ENGLISH LANGUAGE JSS 2 SECOND TERM EXAMINATION

SECOND TERM

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 Subject: ENGLISH  LANGUAGE        Duration: 2HRS  Class: JSS 2

COMPREHENSION

CHILD LABOUR AND CHILD TRAFFICKING

Grandpa once told me the story of a girl, named Hawa. She was taken away from her home at the age of nine, against her consent, due to the poor economic condition experienced in her home.

She went through hell on earth. Her plight was worsened by the tedious tasks she was forced to do where she was taken to. ‘I wish I was never born,’ were the words of Hawa one day when the ‘going` became too tough for her.

Her case was not that different from that of her counterparts who were trafficked to Europe to work as prostitutes on the basis that they were being taken there for schooling by some business men who pretended to be ‘God sent`. On getting to Europe they discovered that they had been deceived, and there was no going back.

Hawa and her counterparts were enslaved, their basic human rights was taken away from them. Grandpa said victims are most of the time tricked and lured by false promises. At times they were physically forced; some were used as debt bondage.

Children like Hawa are always sad, tired and unable to continue their education. Most of the time, they are exposed to serious hazards, including sexual harassment and they are usually paid little or no money. They are exploited.

QUESTIONS

1. What is the subject matter discussed in the passage? (a) Child labour and trafficking (b)Sexual harassment  (c)Debt bondage   (d) Exploitation by the God sent men
2. The third paragraph identifies another set of victims of child trafficking, who are they?

(a)children from Europe   (b) Some business man   (c) Sexual harassment and exploitation

(d)Self bondage

3. List the four methods used by child traffickers to get their victims as discussed in the fourth

paragraph.  (a) Prayer, deceit, tough time and hard work   (b)Promise for schooling, good job, furthering their education   (c) Harassment, serious hazards, economic, prostitution  (d) Child abuse, physically forced, inexperienced, pretended

4. What is the writer’s opinion on child trafficking? (a)To avoid child labour and trafficking

(b)To reinforce it in the society   (c)To silence the victim   (d)To  revive child labour in the society

5. She went through hell on earth, what figurative expression is this? (a) Metaphor (b)Irony

(c)Hyperbole     (d)Simile

SUMMARY

CONSUMER

A consumer is an individual who buys products or services for personal use and not for manufacture or resale. A consumer is someone who can make decision whether or not to purchase an item at the store, and someone who can be influenced by marketing and advertisements. Any time someone goes to a store, and purchases a toy, shirt, beverage or anything else, they are making that decision as a consumer.

A consumer is a person or a group of people such as a household who are the final users of products or services. The consumer’s use is final in the sense that the product is usually not improved by the use. In other words, he or she is one who pays to consume the goods and services produced.

As such, consumers play a vital role in the economic system of a nation. In the absence of effective consumer demand, producers would lack one of the key motivations to produce: to sell to consumer, as the consumer also forms part of the chain of distribution. When business people and economists talk of consumer, an aggregated commodity item with little individuality other than that expressed in the decision to buy or not to buy.

QUESTIONS

6. Who is a consumer? (a) An individual who buys products or services for personal use (b) Someone who can be influenced by advertisement    (c) He is purchaser of goods    (d) He is someone that sells goods
7. According to the passage the consumer can be influenced by marketing and advertisement?

(a)  True   (b)False   (c)Not sure  (d)Uncertain

8. A consumer can make _____________ whether to purchase an item or not. (a)Purchase (b)Choices

(c) Decision    (d)Payment

9. What role does the consumer play in an economic system? (a)They motivate to produce goods

(b) They decides what to buy  (c)They consume goods   (d)They purchase toy, shirt and beverages.

10. In the absence of effective consumer demand, what happens to the producers?

(a) Individual takes decision   (b) Producers lack key motivation to produce  (c)Business becomes dull   (d) The consumers become weak

LEXIS AND STRUCTURE

From the options lettered A-E, choose the word that is most suitable to fill each of the numbered gaps.

The police are law enforcement agents. They __11__ suspects and __12__ them to __13__. They also __14__ cases. If a suspect is __15__, he may be remanded in __16__ until his trial. He may, however, be granted __17__ after fulfilling certain conditions. If he is found guilty in a law court, he will be __18__ but if found innocent, he will be __19__ and __20__.

