JSS 2 FIRST TERM ENGLISH

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