Week Eight - JSS1 English Language Past Questions and Answers - page 1
compréhension passage question and answer
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How many relatives did Aunt Jo have?
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Why did Aunt Jo put a fence around her house?
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The cats and dogs went into Aunt Jo's house to do what?
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Why didn't anybody think of doing anything for Aunt Jo?
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What two words would you use to describe the character of Aunt Jo?
Answers to the comprehension passage:
1. Aunt Jo did not have any relatives on earth that she could lay claim to.
2. Aunt Jo put a fence around her house to keep things in, not to shut anything out, as all the grownups in town were running in and out at all hours of the day and night.
3. The cats and dogs went into Aunt Jo's house to find water and food.
4. Nobody thought of doing anything for Aunt Jo because she was so busy doing things for others that perhaps they never found the chance.
5. Two words to describe the character of Aunt Jo would be "plump" and "dumpy."
Underline the verbs in the following sentences.
- I studied French when I was a child
- They never went to school, they always skipped class
- When I paid her one dollar, she answered my question.
1. I studied French when I was a child.
- "studied" (past tense of "study")
- "was" (past tense of "to be")
2. They never went to school, they always skipped class.
- "went" (past tense of "go")
- "skipped" (past tense of "skip")
3. When I paid her one dollar, she answered my question.
- "paid" (past tense of "pay")
- "answered" (past tense of "answer")
What is a diphthong?
A consonant sound
A vowel sound that glides from one position to another within the same syllable
A punctuation mark
A type of adjective
What is the diphthong /aʊ/ commonly found in?
Cat
Goat
Bird
Time
In the word "play," which vowel sound is a diphthong?
/p/
/l/
/a/
/eɪ/
Which diphthong starts with the sound of "aw" and glides to the sound of "ee"?
/aɪ/
/eɪ/
/ɔɪ/
/aʊ/
Which of the following words contains the diphthong /eɪ/?
Break
Bite
Bake
Boat
What is the diphthong /oʊ/ commonly found in?
Boat
Price
Play
Boy
In the word "play," which vowel sound is a diphthong?
/p/
/l/
/a/
/eɪ/
In the word "play," which vowel sound is a diphthong?
/p/
/l/
/a/
/eɪ/