Comprehension- The Prize Giving Day - JSS2 English language Lesson Note

Read the following passage carefully and do the exercise on it: *Extractred from New oxford Secondary English course for jss 2*

The Prize-giving Day

It was the occasion of the annual prize-giving ceremony in our school. Taiwo wanted to appear unique and different from the students. So, he wore Baggy pants to school. 

  As soon as he appeared, his classmates began to hail him - Tai-Tai-Tai in trousers’. He himself was beaming with smiles, Everybody laughed and their ribs were nearly cracking. As he moved closer to the venue of the ceremony- obedience Hall the shouts of ‘Tai-Tai-Tai ‘ became louder. His baggy pants were flapping round his legs. One of his classmates, Dankaro, ‘Karo’ for short approached him and began to flip one of the baggy trousers which was enough for two people to enter into. 

  At that point, the fun became sour as Taiwo became enraged and punched Dankaro in the face. Blood began to gush out of his mouth and soon the beautifully-embroidered dress became blood soaked. Many of his classmates took to their heels but a few stayed to take care of Dankaro. Incidentally, as the principal was accompanying one of the guests to his office, he noticed the unusual gathering. He took an excuse from his guest and found out what had happened. He immediately ordered Dankaro to be taken to the hospital for proper treatment. 

 The ceremony started as planned and all the activities on the programme were carried out. Prizes were given to students who excelled in academics , morals and appearance. Unknown to him, Taiwo was slated to receive the two prizes for his outstanding performance and for being the best-behaved student throughout the session. 

   When it got to his turn, the principal made the following announcement : The two best prizes are for the best-all- round student in academics and the best behaved student. Unfortunately, an incident occurred this morning and because of this incident exhibited some form of violence during the incident will no longer receive them. ‘Taiwo was shocked as soon as he heard this and he broke down in tears.