ENGLISH STUDIES

SECTION A – Comprehension Passage. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions
below:

My name is Jire, l live with my parents and two brothers in Abuja. l am in primary five and my
brothers, Mayowa is in primary 3, My baby brother, Bode is only five months old. He stays at
home with mother.

l go to a girl’s boarding school in Abuja. So, l see my family only on weekends and during school
holidays. l share a dormitory with four other girls. We are all good friends and so l always have
someone to talk to. l never feel lonely when l am away from my friend. l love my school.

My teacher is Mrs. Paul. She is young and pretty but she is very strict. We cannot misbehave in
her class and we always do our homework. It is good that she is strict, because we all pay
attention in class and do well in our exams.

QUESTIONS

a. Where do Jire’s parents live?

b. What are her brother’s names?

c. When does Jire see her family?

d. Where does Jire sleep during the week?

e. Do you think a strict teacher can be kind ? Why?

SECTION B GRAMMAR – Fill in the gaps with the correct answer.

1. Hare ran __________ while tortoise went __________.

[a] quickly & slowly [b] good & bad [c] sit & run [d] swiftly & zigzag

2. The girl __________ won the race, was excited.

[a] who [b] which [c] that [d] whom

3. The girl __________ when she saw the blood.

[a] faint [b] help [c] fainted [d] fainting

4. She was __________ when the phone started ringing.

[a] sleep [b] sleeping [c] slept [d] sleeps

5. My brother slept early __________ he could get up early.

[a] so that [b] because[c] and [d] when

6. They stayed here overnight __________ it was too late to go home.

[a] so [b] since [c] unless [d] but

7. She could read, couldn’t she?

[a] Yes, she can [b] Yes, she could [c] No, she cannot [d] No, she can’t
Use the words in the boxes to complete the sentences: who, which, when, where, that.

a. The man __________ lives in the blue house old.

b. The cat __________ had eight kittens, belongs to my sister.

c. We will find new homes for the kittens __________ they are six-week-old.

d. The dog __________ barks a lot chased the cat up the tree.

2. Underline the verb phrases below:

a. Flora bought cakes on the way to school.

b. The small baby drank from a bottle.

c. The cakes were in a brown packet.

d. My friend, Rasta, sings when he is happy.

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the correct word from the brackets:

a. l was standing __________ the road to __________ tomatoes (buy, by).

b. The woman and his __________ worked under the __________ (sun, son).

c. The man __________ his motorcycle on the __________ (rode, road).

SECTION D – CREATIVE WRITING, choose one out of these three texts. 10marks

1. Create a poem about your favourite animal.

VERBAL REASONING

Insert the correct words to complete each of the following relationships – foot, nest,
medicine, leg, eye

1. Snail is to shell as bird is to __________.

2. Elbow is to arm as kneel is to __________.

3. Finger is to law as doctor is to __________.

4. Lawyer is to as doctor is to __________.

5. __________ is to see as tongue is to taste.

Read the following sentences carefully and decide which should come first, second and third
circle the correct option:

6. John was caught in the act ( __________ ).

John stole ( __________ ).

7. She could not walk ( __________ ).

l went to see her ( __________ ).

Ada was so ill ( __________ ).

8. The police came to arrest them ( __________ ).

Some thieves came to our house ( __________ ).

They stole some money ( __________ ).

9. We became very weak ( __________ )

We worked hard yesterday ( __________ )

We went for a rest ( __________ ).

Study the way the letters below are arranged and answer the question:

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

10. lf GRNPURE stands for TEACHER, then AHEFR stands for __________.

11. lf TERNG stands for GREAT, then DHRRA stands for __________.

12. If WRUBTNU stands for JEHOVAH, then BCCBFR stands for __________.

13. If PERNZ stands for CREAM, then ERRY stands for __________.

14. If FPUBBY stands for SCHOOL , then ZNEXRG for __________.

Fill in the gaps by correct words which are formed by re- arranging the letters of the
underlined words in the sentences below:

15. The doors of the huts have been __________.

16. A dog was used as a sacrificed for the __________.

17. We drew a rat in the __________ room.

18. We ate bread and __________ for breakfast.

Form one anagram from each of these words:

19. Now ____________________

20. Tones ____________________

21. Mate ____________________

23. Range ____________________

Complete each of the following sentences with proper word chosen from the brackets:

24. Olu needs some __________ to bake bread.

[a] flower [b] flour [c] floor [d] cake

25. I __________ my teacher everyday.

[a] sea [b] see [c] saw [d] sees

26. My __________ is married to a lawyer.

[a] ant [b] aunt [c] aunty [d] auntie

27. The pig has a __________.

[a] tail [b] take [c] tell [d] tale

28. We worked very hard and became.

[a] week [b] weak [c] waist [d] waek

Study the word pattern carefully in each of the following and underline the odd one:

29. (see, sea) (for, four) (nor, snore)

30. (bail, bale) (hail , hale) (won, write)

31. (ream, read ) (meet, meat ) (rode, road)

32. (won, one) ( bat, bait) (steal, steel)

Choose the one word that cannot be formed by the combination of some or all the letter of
the words printed in capital letters:

33. BOARDING:

[a] road [b] boring [c] boat [d] drink

34. ENTERTAINMENT:

[a] entrance [b] mint [c] entry [d] enter

35. DICTIONARY:

[a] city [b] year [c] action [d] tin

From the option letter A – C ,choose a word that sound almost as the one written in capital
letter:

36. TALE:

[a] tall [b] till [c] tell [d] tame

37. SOW:
[a] sir [b] so [c] saw [d] own

38. PULL:

[a] put [b] pool [c] book [d] plume

Complete these sentences with suitable word chosen from the alternatives:

39. Water is to thirst as food is to __________.

[a] hunger [b] flour [c] buy [d] hanger

40. Cock is to hen as lion is to __________.

[a] goat [b] elephant [c] lioness [d] cub