MID TERM TEST FIRST TERM PRIMARY 4 ALL SUBJECTS

MID TERM TEST

Subject:   HEALTH EDUCATION Class: BASIC 4

Name:    __________________________________ Time: 1 Hour

SECTION A:  Objective 

Instruction: Answer all questions in this section

1. 1. Regular _______ can take away body odour (a) bathing (b) eating (c) exercise
   2. ________ can make our teeth strong (a) chlorine (b) fluoride (c) colour 
   3. How many times should you take your bath daily?     (a)once     (b)twice    (c)thrice   (d)never
   4. ______  is used to cover our nakedness   (a)leaf     (b)nylon    (c)clothes    (d)excreter

• A clean body makes us look  _______     (a)rough    (b)tidy     (c)wicked    (d)healthy

• A part of the body used for sight is   (a)eyes     (b)nose    (c)ear    (d)teeth

• Which of the following is a communicable disease?    (a)malaria    (b)typhoid    (c)headache     (d)chickenpox 

• ______  is breaking down of food into smaller unit    (a)respiration   (b)balanced diet     (c)digestion     (d)reproduction

• ______  should be washed before going to bed at night    (a)face     (b)teeth   (c)neck      (d)nose 

• The part of the body used for hearing is _______    (a)eyes     (b)nose   (c)ear    (d)teeth

• ______  are energy giving food     (a)carbohydrate      (b)protein      (c)fats & oil 

• Beans belongs to  _____ group of food   (a)carbohydrate     (b)protein    (c)fats & oil    

• Protein foods are also called  _______    (a)body building food     (b)energy giving food    (c)all of the above 

• Groundnut oil belongs to ______ group of food   (a)protein    (b)fats & oil    (c)mineral salt 

1. You must  ______ preserved food before eating it  (a)freeze    (b)melt  (c)warm    (d)fry
2. Catarrh and cough can be transferred to another person through  _______   (a)water     (b)air     (c)insect
3. _______ can cause diseases    (a)germs     (b)clean  water    (c)drug  
4. _______ will not make some people eat certain food    (a)religion      (b)age    (c)education
5. All these are examples of carbohydrate except  ______   (a)rice     (b)eba    (c)egg    (d)yam
6. _______ makes us grow    (a)shoes     (b)ladder      (c)food    (d)biro

SECTION B

Attempt any four questions  

SECTION B

Attempt any four questions  

1. What is balanced diet?

1. State six 6 classes of food

1. List five (5) daily care of the body

1. List five(5) carbohydrate foods  

1. List five (5) air borne diseases

1. State five (5) air borne diseases

1. List six(6) digestive organs 

1st Term Examination 

Subject:   HOME ECONOMICS Class: BASIC 4

Name:    __________________________________ Time: 1 Hour

SECTION A:  Objective 

Instruction: Answer all questions in this section

1. Personal belongings are owned by _______ person (a) three (b) two (c) one   (d)four
2. The most important thing that personal belongings does for us is that they _________ (a) makes us proud (b) makes us appear beautiful (c) cover our nakedness    (d) Makes us sad
3. One of the things that determine the type of personal belongings people have is  ________   (a)school    (b)sex    (c)house      (d)church
4. It is our duty to _______ personal belongings (a) sell     (b) borrow   (c) keep   (d) tear 
5. Our relatives can claim ownership of our personal belongings    (a)true    (b)false    (c)none
6. A policeman wears uniform for _______   (a)identification       (b)harassment    (c)molestation   
7. _______  is what we wear on our feet cover them   (a)foot clothes    (b)foot wear   (c)foot  cover
8. Visitors are received in the  _________    (a)bedroom     (b)sitting room    (c)store
9. Foodstuffs are preserved in the  _________     (a)bedroom  (b)sitting room     (c)store 
10. We excrete in the  _______   (a)store     (b)toilet    (c)bedroom    (d)kitchen
11. The bedroom is used for _______   (a)resting    (b)cooking     (c)storing     (d)singing
12. General cleaning of the home should be done once in a   _____    (a)year    (b)month    (c)week
13. The cleaning of the sitting room allows  _______  air into the house    (a)fresh     (b)polluted    (c)dried
14. The kitchen must be kept  ______  always   (a)dirty     (b)rough     (c)neat
15. Cleaning agents like  ______  should be used to clean the kitchen    (a)dust    (b)soap   (c)salt    (d)pepper
16. Insecticides should be used in the kitchen to kill the  ______   (a)rodents and insects    (b)animals and plants     (c)worms and lions
17. Foods are substances that ______     (a) weakens     (b)disease      (c)give the body nutrients and energy
18. It is good to eat vegetables regularly     (a)true     (b)false
19. Hand glove is worn on the hands to _____ the hand   (a)damage    (b)spoil     (c)protect
20. _______  are also called body protectors  (a)adornment     (b)leather     (c)powder    (d)lipstick

