English Grammar JSS 2 Second Term Examination English Grammar JSS 2 Second Term Lesson Notes

SECOND TERM EXAMINATION.

Examination malpractices may lead to a repeat of the subject or suspensions don’t be involved.

Subject: ENGLISH LANGUAGE 

Duration: 2HRS                

Class: JSS 1

COMPREHENSION PASSAGE: Read the passage below and answer the questions correctly. 

HIGHWAY ROBBERS

Three highway robbers, Kalou, Zidane, and Yekinni, once hid under the Eko bridge to wait for passers-by whom they could rob. Week after week, they seized travelers’ belongings. Kalou was the eldest and Yekinni the youngest. All were armed with pistols and daggers.

 One day. A well-dressed man approached the bridge. From his appearance, the robbers concluded that he had plenty of money. They decided to attack and rob him.

 When the traveler reached the middle of the bridge, Kalou commanded him to stop and surrender himself to be searched. The others fired several shots into the air to frighten him. From the traveler’s pocket, the robbers got five thousand naira. Then, they let him go free because he had obeyed their command.

 The robbers met the following day to share the money. Yekinni was given five hundred naira to buy them some breakfast. When he had left, the others planned to kill him on his return and share the money between the two of them. On the way, Yekinni also planned to take all the money. To do this, he put a deadly poison in the food so that the other two would eat it and die.

 As soon as he came back, they sprang on him, killed him, and started to enjoy their food. But before very long, they started to vomit and soon they too were dead.

QUESTIONS

1. How much did the robbers get from the traveler’s pockets?                                                         [a] five million [b] ten thousand [c] five thousand [d] five hundred 

2. Who ordered the traveler to stop? [a] Kalou [b] Yekinni [c] Zalou [d] Kalou and Zalou 

3. How did the robbers know that the traveler had a lot of money? [a] they know him to be a rich man [b] he boasted to them                                      [c] from his appearance                                            [d] the bulge in his pocket.

4. Who were the people who fired shots in the air? [a] Zidane and Yekinni [b] Yekinni and Zalou [c] Zalou and Kalou [d] all of them.

5. What happened to Kalou and Zidane after they ate the food? [a] they slept off [b] they ran mad [c] they died [d] they became paralyzed

6. Which of the robbers held pistols and daggers? [a] Kalou and Zidane [b] Zidane and Yekinni [c] Kalou, Yekinni and Zidane      [d] Kalou only

7. What was the first thing Kalou and Zidane did after Yekinni brought the food?    [a] They ate the food [b] they jumped on him [c] They vomited [d] They committed suicide. 

8. What important moral lesson can we learn from this passage?  [a] That we should not be greedy [b] That we could be selfish sometimes [c] That people should not kill their friends [d] That robbery can lead to death.

9. Another word that can replace ‘approached’ as used in the passage is ——- [a] moved away from [b] saw                                   [c] moved towards [d] moved under. 

10. The word ‘deadly’ as used in the passage means————- [a] mild [b] moderate                  [c] causing sleep [d] causing death.

SECTION 2 – LEXIS AND STRUCTURE

Choose the best words from the box that can suitably fill the blanks.

Patients     diagnosed     delivered      thermometer    Examined   maternity     pain-killer       stethoscope     Admitted    prescribed    pharmacy      temperature Complained   pulse rate  

I was at Victoria Hospital yesterday to visit my elder sister.  She was 11 to the hospital’s 12 ward.  She had been pregnant for more than eight months and so was ready to be 13 of her first baby.  A nurse held her wrist to measure her 14.  The nurse put a 15 in her armpit.  

Then the doctor arrived.  He wore a white coat and carried a 16 around his neck.  He asked my sister some questions and 17 her body.  A lung infection was 18.  So the doctor 19 antibiotics to take care of the infection.  Since she complained of headache and pain, a 20 was also prescribed.  I quickly went to the 21 beside the x-ray unit to buy the drugs.  I met many 22 waiting to obtain their drug.

Fill the blank spaces with a suitable word from the options lettered A-D.

23. The male of a goose is  (a) gander (b) geese             (c) goosen   (d) gooder.

24. What is the synonym of thin?  (a) chubby (b) fat (c) big (d) slender.

25. I know this book is ___ but whose are those?                (a) she (b) he (c) yours (d) there 

26. The old man hid ___ under the bed.              (a) themselves (b) herself (c) himself                (d) themselves 

Pick the nearest opposite to the underlined words from the alternatives below.

