3rd Term Examination on English Language SSS 1 (2025)

OBJECTIVES

Fill in the blank spaces with the correct options

1. After a while, we noticed that the unconscious accident victim had --------

2. The wedding anniversary planned by the couple -------- at last

3. The police have ------ a warning to all residents of the area.

4. When will the strike be ------

5. To persist ----- sin is spiritual death

6. I have made remarkable progress ------ learning French

7. Some people find it difficult not to give -------- to temptation

8. Ebuka initially disliked mathematics, but --------time, he began to like it

9. ------- we waited, Ben read the letter over again.

10. Moji says she is better at Maths------

11. The contractor set the ladder ------ the wall.

12. He won the election by a ------- of 500 votes.

13. Mum made soothing remarks in order to ------- dad.

14. At the end of ------- the National Anthem was played on our radio station.

15. We must hurry now for there is not ------ time left.

Choose the interpretation which you consider appropriate for each sentence.

16. Mr John has always managed to keep his head above the water

17. Jimmy is good company, but he sometime blows his own trumpet. This means that Jimmy

18. Ebrima's stepmother keeps his nose to the grindstone. This means that Ebrima's stepmother

19. Researchers leave no stone unturned in their quest for solutions . This means that researchers

20. Although wrestling is very interesting, it's not my cup of tea. This means that wrestling

Choose the option that is nearest in meaning to the word in capital letters

21. Although corruption is very prevalent in the society, there are still some VIRTUOUS men around

22. The task before us is ENORMOUS .

23. The decision taken by the panel is IRREVOCABLE.

24. She tried to settle the quarrel but the man remained OBSTINATE to listen to her.

25. The INCESSANT chatter of the pupils irritated the teacher.

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

26. The INSIGNIFICANT effort he made yielded ------- results

27. Rather than show REMORSE for his offence, he remained -------

28. Tunde SELDOM asks questions in class and was ------- very careful when he did

29. Rather than SUPPORT the chairman, the members of his board expressed ----- to his plans

COMPREHENSION

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

The death last month of chief Dende has opened my eyes. Throughout his life, we were very close friends. We grew up together, attended the same primary and secondary schools, and joined the service the same day. Although we benefited from different in-service-training programmes and at different times during our respective CAREERS, we were never too distant from each other. And we were installed chiefs the same day. Above all, his wife, Adama and mine have been good friends over the years. All these years, I believed that my friend kept no secret from me. I could, and did occasionally, defend his integrity. Anywhere people discussed him in my hearing, I was ready to take up his case VEHIMENTELY. Predictably, people stopped discussing him any time I was around. I had ASSUMED erroneously as it turned out, that people had stopped discussing him BECAUSE THEY WERE SUFFICIENTLY EDUCATED and sincerely convinced about his I'll integrity. Happenings have since shattered that assumption. The first shock came a day after his death. The major National Newspapers carried his obituary, as advertised by his wife Ngozi Dende, and her three children. If the timing of the advertisment, a day after the event, was strange, particularly more puzzling was the advertiser. All my life, I had known only Adamma as his wife and her five children. Besides, the names of his three children in the advertisment were entirely different from those of his five children by Adamma. Before I recovered from the first shock, the next bombshell fell. Members of the Pasta Fraternity, a most dreaded secret cult, which Dende and I had DESPISED while he lived, announced in the dailies that they had the EXCLUSIVE right to bury their ' departed colleague '. The announcement warned all uninitiated persons to keep off in their own interest. And so it was that members of the fraternity, supporting their claim with a hand written "Will" by Dende, collected his body from the hospital, performed the last rites on him and buried him in their sacred grave. I have learnt, and I am still learning. I have reached the unpleasant conclusion that his critics were most probably right after all.

QUESTIONS

a. What is the relationship between the writer and Chief Dende?

b. Why was the writer always defending Chief Dende?

c. Why was he surprised about the advertisment of Ngozi Dende?

d. Explain in one sentence what the writer means by ' the next bombshell fell '.

e.what lesson can we learn from the story

f. ' because they were sufficiently educated ' (i) What grammatical name is given to this expression? (ii) What is it's function?

Find another word or phrase that means the same and that can replace it as used in the passage

i) careers (ii)vehemently (iii) assumed (iv) despised (v) exclusive

Essay And Letter Writing

In nothing less than 300 words, write an essay on any of the followings.

1. As the games prefect of your school, write a speech that you will present on the occasion of your games master's send forth party.

2. Write an essay that ends with the saying: Not all that glitters are gold

30. ------ the owner of the dog?

30. ------ the owner of the dog?

14. At the end of ------- the National Anthem was played on our radio station.