3RD 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
- Ped___________ (part of a bike)
- Nostr__________ (opening in your nose)
- Penc_________ (writing implement)
- Cryst________ (rock particle)
- Mamm__________(type of animal)
- Per__________ (danger)
- Sand ________ (footwear)
- Foss__________ (old bones)
- Pet ______ (part of a flower)
- Fin__________ (last)
(10 mks)
The underlined words are spelt wrongly. Write their correct spellings in the boxes.
- I ride a bicycel to school each day
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- The large company is a Keen sponser of our team
![](https://lessonotesimages.fra1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/Exam%2069.png)
- The seed was spred all over the fields
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- Yesterday, I choped the wood for my uncle
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- Mother is preparing a delicious pepper suop
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(5 mks)
WORD DICTATION
- ______________
- ______________
- _______________
- _____________
- _____________
(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
- The baker has seven __________ of bread in the oven (loaves/ oats)
- Be careful as you ____________ the old bridge (poach/ approach)
- John has a very sore ____________ (bloat/ throat)
- I had a hot drink of ___________ in the morning (whoa/ cocoa)
- Around this castle is a deep ___________ (float/ moat)
- 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)
- Twenty-nine ______________
- Clean ____________________
- Baby _______________________
- Square ______________________
- Down _____________________
(5 mks)