MANIK SCHOOLS

No 12, LOVEDAY AVENUE, OFF LAGOLD HOTEL ROAD,

AMARATA, YENAGOA, BAYELSA STATE.
SECOND TERM EXAMINATION 2023/2024 ACADEMIC SESSION.

Name____________________________________________ Time: 2hrs

Subject: English Language Class: JSS 1
Date: _____________
Instruction: Attempt all questions in this section

Look at the words listed below and identify those that contain vowel/ai/.

(1-5)

i. Tyrant ii. Libel iii. Tie iv. Cite v. site

vi. raise vii. Split viii. Lice ix. Price x. liver

Join the following sentences by using the conjunctions, and, unless, because, but, or.

i. I have a pencil. I have a pen.

ii. I have a blue bag. She has a red bag.
iii. We won’t leave your house. We are paid.
iv. Ibeji screamed. Ibeji was wounded.
v. She sent for them. They did not come.

In the following passage, the numbered gaps indicate missing words. Against each number In the list
below the passage, five choices are offered in columns A-E. For each question, choose the word that is
most suitable to full the numbered gaps in the passage.
Locusts are insects that feed on 6 . They are very ____7_____. They are regarded as man’s
oldest enemies because, by destroying farmlands, they cause much suffering, starvation and
______8_____. Locusts eat anything _____9_____. Locust fly during warm, dry days when their body
_____10______is high.
A B C D E
6. Plants animals insects water fish
7. Friendly reproductive destructive happy sad
8. Danger famine horror neglect shock
9. Black yellow pink green brown
10. Temperature blood environment feeling odour

Choose the word which does not rhyme with the others in each group
11. (a) jaw (b) joy (c)toy (d) boy
12. (a) coil (b) call (c) ball (d) tall
13. (a) noise (b) boys (c) toys (d) rays
14. (a) join (b) coin (c) loin (d) bout
15. (a) gown (b) down (c) dawn (d) town
Use context clues Fill In each blank appropriately using one of the prepositions in the box below
a) in (b) at (c) for(d) on
16. I met my cousin ______ Lagos
17. I’ll see you _______ Saturday
18. We’ll see _______ Nigeria next year
19. My birthday is _________ the 8th of July
20. I live _______ No. 3 Adaramola Street
21. I am _______ the party. I told you about
22. The doctor said” see you _______ two months”
23. I was ________ bed when I heard the knock
24. I am travelling to Abuja _____ Saturday
25. My school was established _______ 1931

Fill in each the blanks below with a word from the column

A B C D E
Western rolled nested silver breathed
26. She only ____________ the words and they were difficult to hear
27. The great waves __________ onwards towards the shore and the wind was strong
28. Bisi went for a walk in the __________ light of the moon
29. Emeka found two birds ________ in the Kola nut tree
30. The northern part of the Country has a temperate climate but the __________ part is hot and
wet

SECTION 2
Answer any three questions (one from each part). For question one your answer should be about two
hundred words long. Choose either A or B and write on it.

ESSAY
1. Write a composition on:” The causes of road accidents on Nigerian roads.”
2. Write a letter to your sister who has just arrived in another state to live with an uncle advising her to
be well behaved while there.

GRAMMAR
Complete the following sentences with the right option.

(1)The boy _______done his work. (A) Have (B) had (C) has (D) will

(2) The students________ reading when the teacher came in. (A) are ( B)was (C)were (D)will

(3)The examination ________finished before the lazy student came into the hall.

(A) Have (B) had (C) has (D) will

(4)By this time of next week, I will be_______ to London. (A) Travel (B) travelled
(C) Travelling (D) swimming

(5) If they will come early they will meet me at home. The adverb used in the sentence

is _______(A) Reason(B)condition (C) result ( C)time

2. Answer Give the plural of the following.

a. Foot
b. Ox
c. Proof
d. Prisoner of war
e. Knife

3. Make adverbs from the following adjectives and use each adverb to make sentence.

I. Quick
II. Slow
III. Sorrowful
IV. Bright
V. Quiet
VI. Clever
VII. Sudden
VIII. Bad.

LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
Explain any three of the following with at least one example:
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Irony
Hyperbole