SECTION B

Attempt any four (4) questions    

1. Define laundry  

1. List five (5) laundry equipment  

1. Define kitchen

1. mention five(5) modern kitchen equipment 

1. List five (5) personal belongings materials

1. List five (5) rooms in the house     

1. explain two (2) functions of a room

1. Mention ten(10) materials for cleaning house

1st Term Examination 

Subject:   AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE Class: BASIC 4

Name:    __________________________________ Time: 1 Hour

SECTION A:  Objective 

Instruction: Answer all questions in this section

1. Which of the following is not among the classification of soil   (a)sandy     (b)loamy    (c)soily     (d)clay
2. ______ is formed from rocks through a process called weathering   (a)metal    (b)soil    (c)sour
3. Soil supports plants to _______   (a)die    (b)digest     (c)grow
4. How many classifications of soil do we have?   (a)5      (b)2    (c)3     (d)4
5. Which soil is the best for planting   (a)sandy    (b)loamy    (c)clay    (d)slit
6. One of these is a component of soil   (a)water      (b)dirt      (c)nothing 
7. Which of the soils is used by potters?    (a)clay soil     (b)sandy soil     (c)loamy soil
8. Which of these is an agent of soil formation    (a)paper     (b)animal     (c)wood
9. The soil is formed with the following except  ______   (a)water    (b)animal dropping  (c)paper
10. ______ improves soil fertility   (a)paper    (b)manure     (c)salt
11. Maintenance of soil fertility  _______  farming   (a)improves    (b)damage   (c)spoil
12. The application of _____ can also improve the soil fertility   (a)gravel    (b)sand    (c)fertilizers
13. Agriculture started with _____   (a)poor people     (b)early men    (c)farmer
14. Food _____ means keeping and making food to retain its freshness for a longer time and still remain useful   (a)reserve     (b)conservation     (c)preservation
15. Erosion can cause soil infertility    (a)yes     (b)no
16. Fertile soil is needed to produce _____   (a)bad crops     (b)good crops    (c)weak crops
17. Food preservation makes our food fresh   (a)true  (b)false     (c)none
18. The cold method of preserving things is by _____   (a)processing     (b)refrigerating    (c)bottling
19. A farmer needs ____ to help the plant grow well   (a)seed     (b)weed    (c)manure
20. Keeping food to retain its freshness for a longer period and still remain useful is food ________   (a)eating     (b)reservation     (c)preservation

