Phonics - Primary 5 - Exams

3^RD TERM EXAMINATION QUESTIONS

CLASS: GRADE 5                                     SUBJECT: PHONICS AND SPELLINGS  

Name: ________________________________________________________________

SECTION A – SPELLINGS

Add “al” or “il” at the end of the words below to give the correct spellings

1. Ped___________ (part of a bike)
2. Nostr__________ (opening in your nose)
3. Penc_________ (writing implement)
4. Cryst________ (rock particle)
5. Mamm__________(type of animal)
6. Per__________ (danger)
7. Sand ________ (footwear)
8. Foss__________ (old bones)
9. Pet ______ (part of a flower)
10. Fin__________ (last)

                                                                  (10 mks)

The underlined words are spelt wrongly. Write their correct spellings in the boxes.

11. I ride a bicycel to school each day 
12. The large company is a Keen sponser of our team 
13. The seed was spred all over the fields 
14. Yesterday, I choped the wood for my uncle 
15. Mother is preparing a delicious pepper suop 

                                                                                                                              (5 mks)

WORD DICTATION

16. ______________
17. ______________
18. _______________
19. _____________
20. _____________

                                                                                                                              (10 mks)

 

 

SECTION B – PHONICS

Arrange the words in the brackets under the three sounds below

(grease,  spread,  increase,  head,  steak,  weather,  break,    least,  great)

Long e sound                                    short e sound                         long a sound

_______________               _________________                       ______________

______________                 _________________                       ______________

______________                 _________________                       ______________

                                                                                                                                                (18mks)

Choose the correct “oa” word in the brackets to complete the sentences

1. The baker has seven __________ of bread in the oven (loaves/ oats)
2. Be careful as you ____________ the old bridge (poach/ approach)
3. John has a very sore ____________ (bloat/ throat)
4. I had a hot drink of ___________ in the morning (whoa/ cocoa)
5. Around this castle is a deep ___________ (float/ moat)
6. In 1850, a _____________ service ran between towns (coach/ boast)

                                                                                                                             (12 mks)

Match the words in the bracket to the ones they can be linked to in some ways

(circle,   thirty,   circus,   dirty,   birth)

1. Twenty-nine ______________
2. Clean ____________________
3. Baby _______________________
4. Square ______________________
5. Down _____________________                         

                                                                                                      (5 mks)