3rd Term Exam on English Language JS2

OBJECTIVES

Choose the word that contains the same sound as the phonetic symbols

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Fill in the blank spaces in the sentences below with the appropriate options

6. Pins and needles are to tailor as stethoscope is to -------

7. The loud teenagers shout ------- the street to one another

8. Mary ----- onto the bus after school yesterday

9. If you had trodden on the snake, it ------ bitten you

10. The case is between Godwin and ------

11. Bad news ------ faster than good news

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

13. The sick man -----in bed for three months

14. It has been raining ---- two hours

Change the sentence to indirect speech

15. "I have only two hundred naira", he replied . He replied that ------ only two hundred naira.

Change to passive voice

16. The baby is drinking milk. Milk ----- by the baby

Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the words in capital letter

17. The OUTSPOKEN social critic lives a happy life

18. Although they have declared the student a SUSPECT, he may turn out to be-----

19. One expects book in the library to be ------, not jumbled

20. Teachers are happy when their students are AGILE

Choose the option that is nearest in meaning to the word or group of words in capital letters

21. His CONDUCT in the classroom offended the teacher

22. All his attempts to revive the man was FUTILE

23. The journalist refused to DIVULGE the source of his information

Identify the part of speech of the words in capital letters

24. The lawyer gave the culprits a useful ADVICE

25. The book is YOURS not mine

26. He is a TRICKY trader

27. The central idea in a novel is

28. The novelist recalls the past events or incidents through a literary device called -----

29. The literally term used to describe the time and place where events took place is -----

30. A long narrative poem which tells the story of great or heroic deeds of a person or a hero is a/an -----

THEORY (Reading and Understanding)

Read the passage below carefully and answer the questions that follow

Dele Akinola ,who was very poor , went to Oba Adeline , and said that he wanted a hundred naira. 'But why should I give you hundred naira ', asked the Oba.' Because we relatives , said Dele.Oba Adeline was surprised. He did not know Dele Akinola and had never seen him before." Do you belong, ' he said to Dele, "to my mother's family or to my father's? Dele replied that was not what he meant. ' You see,' he said, ' according to both the Bible and Quran,we are all children of Adam;so, because of that, part of your wealth is really mine '. The Oba said,' But this something I must think about. ''Come and see me again tomorrow morning ' when Dele went to the Oba Palace the next morning, Oba Adekunle handed him one Kobo. He said, If we are all children of Adam,then everyone in the world is my relative. So your share , like everyone else's, is exactly one kobo.

QUESTIONS

1. Why did Dele Akinola want #100 from the Oba?

2. What reason did he give the Oba for asking for money?

3. What reason did Dele give for saying that he and the Oba were relatives?

4. What did the Oba then tell Dele to do?

5. Why did the Oba give Dele only one kobo?

Essay Writing

Choose only one question from this section

1. Write a letter to your sister abroad, telling her about the high prices of commodities in the country and its effect on the lives of the people.

2. Write an essay on : An Important Festival in my Town