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COMPREHENSION 10

ClassNotes Team 33 MIN READUPDATED 13 JUN 2026

ENGLISH LANGUAGE JSS2 FIRST TERM

WEEK TEN

THEME: READING

COMPREHENSION

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE

Students should be able to;

  1. Explain using clues to find the nearest in meaning of target words

CONTENT

Read the passage and answer the nearest in meaning questions that follows.

Dog lovers have known since time began that pets get jealous, but now a new study has shown that it is true. A professor from the University of California researched what makes dogs jealous. Dr Christine Harris first decided to investigate canine jealousy after she noticed strange behaviour among her parents' three border collies. She noticed that when she stroked two of the pooches at the same time, they became aggressive towards each other. Both dogs tried…