JSCE English Language 2023 Objective Past Questions
All 80 questions from the Junior Secondary Certificate Examination (JSCE) English Language 2023 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation for each. Free, no signup needed.
INSTRUCTION: Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Mr. Ekun had his reservation about the young girl that was standing before him and asking to enroll in science subjects at the T Triple S School. She was unkempt and melancholic. Her fingernails were long and dirty. Streaks of perspiration had dried up and made marks on her cheeks in visible contrast lines to her suntanned brown skin. Her shoes were certainly one size larger than her feet and were not appropriate as school shoes. Her school uniform was rough and could do with some cleaning. She had big, penetrating light-brown eyes and bushy, kinky ginger hair that she had not bothered to comb out. Her hair grew in a semi-concave curvature round her forehead, what was called a devil's peak in some cultures. She was a good mixture of tanned brown skin, just missing being an albino by a stroke of good proportion of a mixture of dark pigmentation. She had fleeks of brown love spots spattered across her oval face and chiselled checked bones. Behind her shapely lips hid a set of regular white teeth with a gap in the middle. There was a symmetry with the point where her brown hair met in the middle of her forehead and the gap between her front teeth. In a few words, Mr Ekun thought that Ginger, even at that tender age, was a stunningly pretty little girl. As she stood in front of Mr. Ekun that day, Mr. Ekun recognized that, despite her outward presentation, here was a girl exuding some innocent confidence that was certainly not based on her outward appearance but on some personality which came from within her as a natural gift.
Mr. Ekun agreed to enrol Ginger, so called because of her reddish-brown hair and complexion. Within a few weeks of her joining his class, Mr. Ekun saw that he had made a grievous mistake about Ginger's personality. She was a perpetual latecomer on the few days she actually came to school. She was lazy and laid-back. She would not submit her homework. She would come into the classroom without her textbooks, paper, or something to write with. She would not mix with the other students and would sit alone in the class and not participate in class discussions. On a number of occasions, Mr. Ekun had tried to get her to participate in the classwork but she was generally withdrawn and would sit and gaze into empty space. The other students stayed away from her, they bullied her and called her names. One of the nicknames they called her was "Osuoyo", whatever that meant.
At the end of the first term after science classes were started at T. Triple S, Ginger was below the bottom of the class in her performance.
Ginger's story, however, ended on a happy note. When she found a conducive environment for learning, she turned a new leaf. She emerged as the best student in her set, proceeded to the university and became a teacher in her alma mater.
(The Lonely Ones Among Us by Oluwole Komolafe)
What does Ginger's storage [story] suggest about life?
A. That Ginger did not complete her studies
B. That circumstances can determine success or failureCorrect
C. That Ginger disliked Mr. Eku
D. That life is about studies
Explanation
Ginger failed in a poor setting and succeeded in a good one.
SUMMARY. Read the passage below carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Recently the nations of the world were riveted to their television screens watching the Olympics in China. Americans were cheering for our talented and dedicated athletes. The entire nation was mesmerized by the unspeakable exploits of one Michael Phelps, who is now the most celebrated Olympian in the history of the world. There is one word that defines how Michael Phelps won a record number of gold medals ..... Discipline! Michael's food intake was regulated to the last calorie. His hours of rest were measured, and his swimming skills were developed under the watchful eyes of dedicated coaches who pushed him hour after hour, week after week, year after year to be better than he thought he could be. Why? Because the price of championship is discipline.
(Life Challenges, Yours Opportunities by John Hagee)
What does "record number" mean?
LEXIS AND STRUCTURE. Instruction: Complete the passage below with the appropriate word in the options lettered A - D.
I have always wondered why my mother feels bad when we waste food or mismanage funds. Yesterday, I saw a list of bills she prepared for next month.
There is a .... 11 .... of N40,000. Next is my .... 12 .... followed by the welfare .... 13 .... as well as the total amount of .... 14 .... . I am happy anyway, that there is no hospital .... 15 ..... in the list.
There is a ..... of N40,000.
Study the format below and answer the questions on it.
16, Kingways Street, Ikeja, Lagos State. 24th May, 2023
The Managing Director, Cocoa Foundation Plc, Industrial Way, Ilupeju, Lagos State.
Dear Sir/Madam,
APPLICATION FOR THE POSITION OF A MARKETING MANAGER.
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The address format above shows what type of letter?
"Over the clumsiest letter in the alphabet / His hand guides mine without a fret / He sees me through my first frail figures / When I am a form without its features." What is the figure of speech used in line 3 of the extract above?