nouns. Speech work: Words of two syllables which are stressed on the first or second syllables. Essay Writing: Story Writing- A story which illustrates the saying- It is a man’s world”.

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In today’s class, we will be talking about essay writing: story writing, etc. Enjoy the class!

Structures: Plural Forms of Nouns and Compound Nouns.

Speech work: Words of two syllables which are stressed on the first or second syllables. Essay Writing: Story Writing- A story which illustrates the saying- It is a man’s world”.

Prefixes and negation of pluralization and tenses.

Prefixes Meaning Examples

extra outside extraordinary, extramarital
ex out of ex-official
inter between/among intermarry, inter-city
trans across trans-Atlantic, Transpose
post after postgraduate
pre before pre-history, pre-natal
super above superhuman
sub below substandard
ab away from abduct, aborigines
unn bringing together annual
ante year antenatal
anti before anti-social
Arch against archbishop, architect

Negation Suffixes are less,

Childless, fatherless, motherless, heartless, odourless, penniless, useless,

Pluralization suffixes e.g. ies, es,

babies, flies, cases, boxes,

Tense Suffixes e.g. ‘en’, ‘ze’. strengthen, deafen brighten, smoothen, widen ‘ze’

Practicalize, mobilize

Evaluation

Write 2 examples for each of the following suffixes: less, ‘ze’, ‘es’, ‘en’.

Speech work: Words of two syllables which are stressed on the first or second syllable.

Content

Words of two syllables Stressed on the first syllable

Words of two syllables stressed on the second syllable.

First syllable

The following words of two syllables are stressed on the first syllable

BAsic SOLemn

CREDit COLLar

CHRIStian CERtain

FORtune Period

HATred HAMlet

CAPtain VICtor

STUpid MANsion.

Exceptions to the above rule

When a two-syllable word contains a prefix, the primary stress is on the second syllable.

Here are some word examples:

enGAGE
beFORE
inFORM
aWAY
desPITE

When a two-syllable could double as a noun and a verb, the first syllable takes stress when it is a noun and the second when it is a verb. E.g.

CONtent
conTENT
CONsent
conSENT
IMport
imPORT
REform
reFORM.

Evaluation

Stress the following words of two syllables.

Constract
remit
betray
arrange
baggar
hundred
primer

Essay writing

A story which illustrates the saying – “It is a man’s World”

Content

Explanation

Writing of the story

Story writing requires imagination. The story must follow the order in which the events took place, gradually moving the reader to the climax of your story.

The tile, it’s a man’s world, should have a story which revolves around men taking over in every area of life. You can talk of a man in particular who exhibited the nature of men or with the help of other men excelled in life.

It is also usual in a narrative to use the simple past tense very frequently since the account, relates to past events, e.g. ‘he wrote’, ‘they thought’, ‘we were shocked’.

Be careful with your choice of tenses in this king of writing. See how appropriate the tenses are in the following sentences.

We were sleeping when the robbers broke into the house
When we arrived at the stadium, the match had gone on for twenty minutes

Evaluation

Narrate a story on the topic, ‘It’s a man’s world”

Weekend assignment

Choose the right option

He would never do anything improper. He is an ………. Reputable man (a) Emphatically (b) enormously (c) eminently

They were ………. Influenced by the words of the traditional ruler (a) Intensely (b) successively (c) profoundly.

It is not at all harmful. On the contrary, it is quite……….. (a) Innocuous (b) delightful (c) inefficient

They may disagree at first, but they will come round to your point of view……….. (a) Understandably (b) eventually (c) swiftly.
They were agitating for the ………of smoking in public places (a) abstinence (b) prohibition (c ) protest

Choose the option nearest in meaning.

The sight of her out of date clothes made many of sue smile (a) old fashion (b) forgotten (c) made of date

No one greeted him or spoke to him and he realized he had become a pariah (a) leper (b) outcast (c) traitor

He has such a strong personality: everyone does what he wants (a) character (b) face (c) body

It was such a peculiar thing to say; I can’t think why he said it. (a) strange (b) rude (c ) different

I can’t find it anywhere, so presumably, its been lost or stolen (a) Undoubtedly (b) probably (c) clearly

In our next class, we will be talking about Comprehension and Reading Skills: Reading for leisure; Writing: Semi-formal Letter (Explanation and Features); Sentence Structure and formation; Spelling: Dropping (e) and retaining (e). We hope you enjoyed the class.

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Structures: Plural Forms of Nouns and Compound Nouns. Speech work: Words of two syllables which are stressed on the first or second syllables. Essay Writing: Story Writing- A story which illustrates the saying- It is a man’s world”.