STANDARDVILLE ACADEMY

FIRST TERM EXAMINATIONS

2023/2024 ACADEMIC SESSION
CLASS: JSS 1 SUBJECT: ENGLISH STUDIES

1. ___ involves language sounds which are associated with meaningful words that come out of the human mouth (a)
system (b) voice (c) speech (d) vowel
2. What are the sounds made by combining two vowels (a) consonants (b) monothongs (c) diphthongs (d) syllable
3. All these are some English parts of a speech except ___ (a) pronoun (b) verb (c) noun (d) metaphor
4. In the novel “Let’s Play Together, what is the name of the Mathematics and music teacher that died in the
hospital? (a) Mr. Apeh (b) Mr. Osu (c) Mr. Epele (d) Mr. Effiong
5. Cleaned, Looked, Watched are examples of ___ (a) Adjectives (b) Irregular verbs (c) Regular verbs (d)
Conjunction
6. Identify the right spelling (a) Propaty (b) propty (c) property (d) property
7. Literature is divided into __ types (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 7
8. ___ are words that show relationship between a noun and other words in a sentence (a) Simile (b) adverb (c)
prepositions (d) conjunction
9. “Tortoise in the sky” is an example of ___ (a) proverbs (b) songs (c) riddles (d) myths
10. Provide the right tag to the statement below (a) did you? (b) aren’t you (c) aren’t they? (d) are you?
11. A formal letter is also known as ___ (a) a friendly letter (b) a personal letter (c) an official letter (d) a family letter
12. __ is what a writer uses to create figures and images (a) parts of speech (b) types of speech (c) place of speech (d)
figures of speech
13. There are ___ diphthongs (a) 9 (b) 12 (c) 15 (d) 8
14. Articulation is the movement of the vocal organs to produce speech sounds (a) true (b) false
15. A/An___ is a group of sentences that are combined to develop one idea (a) letter writing (b) essay (c) note (d)
writing
16. ‘Joyful’ is an example of ___ noun. (a) concrete (b) proper (c) abstract (d) common
17. These are types of verbs except ___ (a) plural verbs (b)finite verbs (c) regular verbs (d) irregular verbs
18. A formal letter has ___ addresses(s) (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 1
19. ___ is a direct opposite of something. (a) simile (b) metaphor (c) personification (d) Irony
20. The Monothongs are ___ in number (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 9 (d) 20

THEORY SECTION
(Answer only 3 questions)

1. Mention the five (5) steps required when writing an essay

2. Define the following: i. verb ii. Pronoun iii. Conjunction
3. a. List out five (5) persons you can write an informed letter
b. write out three (3) features of an informal letter
4. a. What is Literature?
b. Mention the two types of literature
5. a. What are preposition?
b. List out five (5) examples of prepositions.
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FIRST TERM EXAMINATIONS
2023/2024 ACADEMIC SESSION
CLASS: JSS 2 SUBJECT: ENGLISH STUDIES

1. Mr. Ekenta’s write in the “The Hidden Pearl” is ___ (a) Ngozi Nwokoro (b)Nkeiru Nwokoro (c) Naza Nwokoro (c)
Njide Nwokoro
2. Prose can be either fiction or non-fiction. (a) true (b) false
3. ___ is any technique claiming to improve one’s ability to read quickly (a) reading plan (b) reading
comprehension (c) reading for speed (d) reading practice
4. A ___ is a re-telling of the main ideas of a passage in your own words. (a) letter writing (b) composition writing
(c) essay (d) summary writing
5. All are examples of adjectives except ___ (a) possessive (b) demonstrative (c) comparative (d) coordinative
6. ___ is used for actions that are taking place at the time we are talking (a) present perfect tense (b) present
simple tense (c) present continuous tense (d) future tense
7. “John worked yesterday” the statement is an example of ___ tense (a) future tense (b) present tense (c) past
tense (d) present perfect tense
8. Identify the sound or word with this symbol “0” (a) bread (b) think (c) tone (d) those
9. ___ and ___ are the main types of intonation in English (a) noun and pronoun (b) monothong and diphthong
(c) fallen tune and rising tune (d) verb and adverb
10. “You do not have an excuse not to succeed”. This is an example of ___ (a) question (b) command (c) statement
(d) request
11. The Word STRATEGIC has how many syllabus (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
12. What is a strong, regular repeated pattern of sound? (a) prose (b) rhyme (c) rhythm (d) conversation
13. ___ punctuation marks are used at the end of sentences (a)medical (b) comma (c) semi-colon (d) terminal
14. The (f) consonants sound has the following spellings except (a) phone (b) fact (c) physics (d) vote
15. A ___ is a self-written life story (a)Novel (b) auto-biography (c) novella (d) biography
16. What are words that modify a noun, pronoun and other adjectives? (a) Adverbs (b) prepositions (c)
conjunctions (d) adjectives
17. What is the superlative of the word good? (a) worst (b) bad (c) best (d) better
18. A diphthong is a vowel which does not change its quality in the process of its articulation (a) true (b) false (c)
none of the above
19. She __ take a lot of tea in the past (a) use to (b) used to (c) uses to (d) is use to
20. They are ___ punished for coming late to school (a) been (b) could (c) be (d) being

