English Comprehension - Primary 1 - Exams

SECOND TERM EXAMINATION QUESTIONS 2022/2023 SESSION

CLASS: PRIMARY ONE      SUBJECT: COMPREHENSION AND LITERATURE

SECTION A: COMPREHENSION

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

A Visit To The National Museum

Ade, Obi and Kamsi are brothers. Ade is nine years old, Obi is seven and Kamsi is just five. All the three brothers are very happy. Their mum and dad, Mr and Mrs Chinonso are taking them to the museum in Lagos.

A museum is a building in which important objects are kept. Ade, Obi, Kamsi and their parents will spend the afternoon at the museum. When they leave the museum, they will stop at a famous eatery for some snacks. Then they will go home.

Answer these questions

1. What are the names of the children?
2. Why are they very happy?
3. They spent the afternoon at the ____________.
4. They stopped at a famous eatery for ______________.
5. Mr and Mrs Chinonso are the ______________.

Choose the correct word to fill the blank spaces

6. Are taking them to the National museum in ___________. A. Enugu, B. Abuja, C. Lagos.
7. A museum is a building in which important _________ are kept. A. germs, B. objects, C. foods
8. How old is Ade? A. 10years, B. 8years, C. 9years.

Vowel Sounds

9. a as in __________
10. e as in __________
11. i as in __________
12. o as in _________
13. u as in _________
14. g as in __________
15. k as in __________

Fill in the gaps

16. m_t
17. p_t
18. s_x
19. n_t
20. ba_
21. pe_
22. ju_
23. _d

Add “ing” to each one

24. Talk __________
25. Plant _________
26. Ask __________
27. Boil __________
28. Paint _________

SECTION B: LITERATURE

1.) Literature is an umbrella term that covers many forms of writing made from an _____________ point of view

a.) imaginative    b. English  c. maths

2.) One of these is a type of literature

a.) notes    b. novels    c. language

3.) Poetry is a type of literature that focuses on forms of language and __________

a.) emotions        b. poems   c. prose

When students study literature, they learn to

4.) ...............................

5.) ....................................

a.) sing and write b. appreciate words and their power       c. eat and sleep  d.) how to read and write