ENGLISH NOTES FOR FORM TWO We have: Notes 1 and Notes 2 Notes 1 This part involves: Notes and Short Stories A) NOTES Click the links below to view the notes: TOPIC 1 – LISTENING TO VARIOUS SIMPLE ORAL TEXTSTOPIC 2 – TALKING ABOUT EVENTSTOPIC 3 – ASKING FOR SERVICESTOPIC 4 – LOCATING PLACESTOPIC 5 – GIVING DESCRIPTIONSTOPIC 6 – TALKING ABOUT CULTURAL ACTIVITIESTOPIC 7 – EXPRESSING OPINIONSTOPIC 8 – READING FOR COMPREHENSIONTOPIC 9 – INTERPRETING LITERARY TOPIC 10 – WRITING CARDS AND MESSAGES B) SHORT STORIES Click Here to read the Short Stories seen below: Mabala The Farmer Hawa The Bus Driver Kalulu…
Author: Msomi Bora
TOPIC 10: WRITING CARDS AND MESSAGES Cards are written pieces of information we send to our parents, relatives or friends. Cards contain information we us to send to our parents, relatives and friends. Cards are intended to invite people to parties or functions, send greetings, and convey strong feelings. Cards and messages are a means of communication which use paper and mobile phones to transfer information to a certain person. They help us to invite our friends or relatives to parties or any other social functions. Cards are also used for giving information about a variety of events like deaths,…
TOPIC 9: INTERPRETING LITERARY WORKS Reading is something most of us practice daily; we read newspapers, magazine, novels and textbooks. However, reading a newspaper differs from reading literature. For one thing, the purpose for reading each one is different, and, therefore, the method must vary. Reading literature is usually required for your English learning. Although you may feel that reading is the simple task of picking up your book and going through it from cover to cover, there are certain hints that will make reading easier, more understandable, and, in the long run, less time-consuming and more enjoyable. Literature is…
TOPIC 8: READING FOR COMPREHENSION Reading and Obtaining General Information Reading for comprehension involves reading information from different sources. It involves reading in details with specific aims and tasks passages and information carefully with the aim of knowing all things about the information’s in the text. In this part you are reading with the aim of being able to answer comprehension questions. When you are answering comprehension questions, the first thing to do is read the questions carefully before you read the passage, after reading the questions, you have to read the whole passage while remembering the questions. While reading you…
TOPIC 7: EXPRESSING OPINIONS Participating in a Debate on Familiar Issues We express our opinions by participating in different debates. Debate is contention in argument; strife, dissension, quarrelling, controversy; especially a formal discussion of subjects before a public assembly or legislature, in Parliament or in any deliberative assembly. Debate is a method of formally presenting an argument in a disciplined manner. Through logical consistency, factual accuracy and some degree of emotional appeal to the audience are elements in debating, where one side often prevails over the other party by presenting a superior “context” and/or framework of the issue. The outcome of a…
TOPIC 6: TALKING ABOUT CULTURAL ACTIVITIES Cultural activities are activities which are done according to the culture of a certain place. In Tanzania we have different cultural activities like marriages, funerals, harvesting celebrations, ritual celebrations and games. TALKING ABOUT GAMES Games are physical or mental competitions that have rules and have participants in direct opposition to each other. There are different types of games, for example, football, basketball, handball, baseball, rugby, cricket, tennis and netball. FOOTBALL Football or soccer is a game played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball; it is played in a rectangular field with two goals…
TOPIC 5: DESCRIBING THINGS Things in Terms of their Quality In English we use adjectives to describe things. An adjective is a word which is used to express the quality, quantity and point out the person or things. This is the word which is used to explain more about the noun or pronoun. In this lesson we are going to learn to describe things according to their quality and quantity. Adjective of quality; is an adjective used to talk about the quality of a person or thing. These adjectives answer the question ‘of what kind?’ Example 1 1. Greta is a good girl.…
TOPIC 4: LOCATING PLACES The Important Terminologies Used When you are locating places you have to use certain prepositions to locate them such as In front, Around, Behind, Close to, Adjacent to, The left hand, The right hand, Beside, North, Opposite to, South, Along, West, Across, at, in and on. The prepositions at in and on can be confusing sometimes. The following is an explanation of how to use these prepositions. These are at, on and in. AT is used to locate something at a certain point: Example 1 At the bus station At the entrance At the crossroads At the junction…
TOPIC 3: ASKING FOR SERVICES Services is the supplying or supplier of utilities or commodities such as water, transport, telephone, electricity, or gas, required or demanded by the public. Asking for services is the need of that service. Services are intangible commodities. When you go for services you pay money but not all services are seen in physical form, if you buy a voucher for telephone calls, you just get minutes to speak, or if you go to the hospital the commodity you get is the medicine to cure your health. In this topic we will talk more about making…
TOPIC 2: TALKING ABOUT EVENTS Narrating What Took Place in a Given Event When you are talking about an event, you have to know what took place in that event. The events took place either at home, in your street, school or nation wise. The event might be a celebration, an accident, elections or a sport match or game. When you want to Talk about an Event you have to Note the following: 1. The place where the event took place. 2. The date and time of an event. 3. Participants of that event; examples are the president, vice president,…