MID TERM TEST FIRST TERM JSS 2 ENGLISH GRAMMAR

FIRST TERM EXAMINATION MID TERM TEST 

SUBJECT: ENGLISH LANGUAUGE   

CLASS: JSS TWO (2)     Time: 

SECTION A: COMPREHENSION

INSTRUCTION: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow by choosing the most appropriate of the options lettered A-D (no 1-10)

   The rumor which is spreading like wildfire in the harmattan is that a new road which will link the village of koko with charima town is to be constructed. This has been the reason or general feeling of excitement in koko village. The people who are mainly farmers, have been finding it pretty difficult to convey their agricultural produce to the town where they could be sold. They have labored year in, year out with nothing to show for it, as their products end up being wasted. 

   The construction of the new road will present them with the golden opportunity of transporting their products which includes vegetables, beans, maize and other foodstuffs, to the town which is about thirty kilometers. There they will find a ready market for the products. This road will therefore not only boost the economy of the village, it will also increase the earning power of the villagers. An excited community leader chief Dipreye, recounts up to this moment, the only way we have been able to reach the market has been by a long trek through a narrow path way in the forest. Everything has had to be conveyed to the market by carrying it on the bare head. This means that a farmer has only been able to convey as much product as he can carry. The implication of this is that most of the products of the farmers get destroyed year after year. This is why poverty is a rampant disease all over the village. 

  However if there is a new road in place, the villagers can purchase a lorry through the farmer’s cooperative society which is already being run and whose chairman is chief Donkwa. The lorry will transport all the farmers` produce to the market for sale. In no distant future the village will be boasting of many millionaires.

    At last the rumor has become a reality, machinery and road construction equipment has been brought to the village. The villagers went wild with joy having sighted the equipments. Indeed one could boldly see happiness boldly written on their faces.

  One other advantage this road construction has brought along with it is the fact that some of the young men in the village have been employed by the Zima-Zima  company – the road construction company.

Now answer the following questions by choosing the appropriate answers from the alternatives lettered A-D

1. What is the occupation of the villagers in KOKO ____ (a) Tailoring (b) farming (c)engineering (d) teaching
2. “The rumor…..spreading like a wildfire in the harmattan” means the rumor is____ (a) A wildfire (b)spreading during harmattan season (c) spreading at a very fast rate (d) burning brightly.
3. What is the figure of speech used in “the rumor is spreading like wild fire in harmattan” ____  (a) Personification (b) hyperbole (c) paradox (d) simile
4. Why is everybody in koko excited?____(a) A new road is to be built to link the village to the town (b) a fish pond is to be built for them (c) a factory is to be built for them (d) a school is to be established for them.
5. How far is koko village to charima town? ____ (a) Ten kilometers (b) twenty kilometers (c)thirty kilometers (d) forty kilometers
6. Why are the farmers in the village poor? ____ (a) They are not hardworking enough (b) the weather conditions are unfavourable (c) they fight with each other over land (d) their farm products are not sold before they go bad
7. How the farmers transport their farm produce to the town for sale ____ (a) They use carriers (b) they carry them (c) they hired vehicles (d) they air-lifted them
8. Who was the chairman of the farmer’s cooperation society? ____ (a) Chief Donkwa (b) chief Dipreye (c) chief demuren (d) chief Abbas
9. According to the last paragraph of the passage ____ (a) Old people were employed (b) young girls were employed (c) young men were employed (d) old women were employed
10. Another word for “boost” in “boost the economy” is? ____ (a) Improve (b) reduce (c) maintain (d) remove

SECTION B: VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT

Complete each of the following questions with the most appropriate of the options lettered A-D

1. The new principal stressed the importance of ______ amongst the STUDENTS. (A) Truancy (b) disobedience (c) hooliganism (d) punctuality
2. Air ____ has been described as a major health hazard in industrial POLLUTION. (A) Crash (b) diffusion (c) mishap (d) pollution
3. The suffix that can be added to the word “manage” from the list below is ____ (A) Ful (b) ous (c) ly (d) ment
4. Chalk is to teacher as clothes is to _____ (A) Actors (b)  doctors (c) tailors (d) lawyers
5. Road ______ job should not to be the FRSC ALONE (A) Accident (b) cleaning (c) safety (d) checking

SECTION C

GRAMMATICAL ACCURACY

Complete each of the following questions with the most appropriate of the options lettered A-D

1. You don’t eat raw fish, _________? (A) Are you (b) don’t you (c) do you (d) isn’t it
2. The sun is shining, ________? (A) Isnt it (b) is it (c) wasn’t it (d) does it
3. The children almost died of _____? (A) Taste(b) test (c) thirst (d) thirsty
4. Her mother waited _______she returned from the party  (A) Except (b) while (c) until (d) than
5. I was angry _____ I was INSULTED. (A) Where (b) because (c) lest (d)  while
6. Speak up _______ everyone can hear you (A) Or (b) so that (c) though (d) but
7. A prose is written in  (a) Acts (b) chapters (c) verse (d) scenes
8. I have never called him by name _______ I? (a) Have (b) haven’t (c) do (d) don’t

SECTION C: LITERATURE

Identify the figure of speech used in the following sentences.

1. He is as poor as a church rat (a) Metaphor (b) hyperbole (c) simile (d) personification
2. He is a pig and has no sense of neatness (a) Personification (b) simile (c) irony (d) metaphor
3. Victor drank all the kegs of water (a) Simile (b) personification (c) metaphor (d) hyperbole
4. All the following are genres of literature except (a) Scenes (b) drama (c) poetry (d) prose
5. A play is acted on a ____ (a) grade  (b) ground (c) stage (d) street
6. The writer of a poem is known as a ______ (a) writer (b) playwright (c) poet (d) poem
7. The writer of a play is a _______ (a) playwriter (b) playwright (c) novelist (d) stage weight

THEORY

Answer all questions in this part.

1. In not less than 250 words, write an essay on “how I celebrated my last birthday” 

Provide the collective names for the the following

1. A ______________  of singers
2. A ______________ of soldiers
3. A ______________ of flowers
4. A ______________ of robbers

Correct the sentences with the correct question tags

1. You live in calabar, __________?
2. You speak English, __________ ?
3. These flowers are beautiful, ____________?
4. This food isn’t tasty, _____________?
5. They have cleaned the windows, ___________?