JSS 2 ENGLISH
First Term Examination PART A
SECTION 1: COMPREHENSION
Read the following passages carefully and answer the
questions that follow by choosing the most appropriate of the options lettered
A – E.
Anoka’s problem started
the day Solo his father received his army discharge gratuity. For three years
he had gone to Nigerian Army Pensions Office (NAPO) in Beku begging to be paid
his gratuity of Four Hundred Thousand Naira, but he always returned home with a
baleful story of a corrupt bureaucratic bottle-neck that was denying him his
entitlement. Finally, he was paid after bribing the pension officer and the
desk clerk who on all occasions previous to his payment had always looked at
him like a dog eying a fat bone.
It was evening so he
hurried back home for fear of running into one of the armed robbery bandits
infesting Beku. When he got home, he went straight to his big iron box and put
inside it. Sometime in the midnight, his wife tapped in her effort to wake him
up when she heard the creaking of their door; but he slept on with his usual
nasal strains. She had to squeeze his nose before he could wake up. However,
the door was burgled and the unwelcomed visitors made away with
Solo’s money, while he helplessly wailed and cursed the day he was born.
As for Anoka who grunted
while the raid lasted, he had to drop out of school few months later because
his parents could not afford to pay his tuition.
Questions
1.Solo was (a) Anoka’s
uncle (b) Anoka’s father (c) Anoka’s son (d) Anoka’s son – in – law (e) Anoka’s
brother
2.Who went to the Nigerian
Army Pensions Office (NAPO) at Beku? (a) Anoka (b) Beku (c) Solo (d) Solo’s
wife (e) Anoka’s parents
3.According
to the passage, the gratuity was not initially paid because(a) the officers at
the Nigerian Army Pensions were sick (b) the Nigerian Army Pensions Office was
non – existent (c) the Nigerian Army Pensions Office had gone bankrupt (d) the
officials at the NAPO were corrupt (e) there was no gratuity to be paid
4.Where
was the money kept? (a) The money was kept under a pillow (b) The money was
kept in a bowl. (c) The money was kept in a bottle (d) The money was hidden
under a bushel (e) The money was kept inside a big iron box.
5.
Who were the unwelcomed visitors mentioned in the passage? (a) Solo’s
friends (b) Anoka’s cousins (c) bandits (d) Solo’s neighbours (e) NAPO
officials
SECTION 2: Grammar
Fill the blank spaces with
the suitable word from the options
6. She is the......... of
all the girls (A) tallest (B) taller (C) tall (D) high
7. My copy is.........
than yours (A) good (B) best (C) more better (D) better
8. Thank you for returning
my call so.............. (A) quickly (B) quick (C) quicker (D) quickest
9. According to the recent
election's results, the Democrats are ---- of the four main political
parties.(A) the smaller ( B) the
smallest (C) much smaller (D) smaller
10. She was wearing a pair
of...................... Shoes (A) beauty (B) red beautiful (C) beautiful red
(D) beautifully red
11. The fruit
was............ Ripe and ready to be eaten (A)
fully (B) much (C) too (D) very
12. The boy 's father
warned him not to........... With bad friends (A) be familiar (B) engaged
(C) go out (D) keep company
13. My mother in law who
is my wife 's........ Will visit us next month
(A) grand mother (B) mother (C) old woman (D) sister
14. The staff gave the
Director a.............. Ovation (A) sitting (B) sounding (C) standing (D) surprising
15. Microsoft ware
was________by an American, Bill Gates. (A.) developed (B) . invented (C.) introduced (D) made
16.
“I am hungry” is re- written in reported form as _______ hungry. (a) He said he
was (b) He says I was (c) He said I am (d) I am (e) I was
17.
The police came much later after the robbers _______. (a) had gone (b) has gone
(c) has went (d) have go (e) have gone
18.
The statement “We ate yam”, re –written in the passive form will be ________.
(a) We have eaten yam. (b) Yam is eating (c) Yam is eaten. (d) Yam was eaten.
(e) Yam was being eaten.
19.The
GSM operators have _______ assurance to make enough cards available. (a) gave
(b) give (c) given (d) gives (e) giving
20.The
patient was discharged _______ the hospital yesterday. (A) around (b) at (c)
from (d) in (e) with
SECTION 3 : Speech Work
Identify
the words with the same Phonetic sound
21.
/p/ (a) pick (b) psychology (c) psychotic (d) psalm (e) philosophy
22.
/t/ bath (b) jumped (c) path (d) these (e) thin
23.
/f/
(a) Philosophy (b) Psychology (c) chose (d) past (e) moist
24. /g/ (a) great (b) mail (c) cheese (d)
live (e) cat
25. m/ (a) make (b) nick (c) van (d) nail
(e) great
PART B: (answer 3 questions from this section,
one from Essay , then all
questions form Grammar and Speech work )
In
less than 250 words, write an Essay on any of these topic :
1.
What I do every day
or
2. A place of interest I have visited
Grammar
3.
Form one sentence each with
(a) Transitive verb
(b) Intransitive verb
(c) Present continuous tense
(d) Past perfect tense
(e) Simple present tense
Speech work
4.
Write 3 words that have 3 consonants Cluster at the initial positions
5.
Write 3 words that have consonants Cluster at the final position
