Midterm Questions

1. Identify the verb in the sentence: "The dog runs quickly.
2. Which type of sentence is this: "What is your name?" A) Declarative B) Interrogative C) Imperative D) Exclamatory
3. Change the verb "go" to the present tense: "I ______ to school every day." A) Go B) Goes C) Going D) Went
4. Which adjective describes the noun "book" in the sentence: "The big book is on the table." A) Big B) Happy C) Old D) New
5. Identify the adverb in the sentence: "She sings beautifully." A) She B) Sings C) Beautifully D) Song
6. Change the verb "eat" to the past tense: "I ______ breakfast yesterday.
7. Which type of noun is "city" in the sentence: "The city is big." A) Proper Noun B) Common Noun C) Concrete Noun D) Abstract Noun
8. Identify the verb in the sentence: "The teacher is writing on the board.
9. Change the sentence to the past tense: "I play football every day.
10. Which adjective describes the noun "weather" in the sentence: "The weather is hot today." A) Hot B) Cold C) Happy D) Big

BASIC 2 ENGLISH EXAM

SECTION A – COMPREHENSION (10 marks)

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

Passage:

My name is Ada. I live in Lagos with my parents and younger brother, Tunde. Every morning, I wake up early and brush my teeth. Then, I go to school. I like my school because I have many friends and my teachers are kind. After school, I do my homework and help my mother in the kitchen. On weekends, we go to the park to play football and eat ice cream.

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1. What is the name of the girl in the story? 

2. Who lives with Ada? 

3. Where does Ada go on weekends? 

4. Where does Ada goes on weekends?

5. Why does Ada like her school?

SECTION B – GRAMMAR 

 IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF SENTENCES (Statement, Question, Exclamation, Command) 3mks.

6. Where is my book?  ( Question)

7. I love reading.  (Statement)

8. Stop running in the hall!  ( Command).

 FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH PRESENT, PAST AND FUTURE TENSE.(3mks)

9. I _______ (eat) rice every day.      Present 

10. She _______ (play) football yesterday.     Past

11. We _______ (go) to school tomorrow.   Future.

 CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD ( 4mks)

12. She sings (beautiful/beautifully).

13. He is a (good /well) boy.

14. The cake is (sweet /sweetly).

15. They ran (quick / quickly) to school.

 FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE CORRECT PRONOUNS (. 5mks).

16. Mary is my friend. I like _______.

17. The cat is black. _______ is very playful.

18. The boys are happy. _______ are playing football.

19. I have a bag. _______ is new.

20. My father is kind. _______ helps me with homework.

 WRITE THE SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS OF THERE WORDS. (6mks)

Synonyms:

21. Happy → _______

22. Big → _______

Antonyms:

23. Hot → _______

24. Fast → _______

25. Young → _______

SECTION C – PHONICS

 Fill in the blanks (5mks)

26. _ _ ap (cl, cr)

27. _ _ rip (dr, di)

28. _ _ raft (c, cr)

29. _ _ ing (sti, st)

30. _ _ ump (tu, tr)

FIND THE RHYMING WORDS ( 5 marks).

31. Feet

32. Fate

33. Dig

34. Book

35. Cow

SECTION D – VERBAL REASONING.

MAKE NEW WORDS BY USING SOME OF THE LETTERS OF THESE WORDS. (4 mrks) 

36. Mary

37. Sown

38. Meat

39. Snail.

CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD TO COMPLETE THESE SENTENCES.(6 mks)

40. He (is / are) my brother.

41. They (was / were) happy yesterday.

42. I (am / are) reading a book.

43. She (play / plays) football well.

44. We (go / goes) to the market on Sundays

45. HE (like / likes) to answer question.

SECTION E – COMPOSITION (10 mks).

Write a short composition about “My School”.