English Language, JSS 1, Week 2
Contents
Comprehension passage and the use of preposition
Skill Focus
Thinking ahead
When we read, it is a good idea to try to think ahead to try to think ahead- to predict what is going to happen next. What do you think is probably going to happen next in the story?
Perhaps you do not know-but you can guess. There is one line in the story on the last page that gives you a good idea. What is it?
Read part two of the story, and answer the question
The palm oil daughter (part 2)
As she sang, four other young girls gradually came out of four other jars.
” what shall we do now, Manuba?” they asked eagerly. “Where shall we go ?”
Manuba sang her song again:
Palm oil flow,
Palm oil flow,
Mother needs firewood,
Who will go?
Who’ll fetch the water?
Who’ll sweep the floor?
Who’ll pound the millet?
There’s work for all four
The four girls immediately set to work. When they had finished, all the girls went back into their pots. When the woman came home she was amazed to find all her housework had been done. At first she thought that the neighbours had helped her. But they said that they knew nothing about it.
The same thing happened the next day and the next. The woman did not kn ow what to do.
Questions
- What happened as Manuba sang?
- What were the four jobs she wanted the maidens to do?
- What did they do when they had finished?
- What did the woman find when she returned?
- How did she feel?
Grammar- Proper Use of Preposition
- A preposition is followed by a noun or a pronoun.
- An adverb comes after a verb and is not followed by an object.
- A conjunction has a clause that comes after it.
Prepositions + other part
We can use a preposition immediately after a noun, an adjective, or a verb in a sentence.
After noun
- The hostages didn’t give up hope of being released alive.
- The people are unlikely to forget your kindness to them.
- None of his relatives and friends believed him guilty of this terrible crime.
- Not being confident about their future, they decided to emigrate.
After verb
- The audience laughed at her funny jokes.
- She doesn’t seem to worry about anything in life
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