COMPREHENSION F

ENGLISH LANGUAGE JSS1 SECOND TERM

WEEK SEVEN

THEME; READING

COMPREHENSION

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE

Students should be able to;

1. Identify main and supporting ideas in the passage
2. Differentiate between main and supporting ideas in the passage
3. Answer questions are drawn from the passage

CONTENT

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:

Pedestrians top the list of fatal road causalities, accounting for 34 per cent of total deaths, a survey shows. This is followed by passengers of motor vehicles and two-wheelers, who account for 24 per cent and 29 per cent of the deaths, respectively. The survey-based on police records was conducted by the Institute of Road Traffic, a voluntary organization of experts from diverse fields promoting road safety. The…