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JAMB English Language Revision Notes

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How to choose the option nearest in meaning to an underlined word: meaning in context, word class, shades of meaning and word-building clues.

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  1. What the question asks
  2. A method
  3. Shades of meaning
  4. Word-building clues

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  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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