(2) Nigeria is a ______ country, with many people.

(3) The robber escaped by ______ over the gate.

(4) I ______ between wanting to go home and wanting to go a movie.

(5) The trees here are ______ with a disease, so we have to burn them.

(6) Please ______ the cards before we play.

(1) Keep your eyes on the road so that you do not ______ off it.

(1) All my clothes are here. My shoes are not here. (except for)

(3) All the students will be at school. Kunle is sick. (except for, who)

(4) I like eating cake. I do not like the icing on top. (without)

(5) The newspapers have praised the celebratory speech. The people did not like the speech. (but)

(6) We enjoy fireworks displays. The noise is very scary. (but)

(g) Everyone came. Paul did not come. (except for)

(h) We all passed the examinations. Ajuma did not pass. (except for)

(7) The family went on holiday. They did not take their dog. (without)

(8) My whole family visited me in hospital. My grandmother did not visit me. (apart from)

(2) The food was very good. The soup was tasteless. (apart from, which)

(1) What is the purpose of the speech?

(2) Is the speech easy to follow?

(3) Did you feel convinced by the speaker’s words? Why or why not?

(4) Why do you think the speaker uses questions in the speech?

(1) Why is this an important day for Nigeria?

(2) What did the narrator’s father have to do on the night of the great celebration?

(3) What were the plans, dreams or intentions of the people who danced and sang at that celebration?

(4) Where were the narrator’s grandparents on the night of the great celebration?

(5) What does the narrator remember the most about the memorable night?

(6) What does the narrator mean by saying, “… this is how a new chapter in the history of Nigeria began”?

(8) In the last paragraph, the narrator also mentions an important responsibility of an independent country. What is that responsibility?

(7) In the last paragraph, the narrator mentions one of the main rights that come from gaining independence. What is that right?

(1) For me, ______ exists in a place where it is safe to think for myself.

(2) ______ means supporting your country.

(3) Not everyone has the ______ of living in a house, going to school and eating enough every day.

(4) Mobo shows a lot of ______ for his work; he enjoys it a lot.

(5) Every day is a ______ of being alive!

(6) Most African countries had to fight hard for ______ from colonial rule.

(7) Family gatherings are always a special ______ in our house.

(1) Mrs Alayo wore her traditional dress to the celebration.

(2) Please may I be excused from school today?

(3) There was a choir of a hundred Nigerians singing the national anthem.

(4) There was a party of friends on every street corner, celebrating Independence Day.

(5) They took control of the country by fighting for freedom.

(6) We took plates of food to the event.

(8) Before colonialism, there were many ancient and indigenous kingdoms living in the region.

(9) Over five hundred different languages are spoken by the Hausa, Igo and Yoruba.

(10) We grow plenty of crops, such as beans, cashew nuts and cassava, and we have many mineral resources.

(7) Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was our first prime minister.

(1) a bouquet of flowers

(2) a class of ______

(3) a wealth of ______

(4) a library of ______

(5) a galaxy of ______

(6) a brood of ______

(7) a swarm of ______

(8) a pride of ______

(9) a cloud of ______

(10) a range of ______