Reading: Teaching of new words, meanings and Comprehension
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CLASS: PRIMARY 6
SUBJECT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE
NAME:…………
Section A: Comprehension
THE FALSE ALARM
Adewale Jones, the shepherd, once took his herd of cattle to a grassy fertile pasture. He was rich, for his animals always fetched a good price in the market. He liked to be lousy , naughty, funny and people often laughed at his jokes.
Adewale Jones became bored on afternoon and wanted to have some fun. He ran to the village shouting ‘lion! lion! lion!’ The villagers ran to help him when they heard the alarm. They thought that a lion was attacking his cattle. They became very surprised and angry when they saw that there was no lion, and the animals were feeding quite undisturbed. Adewale Jones stared to laugh. ‘A tick, a joke,’ he told the villagers who soon went back to their homes.
A month later, a lion actually came, attacked the cattle and killed some of them. In fear, Adewale Jones ran speedily to the village, calling for help. Nobody came to his aid because they thought it was another trick. The killing of Adewale Jones’ sheep made him poor and he learnt the great lesson never to raise false alarms in future.
In the questions below, only one answer is correct. Pick out the correct answer.
- Adewale Jones took his flock to ________________________
(a) the waterside (b) find more grass (c) the market (d) the uplands (e) the wolf
- When the villagers heard the alarm they _______________
(a) cried, ‘Wolf! Wolf! Wolf!’ (b) attacked the sheep (c) ran to save the sheep
(d) liked to have some fun (e) laughed at his jokes
- The villagers became annoyed when _______________________
(a) they heard the alarm (b) they saw thecattle were eating peacefully
(c) the wolf came to the lowland (d) Adewale Jones shouted, ‘Wolf! Wolf! Wolf!’
(e) the wolf was attacking Adewale Jones’s sheep.
- Adewale Jones laughed and told the villagers that _____________________
(a) he was at the grassy lowland (b) he had been bored (c) a wolf was nearby
(d) it was all a piece of fun (e) they had heard the alarm
- One month afterwards, _________________________________
(a) a lion appeared (b) the animals were quite disturbed (c) they saw no wolf
(d) the villagers laughed at his jokes (e) they soon went back to their homes
SECTION A: COMPREHENSION
THE FALSE ALARM
Choose the correct answer:
Adewale Jones took his flock to ________________________
Answer: (b) find more grass
Explanation: The passage says he took them to a “grassy fertile pasture,” which means to find more grass.
When the villagers heard the alarm they _______________
Answer: (c) ran to save the sheep
Explanation: They thought a lion was attacking his cattle and ran to help.
The villagers became annoyed when _______________________
Answer: (b) they saw the cattle were eating peacefully
Explanation: They realized there was no danger and felt tricked.
Adewale Jones laughed and told the villagers that _____________________
Answer: (d) it was all a piece of fun
Explanation: He said it was just a joke after the false alarm.
One month afterwards, _________________________________
Answer: (a) a lion appeared
Explanation: This time a real lion came and attacked the cattle.
SECTION B: GRAMMAR
Choose the correct answer from the options given
The opposite of early is ___________
(a) late (b) good (c) bright (d) fast
Answer: (a) late
A doctor takes care of the ____________
(a) cars (b) sick (c) market (d) school
Answer: (b) sick
The plural of child is ___________
(a) childs (b) childes (c) children (d) childen
Answer: (c) children
A place where books are kept is called a ___________
(a) market (b) garden (c) library (d) kitchen
Answer: (c) library
The baby is ____________ because it has not eaten
(a) happy (b) crying (c) smiling (d) playing
Answer: (b) crying
SECTION C: VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT
Choose the right word to fill in the blank
A ____________ is a person who catches criminals
(a) teacher (b) police officer (c) nurse (d) trader
Answer: (b) police officer
We use a ____________ to cut paper
(a) broom (b) scissors (c) spoon (d) plate
Answer: (b) scissors
The man ____________ a letter to his friend
(a) eats (b) writes (c) sweeps (d) washes
Answer: (b) writes
Water is kept in a ____________
(a) bottle (b) shoe (c) broom (d) bag
Answer: (a) bottle
The sun shines ____________ in the afternoon
(a) brightly (b) darkly (c) coldly (d) softly
Answer: (a) brightly
SECTION D: COMPOSITION
Write a short story on: “The Day I Was Late to School”
Instructions:
Write 5 sentences about what happened
Use correct punctuation
Mention what caused your lateness
How you felt
And what you promised to do next time
Example:
I woke up late because my alarm clock did not ring.
I quickly dressed up and ran to school.
When I got to school, the gate was closed.
I felt very sad and promised never to be late again.
Now, I set my alarm very early every night.