English Mock Exam Questions For JSS3
English Mock Exam Questions For JSS3
FOR SS3
20 minutes read
TIME: 1 ½ HRS
SECTION A: ESSAY
ESSAY PAPER 1
Answer one question from this session. You are advised to spend 50
minutes
The state of facilities and equipment in your school has gone very bad
and it has adversely affected learning .As senior prefect ,write a letter to
the chairman of the Old Student Association of your school explaining
the condition of things to him and how it has affected academics and co-
corricular activities .Also ,request that the old student come to your
assistance.
4.You are a speaker in a debate on the topic ;The adults are to blame for
the indecent behaviour of the youths. Write your contribution for or
against the proposition.
5.Write a story that ends with ,So you see it does not pay to be
dishonest.
SUMMARY
Answer All the questions in this section. You are advised to spend about
50 minutes on this section.
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions on it.
Parents too are to blame. Many parents fail to cater for the
needs of their children. Many of them do not provide textbooks and
other educational materials for their wards. Their priority is not the
education of their children. Whilst many of them can, and do spend
colossal amounts of money on frivolities e.g burying their dead relations
or ‘turning the side’ of their long forgotten dead parents, they fail to
provide essential educational materials for their wards. One wonders
how a child can perform well without good textbooks and instructional
materials.
In six sentences, one for each, state the factors responsible for the high
rate of failure of students in public examinations according to the writer.
SECTION B: COMPREHENSION
Answer all the questions in this section. You are advised to spend about
50 minutes on this section.
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions on it.
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QUESTIONS
(A) Into how many classes, according to the writer, is society divided
and how do you identify each class?
(B) What are the characteristics of the lower class which the writer
mentions first?
(C) What are the natural consequences of the way of living of the
upper class?
(D) Into what type of life has the person being addressed in passage
been born and what type of life is the writer recommending to him?
(E) Why did the writer say that he would have nothing to answer
for?
(G) ‘… that the calamities of life were shared among the upper and
lower parts of mankind …’
(H) For each of the following words, find another word or phrase
which means the same and can replace it as it is used in the passage.
(i) calamities
(ii) necessaries
(iii) consequences
(iv) calculated
(v) affectionate
(vi) discharged
MOCK EXAMINATION
TIME: 1HR
SECTION 1
SECTION 2
14. Many people are now going against ___________ punishment for
criminal offences.
16. The members of staff pledge their ____________ loyalty to the new
principal.
A. United B. Divided C. Unalloyed D. Enormous
SECTION 3
20. Those who are born with silver spoons in their mouths do not
run into any financial problems. This means that those
A. Who have silver spoons in their mouths at birth do not run into
financial problems
B. Who brought silver spoon from heaven do not run into financial
problems
C. Who are born into affluence do not run into financial problems
D. Who are born with a set of silver teeth in their mouths do not
run into financial problems.
21. The man gave his son a free hand to run his business. This
means the man
A. Assisted the boy freely.
22. Just as she was at the brink of taking the crucial decision she
developed cold feet. This means that
D. Distinguished himself.
23. The General Manager of the company started on the wrong foot
by listening to sycophants. This means the General Manager
24. She’d been wanting to see him for ages. This means that she
had been wanting to see him
25. They decided to call it a day. This means they decided that
A. They had done enough work for the time being B.It was a
special day C. The best name for it was ‘day’ D. It was evening
26. The garrulous lady can talk the hind leg off a donkey. This
means that she
27. The lady supported her husband through thick and thin. This
means that the lady supported her husband
A. When he was well and when he was ill B. In both good and bad
circumstances C. Whether he was behaving badly or well D. When he
was fat and when he lost weight
28. The tragedy that befell her put paid to all her plans. This means
that the tragedy that befell her
SECTION 4
33. The crowd, being intimidated by the soldiers, stood silent and
afraid.
36. I don’t think that anything he does will affect the result.
SECTION 5
43. I am not going to the stadium with you as I ___________ that team
play before.
44. I won’t be able to come to the party as the day’s work has tired
me _________________.
47. Ada had only ______________ time to spend with her family before
the plane took off.
B. Small
51. The two brothers fell out and refused to live ____________ the
same roof.
52. The teacher asked, ‘_____________ will have the courage to try and
lift that heavy log?’
59. ______________, you should put in some effort to show that you
are interested.
61. Our plans for the trip fell ______________ because we had no
money.
65. In this letter there __________________ good news about your elder
brother.
70. It is often said that attack is the best means of _______ (a) defence
(b) fighting (c) war (d) displomacy
SECTION 6
Passage
A B C D
MOCK EXAMINATION
TIME: 1HR
TEST OF ORAL
(OBJECTIVE)
From the words lettered A to D, Choose the word that has the same
vowel sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined. An
example is given below:
The correct answer is D because only key contains the same vowel
sound as the one underlined in seat. Therefore, answer space D would
be shaded
SECTION
B
From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same
consonant sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined. An
example is given below.
The correct answer is B because only dress has the same consonant
sound as the one underlined in vice. Therefore answer space B would be
shaded.
From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that rhymes with the
given word. An example is given below.
SECTION D
From the words lettered A to D, choose the one that has the correct
stress. An example is given below.
Example: democratic
SECTION 5
In the following options lettered A to D, all the words except one have
the same stress pattern. Identify the one with the different stress
pattern and shade your answer in the usual way. An example is given
below.
Options A,B, C, are all stressed on the second syllable while the option
D is the only one stressed on the first syllable. So D is the correct
answer. Therefore, answer space D would be shaded.
SECTION 6
In each of the following sentences, the word that receives the emphatic
stress is written in capital letters. From the questions lettered A-D.
Choose the one to which the given sentence is the appropriate answer.
An example is given below