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COMPREHENSION

ClassNotes Team 17 MIN READUPDATED 5 JUL 2026

ENGLISH LANGUAGE JSS2 SECOND TERM

WEEK FIVE

THEME: READING

COMPREHENSION

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE

Students should be able to;

  1. Identify the use of certain expression/ key points that point to the intention of writers

CONTENT

Read the passage and answer the questions that follow :

Mike and Morris lived in the same village. While Morris owned the largest jewellery shop in the village, Mike was a poor farmer. Both had large families with many sons, daughters-in-law and grandchildren. One fine day, Mike, tired of not being able to feed his family, decided to leave the village and move to the city where he was certain to earn enough to feed everyone. Along with his family, he left the village for the city.…