English Language - Primary 6 - Exams

1^ST TERM EXAMINATION QUESTIONS

TIME ALLOWED: 1HR 30MINUTES

CLASS: GRADE 6                                     SUBJECT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE

SECTION A: COMPREHENSION

LEKAN VISITS THE VILLAGE ON HOLIDAYS

Lekan and Wole come from Agbodu village. Lekan lives in Ilorin, a big town. He stays with his elder brother who works with a construction company. He is now in primary six in the biggest school in the town. While on holidays in the village, Lekan came across his friend, Wole. Wole is also in primary six in the village.

As soon as they met, they began to argue about which was better; village or twon school.

Aren’t you lucky? I would have wished to be in town school like you,” said Wole.

“Why?” Lekan asked.

“There are many reasons,” replied Wole. “Town schools are usually big and beautiful, unlike village schools which are often small and ugly. Teachers in town schools come early and regularly to school. Village teachers do what they like. Some may not even come to school for weeks. Life in the town is very interesting. There is electricity as well as pipe-borne water. In the village, we rely on lantern and water from the spring. In the town, school-children go to school in buses and taxis, whereas we walk a long distance to school here.”

Answer these questions

1. Where was Lekan born?
2. Why was he going to school in town?
3. Is it true that Lekan’s school was the smallest in the town?
4. Why did Lekan come to Agbodu village?
5. Give one reason why Wole would prefer to go to school in the town.

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)

Fill in the blanks with the suitable abstract nouns

6. _________ speak louder than words.(act)
7. My mother was overcome with _________ when she found out I had played truant.(angry)
8. Pupils must pay _________ in class.(attend)
9. All the children were told to leave the playground before _______ fell.(dark)
10. What is the secret of your _________? (succeed)

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)

Complete the table below

Complete the table below

SECTION C: COMPOSITION

Write a letter to the Commissioner of Water Resources in Enugu State about a burst water pipe in your area