ENGLISH GRAMMAR (JSS1)

Choose the correct verb in the bracket for each of the following sentences:
1)I have just……….two letters.

(A)wrote.

(B)write.

(C)written*.

2)The canoe………in the river last night.

(A)sank*

(B)sunk

(C)sink

3)The fisherman has……….two sharks.

(A)catching.

(B)catch.

(C)caught*

4)Obed has………to the shore.

(A)swum*

(B)swam.

(C) swumming.

5)The players have……….their opponents.

(A)beat.

(B)beaten*

(C)beating.

6)He………to me about you yesterday.

(A)spoken.

(B)spoke*

(C)speaking.

7)Obi has…….his new shirt.

(A)tear.

(B)tore
(C)torn*

8)They ……..the blind man three days ago.

(A)saw*

(B)seen.

(C)seeing.

9)The boy…….his pencil.

(A)took.

(B)taken*

(C)taking.

10)He is……..me an umbrella.

(A)given

(B)giving*

(C)gave.

ENGLISH-COMPRENSION (JSS2)

1)…………is a person who votes or who has legal right to vote.

(A)Rig

(B)Elector*

(C)Verb

2)The electors vote at……….

(A)police station.

(B)polling station*

(C)market square.
 3)…………is a prove that a voter has a right to vote.

(A)voter card.*

(B)chew-gum.

(c)Bat.

4)______is a written statement that describes the policies, goals and opinions of a person or group.

(A)Ballot box

(B)Polling booth

(C)Manifestoes

5)_______is to manipulate or control usually by deceptive or dishonest means.

(A)Rig*

(B)Value

(C)Pledge

6)Someone who is active in government usually as an elected official is a____.

(A)politician*

(B)voter.

(C)boxer

7)Composition demands that you give your opinion, either for or against a topic.

(A)narrative.

(B)argumentative*

(C)interrogative.
8)________ is a group people who support or who are likely to support a politician or political party.

(A)Constituency*

(B)Ballot

(C)Gang

9)Political party is a person who is trying to be elected.

(A)True

(B)False*

(C)None of the above

10)atmosphere means the whole mass of_____ that surrounds the earth.

(A)fire

(B)air*

(C) gas

LITERATURE-IN-ENGLISH (SSS1)

1)_______is the arrangement of ideas from the least to the highest.

(A)Climax*

(B)Noun

(C)Synecdoche

(D)Speech

2)A situation where an object is equated with another object which is closely associated with it. It is
example of ______.

(A)Metonymy*

(B)Pronoun.

(C)Irony.

(D)Preposition.
3)_______is a figure of speech in which a comparison is made between persons or things usually by
means of “as” and “like”.

(A)Irony.

(B)Simile*

(C)Metaphor

(D)Paradox

4)”A child is the father of the child,” the expression is an example of_______.

(A)Simile*

(B)Irony.

(C)Metaphor.

(D)Paradox.

5)The following are the genres of literature, except_________.

(A)Prose, poetry and drama.

(B)Drama, Poetry and Prose.

(c)Prose, Tablet and Drama*

6) A short speech at the end of a play is the _______.

(A)epilogue*

(B)denouncement

(C) peroration

(D)conclusion

7)The theme is any work of art is the_______.

(A)concluding part.

(B)central thought*

(C)centre role.

(D)introduction part.

8)The main effect of comedy on an audience is______.

(A)anxiety

(B)sadness

(C)laughter*
9)A short and witty poem is known as______.

(A)a ballad.

(B)an epigram*

(C)an epic.

(D)a lyric.

10)A speech delivered by a character who is alone on the stage is _______.

(A)a soliloquy.*

(B)a chore.

(C)a dialogue.

(D)an aside.