DARIUS COMPLEX SCHOOL

END OF SECOND TERM EXAMINATION

JUNE 2023
ENGLISH LANGUAGE – JHS TWO
Re s e a rc h a n d Kn o w le d g e a re
Th e Go ld e n Ke ys t o S u c c e s s

PART A – [30 marks]

There are two questions in this part. Answer only one (1) question. Your essay should be about 250 words.

1. Write a letter to assemblyman of your area discussing two major problems in your vicinity.

2. Write an article for publication in your school’s magazine on three ways of maintaining good personal
hygiene.

PART B – [30 marks]

Read the passage below carefully and answer the questions that follow.

3. School is an avenue for pupils to realize their potentials. Through school, pupils are educated and given
formal training. Aside helping them to realize their potentials, the school trains pupils to be morally upright by
teaching them to be respectful, obedient and truthful.

The school is equally a place where pupils pick up other unwanted characters mostly due to peer influence. In
this case, the bad nuts negatively influence the good nuts. So, it was not surprising that Apleku and though were
two friends, had different characters. While the former was praised by every teacher for showing good
character, the latter was always punished for wrongdoings.

One afternoon, as everyone was getting ready for lunch, something unusual happened. The loud noise, screams
and cries from the JHS1 classroom drew everyone’s attention to that very class. Osebo was on the floor
screaming and shouting while he held his leg. His colleagues and the teachers around tried to help him get on
his feet, but this yielded no positive results. Osebo had broken his left ankle. The pain was so much that he
could not cease screaming. After further interrogations, it was discovered that Osebo twisted his left ankle when
he tried the famous “bg33dz3” dance.

For days, Osebo could not go to school. Not only did he miss classes, his parents spent a lot of money in
treating his injury. Pupils must make it a habit to shun bad company and stick to their books. Teachers and
parents must also advise pupils on the consequences of following bad peers.
a. Name two moral values pupils learn from school.
b. (i) Which of the two characters was mostly praised by every teacher?
(ii) What was the main cause of Osebo’s fall?

c. What two things did Osebo do to show that he was in pain?

d. (i) What part of speech is “but” as used in the third paragraph?

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 (ii) Explain the expression the bad nuts negatively influence the good nuts in your own words.
e. According to the passage, in what two ways did Osebo’s behaviour affect him and his family negatively?
f. For each of the following words, give another word or phrase that means the same and can fit into the
passage.
i. potentials
ii. unwanted
iii. praised
iv. colleagues
v. consequences
4. PART C – LITERATURE [10 marks]
Read each extract carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Use the extract below to answers questions a – d
I have wished a bird would fly away
And not sing by my house all day

Have clapped my hands at him from the door

When it seemed as if I could bear no more
a. What literary piece is extract above? ……………………………………………………………………………
b. What is the title of the literary which contains the extract
above? ........................................................................
c. Who is the author of the literary piece above? ………………………………………………………………….
d. Write the rhyme scheme for the extract above …………………………………………………………………
Use the extract below to answers questions e – g
She reached in and gently slid her hand under the tiny body and lifted him out. He was cold and stiff. “Oh, no,”
she wailed.
e. …. she wailed. Who wailed?
f. (i) Who was cold and stiff?
(ii) What is the meaning of he was cold and stiff?
g. What literary device is the underlined expression?
Use the extract below to answers questions h – j
“It’s not my fault!”… “It probably would have died anyway. You’re just stupid. You cry about everything! You
even cried when Mum threw boiling water on the ants!”
h. Identify the speaker of the extract above.

i. You as used in the extract refers to ………………………………………………………………………………

j. The words boiling water appeal to our sense of

………………………………………………………………….

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OBJECTIVE TEST
[30 marks]

1. Of the pupils in class, Ama is ……………………………………………………………

A. pretty B. prettiest C. the prettier D. the prettiest

2. You need not go home alone ………………………………………., you?

A. needn’t B. needs C. need D. needed

3. Which of …………………………. pens are yours?

A. this B. these C. that D. them

4. Aba was the woman ………………………………………… paid the money.

A. that B. whom C. who D. whose

5. That is the dog ………………………………………………… leg got broken.

A. that B. whom C. who D. whose

6. Miss Quartey didn’t ……………………………………………………………… Ga.

A. understand B. understands C. understood D. understanding

7. Mabel doesn’t ………………………………………………………….. mathematics.

A. likes B. liked C. like D. liking

8. I did …………………………………………………………. him yesterday.

A. meet B. met C. meeting D. mut

9. Didn’t the headmaster ……………………………………….. you before leaving?

A. saw B. see C. seeing D. seen

10. I think I have …………………………………………… you before.

A. saw B. see C. seeing D. seen

11. He is a friend of …………………………………………………………………

A. you B. your C. yours D my

12. Mum and …………………………………………………… went to market yesterday.

A. I B. me C. mine D. my

13. You should not play with toys, ………………………………………………………. you?

A. shouldn’t B. shall C. is D. should

14. The two brothers love ………………………………………………………………

A. one another B. each other C. themselves D. another

15. He ended the letter …………………………………………………………………..

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A. yours sincerely B. your sincerely C. your’s sincerely D. you sincerely

16. If I ………………………. you, I ……………………. him.

A. were, will call B. was, will call C. were, would called D. were, would call

17. I beat her, she ………………………………………………….

A. cry B. cried C. cries D. crying

18. I have a pen, ………………………………………. ?

A. haven’t I B. don’t I C. isn’t it D. doesn’t I

19. The stone fell into the water with a loud ………………………………………………………….
A. noise B. sound C. splash D. bang

20. My brother and friend ………………………….. at the meeting yesterday.

A. was B. is C. were D. are

21. Neither Kwame nor his brothers ………………………… a movie to the end.
A. watch B. watches C. watching D. have watched

22. Asamoah visited mum and ………………………………………………………………

A. I B. we C. they D. me

23. This amount is all …………………………………………………. I have.

A. what B. that C. so D. of

24. Mansa goes to school …………………………………………………… foot.

A. by B. with C. on D. around

25. A basket of apples ……………………………. in the room.

A. are B. is C. have been D. were

26. …………………………… pens are not mine.

A. Them B. This C. That D. These

27. The books are on the table, …………………………………………?

A. isn’t it B. aren’t they C. aren’t it D. haven’t they

28. Abigail is my …………………………… sister

A. oldest B. younger C. big D. small

29. He bought ……………………………………………. glasses.

A. silver old Ghanaian reading B. Ghanaian old reading silver
C. old Ghanaian reading silver D. old Ghanaian silver reading

30. She is one of Aba’s …………………………………………………………………………

A. sister-in-law B. sister-in-laws C. sisters-in-laws D. sisters-in-law

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