DEEPER LIFE HIGH SCHOOL

THIRD TERM EXAMINATION 2020/2021.

SUBJECT: ENGLISH STUDIES CLASS: JS1 (BASIC 7) TIME: 1 ½ HOURS

SECTION A (OBJECTIVE)

Instruction: Answer all Questions in Section A.

COMPREHENSION
When I was a child of seven years old, my uncle filled my pocket with coppers. I went directly to a shop
where they sold toys for children; and being attracted by the sound of a whistle that I saw in the handsof
another boy, I gave all my money for one.

When I came home blowing the whistle all over the place, much pleased with myself, my brothers and
sisters and cousins were surprised to hear that I had paid so much for the whistle. They told me that I had
given four times as much for it as it was worth, and that there were other things I could have bought with the
rest of the money. They also laughed at me for my foolishness so much so that I cried in anger, and when I
thought over my mistake it made me sadder than the whistle gave me pleasure.

However, I have never forgotten the lesson. So often when I am tempted to buy some unnecessary thing, I
say to myself: “Do not give too much for the whistle” and I would save my money.

1. Why did the writer buy a whistle? A. He had always wanted a whistle. B. The nearest shop sold only
whistle. C. His money was just enough for a whistle. D. He liked the sound of a whistle he had seen with
another boy.

2. Why were the brothers not very pleased about the whistle? A. They did not like whistle. B. The writer had
paid too much for it. C.They felt that it was foolish for seven years old boy to buy a whistle. D. They were
jealous that they were not given money to buy theirs.

3. What lesson did the writer learn from this experience? A. Never to pay too much for a whistle B. Never to
buy another whistle C. Always to ask his elder brothers before buying anything D. To carefully avoid
buying anything that is not very necessary.

4. In the passage ‘coppers’ means A. a piece of metal B. five coins C.five shillings D. twenty shillings

5. Why did he cry? A. He has lost all his money B. His brothers, sisters and cousins laughed at him C. He
was only a little boy D. His brothers took the whistle away from him.

6. There isn’t _____ dirt on the paper. A. many B. much C. some D. a

7. There aren’t _____ books on the table. A. any B. many C. lots D. much

8. There were big tropical trees on _____ sides of the river. A. such B. all C. either D. both

9. My friend asked me to drink _____ water.A few B. a little C. few D. many

10. All are examples of pronoun except _____. A. lion B. he C. she D. me

11. “John is running”. The underlined word is a/an _____. A. pronoun B. noun C. verb D. adverb
12. “He” is a _____ part of speech? A. pronoun B. noun C. verb D. adverb

13. All are examples of compound words except_____.A. textbook B. next week C. word D. headboy

14. I don’t know _____ house we are going.A. their B. who C. which D. them

15. A bird flaps _____wings when it flies.A. its B. it’s C. he’s D. their

16. The nurse put _____salt in the mouth of the baby.A. few B. some C. a D. an

17. A collection of poems is called_____. A. anthropology B.technologyC. anthology D. archaeology

18. _____is when the subject performs the action described by the verb.

A. Passive voice B. Adverb voice C. Active voice D. Doing voice

19. ‘The floor was swept by Mustapha.’ This sentence is an example of _____.

A. sweep voice B. passive voice C. Mustapha voice D. active voice

20. I have _____ the tree down. A. cuts B. cut C. cutting D.cutted

21. The ball was kicked ____ me. A. with B.in C. by D. on

22. We _____reading our books at that time. A. are B. was C. were D. will

23. She was taken home because she was sick. The underlined word is an adverb of ______ A. time B.
place C. reason D. manner

24. Give me two ______ cake, please. A. piece B. pieces C. slices D. pieces of

25. The two kidnappers blamed _____ for their action. A. each other B. one another C. themselves D.
ourselves

26. They have to _____ punished for coming late to school. A. beenB. beC. being D. could
27. He plays the piano ____ than his brother. A. very good B. better C. the best D. very well

28. The boy, with his parents _____ in a storey building. A. are living B. live C. have lived D. lives

29. The man did not give you the money, did he? A. No, he didn’t B. No, he did C. Yes, he did D. Yes, he
was

30. The statement, ‘‘The boy was beaten by the teacher”, re-written in the active form becomes _____.
A. The boy is being beaten. B. The teacher beat the boy. C. The boy has been beaten by the teacher.
D. The teacher has beaten the boy.

