English Language - Primary 5 - Exams

3^RD TERM EXAMINATION QUESTIONS

CLASS: GRADE 5                                     SUBJECT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE 

Name: ________________________________________________________________

SECTION A – COMPREHENSION

The Visiting Day

It was the visiting day. The pupils were excited. They were at the children’s boarding school. once every month, their families were excepted and allowed to visit them. Some cars were coming in through the drive way into the school premises.

            Chinwe and Tunrayo were in primary five. They were expecting their family members to arrive. Mrs Abu entered the common room to announce the arrival of their families. The two girls were glad. They chatted happily as they went out to meet their families.

            Chinwe’s father, mother and two brothers – Osagie and Chukwudi – were all around to visit her. Tunrayo’s uncle, aunt and three cousins – Babatunde, Muyiwa and Olayinka also paid her a visit.

Questions

1. What type of a day was it?
2. When were the children’s families expected to visit them?
3. What was the name of the teacher who came to call Chinwe and Tunrayo?
4. Mention the names of Chinwe’s two brothers
5. List out the names of Tunrayo’s three cousins. (10 mks)

SECTION B – GRAMMAR

Form compound words with words given below

Stop

room

Lace

house

ground

1. Bus _______________
2. Neck _______________
3. Play ____________
4. Bed ________________
5. Light______________ (5 mks)

Write the plural form of the below sentences

6. I am excited about the competition

____________________________________

7. He is my best friend at school

_____________________________________

8. You are a wonderful child

____________________________________

9. It is a lovely tree

_________________________________

10. He is a boy

_________________________________                              (10 mks)

Complete the similes below

11. The clerk was as busy as a ______________
12. The little chicken were as happy as a _______________
13. At night, the street is as quiet as a ________________
14. The water in the lake is as clear as ________________
15. The new Miss Nigeria is as proud as a ________________ (5mks)

            (peacock,   mouse,   bee,   crystal,  lark)

Fill in the blanks with the correct words given in the brackets

16. My _________________ is playing in the _____________ (sun/ son)
17. He went to _______ some food ______________ the roadside (buy/ by)
18. ____________ you like to buy some ____________ ? (wood / would)
19. I was _____________ because I could not __________ the book I borrowed (fined/ find)
20. The ____________ is the one who __________ the pudding (maid/ made) (5mks)

Rewrite the sentences by putting capital letters,

Question marks, full-stops, exclamation marks and commas where necessary

21. Where are you going for Christmas

________________________________________

22. Miracle Ugochukwu and Nicole are best friends

__________________________________________________

23. How old are you

_________________________________________________

24. My mother is travelling to America on Friday

_________________________________________________

25. Wow congratulations I am so happy for you

______________________________________________________        (10 mks)

 

Re-arrange these words to form new words

26. Male - _________________
27. State - __________________
28. Vase - ________________
29. Snail - ___________________
30. God - ___________________ (5mks)

 

SECTION C: COMPREHENSION       (10 MKS)

Write a letter to your best friend telling him/her about forth coming birthday