2025 FIRST TERM EXAMINATION ON RAES JSS 1 Complete each of the following sentences with the most appropriate of the options lettered A–D 1). My mother ______ vegetables every weekend.
2. Of all the contestants, Fola is ______.
3. After her husband died, my neighbour became a ______.
4). Direct speech: “I am travelling tomorrow.” Indirect speech: She said that she ______ the next day.
5). The director informed all the actors intending to take part in the drama to ______ for their roles.
Add the appropriate suffixes 6. Compuls-
8). The word decipher means ______.
9. The word oblivious means ______.
10. The word lenient means ______.
Complete the missing letters 11). He dec_ved me by not keeping his promise.
11). The co_itt_ holds its annual meeting every December.
12). The occa_ _ion will take place next week.
13). The princip_ _ advised the students during assembly.
14). Brave is to courageous as wander is to ______.
15). Honest is to truthful as fragile is to ______.
16). “Break the ice” means ______.
17). “Cost an arm and a leg” means ______.
18). “The ball is in your court” means ______.
19). “Bite the bullet” means ______.
20). “Under the weather” means ______.
21). Which of the following is not a type of drama?
22). The difference between an act and a scene is that ______.
23). Which of the following is onomatopoeia?
24). Sally sells sea shells by the seashore” demonstrates ______.
25). The repetition of words, phrases, or lines in a play or poem for emphasis is called ____
26). Which figure of speech involves a self-contradictory statement that seems true?
27). Which of the following best defines literary devices?
28). Drama is best defined as ______.
29). Which of the following is a key element of drama?
30). “ It’s not the worst idea.” The figure of speech used is ______.
Section B: Theory. Answer any three questions from this section. 1). From the passage below: 1a). Identify any five figures of speech used. 1b). For each figure of speech, quote the line from the passage where it occurs. The storm raged fiercely across the village, shaking roofs and uprooting trees. Lightning danced across the dark sky, and the thunder growled like an angry beast. In the distance, the river roared, swallowing everything in its path. Amidst the chaos, Amina whispered to herself, “I am not afraid,” even though her heart was pounding a million beats per minute. The wind seemed to carry secrets, murmuring stories of old. Darkness and light clashed in a bitter sweet struggle over the horizon. Finally, as dawn broke, the sun stretched its golden fingers across the horizon, promising a new beginning. Meanwhile, the savage storm softly subsided, leaving silence in its wake.
