2024 First Term Examination on English Language JSS 2

READING COMPREHENSION

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

Chukwuma looked up from his book, in a lazy way at first, to see what had made the noise. Then he went still with fright. An arm's length away from his chair, something moved. A shape gilded smoothly along the window frame. He saw a flat head held up by a slender neck. A puff adder ! The snake stopped and lay without moving. It looked dead but all the time it was trying to sense if any food was in the room. Chukwuma felt trapped in his chair, yet he knew he must warn his sister. He taught of what his father told him very often. He wanted to whisper but his mouth and tongue were dry with shock. He dared not move. His throat clicked as he tried to utter some sound. If only she would look at him ! Nkechi, his sister, must have felt there was something strange about his silence, for she turned her head to glance at him. When she saw the fear on his face, she swiftly shifted round, looking at his glazed eyes. She moved her head to see what those eyes were fixed on, then covered her mouth to sniffle her gasp for terror.

QUESTIONS

1. What had the snake come for?

2. What made Chukwuma go still with fear?

3. Why did Chukwuma feel trapped in his chair?

4. What caused Nkechi to look at Chukwuma?

5. What was Nkechi's reaction when she saw what her brother's eyes were fixed on?

PART 2 (Composition and Letter Writing)

Choose only one question from this section

1. Write a letter to your friend in another school, telling him/her at least three changes that has taken place in your school since this year.

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

3. Write an essay on the topic : " The football match I watched"

PART 3 (OBJECTIVES)

Identify the word that starts the given phonetic symbol

1. / j /

2. / æ /

3. / k /

4. / ai /

5. /u /

Choose the best interpretation of the underlined parts of the sentences below

6. My mother wanted to know what was EATING HIM UP. This means that she wanted to find out -------

7. The wedding was attended by THE CREAM of the society. This means that the wedding was attended by

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

8. He SPURNED the advances of the boss

9. Contrarary to his nature, Chike has suddenly become HOSTILE to everybody in the house

10. The execution of the project has been HAMPERED by lack of fund

Fill in the blank spaces with the correct options

11. Determination and hard work -----_- to success

12. We were told that the man has left Kano -------- Lagos

13. We heard the news ------ the radio

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

14. Oduche's husband returned from work DRUNK as usual

15. Our elders have worked hard to PRESERVE our culture

Identify the part of speech of the word in capital letters

17. Honesty is the best POLICY in life

16. Please NAIL the picture on the wall

18. Our car stopped because we had run out ------ petrol

19. The man is too clever

20. You didn't knock before you entered,

LEXIS AND STRUCTURE

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

Last month, our school marked its diamond jubilee with a double celebration : an inter house sports competition in the morning and a foot ball match later in the afternoon. The former was very exciting as many ----21---- were broken and several new ones were set. The most exciting were the ----22---- events, especially the 100 meters ----23----, the 200 meters hurdle and the ----24---- . The ----25--- did not seem particularly interested in the ---26--- events. Expectedly, the football match drew a large crowd because of the reputation of the two contesting teams. The ---27--- was taken by the state governor who was the special ---28--- . Our team played excellent soccer, the ---29--- were accurate and our players displayed such ---30--- that the spectators were not surprised when , by the end of the first half, they had scored three goals to nil.

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19. The man is too clever