ENGLISH EXAM QUESTIONS FOR JSS2 SECOND TERM

JSS2 SECOND TERM ENGLISH LANGUAGE EXAMINATION QUESTIONS – EDUDELIGHT.COM

SECOND TERM

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 Subject: ENGLISH LANGUAGE  Duration: 2HRS      Class: JSS 2

                                                                        COMPREHENSION

                                                CHILD LABOUR AND CHILD TRAFFICKING

            Grandpa once told me the story of a girl, named Hawa. She was taken away from her home at the age of nine, against her consent, due to the poor economic condition experienced in her home.

            She went through hell on earth. Her plight was worsened by the tedious tasks she was forced to do where she was taken to. ‘I wish I was never born,’ were the words of Hawa one day when the ‘going` became too tough for her.

            Her case was not that different from that of her counterparts who were trafficked to Europe to work as prostitutes on the basis that they were being taken there for schooling by some business men who pretended to be ‘God sent`. On getting to Europe they discovered that they had been deceived, and there was no going back.

            Hawa and her counterparts were enslaved, their basic human rights was taken away from them. Grandpa said victims are most of the time tricked and lured by false promises. At times they were physically forced; some were used as debt bondage.

            Children like Hawa are always sad, tired and unable to continue their education. Most of the time, they are exposed to serious hazards, including sexual harrassment and they are usually paid little or no money. They are exploited.

QUESTIONS

1. What is the subject matter discussed in the passage?  (a) Child labour and trafficking  (b)Sexual harassment  (c)Debt bondage   (d) Exploitation by the God sent men

2. The third paragraph identifies another set of victims of child trafficking, who are they? 

    (a)children from Europe   (b) Some business man   (c) Sexual harassment and exploitation

    (d)Self bondage

3.  List the four methods used by child traffickers to get their victims as discussed in the fourth paragraph.  (a) Prayer, deceit, tough time and hard work   (b)Promise for schooling, good job, furthering their education   (c) Harassment, serious hazards, economic, prostitution  (d) Child abuse, physically forced, inexperienced, pretended

4. What is the writer’s opinion on child trafficking?   (a)To avoid child labour and trafficking 

(b)To reinforce it in the society   (c)To silence the victim   (d)To  revive child labour in the society

5. She went through hell on earth, what figurative expression is this? (a) Metaphor  (b)Irony

    (c)Hyperbole     (d)Simile

ENGLISH EXAM QUESTIONS FOR JSS2 SECOND TERM

          SUMMARY                

                                                CONSUMER

A consumer is an individual who buys products or services for personal use and not for manufacture or resale. A consumer is someone who can make decision whether or not to purchase an item at the store, and someone who can be influenced by marketing and advertisements. Any time someone goes to a store, and purchases a toy, shirt, beverage or anything else, they are making that decision as a consumer.

A consumer is a person or a group of people such as a household who are the final users of products or services. The consumer’s use is final in the sense that the product is usually not improved by the use. In other words, he or she is one who pays to consume the goods and services produced.

As such, consumers play a vital role in the economic system of a nation. In the absence of effective consumer demand, producers would lack one of the key motivations to produce: to sell to consumer, as the consumer also forms part of the chain of distribution. When business people and economists talk of consumer, an aggregated commodity item with little individuality other than that expressed in the decision to buy or not to buy. 

QUESTIONS

6. Who is a consumer?  (a)  An individual who buys products or services for personal use (b) Someone who can be influenced by advertisement    (c) He is purchaser of goods    (d) He is someone that sells goods

7. According to the passage the consumer can be influenced by marketing and advertisement?

    (a)  True   (b)False   (c)Not sure  (d)Uncertain  

8. A consumer can make _____________ whether to purchase an item or not.  (a)Purchase  (b)Choices

  (c) Decision    (d)Payment

9. What role does the consumer play in an economic system?  (a)They motivate to produce goods

(b) They decides what to buy  (c)They consume goods   (d)They purchase toy, shirt and beverages.

10. In the absence of effective consumer demand, what happens to the producers?

   (a) Individual takes decision   (b) Producers lack key motivation to produce  (c)Business becomes dull   (d) The consumers become weak

LEXIS AND STRUCTURE

From the options lettered A-E, choose the word that is most suitable to fill each of the numbered gaps.

