Third Term Examinations Primary 5 English Grammar
THIRD TERM
SUBJECT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE
CLASS: PRIMARY 5
Comprehension Passage
Once upon a time, a dog was carrying a piece of meat in his mouth. Although his home was far away, he wanted to keep the meat to eat there. He did not want to have to share it with anyone.
On his way home, he came to a bridge over a river. He walked across the bridge, still carrying his piece of meat carefully in his mouth. Half way across, he stopped to look at the water flowing under the bridge. He was surprised! There was another dog with a piece of meat in his mouth in the water below! He did not realize that it was his own reflection.
The dog wanted to have that piece of meat as well. ‘if I can get that, I will have two piece of meat, “ he thought. ‘ I will make that dog drop his meat and run away”.
So he snapped at his reflection. As he opened his mouth, the piece of meat fell out. It dropped into the water below and was carried off by the river.
The dog tried to catch it but it was too late. His meat had gone. And so, the dog had nothing to eat when he got home.
1) Where was the dog going? ____________
2) Why was he carrying a piece of meat? ____________
3) How did he cross the river? ____________
4) What did he see in the water beneath the bridge? ____________
5) What did he think this was? ____________
6) What did the dog have to eat when he got home? ____________
7) What lesson does this story teach us? ____________
Write true or false
8) The dog wanted to share his meat with the dog in the water ____________
9) The dog fell into the water ____________
10) The dog had more meat to eat ____________
Write three questions as indirect speech
11) “ How are you feeling today?” asked his mother ____________
12) “ Do you know where the library is”? asked the boy ____________
Write these in Direct speech
13) The boy said that he was feeling tired ____________
14) The teacher said that we should sit down ____________
Fill in the right article (a, an, the)
15) ____________ baby is in ____________ cot
16) There is ____________ elephant in jungle
17) ____________ umbrella is used for covering
18) ____________ apple on ____________ table
Correctly punctuate the following sentences
19) my father is a lawyer
20) i have a book pen paper and a table
21) get out of here
Fill in the correct word
22) As gentle as a ____________
23) As white as ____________
24) As simple as ____________
25) As brave as a ____________
26) As cunny as a ____________
Replace the words written in bold with the right synonyms
27) Western countries celebrate the beginning of the New year on the 1st of January
28) They decided to stop any bad habits they have.
29) Looking after a baby can be a hard work.
Give the antonyms of the following words
30) asleep ____________
31) beginning ____________
32) different ____________
33) sunset ____________
Use the right conjunctions in brackets to join these sentences (but, because, although)
34) I wore a rain coat____________I still get wet
35) It’s nearly exam time____________I am studying hard
36) I ran home quickly ____________It was late
37) She practiced hard____________She did not wii the match
Use the correct word to fill the sentences
38) The transport ____________ was not (fair, fare)
39) The ____________ ladies went the farm (to, too, two)
40) I ____________ the book ____________ I left it at home (bought, but)
SECTION B
SPELLING
Circle the correct spellings in the following
SECTION C
COMPOSITION
Answer any one (1) of the questions
1) Write an essay on ‘ what I want to be in future’
2) Write a composition on ‘How I spent my last Holiday’
3) Write a letter to your friend who lost his grand parent.
