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JSS2 English Language Third Term: Sounds and Past Perfect Tense

  The /i:/ sound The /i:/ sound is always spelled ‘ee’ or ‘ea’, but in some other ways also. Say the following: need     meat     chief      police meet    please    piece    machine green   these     believe  deceive The following words contain the /I/ sound , which is usually spelled “i”. Say them is             did          this          fit quick     which    

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SS2 Geography Third Term: Contour Representation of Land Forms

The following are some common landforms or relief features that can be represented on map by using contour lines. Valleys: are lowland between two highlands. Valleys are represented by V- shaped contour lines with the apex of the V- shape pointing towards the highland. When a valley contains water, it is called a river valley but

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SS2 Government Third Term: Military Rule In Nigeria

Historical Background Nigeria’s first military junta began following the 1966 Nigerian coup d’état which overthrew Prime Minister Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa. Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi was made the Head of the Federal Military Government of Nigeria, but was soon overthrown and murdered in a coup in July of the same year. Reasons for Military

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SS2 Mathematics Third Term: Circle Theorem: Tangent Properties of Circle

Introduction A Tangent of a Circle has two defining properties: A tangent intersects a circle in exactly one place The tangent intersects the circle’s radius at a 90° angle Since a tangent only touches the circle at exactly one and only one point, that point must be perpendicular to a radius. To test out the

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SS2 English Language Third Term: Idioms; Vocabulary: Words Associated with Politics and Governance

Definition of Idiom The term refers to a set expression or a phrase comprising two or more words. An interesting fact regarding the device is that the expression is not interpreted literally. The phrase is understood as to mean something quite different from what individual words of the phrase would imply. Alternatively, it can be

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SS2 Computer Science Third Term: Program Development Life Cycle

Program Development Life Cycle The program development life cycle (PDLC) is an outline of each of the steps used to build software applications. Just like the system development life cycle (SDLC) guides the system analyst through the development of an information system, so also program development life cycle is a tool used to guide computer programmers through the development of

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Grammar Clinic: Finite and non-finite clauses

 Grammatical Structures: Revision on finite and non-finite clauses What is the structure of the following sentence? Deterred by the lack of future job prospects, many Nigerian secondary school students avoid science subjects. The sentence contains two clauses, and what follows the comma is the main clause. But what about the clause preceding the comma, ‘Deterred…

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