31. Abuja Campus gave Pastor Kumuyi _____ carpet treatment during the ‘‘Achievers’ Summit’’.
A. blue B. brown C. red D. pink

32. My elder sister organized a dinner to formally introduce her _____ to our family.
A. fiancé B. husband C. fiancée D. man

33. A place that belongs to an organization for transaction of business is called _____.
A. workshop B. room C. office D. laboratory.
34. A small piece of paper that authorizes the movement of mail is _____.
A. postage stamp B. office stamp C. wrapping paper D. receipt
35. It was a young lady who presented the visiting minister with a _____ of flowers.
A. pack B. bouquet C. bundle D.group
From the words lettered A-D, choose the one that best fills each of the spaces numbered 36 to 40.
Wherever we go we must have ___36___, for without it we cannot live. We need it at night when we are
___37___ as well as in the daytime. Men who go to the moon and deep-sea ___38___ have to take air with
them in special containers. Air has more than one kind of gas in it. The gas which is important to us is called
___39___. When we ___40___, we take some of the oxygen into our bodies. The oxygen meets our blood in
our lungs. Our blood then carries the oxygen all over our bodies.
A B C D
36. dust air water food
37. bathing eating asleep dreaming
38. divers drivers sleepers pilots
39. nitrogen oxygen hydrogen iodine
40. breathe gasp breath sneeze

41. ‘‘He is a giant among men’’. This is an example of _____.

A. simile B. metaphor C. hyperbole D. irony

42. ‘‘Whenever I am thirsty, I can drink a drum of water’’ is an example of

A. personification B. metaphor C. hyperbole D. irony

43. The trees in our school always complain whenever there is wind.
A. personification B. metaphor C. hyperbole D. irony

44. A poet persona is an unseen narrator in _____. A. dramaB. prose C. poetry D. literature

45. ‘Daniel’ in Chinelo Ifezulike’s‘Costly Mistake’ ended up becoming a _____. A. doctor B. bus
conductor C. pharmacist D. businessman

46. In ‘Vengeance of the Spirit’ by Maxwell Onyekachi, _____ gets married to Ngozi. A. Okoro B. Okpoko
C. Obiekwe D. Uzo Mike

47. In ‘The Rejected Child’ by Tina Bogwu, we can see that _____ repented of his waywardness. A. Ayo B.
Kola C. Kilani D. Joseph

48. ‘‘Night is not like the daytime’’ as repeatedly used in ‘Nightfall’ by Oiwoma Andrew is an example of
_____. A. metaphor B. simile C. personification D. oxymoron

49. ‘Clawed my way’, ‘waddled my way’ and ‘crawled my way’ are all examples of _____ in Folorunsho
Moshood’s ‘‘Let my Mother Sing’’. A. metaphor B. paradox C. personification D. simile

50. In the poem “Racism” by E. E Sanyaolu, “Racism” is one of the following _____.A. manageable and
permissive B. destructive and divisive C. offensive and destructiveD. repulsive and offensive
Choose the correct option that contains the given phonetic symbol in questions 51 – 60.

51. /ә/ A. above B. gist C. kettle D. learn

52./ei/ A. play B. them C. area D. height

53. /iə/ A. bare B. hear C. care D. fare

54. /a:/ A. plait B. mat C. cat D. palm

55. /ʌ/ A. sort B. cot C. pot D. sun

56./m/ A.commission B. given C.need D. think

57. ./r/ A. road B. bark C. certificate D. essay

58. /h/ A. honour B. house C. hour D. exhume

59. /w/ A. fowl B. once C. stow D. vowel

60. /j/ A. yes B. jug C. sweet D. jail

SECTION B: ESSAY

Section 1
Instruction: Write a composition of not less than 150 words on either question 1a or 1b.
1a. Write an essay on the topic: “My Best Friend”.

OR

1b. Write a letter to your friend who is seeking admission into secondary school, telling him about your
school and encouraging him to seek admission into your school.

Section 2
Instruction: Answer two (2) questions in this section, question number 2 is compulsory.

2a. State five (5) types of pronouns with two examples each.

b. Change the following sentences from active into passive.

i. Bola cooked the food.

ii. We ate some mangoes.
iii. The driver drove the car carelessly.
iv. I was writing my note.
v. Samson killed a lion.

3. List and explain five (5) parts of speech with appropriate examples.

4a. Define the following terms: (i) drama (ii) prose (iii) poetry

b. Give four (4) sentences in future tense.

 DEEPER LIFE HIGH SCHOOL
MARK GUIDE FOR THIRD TERM EXAMINATION 2020/ 2021 SESSION
SUBJECT: ENGLISH STUDIES CLASS: J S 1

SECTION A (OBJECTIVE)
MARKS GUIDE

1.D 2.B 3.D 4.C 5.B 6.B 7.B 8.D 9.B 10.A

11.B 12.A 13.C 14.C 15.A 16.B 17.C 18.C 19.B 20.B

21.C 22.C 23.C 24.D 25.A 26.B 27.B 28.D 29.A 30.B

31.C 32.A 33.C 34.A 35.B 36.B 37.C 38.A 39.B 40.A

41.B 42.B 43.A 44.C 45.B 46.C 47.A 48.B 49.A 50.B

51.A 52.A 53.B 54.D 55.D 56.A 57.A 58.B 59 B 60.A

SECTION B

Section 1
Instruction: Write a composition of not less than 150 words on either question 1a or 1b.
1a. Write an essay on the topic: “My Best Friend”.(10 Marks)

OR

1b. Write a letter to your friend who is seeking admission into secondary school, telling him about your
school and encouraging him to seek admission into your school. (10 Marks)

Use the criteria to mark 1a or 1b.

