2024 First Term Examination on English Language JSS 1

READING COMPREHENSION

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follows.

Yam is a valuable, costly and highly regarded crop in our land and so, every farmer struggles to own as much of it as possible. A farmer ready to cultivate his land, first of all clears the land of grass and this is gathered to a spot and burnt. This is done to avoid killing the microbes on the land and also, to use the ash as manure. After this, the next activity will be to make mounds in which the farm seedlings are planted. Yam planting starts in April. The size and type of the seedlings to be planted depend on the type of yam needed and its purpose. If yam seedlings for next year's planting is needed, the smaller seedlings will be required, but if it is meant for eating, bigger seedlings will be planted. After planting, such activities like weeding and caring for tendrils begin. The maturity period is about six to eight months depending on the type of yam species. The harvested yams are preserved in a barn to avoid decay due to excessive heat and rain. Yam is a staple food which gives energy. It can be boiled, fried or pounded and taken with any kind of soup.

QUESTIONS

1. Why does every farmer struggles to own much yam?

2. Why is grass cleared and burnt at a spot?

3. How does it take yam to mature?

4. What class of food does yam belong to?

5. Mention two methods that could be used to prepare yam

Essay And Letter Writing

PART 2

Essay And Letter Writing

Choose only one question from this section

1. Write a letter to your uncle living in Abuja , telling him that you would like to live with him while attending school. Give him vat at least three reasons why you want to do so.

2. Write an essay on the topic, " A day I will never forget"

PART 3 ( OBJECTIVES)

3. Write an essay on the topic: " My first day in secondary school"

Choose from the options lettered a -- d , the one that contains the given symbol

1. /a: /

2. / e /

3. / i /

4. /æ /

5. / i: /

Complete each of the following sentences with the most appropriate of the options

6. Ade and Chike love ------- very much

7. The girl is allergic ------- dust

8. Here -------- the news read by Agu Ifejika

Choose the best interpretation of the capitalized part of sentences below

9. The labourer promised to do the work IN NO TIME. This means he would do the work

10. My bank account is IN THE RED. This means his bank account is ------

12. The man did everything possible to RECTIFY his mistake.

11. Nneka is the one who INITIATED the quarrel, not Amara

13. All his efforts to remove the man were FUTILE

Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters

14. While John is UNWILLING to travel with the group, Emeka is -------

15. Students who work very hard have a BRIGHT future

Identify the part of speech of the word in capital letters

16. He came very late TODAY

17. My father has sold his OLD car

18. Please NAIL the picture to the wall

Choose the correct options

19. You do not like Mathematics, -------

20. John can do the work, can't he? ------

LEXIS AND STRUCTURE

Choose one of the options lettered A-- D to fill in the numbered gaps

The match ---21--- off on a very sad note for our ---22--- . No sooner had the ---23--- started than the ---24--- of our side, Captain Okocha ---25--- and injury and was carried out of the ---26--- taking advantage of our misfortune, our ---27--- scored their ---28--- in the seventh minute of the first half through their center ---29---. As if that was not enough, they scored a second goal through a ---30--- kicks only three minutes later.

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