MID TERM TEST FIRST TERM PRIMARY 2 ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Subject:   ENGLISH LANGUAGE Class: BASIC 2

Name:    __________________________________ Time: 1 Hour

SECTION A:  Comprehensive

Instruction: Read and comprehend the comprehension passage.

THE KING’S GOLDEN CUP

King Frank loved his golden cup. It was a gift another king feom another country. He always drank from the cup. To show how precious the cup was to him, he had someone to keep watch over the cup day and night.

One day, the king woke up and wanted to use his cup. To his surprise, the golden cup could not be found. King Frank ordered everyone to look for his cup. He promised to give a present to anyone who could find his cup. Three days later, a poor woman found the cup hidden in a bag at the back of a house. The king was very happy and gave her a new house and a lot of money.

Answer the questions

1. What is the name of the king?
2. Who gave the cup to the king?
3. What happened to the golden cup?
4. What did the king promise to give to anyone who found the cup?
5. Who found the cup?
6. Where was the cup found?
7. What did the king give the woman?

SECTION B

Underline the noun in the following 

1. Olu worked in the rain
2. My father travelled to Jos
3. The rat is under the bed 
4. There are many fishes in the market 

UNDERLINE THE PRONOUN IN THE SENTENCES

1. This is the boy who beat me 
2. She gave us an umbrella
3. We are richer than them
4. I saw him in the market

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER FROM THE OPTION

1. ______ are nouns that can be counted   (a)countable noun    (b)uncountable noun   (c)abstracted noun
2. _______ are nouns that can be not be counted    (a)countable noun    (b)uncountable noun    (c)abstract noun
3. _______ and  ______  are countable noun   (a)sand and water     (b)pencil and books    (c)I don’t know
4. ______ is an uncountable noun   (a)man     (b)table    (c)palm oil
5. Collective nouns are names given to a group of people, animals or things   (a)yes    (b)no     (c)not sure 
6. A  ______  of bees   (a)swarm     (b)lorry    (c)bunch 
7. A ______  of players   (a)crowd    (b)team    (c)flock
8. ________ nouns are  names of things or quantity we cannot see or touch.    (a)abstract    (b)pronoun      (c)noun
9. This is my bag, it is  ______   (a)yours     (b)his     (c)mine 
10. The book belongs to Mr. sule, it is _________    (a)his     (b)mine     (c)yours

SECTION C

1. What is a noun?
2. Mention two types of nouns
3. What is a pronoun
4. Mention one type of pronoun