A               B                     C                   D                              E

11. Catch Arrest            Impound           Engage                     Enforce
12. Put Lake                     Bring             Charge                     Assign
13. Court            Church           Mosque           Hospital                   Prison
14. Promote Preside           Permit            Prosecute                 Pursue
15. Arrested Held                     Chained           Caught                     Banned
16. House Prison            Court             Cell                                Office
17. Freedom Pardon           Excuse           Amnesty                  Bail
18. Killed Sentenced           Scolded           Pardoned                  Released
19. Freed            Pushed           Discharged           Begged                    Left alone
20. Driven home Praised           Engaged        Paid                                Acquitted

From the options lettered A-E, choose the correct word that best completes each of the sentences below.

21. Mary got ________ her recent illness very quickly. a. Through b. Over c. Past  d.  By e. On
22. I had to wait _________ longer before I could see the doctor.
23. Little b. A lot c. A little            d. Much         e. A few
24. Don’t be bulled, you must stand up _________ him.
25. At b. Before c. To             d. Against         e. By
26. The woman wept bitterly because she was convicted ____________ stealing.
27. To            b. In              c. At                      d. Of              e. For
28. Please, try to be there ___________ all means. a. On b. In c. By   d. Under  e. From

From the options lettered A-E, choose the word that is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word that correctly fills the gaps in each sentence.

26. I’ve forgotten when he said it, but I still __________ his exact words.
27. Heard b. Recall c. Repeated   d. Hear   e. Pick
28. He _____ his cap as soon as he had taken off his agbada.
29. Put on b. Dressed c. Wore         d. Picked up      e. Caught
30. Kehinde’s humility contrast with taiwo’s _______
31. Gentleness b. Pride c. Meekness d. Simplicity     e. Outspokenness
32. He had a natural look but his wife has a/an _______ one
33. Beautiful b. Sophisticated c. Attractive      d. Fine           e. Artificial
34. To our surprise, after an easy ascent, the descent proved much more ___________.
35. Dangerous b. Difficult c. Slowed d. Risky e. Enticing

From the options lettered A-E, choose the word that is NEAREST in meaning to the underlined word in each sentence.

31. When we couldn’t find the boy, we suspected that he must have been abducted.
32. Nabbed b. Arrested c. Kidnapped            d. Killed        e. Stolen
33. Because of a probable dent on one,s image, some old politicians now abhor corruption.
34. Hate b. Love c. Admire      d. Embrace        e. Ignore
35. Nigeria and Cameroon opted for an amicable resolution of the bakassi problem
36. Troublesome b. Peaceful c. Turbulent            d. Slavish      e. Arms
37. Please throw away that rotten egg, it has a pungent smell.
38. Sweet b. Pleasant c. Shocking   d. Aromatic       e. Repulsive
39. The chairman received a letter of threat from an anonymous writer.
40. Unknown b. Uncircumcised c. Unmarked     d. Ugly            e. Unreasonable

Choose the correct answer from the options lettered A-E in questions 36-40

36. Which of this sound is not a consonant sound? a. /e / b. /k/   c. /p/   d. /t/            e. /b/
37. All these are diphthongs except a. /ei/ b. / o    /           c. /  ai  /    d. /e   / e. / ɔi   /
38. The word ‘’paradigm’’ has _________ syllables a. 2 b. 3     c. 4     d. 5            e. 6
39. Which diphthong is common to the following words: LURE, PURE.
40. / ai /         b. /  ɔi  /                c. /  ei /                      d. / ou   /                     e. / ei /
41. On which syllable is the primary stress placed in this word: ACADEMICS?
42. 1st b. 2nd c. 3rd             d. 4th                e. 5^th

PART   B {THEORY): QUESTION 1 IS COMPULSORY AND ANSWER OTHER ONE. WRITE AT LEAST 200 WORDS IN EACH OF THE ESSAY.

1.Describe your last birthday.

2 .write for or against the motion which says “HERBAL MEDICINE  IS  MORE  POTENT  THAN  ORTHODOX MEDICINES”

3 .You travelled with group of student in your school to a place of interest in which you discover new things that gives you new   experience ,narrate to your friend who was not there stating three lessons learnt.

4 .Write a letter to your sister in another part of the  country , informing her of your visit in the coming   Easter  holiday.

5 .ECHOES OF YESTERDAY BY JOHN E .What finally led to the death of Mr  Eze according to the novel.

5b.Explain with correct example the following figures of speech.

Hyperbole    b .Irony c .Euphemism   d .Simile   e .Metaphor.