JSS 3 ENGLISH LANGUAGE FIRST TERM SECOND CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT TEST

TIME: 30 minutes

INSTRUCTION: Answer all questions in Sections A and B.

SECTION A: OBJECTIVE TEST

NO. OF QUESTIONS: 20

SPECIFIC INSTRUCTION: Complete each of the following questions with the most appropriate of the options lettered A—D.

1. The word Africa will take the ______ to form a new word.  (a) –ed (b) -ish (c) –n (d) –s
2. The sentence “we travelled to Kano last week“ re-written in indirect speech form becomes_____.  (a) they travelled to Kano last week (b) they travelled to Kano the following week (c) they have travelled to Kano the previous week (d) we travelled to Kano the previous week.
3. John is good _____ mathematics. (a) on (b)at (c) in (d) with
4. The customer left the store without buying anything ___ the price of the good was too expensive. (a) as (b) provided (c)  if (d) so
5. They did the work ____.  (a) ourselves (b) ourself (c) yourself (d) themselves
6. He arrived at the assembly ground _______ they began to sing the National Anthem.  (a) as soon as  (b) despite (c) nevertheless (d) notwithstanding
7. The public became aware of the item because of its ________ in the newspaper.  (a) campaign  (b) propaganda (c) advertisement (d) exhibition.