Heritage of grace academy

Term – 3rd
Subject – English Language
Class – J.S.S 1

Objectives: answer all questions

1. An _________ is a piece of writing in a newspaper or magazine about a particular subject

(a) Title (b) Articles (c) Adverb
2. The repetition of identical or similar vowels sounds in two or more words close together is a
________
(a) Noun (b) Assonance (c) Poetry
3. An adverbial clause of places answers the questions ___________
(a) what(b) Where (c) When

Select one answer from the choices provided after each sentence.

The chosen word should fit perfectly in the blank.

4. Mary quickly had ________ and went to bed.

(a) Super (b)Supper (c)Supreme
5. _____ the owner of that car?
(a) Who’s (b)Whose (c) Whom
6. The dress jean wore was _______ appropriate for the party.
(a) Quite (b) Quiet (c) Quit
7. Cosmetics can be used to cover skin __________
(a) Defects (b) Deficits (c) Default
8. Members of staff are not permitted to use mobile phones ________ in an emergency
(a) Except (b) Accept (c) Percept
9. There are ________ ways of telling others what someone said
(a) Three (b) Two (c) Five
10. A ___ is a word use to explain a relationship between a noun or a pronoun and another word in
the sentence.
(a) Pronoun (b) Prepositions (c) Adverb
11. A conjunction is a word that ___ two or three words or phrases in a sentence
(a) Brings (b) Links (c) Combines
12. Underline the words with the (I) sound

(a) City (b) Voiced (c) Which

13. (a) Dull (b) Tie (c) Main

14. A ______ word is a word that is formed from two or more other words
(a) Boundaries (b) Cluster (c) Compound
15. A sentence must have a ______ and a _____
(a) Subject and Predicate (b) Noun and Pronoun (c) Period and Comma

Literature: answer all questions

16. _______is used to describe works of creative imagination

(a) Prose (b) Literature (c) Language
17. There are two main types of prose, which are ____ and ____ prose
(a) Narrative and Descriptive(b) Imaginative and Figurative (c) Active and Passive
18. In African societies, folktales are usually told on ___ after a hard day’s work
(a) Starlight (b) Moonlight (c) Sunshine
19. African folktales are folktales that originate in _______
(a) Britain (b) Asia (c) Africa
20. In folktales, goodness is rewarded while evil get _____
(a) Punished (b) Killed (c) Fought
21. ____ are used to teach moral lessons to children and adults in all society
(a) Film (b) Drama (c) Folktales
22. A myth is a _____ story about heroes or super natural beings, usually said in the past
(a) Foreign (b) Traditional (c) Super
23. ___ is one of the features of myths
(a) Magic (b) Great (c) Dreams
24. The language of poetry can be said to have three qualities, concise, unique and ___
(a) Parts of speech (b) Short style (c) High style
25. Dirge are traditionally ___ poems that laments the death
(a) Mournful (b) Ceremony (c) Happy
26. Through poetry the writer expresses himself by means of meaning , ____ and rhythemic
language
(a) Music (b) Sound (c) Language
27. Prose writers use language to create _____ events and places in the readers mind
(a) Pictures (b) Lines (c) Characters
28. ______ refers to the arrangement of events that form the main story of a book.
(a) Theme (b) Plot (c) Setting
29. There are usually _____ characters in short stories because short stories are brief.
(a) Much (b) Several (c) Few
30. Novel is a _____ written story in which the characters and events are usually imaginary
(a) Long (b) Large (c) Brief

Essay – answer three questions only.

1. Define the following terms
a) Conjunction
b) Preposition
c) Adverbial
d) Verbs
e) Active voice
2. Define Myth

b. mention the three features of Myth

c. what IS literature and mention the three genres of literature, writing short notes on each genre.

3. list five figures of speech you have been taught, write short notes on each
4. Change the following from active voice to passive voice

a) The housing authorities destroyed many illegal houses in the town

b) The thieves stole ten cars last year
c) The workers used up the building materials after ten days
d) Someone has pushed me
e) The had to destroy the records