ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAPER II ( 50 Marks)

SECTION A GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY

In the sentences below, mark an × on the letter in the answer column that corresponds to the
answer that best fills the blank . Each answer carries 1 mark

1. My parent’s wedding anniversary is __________________________ 10 th of August. A- at, B-

in , C- on , D- wittin ABCD

2. How much does this __________________________ of bananas cast? A) bundle, B) kilo, C)

litre , D) bunch ABCD

3. You are not _______________________ to walk out of class. A) allowed , B) allow , C) aloud,
D) loud. ABCD

4. The key _____________________ our house is missing. A) for. B) on C) to D)

in ABCD

5. You were late for classes this morning ___________________________ ? A) were you, B)
not so , C) wasn’t you, D) weren’t you. ABCD

6. The letter you sent ______________________ teach me . A) never B) did not. C) does.
D) doesn’t. ABCD

7. An owl is frightful _________________ A) bread. B) bed. C) bird. D) birth.

ABCD

8. Augusta bought a new _________________ of shoes for the occasion. A) pear. B) peer
C) pair. D) pare ABCD

9. Manyi told us she ___________________ hospitalised for one week now. A) is being.
B) has been. C) has been. D) none of these. ABCD

10. We were given ______________________ days to prepare for the competition. A) much.
B) a few C) flew. D) a flew ABCD

11. She is the ______________________ of the triplets. A) beautiful. B) better. C) most

beautiful D) more beautiful ABCD

12. You are going to miss the flight ______________________ you don’t hurry . A) if B)
unless. C) so D) why ABCD

13. The dog ______________________ bit her is rabbis free. A) that. B) who. C) whose.
D) whom. ABCD

14. All but one of them _______________ well behaved. A) are. B) has. C) were. D) is.
ABCD

15. James _________________ John was responsible for the fire out break. A) nor. B) but.
C) if. D) nor ABCD
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A word changes its meaning when either a prefix or suffix is added to it . Complete the table
below by either adding a suffix or prefix to the words provided.

Prefix suffix

16. Taste. _______________

17. ______________. Between

18. ______________. Obey

19. Interest. __________________

20. Man. ___________________

SECTION B : VOCABULARY ( 10 Marks)

Below are of words. Three of the four words in each set belong to the same family. Neatly circle the
odd word in the set

21 That Those These Who

22 Spoon Desk Table Cupboard
23 Douala Yaoundé Buea Cameroon
24 Can Was Were Is
25 Fear Fright Frightful Confident

From questions 26 to 30 mark an X on the letter of the word that corresponds to the answer that
best fills the blanks

26. King is to queen as groom is to ___________________ A) Princess. B) bride. C) bride groom.

D) prince ABCD

27. My father, the _____________________ is sick A) duchess B) duke. C) bride. D)

princess. ABCD

28. Aunt is to uncle as baronnes is to ____________________ A) baron. B) count C) king D)

queen. ABCD

29. He fought as hard as a _____________________ A) cow. B) lion. C) eagle. D) drake

ABCD

30. She is indeed a ___________________ A) hero. B) heroine. C) man. D) prince A

BCD
SECTION C Reading comprehension ( 20 Marks)

Carefully read through this passage and answer neatly the questions that follows

There are many religions in our communities . Some of them are Christianity and islam. Christianity is
a religion practised by Christians. These are peoples who follow Christ , believe in God and read the
bible while islam is practised by followers of Mohammad called Muslims.

Christians believe in God and have two main religious celebration , Christmas and Easter .
Christmas is celebrated on the 25 th of December by most Christians throughout the world. It is a
day that they believe their lord and saviour JESUS CHRIST was born to free them from sin and
suffering. Easter celebration comes after JESUS death on the cross as a sign of victory over sin and
death . He was crucified , died and resurrected on Easter Sunday. Like Christmas , it is observed by
Christians.

Muslims believe in Allah. They go to the mosque to pray and read the Koran , they pray at least
five times a day . Like Christians, they too have two major feast nomely: the feast at the end of the
fasting period and that of the sacrifices . Every Muslim is expected to feast during the period of
fasting except people on treatment, little children and pregnant women or breast feeding mothers .
It is obligatory for Muslims who can offer a ram to do so during the feast of the sacrifice , most of
which is shared to the poor and visitors. In the mosque, rams are sacrificed by the imams.

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

1. The passage is talking about kinds of religions

A. How many kinds of religions are mentioned? _______________________________ ( 2

marks)

B. Name them _____________________________________________________________

2. Most Christians have two celebritions observed throughout the world ( 2 marks)

Name them _______________________________

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3. Christians go to church to pray , where do Muslims go to ? ___________________ , they

believe or pray to their god called ____________________ ( 2 marks)

4. Bible is to Christians as _______________________ is to Muslim . ( 2 marks)

5. Muslims have two feast. Name them _____________________________

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6. How many time do Muslims pray a day? _____________________ the

___________________ sacrifice rams in the mosque. ( 2 marks)

7. What is Christianity? ( 2 marks)

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9. What is islam ? ( 2 marks )

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAPER I

SECTION A : dictation ( 15 marks)

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SECTION B : Guided writing ( 10 Marks)

Re- arrange these sentences to fom a smooth story

1. He wakes up every morning at 5.30 a m

2. Derick is a hard working and intelligent boy

3. He put on his uniform, takes his breakfast and goes to school

4. He greets his parents

5. He goes to the bathroom, brushes his teeth and takes his bath
6. At school , he attends all his lessons

7. He does his homework and revises his lessons.

8. After school, he come back home, eats his lunch and helps his mother clean the dishes

9. He brushes his teeth and goes to bed at 9: 00 pm

10. He wishes his parents “ good night”

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SECTION C : Hand writing ( 10 Marks)

Copy this passage using the upright joint script pattern

Work while you work and play while you play . To be useful and happy things done
haphazardly are never done well

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SECTION D: Composition writing ( 15 MARKS)

Write a composition of about 150 words on any of the following topics , your facts should be
presented orderly. You may use the following guidelines if you wish

LOVE FOR MY COUNTRY WHAT I WILL LIKE TO BE IN FUTURE

 What does it mean to love your  What is an occupation
country?  State your occupation
 Things to do in order to show love  What make you like the occupation?
for your country  What you need to do to become
 Importance of loving your country  You likes and dislikes about your
 Advice to your classmate on how to occupation
love your country

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