ENGLISH STUDIES FIRST TERM EXAMINATION PRIMARY 5

NAME:                                                                                  

CLASS: PRIMARY 5                        

SUBJECT: English Studies

OBJECTIVES

COMPREHENSION PASSAGE

Mr. A: Hello, good morning, can I meet you?

Mr. B: Hi, i’m Daniel, calling from Abuja.

Mr. A: How can I help you Daniel?

Mr. B: Are you Remi, please?

Mr. A: No, I’m not. I’m Gboye

Mr. B: Ok, Gboye, please how old are you?

Mr. A: I’m eight years old.

Mr. B: I see; where are you from?

Mr. A: I’m from Ondo State.

Mr. B: Lovely, I’m from Ondo State.

Mr. A: Can we be friends?

Mr. B: Yes, we can, bye.

Question

1. Who is the caller?
2. Who is the receiver?
3. Where are they from?
4. How old is Gboye?
5. Where does Daniel live?

Complete these statement in your own way

6. If I were the president, ______________________
7. I won’t follow you unless, ___________________

Fill in the gaps. Use words from the brackets

8i.        I was sleeping when father __________ in ( come, comes,  came)

1. I have ___________ the party  before it started raining.       (leave,      left,       leaving)

Complete these sentences. Use  ‘must’ ‘ have to’ or ‘ought to’.

9. Every Nigerian ___________ obey the law.
10. You ____________ clean your mouth twice daily.
11. We ____________ have finished the work by now.
12. To stay healthy, you ____________ exercise regularly.
13. Change the following sentences into the passive voice.

Example: He killed the Snake = The snake was killed by him.

1. We saw them.  _________________________________________________________________
2. I sang a song. _________________________________________________________________

14i.     They caught the goat. ______________________________________________________________

1. The boy carried the big sack _________________________________________________________

iii.   I eat beans  ______________________________________________________________________

Features of the formal and informal letters

Answer True or False

15. Informal letter are friendly letters ______________
16. Formal letters usually have 2 addresses ______________
17. Word contractions are allowed in formal letters. ­______________
18. Formal letter usually have a heading _______________.

Write the following sentences in reported speech.

E.g The boy said, “I have lost my pen”

                   The boy said he had lost his pen.

19. “I saw a big snake yesterday”, Daniel said. ____________________________________________
20. What is your name? The teacher asked. ________________________________________________
21. “Stop there!” The police shouted.

            Make a sentence with each of these words

22. Letter:
23. Punishment:
24. Teaching:

Give a synonym to each of these words

25. Affection
26. Hardworking
27. Easy

Fill in the gaps with the opposites of the underlined words

28. The brilliant pupil stood beside his _________ friend.
29. While oceans are very deep many river are ____________.
30. While Lolu is pretty, Mary is _______________

THEORY

1. What is Formal Letter?

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2. Define Informal Letter?

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3. Write a composition about “My best friend”

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4. Write a letter to your friend telling him/her about your school.

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