COMPREHENSION 1D

ENGLISH LANGUAGE JSS ONE THIRD TERM

WEEK FIVE

THEME: READING

COMPREHENSION

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE

Students should be able to;

  1. Read given selections in order to follow the direction
  2. Identify keywords in the passage that signal details
  3. Blend reading material with the related sketch

CONTENT

Read the following passage and answer the questions given below it in the context of the passage.

An earthquake comes like a thief in the night, without warning. It was necessary, therefore to invent instruments that neither slumbered nor slept. Some devices were quite simple. One, for instance, consisted of rods of various lengths and thicknesses which would stand up on end like ninepins. When a shock came it shook the rigid table upon which these stood. If it were gentle, only the more unstable rods fell. If it were severe, they all fell. Thus, the rods.... View More

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