27. There was chaos in the city. (a)  quiet  (b)  order  (c)  law  (d)  regulation 

28. The man is very industrious  (a)  ill-tempered                 (b)  troublesome (c) petulant   (d)  indolent 

29. He was induced to take that decision.                        (a)  indisposed  (b)  dissuaded  (c)  disinclined     (d)  encouraged 

30. Five of the accused were convicted while others were——-.  (a)  cautioned  (b)  executed (c)  acquitted   (d)  exonerated 

31. The students were rebuked for cheating in the examination (a) punished (b) blamed                           (c) rebuffed (d) praised

32. I requested my father to send me some money. (a) demanded (b) ordered (c) told   (d) asked

33. Put down those facts and always remember them (a) write (b) observe  (c) consider (d) narrate.

34. Kofi always complains of one ailment or another (a) dosage (b) problem   (c) suffering (d) illness

35. I will forgo my initial plans because of time (a)Carry out (b) destroy (c) leave                            (d) guard against.

What part of speech is the underlined word in each of the following.

36. I diidn’t do my homework because I was ill (a) noun (b) verb (c) adjective (d) adverb 

37. She told a lie because she was afraid (a) noun (b) verb (c) adjective (d) adverb 

38. She chose the cloth because of its brightness (a) noun (b) verb (c) adjective (d) adverb 

39. She burnt the trash of its odour(a) noun (b) verb (c) adjective (d) adverb 

40. Mrs. Agada persuaded the Policeman(a) noun (b) verb (c) adjective (d) adverb 

Choose the correct word that suitably completes the following sentences.

41. A/An _____ letter does not require two addresses (a) business (b) informal (c) family (d) formal.

42. The right way to close a formal letter is ______ (a) Yours faithfully (b) Yours Faithfully (c)yours faithfully (d) Yours sincerely 

43. Another name for an informal letter is _______ (a) business letter (b) personal letter (c) semi-formal (d) office letter 

44. What type of letter always requires a heading?  (a) informal letter (b) semi-formal letter (c) formal letter (d) personal letter.

45. A letter to your friend is _______ (a) an official letter (b) a business letter (c) a casual letter (d) an informal letter.

46. Tunde has been ________ since morning (a)eaten (b) eating (c) ate (d) eat.

47. We should have ____ by now.   (a) dance                      (b) dancing (c) dancer (d) danced 

48. My brother ______ bread so much (a)like              (b) likes (c) liking (d) had liked 

49. I ________very hard lately. (a) will work                  (b) would work (c) have been working (d)have worked.

50. About three months ago, I had occasion _____ Mecca. (a) of visiting (b) for visiting   (c) to visit     (d) in visiting

PART B: THEORY                                       

Instruction: Answer three questions in this section. Choose one question from part I and two other questions from part II

PART 1:  ESSAY/LETTER WRITING

Answer one question from this section. Your answer should be about 200 words long. Choose either A or B and write on it.

1a. Write a letter to your local government chairman requesting basic amenities lacking in your school.

                      OR

1b. Write for or against the motion that ‘Public schools are better than Private schools.

 PART II  : 

GRAMMAR:

1. Give the plural of the following.
2. Foot
3. Ox

c.proof

d.prisoner of war

1. Louse 

2. Make adverbs from the following verbs

For Example: Shock ——shockingly 

1. Wonder   
2. Comfort    
3. Surprise   
4. Joke
5. Laugh 

3. Complete the following by supplying suitable prefixes using these (dis-, mis-, uni-, mal-, sub-, poly-, -in, ex-, fore-, un-, inter-, tri-)

1. ___grace

ii ____marine

iii ____ fathers

iv____port

1. _____behave

vi _____cycle

vii ______ angle

viii ____divisible

ix  _____national

x ______known

4. In the box below is a list of some members of the extended family, write out the sentences, completing them with the words below.

Grand-father, Aunt, Half-brother, Uncle, Nephew, Niece, Cousins, Grandmother, Grand-child, mother-in-law, distant relative

Your father’s father is your _____

Your father’s brother is your _______

You are your grandparents’ _______

Your uncle’s and aunt’s children are your __

Your father’s mother is your _____

LITERATURE IN ENGLISH 

1a What does setting in literature means? 

1. List the three aspects of literature. 

2. Discuss the themes and setting of Ugonna the School Drop Out.

3. Explain any three of the following:
4. Metaphor b. Simile c. Personification d. Irony e. Hyperbole