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JSS3: English Language – 1st Term Examination | Comprehension A
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JSS3: English Language – 1st Term Examination | Comprehension B
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JSS3: English Language – 1st Term Examination | Vocabulary Development A
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JSS3: English Language – 1st Term Examination | Vocabulary Development B
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JSS3: English Language – 1st Term Examination | Grammatical Accuracy
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JSS3: English Language – 1st Term Examination | Spoken English
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JSS3: English Language – 1st Term Examination | Literature
Topic Content:
- Speech Work: Description of Consonant /t/ and /d/
/t/
Consonant /t/ is voiceless while /d/ is voiced.
Examples of words /t/
| tie | tall | take |
| stone | stall | steak |
| try | stool | halt |
| tipper | town | tree |
/t/ is silent between “s” and “e”
castle, wrestle, whistle
Note: when “ed” is “suffixed to any of the letters “p”, “k”, “f”, “sh”, “ch”, “x” and “s”, the “ed” is pronounced “t”.
Examples are: reaped /reIpt/
parked /pa:kt/
mapped /mᴂpt/
/d/
Consonant /d/ has the following examples:
| kind | bend | dig | dose |
| hid | elder | order | pardon |
| dog | dip | deed | fade |
| middle | do | done | fed |
/d/ – is silent between “n” and another consonant.
handsome, handkerchief
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/d/ is also silent in some words that pair it up with the letter “g”, as in:
bridge, ridge, edge,
ledge, and hedge.
Evaluation:
Write ten words which contain each of the following consonant sounds. /d/ and /t/
Reference: Test of Orals for Schools and Colleges by Iroegbu Udoka
Reading Assignment:
Oral English without Tears for Schools and Colleges Page 8 – 9
Test of orals for Schools and Colleges Page 67 – 68
EVALUATION QUESTION
Write ten words which contain each of the following consonant sonds. t and d
/t/
tired, torn, today, ten ,trouble,tick,Tuesday,tab,tap,tuck
/d/
dried, dye, disturb, decay,diffuse,delight, desire, decay, dam, dent.