Structure, vocabulary Building, Comprehension - SS2 English Past Questions and Answers - page 1
Give two reasons for the influence which parents have on their children.
i) Parents are mostly the earliest human beings the child comes into contact with.
ii) Parents have much longer contact with children than other agents of socialization.
How does the child demonstrate the influence which his model has on him?
His behaviour tends to be similar to that of his model.
How do children see their models?
They see them as objects of power greatness and admiration.
Mention two factors which influence a child to take up aspects of his model’s behaviour
i) The child must identify with or love his model
ii) The child must believe that he is capable of imitating his model
Although the child’s parents are his earliest and most important models….
i) What is the grammatical name for this expression as used in the passage?
ii) What is its grammatical function?
i) Adverbial clause of concessio
ii) It is modifying the verb phrase, “exposed”.
……. a chip off the old block……
What does this expression mean?
The child has close similarity to the parent
List two “other social agents” which, according to the passage, which influence the child.
i) siblings ii) television (others are: school, celebrities)
For each of the following words, give another word or phrase which means the same and can replace it in the passage:
i) survival ii) prime iii) confirm
iv) potent v) idols vi) attributes
i) survival – life
ii) prime – all-important
iii) confirm- emphasize/prove/underline
iv) potent –powerful/strong
v) idols –role models
vi) attributes – characteristics/features
The clearing of forests for human use is a major cause of what?
Deforestation
Biodiversity
Climate change
Pollution
From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
It is always ________ that gets the blame
Me
I
Myself
Mine