FRIST TERM MID -TERM TEST ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE FOR JSS1

THEORY

Reading comprehension

Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.

You are poor.... Your poverty is sudden and mysterious.... Yes, you are right. It is true. Please help me; cried Okonkwo. He was convinced now that the native doctor could,indeed,see. 'I will help you, my son. That is why I am here. I will help you be rich and happy again. But you must be prepared to touch the teeth of a lion.' 'A lion?' exclaimed Okonkwo. 'How can one get a lion's teeth? The old man laughed cruelly. You talk like a child. I don't mean that you should go to the bush and start hunting for a lion. It is only a riddle. It means that the demands of the Oracle, which we have to carry out before you can become wealthy, are a little difficult. Do you think you are prepared to get wealth? ' Yes! yes! replied Okonkwo, not so sure of himself. The Oracle said the charm that will make you rich would be prepared with the head of a man.' Okonkwo was speechless.How on earth could he get a man's head? That meant killing a man.Murder!He , Okonkwo, commit murder in order to be wealthy! The thought sent shivers down his spine.

a. Why has Okonkwo gone to see the native doctor?.

b. Why does the native doctor laugh cruelly at Okonkwo?

c. What does it mean to be " prepared to touch the teeth of a lion?"

d. According to the native doctor, what does Okonkwo have to do to become wealthy?

e. Does Okonkwo want to do what the native doctor the native doctor suggests?Give a reason from the text to support your answer.

Objective

Underline the correct pronoun in brackets to complete each sentence.

1. I have a brother called Osita and a sister called Joy.____ are my siblings

2. ____ and his brothers are bullies.

3. Ifeoma and ____ are friends

Choose the correct answers from the options lettered a_d.

4.The king was a WEALTHY man. What type of adjective is the word in capital letters.

5. THOSE shoes are mine. Identify the type of adjective underlined

6. She wears a ____ costume than he does

Subjective

7. _____ is the oldest form of literature.

8. ______ is a type of drama where actors do not speak.

9. The history of a person written by another person is called ____

10. A story written from the writer's imagination and is not a real life story is called ____