Precious secondary school, aramoko ekiti


PRECIOUS SECONDARY SCHOOL, ARAMOKO – EKITI



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PROMOTION EXAMZ
PRECIOUS SECONDARY SCHOOL, ARAMOKO – EKITI.

PROMOTION EXAMINATION FOR 2016/2017 ACADEMIC SESSION

CLASS: JSS ONE SUBJECT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE TIME: 2HOURS

INSTRUCTION: Attempt all questions

SECTION A

Read the comprehension passage and use it to answer the questions beneath



The Dog

The dog is a domestic animal it is generally considered to be the first domesticated animals. It has been living with humans for more than 14,000 years.

The dog, like most animals, has four legs that it uses to run very useful to man. It guards the home and wards off thieves.This why many in Nigeria, for example, keep dogs. There are dogs that help hunters to hunt game, these are called sporting dogs. They are active strong and have a very high sense of smell

Question


  1. The summary of the passage is based on _______________ (a) uses of hunting (b) uses of sports (c) uses of dog

  2. The words “wards off thieves” means ____________ (a) play with thieves (b) dragthe thieves (c) drive away the thieves

  3. The word “it” as used in the passage refers to (a) hunter (b) dog (c) thieves

  4. The dogs that helps the hunter to hunt is called _____________ (a) spacing dog (b) sporting dog (c) running dog

  5. The dog having been living with humans for ______________ years (a) 15,000 (b) 14,000 (c) 11,000

SECTION B

From the word letter A-D, chooses the word that have same consonant sound from the words underlined



  1. nephew (a) psyschic (b) lease (c) fire (d) pew

  2. cough(a) strife (b) poison (c) vase (c) solve

  3. Philip (a) freeze (b) Stephen (c) of (d) Cover

  4. thirsty (a) tenth (b) Thames (c) Then (d) teethe

  5. seethe (a) thigh (b) them (c) sheath (d) path

  6. Thomas (a) ten (b) third (c) thanks (d) thatch

  7. Length(a) forth (b) tithe (c) thyme (d) lent

  8. Fortune (a) chalet (b) cherish (c) tune (d) June

Choose from the words letter A-C the words that has the same Antonyms in the following options

  1. Indoors (a) outdoors (b) inside (c) outside

  2. Cold (a) hot (b) warm (c) wet

  3. Forgettable (a) remembrance (b) forget (c) memorable

  4. Distant (a) closet (b) far (c) near

  5. Disorganised (a) destroy (b) organized (c) distract

  6. Distributing (a) question (b) disorganized (c) relaxing

  7. Comfort (a) stress (b) munching (c) fighting

SECTION C

  1. Write 5 examples each of words with the /e/ and /ᴣ:/ sound. Use each word, in sentence.

  2. Write an argument for or against, Doctors are better than farmers.

  3. (i) What is adverb? (ii) State and explain the function of adverb.



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