English Language - Primary 4 - Exams

1^ST TERM EXAMINATION QUESTIONS

TIME ALLOWED: 1HR 30MINUTES

CLASS: GRADE 4                                     SUBJECT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE

SECTION A: COMPREHENSION

BOLA AND YEMI AT THE HOSPITAL

Bola and Yemi woke up late on Saturday. They were not going to school. they could not find their father and mother in the house. They were both afraid.

Just then, their father entered the house smiling. “You have a younger brother. Your mummy had a baby boy this morning,” he announced.

Bola and Yemi were very happy.

“Where are they?” Bola asked.

“Both of them are in the hospital,” replied their father.

“Can we see them”? Yemi asked.

“Of course, yes,” replied their father.

Answer these questions

1. Why did Bola and Yemi woke up late?
2. Why were they afraid?
3. Why was their father smiling?
4. Where did their mother have a baby?
5. Could Bola and Yemi visit their mother and the baby?

Make a sentence with each of these words

 SECTION B: GRAMMAR

Fill in the blank spaces with the correct form of the adjectives in the brackets

1. Musa is as _______ as Ibrahim

(tall, taller, tallest)

2. Kunle is the _________ in his family

(old, older, oldest)

3. She is ________ than I

(popular, more popular, most popular)

4. This is the _________ dress I have bought

(expensive, more expensive, most expensive)

5. The soup tastes just as _________ as my mother’s

(nice, nicer, nicest)

Write the Plural form of:

6. Butterfly: ______________
7. Leaf: ___________
8. Child: __________
9. Deer: ___________
10. Teeth; __________

Choose the correct form o the verbs in the bracket to answer the questions

11. It _________(bark, barks) too often
12. They ________(sing, sings) the song in harmony
13. We _________(read, reads) about the History of Nigeria
14. In my church, we _______(love, loves) strangers into her home all the time
15. She ________(welcome, welcomes) strangers into her home all the time

Fill in the blanks with the correct reflexive pronouns

16. He hurt __________ when he fell on the road (himself, herself)
17. Babies cannot feed ___________. (ourselves, themselves)
18. The dog scratched _________ when it felt itchy. (himself, herself, itself)
19. We had to carry all the boxes _________. (himself, myself, ourselves)
20. She baked the cake ________ without anyone’s help. (himself, ourselves, herself)

Which of the following words can you add the prefix ‘un’ to?

21. tie : ______________
22. buy: _____________
23. Known: __________
24. Sold: ____________
25. ground: ___________

Complete the table below

SECTION C: COMPOSITION

Write a composition on “My Best friend”