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1ST TERM EXAMINATION QUESTIONS

TIME ALLOWED: 1HR 30MINUTES

CLASS:         GRADE 1                                         SUBJECT:    ENGLISH LANGUAGE 

Name: ___________________________________________________________

SECTION A: MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

Choose the appropriate option to answer the below questions correctly

Comprehension

A long time ago, there was a tortoise. He had a wife. One day, he went to visit his wife’s mother. She was cooking yam pottage. She put meat, fish and pepper in tortoise said “Ah

, ah, it will taste very good”. The old tortoise want to get something from her room. Tortoise looked round. He took his cap and put hot yam pottage in it.

            The tortoise put the cap on his head soon, he began to shout, “mother I have to go. My wife is waiting for me” tortoise was crying. The pottage was too hot, so, he took off his cap. All his hair was gone. It was inside the yam pottage in the cap. Mama tortoise said “where is the hair on your head?” Tortoise said, “I don’t know.

Question

  1. Where did tortoise go (a) visit his wife’s mother (b) His mother (c) his uncle
  2. What food was the person cooking __________ (a) beans (b) yam pottage (c) rice
  3. What did tortoise do with the food? _______________ (a) He put hot yam pottage in it (b) He ate yam pottage (c) he bought yam pottage
  4. What happened to tortoise? ____________________________ (a) all his hair fail off (b) he became a banker (c) he danced
  5. Did tortoise do something good (Yes or No)

Make sentences with each of the following words

  1. Food _____________________
  2. Slept _____________________
  3. School ______________________
  4. Book ____________________
  5. Bag ___________________

SECTION B: GRAMMAR

Underline A in each of the sentences

  1. This is a ball
  2. Chioma is a girl
  3. My father is a banker
  4. This is a book

Underline noun in the following sentences

  1. Chioma is a big girl
  2. The elephant is very fat
  3. Chizaram is very intelligent
  4. Our school starts by 7.00pm
  5. The man is very stingy

Complete the following

  1. This is my ruler, it is ___________ (a) mine (b) yours (c) ours
  2. Tola has a shop, it is _________________ (a) hers (b) yours (c) them
  3. This is your book, it is ___________ (a) yours (b) ours (c) mine
  4. This is our car, it is ______________ (a) yours (b) ours (c) mine
  5. This is my father’s house, it is __________ (a) hers (b) hers’ (c) him

SECTION C: COMPOSITION

  1. The name of your mother is _____________________
  2. She is a native of _________________________________________
  3. She is ___________________ in complexion (dark/ fair)
  4. She is a _________________ mother (a) good (b) bad
  5. She goes to __________________ every Sunday (a) church (b) market
  6. She bought ______________ for me (a) bag (b) tree
  7. I love her because she is God fearing _______________ (a) woman (b) school (c) bus