JSS 1 English First Term Examination
Grammar
Fill the blank spaces with the suitable word from the options
1. No News.......... been heard yet about the missing boy (A) have (B) is (C) has (D)
will
2. The cash prize is for Mary and.......... (A) I (B) she (C) me (D)
he
3. Mr Johnson speaks........ (A) loud (B) loudly (C) louding (D) low
4........ Mary live in London (A) Do (B) Have (C) Does (D) Haven’t
5. Frank as well as his
sister........ coming to the party (A)
is (B) were (C) are (D) aren’t
6. Sue always...........
her flute in the afternoon (A) practice (B) practicing (C) practices (D)
will practice
7. It......... Cloudy tomorrow (A)
will be (B) is (C) was (D) were
8. .My father______ to help people (A) love (B) like (C)
loves (D) “is liking”
9.The cake has gone half way, because Ada ______ a part of it yesterday
(A) cutted (B) cut (C) share (D) give
10. Usman’s father has a ______ of cars. (A) fleet (B) Bunch (C) Pride (D) pack
11. Last
year, I ______ to study every night, because I wanted to pass my exams. (a) am
having (b) had (c) have (d) has having (e) would have
12. She dedicated the novel _______ her aunt.
(a) at (b) for (c) in (d) on (e) to
13.Mariam won the race because she ran ______
than Esther. (a) fast (b) faster (c) fastest (d) more fast (e) more fastly
14.Musa brought ______ of sand to the
construction site. (a) bunches (b) grains (c) heaps (d) pieces (e) piles
15.John
did not take part ______ the parade. (a) at (b) for (c) in (d) on (e)
with
Speech
work
Which of the words in questions 26 and 27 have
the same sound as the Phonetic Symbol below
16. /ɜ: / (a) bud (b) chair (c) girl (d) met (e) pair
17./ʌ/
(a) bucket (b) future (c) journey (d) tailor (e) turn
18. Another name for a single vowel sound is....... (A) Diphthong
(B) Tripthong (C) Syllable (D) pure Vowel
19. There are........... Short Vowel sounds in
English language (A) 10 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 3
20. There are.......... Long vowel sounds in
English language (A) 5 (B) 7 (C) 2 (D) 9
Section B (answer 3 questions from this
section, one from Essay, and all the questions in the Grammar and
speech work section)
SECTION B
Essay
In less than 250 words write an Essay on any of
these topic
1. My best friend
Or
2. A market place
Grammar
3.Identify the parts of speech that is underlined
in the following sentences
(a) Amaka
is such a beautiful gjrl
(b) That
book belongs to her
(c)
Most people love to travel to America
(d) caught
Ada hiding behind the door
(e) She went towards the school
(f) They
couldn’t eat, although they were hungry
What type of adjective is used in the
sentences below (quality, quantity, colour,
number )
(g) I
have a golden brown dog
(h) My
mother is generous
(i) I
was given a pair of shoes as a gift
(j)
you need enough water to quench church
your thirst
Speech
work
4 (a) another name for speech organs is..............
(b) give two example of sounds that are described
as bilabial sounds
(c)
give two examples of labiodental sounds
(d) describe a Vowel sound
(e) Define a voiced consonant
Give two examples each of words in which the
following Phonetic sound occur
(f) / ɑ:/
(g) /I:/
(h) / ɜ:/
(i) / æ/
(j) / ʌ/
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