3RD TERM EXAM QUESTIONS PRIMARY 1 ENGLISH STUDIES

THIRD TERM PROMOTIONAL EXAMINATION 

CLASS: PRIMARY 1 SUBJECT: ENGLISH STUDIES

NAME: ……………………………………………………

Section A: Comprehension Passage 

Sara and the cough mixture

Audu and Sara are the children of Mr. & Mrs. Hassan. They live at 4, Amina Close, Abuja. Audu and Sara attend a public school.  Audu is in Primary 3, while Sara is in Primary 1.

One day, Audu became ill. He had a cough. His mother took him too the hospital. The doctor prescribed a cough mixture. When they got home, Sara wanted to taste the cough mixture. But her mother refused because she was not coughing.

While Sara’s mother was busy in the kitchen, Sara to0ok the medicine and tasted it. She loved the taste and took a lot of it.  Soon, Sara slept for a long time. But it wasn’t bedtime yet. So her mother rushed her to the hospital. The doctor looked at Sara very well and said that Sara had taken too much cough mixture. That was why she had slept so much.
The doctor admitted Sara to hospital and treated her. She was discharged after three days. The doctor warned her against such a thing again. He called it drug abuse.

Answer the following questions

1. Who are the parents of Audu and Sara? ______________________________________________________________________________
2. In what class is Sara? ______________________________________________________________________________
3. Who became ill? ______________________________________________________________________________
4. Why did their mother say “No” to Sara? ______________________________________________________________________________
5. What did Sara do? ______________________________________________________________________________

Section B: Literature

1. Who is Salome’s step mother?   (a) Alice  (b) Mabel  (c) Meb
2. Salome lived in the city of ___________ (a) Jabe  (b) Jebba (c) Jabba
3. What special gift was given to Salome?   (a) tooth brush  (b) a dress  (c) a box
4. Salome called Jebba a __________ city  (a)  funny  (b) new  (c)  famous
5. Lokoja is the ___________ of two great rivers?  (a) end  (b) basin  (c) meeting place

Section c: Lexis and Structure

1. He _________ football everyday. (plays,  played)
2. They ___________ their examination yesterday  (finished,  finish)
3. The kitten _________ now (meows,  meowed)
4. The driver _______ to Kano last week. (drive,  drove)
5. The cat __________ all the milk yesterday. (licks,   licked)
6. Sade _______ my best friend. (is,  are)
7. The boys ______ in the camp. (is, are)
8. Ahmed and Samuel _________ dancing and playing. (were,   was)
9. I have two ______  (a) pencil  (b) pencils
10. I _____ not the best friend to Alfred.  (a) am   (b)  is   (c) are 
11. The past tense of open is _______   (a) opens  (b) opened  (c) opening
12. The cat is _____ the table  (a) under  (b) inside  (b) on
13. Tolu has ______ home  (a) go  (b) gone  (c) going
14. Raise your hands _________ (a) up  (b)  on  (c) before 
15. The bird _________ (a) walk  (b) crawl  (c) flies
16. The possessive form of the sentence:  The boy book is ______ (a) the boy’s book  (b) the boys book  (c) the book of the boy
17. The present continuous of the word ‘stop’ is ________  (a) stopping   (b) stopped  (c) stops
18. I ______ a new toy.  (a) have (b) has (c) am
19. He ________ two uniforms  (a) has  (b) have  (c) is
20. The opposite of ‘UP’ is _________ (a) down  (b) side  (c) over

Section D: Grammar

Underline the pronouns in the following sentences 

1. He is a boy
2. You are a child 
3. It is a dog
4. She is a girl
5. Look  at her there 

Fill in the blanks with the correct article

‘a’ or  ‘an’

1. _____________ apple
2. ___________ pen
3. ___________ umbrella
4. ___________ flower 
5. __________ orange 

Section E: Composition

Composition about “My Self”

My name is _______________________________________________________________________ . I am _________________________ years old. I am in primary ________________________. The name of my school is __________________________________________________________________________. I am ______________________ in complexion. The food I like best is ___________________________.