The police are law enforcement agents. They __11__ suspects and __12__ them to __13__. They also __14__ cases. If a suspect is __15__, he may be remanded in __16__ until his trial. He may, however, be granted __17__ after fulfilling certain conditions. If he is found guilty in a law court, he will be __18__ but if found innocent, he will be __19__ and __20__.

                A                 B                     C                     D                                 E

11.       Catch             Arrest             Impound        Engage                       Enforce

12.       Put                 Lake               Bring              Charge                        Assign

13.       Court              Church           Mosque          Hospital                     Prison

14.       Promote         Preside           Permit             Prosecute                   Pursue

15.       Arrested         Held                Chained         Caught                        Banned

16.       House             Prison             Court              Cell                             Office

17.       Freedom         Pardon            Excuse           Amnesty                    Bail

18.       Killed             Sentenced      Scolded          Pardoned                   Released

19.       Freed              Pushed           Discharged    Begged                       Left alone

20.       Driven home Praised           Engaged         Paid                            Acquitted

From the options lettered A-E, choose the correct word that best completes each of the sentences below.

21. Mary got ________ her recent illness very quickly.  a. Through  b. Over   c. Past  d.  By         e. On

22. I had to wait _________ longer before I could see the doctor.

a. Little                       b. A lot                       c. A little        d. Much          e. A few

23. Don’t be bulled, you must stand up _________ him.

a. At                b. Before        c. To               d. Against      e. By

24. The woman wept bitterly because she was convicted ____________ stealing.

             a. To              b. In                c. At                d. Of               e. For

25. Please, try to be there ___________ all means.   a. On       b. In    c. By   d. Under  e. From

From the options lettered A-E, choose the word that is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word that correctly fills the gaps in each sentence.

26. I’ve forgotten when he said it, but I still __________ his exact words.

a. Heard         b. Recall         c. Repeated    d. Hear           e. Pick

27. He _____ his cap as soon as he had taken off his agbada.

a. Put on         b. Dressed      c. Wore          d. Picked up e. Caught

28. Kehinde’s humility contrast with taiwo’s _______

a. Gentleness             b. Pride           c. Meekness d. Simplicity e. Outspokenness

29. He had a natural look but his wife has a/an _______ one

a. Beautiful    b. Sophisticated        c. Attractive d. Fine            e. Artificial

30. To our surprise, after an easy ascent, the descent proved much more ___________.

a. Dangerous             b. Difficult     c. Slowed       d. Risky          e. Enticing

 From the options lettered A-E, choose the word that is NEAREST in meaning to the underlined word in each sentence.

31. When we couldn’t find the boy, we suspected that he must have been abducted.

a. Nabbed      b. Arrested     c. Kidnapped             d. Killed         e. Stolen

32. Because of a probable dent on one,s image, some old politicians now abhor corruption.

a. Hate            b. Love           c. Admire       d. Embrace    e. Ignore

33. Nigeria and Cameroon opted for an amicable resolution of the bakassi problem

a. Troublesome         b. Peaceful     c. Turbulent   d. Slavish       e. Arms

34. Please throw away that rotten egg, it has a pungent smell.

a. Sweet          b. Pleasant     c. Shocking    d. Aromatic   e. Repulsive

35. The chairman received a letter of threat from an anonymous writer.

a. Unknown   b. Uncircumcised     c. Unmarked d. Ugly           e. Unreasonable

Choose the correct answer from the options lettered A-E in questions 36-40

36. Which of this sound is not a consonant sound?    a. /e /      b. /k/   c. /p/   d. /t/    e. /b/

37. All these are diphthongs except     a. /ei/       b. / o    /            c. /  ai  /    d. /e   /     e. / ɔi   /

38. The word ‘’paradigm’’ has _________ syllables   a. 2       b. 3      c. 4      d. 5      e. 6

39. Which diphthong is common to the following words: LURE, PURE.

            a.  / ai /           b. /  ɔi  /                      c. /  ei /                       d. / ou   /                     e. / ei /

40. On which syllable is the primary stress placed in this word: ACADEMICS?

a. 1st               b. 2nd             c. 3rd              d. 4th              e. 5th

PART   B {THEORY): QUESTION 1 IS COMPULSORY AND ANSWER OTHER ONE. WRITE AT LEAST 200 WORDS IN EACH OF THE ESSAY.

