COMPREHENSION
ENGLISH LANGUAGE S.S.S 2 FIRST TERM
WEEK ONE
THEME: SPEECH
COMPREHENSION
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE
Students should be able to;
- listen to the passage and answer the questions
CONTENT
Reading Comprehension | The New Coronavirus
Develop your reading skills. Read the following text about the coronavirus and do the comprehension questions
What are coronaviruses?
Coronaviruses were discovered in the 1960s. They are a group of viruses that cause diseases in mammals and birds. In humans, coronaviruses cause respiratory tract infections that are typically mild, such as the common cold.
The name "coronavirus" is derived from the Latin corona, meaning crown or halo. The name refers to the characteristic appearance of the infective form of the virus, which is reminiscent of a crown or a solar corona.
The new coronavirus
At the end of 2019, a new type of coronavirus started spreading in China. This type of coronavirus is often called 2019-nCoV, novel coronavirus, or COVID-19. It is believed that the virus was transmitted from animals to humans. Some of the first cases were diagnosed in people who had visited a market selling live seafood and animals. Unfortunately, when viruses are transmitted from animals to people, it can take scientists a lot of time before they can develop a vaccine or medicines to cure it.
The symptoms of the new coronavirus
Some of the symptoms of the coronavirus are fever, cough, runny nose, sore throat, headache, and trouble breathing. These symptoms are very much like those people have with a cold or the flu. The virus can be more serious in some people, especially if they are sick or have health problems.
While it is early to have a definite picture of the disease because scientists are still collecting the data, some patterns have already emerged. Some early reports reveal that children seem to be getting coronavirus at much lower rates than adults. Even if they get infected, the symptoms are milder. However, most people who get severely infected are those with a weak immune system, like the elderly. Coronavirus may be life-threatening for these people. They may develop more serious respiratory tract illnesses that may be fatal.
How does the virus spread?
The virus appears to spread mainly from person to person. The transmission occurs when someone comes into contact with an infected person. For example, a cough, sneeze or handshake could cause transmission. The spread may also be caused by coming into contact with something an infected person has touched and then touching your mouth, nose or eyes.
Treatment
There is no specific vaccine or medication to cure the disease, but generally, symptoms will go away on their own. However, experts recommend seeking medical care early if symptoms feel worse than a standard cold. Doctors can relieve symptoms by prescribing pain or fever medication. As far as antibiotics are concerned, they are useless to treat coronavirus.
People who think they may have been exposed to the virus should contact their healthcare provider immediately. A set of preventive measures are usually followed in case someone gets infected. This includes keeping infected people in quarantine for a certain period, generally fourteen days.
How to protect yourself from coronavirus?
- To protect yourself from the virus, here are six recommendations to follow:
- Avoid contact with people who are already infected.
- Wash your hands well and regularly for at least 20 seconds with soap and water or use hand sanitizer.
- Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth if you haven't washed your hands.
- Clean and disinfect surfaces and objects that people touch a lot.
- Stay home when you are sick.
- Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue, then throw the tissue in the trash.
Sources: Wikipedia
Comprehension:
1. Coronaviruses were discovered in 2019.
a. True
b. False
2. The source of the coronavirus probably comes from animals.
a. True
b. False
3. Children get infected more than adults
a. True
b. False
4. Doctors prescribe antibiotics to treat the coronavirus.
a. True
b. False
THEME: GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE
Students should be able to;
- Mention the human internal body system and their functions
CONTENT
Let’s begin with the circulatory system. Your heart pumps blood to your entire body through arteries (which carry blood away from the heart), veins (which carry blood back to the heart), and capillaries (very tiny blood vessels).
The blood is oxygenated in your lungs. When you breathe, the air goes through your trachea (which is more commonly called your windpipe):
Your skeleton is made of 214 bones. The places where two bones come together are called joints (for example: your knees, elbows, wrists, ankles, shoulders, etc.)
Your muscles and bones are connected by ligaments (which connect bone to bone) and tendons (which connect muscle to bone)
Of course, what controls everything in your brain, which sends signals to the rest of your body through the nervous system, which is made up of connections called nerves.
Now let’s look at the digestive system. When you eat, food goes into your mouth, passes through your throat and goes down your oesophagus. The food is digested in your stomach, then passes through your small intestine and large intestine before being eliminated from the body. The pancreas produces hormones and enzymes; the liver has a variety of functions, and the gall bladder stores a substance that helps indigestion.
Your kidneys filter your blood and remove toxins, which they send to the bladder to be eliminated in urine.
Finally, we have the reproductive system. Men have two testicles which produce sperm, the cells that carry the male’s genetic material. Women have two ovaries, which produce eggs that travel through the fallopian tubes to the uterus (often called the womb) – this is where the baby develops.
THEME: STRUCTURE
NOUN PHRASES
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE
Students should be able to;
- Identify features or functions of noun phrases and use noun phrases in sentences
CONTENT
Noun Phrases
Noun-a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea
Noun Phrase-a noun and any words in the sentence that modify it; words that can modify nouns include articles (a, an, the); adjectives; participles; and possessive pronouns
A noun phrase can be a single word-just the noun-or more than one word.
Noun phrases can function in several different ways in a sentence. Some of the most common functions of noun phrases are listed below.
- A noun phrase can be a subject:
- A noun phrase can be a direct object:
- A noun phrase can be the object of a preposition:
- A noun phrase can be an indirect object:
Examples of Noun Phrases:
a yellow house a skateboard the glistening snow
Each of these phrases contains a noun (house, board, snow). The other words modify the noun.
Examples of noun phrase as subject: The yellow house is for sale.
- The glistening snow covered the field.
Examples of noun phrase as a direct object: I want a skateboard.
- Should we buy the yellow house?
Examples of noun phrase as object of preposition: Jeff rode on a skateboard.
- Karen lives in the yellow house.
Example of a noun phrase as an indirect object: Lisa gave the little boy a candy.