CONTENT= 2
ORGANISATIO= 2
EXPRESSION= 4
MECHANICAL ACCURACY= 2
Total= 10

Section 2
Instruction: Answer two (2) questions in this section, question number 2 is compulsory.

2. a. State five (5) types of pronouns with two examples each. (5 Marks)

Any five of the types below for 1 mark each (1 x 5 = 5 Marks).

i. Personal pronoun (I, we, they, she, he, me, us, them, her, him, it, you)
ii. Possessive pronoun (mine, his, hers, my, her, our, ours, etc.)
iii. Reflexive pronoun (myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, etc.)
iv. Demonstrative pronoun (This, these, that, those)
v. Interrogative pronoun (what, whom, whom, which, whose, etc.)
vi. Indefinite pronoun (all, anybody, anything, every one, everybody, more, some, etc.)
vii. Relative pronoun (who, whose, whom, which, that etc.)

b. Change the following sentences from active into passive. (5 Marks)

1 mark each (1 x 5 = 5 Marks).

i. Bola cooked the food. (The food was cooked by Bola.)

ii. We ate some mangoes. (Some mangoes were eaten by us.)
iii. The driver drove the car carelessly. (The car was driven carelessly by the driver.)
iv. I was writing my note.(My note was being written by me.)
v. Samson killed a lion. (A lion was killed by Samson)

3. List and explain five (5) parts of speech with appropriate examples. (10 Marks)

2 marks each (2 x 5 = 10 marks).

1. Noun

A noun can be defined as a name of person, place, animal, and idea. A noun is one the most important
class of words when one communicates with language. This is because it is the class of words that
names something. The word ‘noun’ is derived from the Latin word called “nomen” meaning name.
E.g. chair, honesty, courage, happiness etc. It can also be defined as a naming word.

2. Verb

A verb is an action word. For example: sing, eat, jump, sleep, read, make etc. A verb expresses an
action or a state of its subject; it says what people do or act. Verbs are the most important words in a
sentence. The predicate of a sentence must contain a verb. It acts as the predicator in the sentence.
Verb comes from the Latin word ‘verbum’ which means action word.

3. Pronoun

A preposition is a word placed before a noun or pronoun to show its relation to some other words in
the sentence. E. g. Above, about, across, after, against, off, towards, along, among, between, on,
under, round, with, over, outside, besides, despite, beneath, by, for, to, of etc.

4. Adverb

Adverbs are the words that tell us more about verbs. It modifies the meaning of a verb, an adjective
or another adverb. There are various types of adverbs. Various types of adverbs have different types
of examples.

5. Adjective

An adjective is a word that modifies a noun, giving more information about the noun for clarity. It
describes or expresses quality, quantity or number of a noun. E. g. fine, good, bad, poor, heavy, two,
etc. An adjective can easily be located within the sentence. There are two ways of using the adjective.
6. Conjunction

Conjunctions are words that join words, phrases or sentences together. Conjunction comes from a
Latin word meaning joined. E.g. and, but, or, unless, because, until, although etc.

4a. Define the following terms: (i) drama (ii) prose (iii) poetry (6 Marks)

2 marks each (2 x 3 = 6 Marks).

Drama

Drama is a play written for actors and actresses to perform on stage before an audience, on radio or
television. It is basically a performing art and therefore depends on action for its effectiveness. It
involves the originating of forms which relates to action, language, characters of a story and a play.
Drama is that arm of literature that is divided into acts and scenes. Someone who writes a play or
drama text is a playwright.

Prose

The prose form of literature is a story in written language. Unlike poetry that is written in lines and
stanzas, prose is written in sentences and paragraphs. Prose is a piece of writing written in the
ordinary language people use in speaking or writing.

Poetry

A poem is a piece of creative writing that is usually written in verse while poetry is collection of
poems. A collection of poems is also called anthology. Types of poetry include: epic, ballad, dirge, ode,
sonnet, lyric, elegy, etc.

b. Give four (4) sentences in future tense. (4 Marks)

1 mark each (1 x 4 = 4 marks).

i. I shall travel next week.

ii. We shall meet next year.
iii. He will do it again.
iv. They will pay your money.
v. She will bring it for us.

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