1.Describe your last birthday.

2 .write for or against the motion which says “HERBAL MEDICINE  IS  MORE  POTENT  THAN  ORTHODOX MEDICINES”

3 .You traveled with group of student in your school to a place of interest in which you discover new things that gives you new   experience ,narrate to your friend who was not there stating three lessons learnt.

4 .Write a letter to your sister in another part of the  country , informing her of your visit in the coming   Easter  holiday.

5 .ECHOES OF YESTERDAY BY JOHN E .What finally led to the death of Mr  Eze according to the novel.

5b.Explain with correct example the following figures of speech.

 Hyperbole    b .Irony c .Euphemism   d .Simile   e .Metaphor.

JSS2 SECOND TERM ENGLISH LANGUAGE EXAMINATION QUESTIONS – EDUDELIGHT.COM

SECOND TERM EXAM J S S2

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions on it

Once upon a time, a man called contentment lived in a town. He was brought up by his parents under very strict discipline. He was thought to be honest in all ways at all times

His upbringing had a great influence on his life. When he was in school, he was different from the others he4 was especially noted for telling the truth. One day, one of his friends Agbabiaka stole a textbook in the class and told contentment not to tell anyone that he was a thief. When the teacher asked who the thief was, to the surprise of Agbabiaka, contentment told him that it was Agbabiaka .

And so, Agbabiaka got the beating of his life, from that day on, Agbabiaka developed hatred for contentment.

One day contentment found a handsome sum of money in a very big bag under the over head bridge. Contentment decided to take the bag of money to the police station so that the owner could be located and given back his money.

QUESTIONS

1.            How was contentment brought up?

2.            How did his upbringing influence his life?

3.            Who stole a Textbook?

4.            Who told the teacher about his stealing?

5.            Who asked about the stealing?

6.            What was contentment known for in his school?

7.            Why did contentment return the money he found?

8.            Agbabiaka got the beating of his life. Mean that Agbabiaka

(A)          Was beating for life         (B) exchange beating for his life

(C) Was beating mercilessly (D) receive beating

ENGLISH EXAM QUESTIONS FOR JSS2 SECOND TERM

OBJECTIVES

Choose the word that best completes each of the following:

9.            Mary and             saw the matron this morning

(a) Me  (b) I        (c) myself            (d) Mine

10.          We were at his mercy    the party lasted

(a) After               (b) since               (c) when              (d) while

11.          I found that stamps        in the box, are they yours?

(a) That (b) this(c)some (d) the

12.          Mary lost her money      she was careless

(a) Sine (b) Because        (C) Once              (d) if

13.          Have      the news?

(a) Hear                (b) hears              (c) heard              (d)heared

14.          I prefer salad     Rice

(a) Than               (b) from               (C) to (d) better than

15.          Has the boy recovered malaria?

(a) From               (b) for (c) in        (d) to

16.          We have been living in this town              1999

(a) From               (b) Since              (c) by (d) in

From the words letter A- D choose the one that is nearest in meaning to the underlined words.

17.          Our dynamic governor is very Generous

(a) Selfish (b) Hard – hand           (c) Tight fisted(d) Openhanded

18.          That new play is boring. It is a waste of money

(a) Interesting   (b) Humorous (c) serious              (d) Uninteresting

19.          The most competent teacher in the school received an award last week

(a) Adequate  (b) cautious           (c)efficient          (d) pertinent

20.          The students were told to abandone the project if it would be too costly (a)Delay            (b) Evade             (c) Give up (d) Continue

21.          Well diggers sometimes risk their lives

(A)          care for (b) Help                (c) Endanger (d) Prevent

Choose the answer which is the opposite of the underlined words in each of the following sentences

