ENGLISH LANGUAGE PRIMARY 2
EDU
(NURSERY & PRIMARY)
SECOND TERM EXAMINATION
CLASS: PRIMARY 2
SUBJECT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE
NAME:……………………………………………………………………………………
Section A:
Read the comprehension passage carefully and answer the questions below
A family is made up of father, mother and children. They live together daily as one. Children are gifts from God, lovely and precious gifts from God. We need them around us all the time. Neighbours are people living around us; caring, loving, giving and friendly around us.
Neighbours attend to us in times of need; we need them around us all the time. Not making us feel lonely in times of need.
Questions:
Who are members of our nuclear family? _________________________________________
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Children are gift from ________________________________________
Who are our neighbours? _______________________________________________________
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Are they usually loving and friendly? _____________________________________________
Do they attend to us in times of need? _____________________________________________
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Section B:
Choose the simple present tense form of the words given in the brackets to fill in the blanks
Mary _______________ (like, likes) to ride the bicycle every evening.
Sometimes Margaret (enjoy, enjoys) eating rice everyday
Her father _______________ (has, have) bought her a new shoe.
Sometimes she ____________________ (take, takes) her little brother with her.
Section C:
Use an appropriate verb to fill in the gap in each of the following sentences
The teacher (write, wrote, written) the notes yesterday
We (play, playimg, played) football yesterday
There (is, are, be) four pencils on the table
I (is, am, are) in primary two
Write out the plural form of the following noun
Glass _________________________________
OX ___________________________________
Man __________________________________
Pupil _________________________________
Write the opposite form of the following
Rich ___________________
Cry ____________________
Many ___________________
Happy ___________________
Literature
Who is a very poor farmer (a) Ibikunle (b) Adelakun (c) Olaoye
Why did Adelakun’s wife run away from home to marry another
(a) because he was too wicked (b) because he was too jealous (c) because he was very poor
Who was the king’s servant (a) Olaoye (b) Olubi (c) Adelakun
And in exchange for what? (a) money (b) 2 tubes of yam (c) farm
Section D: Composition
My Mother
The name of my mother is Mrs _____________________________________________________
She lives at ____________________________________________________________________
She is _________________________ (fair, dark) in complexion
She is from _______________________________ state
She is a _______________________________ (fat, slim) woman
Her favourite game is _______________________________________________
Her best colour is _____________________________________________
My mother’s best food is __________________________________________
The name of her best friend is _________________________________________________
She is a __________________________________ (Muslim, Christian)
