LICENSURE EXAMS: AREAS OF FOCUS-NUMERACY AND LITERACY (GENERAL PAPER)

These are the major areas upon which the NUMERACY AND LITERACY sections of the GENERAL PAPER will be based on and examined.

LITERACY

Conditional sentences

Subject- Verb agreement

Prepositions

Relative pronouns

Question Tags

Arrangement of modifiers/

Adjective order

Passive and Active Voice

Reported speech

Idiomatic expression

Synonyms and antonyms

Identifying errors in passages

Use of fixed expressions

Numbers: Eg. Place value, of

base ten numbers (including

decimals and integers) . Sets

of numbers - factors

multiples, primes, exponents,

scientific notation .

Simplify and evaluate

algebraic expressions,

Identify and justify observed

patterns, generate patterns.

Measurement: Eg.

Measurement units,

Measurement of time,

money, length, capacity and

mass.

Data collection and

representation, Probability of

events

NB: Next post will feature essential skills and other areas. You are free to leave your comments and questions below.