22.          Akin is the best Boy in the school

(a) Good              (b) worst             (c) bad  (d)worst

23.          My father hates lazy children

(a) Beats              (b) Love               (c) Heals               (d) leaves

24.          Lara was present in the class yesterday

(a) Bent ever  (b) absent              (c) sent (d)decent

25.          I do not like bright colours

(a) Fair  (b) dull  (C) Sharp             (d) opposing

Fill in the gaps with the correct answer

26.          The lady made the right               

(a) Chose             (b) choose          (c) choosing        (d) choice

27.          She won the price because of her           

(a)  Beautiful  (b) Beautifulness (c) Beauty           (d) beaut

28.          People from Nigeria are               

(a) Niger man (b) Niger area (c) Nigerianised       (d) Nigerians

29.          The        of the room is fifteen meters

(a) Along              (b) Length           (c) wide                (d) High

30.          Bintu’s mother in the accident

(a) Dead               (b) death             (c) died (d) die

. Kasara didn’t feel betrothed it was like a film, something happening to someone else while she watched and laughed.Her mother was showing her new wrappers to a crowd of cooing friends while her father was puffing on his pipe.Her fiancé was an enlarged photograph showing a rotund man with small wrinked eyes.

It was settled,she would go to Lisbon,to join him next week.Some of her classmates came to say goodbye, but they didn’t stay long.Kasara wanted to cling to them,to shout and scream to make a big scene,but she

sat stillinstead and received cold congrats with a frozen smile.

News came again,a change of plan,she no longer wished to marry her,would she mind marrying his cousin,who was older and fatter than he was,or that he already had two wivesand eight children.

Her brothers were incesenced.They smashed the framed portrait and wanted to burn the wedding gift. A family meeting was called for elders to talk sense into them.Kasara raided her mother box and found enough money to travel south.

31.          Where did Kasara travel a. south b. North c. East d. West

32.          Why didn’t Kasara mind the postponement? A. She saw something toi attend to b. She never saw herself marrying the man in the picture c.She wouldn’t be able to see her boyfriend d. She wanted to be with her parents 33.Where was Kasara supposed to travel to? A. Lisbon b. Spain c.

France d. Turkey

34.          Another name for ‘incensed’ as used in the passage is a. jealousy b. anger c. frustration d. pleasure

35.          ‘Kasara raided her mother’s box’,this message meant a. she stole from her mother b. she ran away with the box c. she destroyed the box d. she hid the box

36.          Who came to say goodbye to Kasara a. her well wishers b. her friends

c. her colleagues d. her classmates

37.          What does the word ‘bethroted’ means               a. was giving a house b. was given to amn as a wife c. was giving as a maid

38.          The cousin who he wanted to marry was because he was             a. older and wiser b. fatter and older c. thinner and sharper

39.          Who showed her friends new wrapper a. her sister b. her mother c. her friends d. her brothers

Choose the option nearest in the meaning to the one in capital letter in the sentence

40.          Sade CAJOLED her husband  a. annoyed                b,  blessed  c.begged  d. threatened

41.          The man COERCED his brothers into buying the land. A. forced b. cajoled c. begged d. lied

42.          Andrew is a NINNY a. foolish b. kind c. annoying                d. patient 43.Taofeek is a TRUANT a. runs away from home b. skips school c. play a lot

44.Tagbe is Folakre’s SUCCESSOR             a. replacement b. friend c.enemy

From the list of words letter A – D choose the one that is nearly in opposite with the one in capital letter

46.          The old man is FRAGILE a.            weak b.                strong c. sick

47.          Mr Ola is a WEALTHY man             a.  rich b. poor   c. friendly

48.          The principal is a STRICT person a. friendly b. lenient c. hardworking

49.          The result left them all ASTONISHED       a. angry b. surprised c.   happy 50.The house has some hidden TREASURE a. food b. money c. valuables

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

Only from this section

(1).Write an argumentative essay on this topic ‘’Doctors are better than farmers’’

(2)          write a story which has the ending “A day I will never forget”

(3)          Write a letter to the Principal of your school, informing him of the lack of the water in the school toilet, and suggest what can be done to remedy the situation.

JSS2 SECOND TERM ENGLISH LANGUAGE EXAMINATION QUESTIONS – EDUDELIGHT.COM

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