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📝 JAMB Use of English study notes

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1. 1Comprehension

   identify main ideas and supporting details · draw conclusions and inferences · interpret the writer's purpose, tone and mood
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2. 2Summary

   pick out key points of a short passage · restate ideas briefly in different words
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3. 3Synonyms (nearest in meaning)

   choose the word or phrase closest in meaning in context
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4. 4Antonyms (opposite in meaning)

   choose the word or phrase most nearly opposite in context
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5. 5Vocabulary in context and sentence completion

   choose the word that best completes a sentence · use collocations correctly
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6. 6Idioms and idiomatic expressions

   interpret common idioms · use them appropriately
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7. 7Figurative language

   recognise simile, metaphor, hyperbole, irony and others in sentences
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8. 8Concord (subject-verb agreement)

   apply agreement rules with collective nouns, either/or, each, indefinite pronouns
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9. 9Tenses and sequence of tenses

   choose correct tense forms · keep tense consistent in reported structures
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10. 10Pronouns and case

    use subject, object, reflexive and relative pronouns correctly
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11. 11Prepositions and phrasal verbs

    choose the right preposition · interpret phrasal verbs
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12. 12Adjectives and adverbs

    order of adjectives · comparison · position of adverbs
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13. 13Clauses and sentence structure

    identify clause types and functions · simple, compound and complex sentences
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14. 14Question tags

    form correct tags after positive and negative statements
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15. 15Direct and reported speech

    convert statements, questions and commands
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16. 16Active and passive voice

    transform sentences between voices correctly
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17. 17Punctuation and spelling

    correct punctuation · identify correctly spelt words
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18. 18Register and appropriate usage

    choose words suited to a field or situation · avoid errors of usage
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19. 19Vowels (monophthongs and diphthongs)

    identify words with the same vowel sound · distinguish similar vowels
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20. 20Consonants and consonant clusters

    identify consonant sounds and silent letters · recognise clusters
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21. 21Rhymes and homophones

    identify rhyming words and words pronounced alike
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22. 22Word stress

    identify the stressed syllable in words of two or more syllables
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23. 23Emphatic stress and intonation

    identify the meaning implied by stressing a word in a sentence
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