THEORY SECTION
(Answer any 3 questions)
1. a. Define punctuation marks
b. Least out eight types of punctuation marks
2. Define the following:
i. The Novel
ii. Biography
iii. Auto-biography
3. a. What is an argumentative essay?
b. Write a topic example of an argumentative essay.
4. Mention and define three (3) terminal punctuation marks.
5. a. What are tenses
b. Define present continuous stance, past stance and future tense
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FIRST TERM EXAMINATIONS
2023/2024 ACADEMIC SESSION
CLASS: JSS 3 SUBJECT: ENGLISH STUDIES

1. ___ writing tells a story or report of what had happened (a) expository (b) Argumentative (c) descriptive (d)
Narrative
2. What is a form of literature which involves the use of figurative language or expression and the special
arrangement of lines into acts and scenes? (a) poetry (b) drama (c) prose (d) melodrama
3. ___refers to the time and the location of the event narrated in a prose (a)symbol (b) plot (c)theme (d) Settings
4. What is the verb derivative of the word fall (a) falling (b) falls (c) fally (d)fallen
5. A ___is a syllable or letters placed after a root word to form another word (a) infix (b) suffix (c) prefix (d) refix
6. A plot is a series of events selected by the writer to show the points of the story (a) true (b) false
7. The ___ Maybe directly involved in the action of the narrative or may only report it as a speculator might (a)
Character (b) narrator (c) stylist (d) costumer
8. Prepositions usually come before ___ and ___ (a) verb and adverb (b) conjunction and interjection (c) noun and
pronoun (d) adjective and noun
9. Literate simply means the ability to read and write (a) true (b) false
10. What is a story invented by someone and not real? (a)fiction (b) auto-biography (c) nonfiction (d)biography
11. ___ and __ are examples of non-fiction (a) journals and articles (b) myths and fables (c) folktales and folklores
(d) plots and settings
12. ___ Consist of traditional ceremonies which reveal the culture of tradition of the people (a) drama (b) festival (c)
poetry (d) songs
13. What is the standpoint from which a story is narrated and how it’s told? (a) tone (b) style (c) point of view (d)
settings
14. A diphthong is also known as ___ (a) impure words (b) single words (c) pure vowels (d) triple vowels
15. A descriptive essay is a type of essay that asks the students to describe someone, something, a place or an
experience (a) true (b) false
16. ___is an aspect of writing through which we communicate to people (a) Informal letter (b)letter writing (c)form
a letter (d)semi-formal letter
17. The diphthong can be categorized into ___groups (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 3
18. An argumentative essay has ___features (a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 4 (d) 3
19. ___ Is an old well known story, often centered on the adventure of brave people or magical events (a) myth (b)
folklore (c) legend (d) drama
20. Non-fictions are real facts or events which were not created or imagined. (a) true (b) false

THEORY SECTION
Answer three (3) questions
Question 1 is compulsory
1. In not more than five lines, summarize the novel “Ada At School”
2. Define the following
i. Plot
ii. Settings
iii. Characters
iv. Theme
v. Tone
3. Provide five words with this sound symbol /ai/
4. Write a letter to your brother abroad, telling him about the economy of the country.
5. Provide the right prefixes to the words below to realize their opposites.
6. i. ___regular
ii. ___obedience
iii.___ friendly
iv. ___adequate
v.___ legal