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JAMB English Language Revision Notes

  • Comprehension and Summary
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How to study the prose text that JAMB prescribes for the Use of English paper: plot, characters, setting, themes, point of view and language, and how questions on extracts are set.

In these notes
  1. The prescribed text
  2. What to know about the novel
  3. A study plan
  4. Questions on an extract
  5. Point of view and tone

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All English Language notes
  1. Comprehension and Summary
    1. Comprehension passages
    2. Cloze test
    3. Reading text
    4. Summary
    5. Figures of speech
  2. Lexis and Structure
    1. Synonyms
    2. Antonyms
    3. Homonyms
    4. Clause and sentence patterns
    5. Word classes and their functions
    6. Mood, tense, aspect, number, agreement and concord
    7. Punctuation and spelling
    8. Idioms and figurative usage
    9. Voice and reported speech
    10. Prepositions and phrasal verbs
    11. Registers and specialist vocabulary
  3. Oral Forms
    1. Vowels
    2. Consonants
    3. Rhymes
    4. Word stress
    5. Emphatic stress
  4. Continuous Writing
    1. Letter writing
    2. Essay writing
    3. Articles, reports and speeches

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