SECTION B

Attempt any four questions

1. Define soil?

1. state the types of soil    

1. Mention three(3) agents of soil formation 

Mention three (3) causes of loss in soil fertility

1. State five(5) materials for making compost  

1. Define soil erosion   

1. List two (2) types of erosion

1. State four (4) ways of making soil fertile

1. Define mulching 

1st Term Examination 

Subject:   BASIC SCIENCE Class: BASIC 4

Name:    __________________________________ Time: 1 Hour

SECTION A:  Objective 

Instruction: Answer all questions in this section

1. Change make things  _________   (a)old     (b)different    (c)original    (d)expensive
2. ________  and  ______can cause change   (a)plant and animal    (b)living and non-living  things     (c)nature and man
3. Change occurs in  ______   (a)stones     (b)plants     (c)books
4. When an object increases or decreases in size, shape or colour is called a _______   (a)change    (b)event    (c)chance
5. When water changes into ice block, it is a _________ change (a) temporary (b) permanent (c) none of the above 
6. A change is classified into temporary and ___________ (a) permanent (b) reversible (c) all of them 
7. Change makes a candle ______   (a)melt     (b)grow    (c)tall
8. When butter is melted, it becomes ______    (a)liquid    (b)gas   (c)fine
9. The degree of coldness or hotness of a place is called ______   (a)weather     (b)sunlight    (c)temperature
10. _________ is the condition of the atmosphere at a particular time (a) temperature     (b) rainfall    (c) weather 
11. Measurements are  _____ everywhere   (a)not the same   (b)the same    (c)different
12. Measurement determine the ______  of an object    (a)age    (b)size    (c)height
13. Which of these professions uses tape rule to measure solids?    (a)doctor    (b)trader    (c)carpenter
14. ______ is one of the changes that plants undergo   (a)ageing     (b)adult  (c)overgracing
15. Which of these is not an animal?     (a)tadpole     (b)caterpillar      (c)okro
16. Which of these is an instrument for measuring wing?       (a)wind vane    (b)barometer    (c)thermometer
17. Moisture in the  air is known as  ______   (a)humidity     (b)wind     (c)cloud
18. How many centimeters makes 1 meter?    (a)10     (b)1000    (c)100    (d)1
19. What is a young sheep called?    (a)calf      (b)kitten     (c)eve     (d)ram
20. What is a young pig called?     (a)piglet   (b)kitten   (c)lamb   (d)calf

SECTION B

1. What is a change?  

1. State the two types of changes

1. List five (5) changes that plants undergo  

1. Describe a caterpillar 

1. Write five(5) names of adult and young animals   

1. state two (2) weather symbols. 

1. What is permanent change?   

1.     List the three (3) processes of permanent change.

1. Please tick whether change is temporary or permanent 

List of change Temporary Permanent 

1. Melting of butter
2. Rat decay
3. Boiling of water to vapour
4. Melting of ice block
5. Burning of firewood
6. Rusted nails
7. Changes in your height
8. Melting of candle wax
9. Ripening of fruit
10. Mixture of iron filling

and baby powder 

1st Term Examination 

Subject:   MATHEMATICS Class: BASIC 4

Name:    __________________________________ Time: 1 Hour

SECTION A:  Objective 

Instruction: Answer all questions in this section

1. Write in figure, four thousand, eight hundred and four   (a)4804   (b)4004     (c)4800     (d)4084
2. Write in figure, forty nine thousand and five   (a)49,005     (b)49,050    (c)49,000     (d)49,500
3. A packet contains 5 erasers. How many erasers will be in 8 packets?   (a)30    (b)40     (c)50      (d)90
4. If seven days make a week. How many days will be in 6 weeks?   (a)56  (b)42    (c)94     (d)71
5. There are 60 pupils in a classroom. How many pupils are there in 3 classrooms?   (a)70    (b)180    (c)160      (d)540
6. How many seconds are there in 15minute if there are 60 seconds in one minute.  (a)900 sec     (b)720 sec  (c)   540 sec       (d)729sec
7. How many hours will be in 360 minutes   (a)6hrs   (b)3hrs  (c)36hrs   (d)49hrs
8. How many minutes are there in 5 hours?     (a)300 minutes    (b)600 minutes    (c)5 minutes      (d)540minutes
9. Write XXXII in Arabic numeral    (a)15     (b)32      (c)35     (d)33
10. Write LXXXVI  in Arabic numeral     (a)58      (b)86     (c)70     (d)102
11. Write DXVI in Arabic numeral    (a)216      (b)516     (c)526    (d)316
12. Write XC in Arabic Numeral    (a)100     (b)200     (c)90    (d)80
13. Write 92 in roman numeral    (a)XC      (b)XCII     (c)XCIII    (d)XCIV
14. Write 530 in roman numeral   (a)DXX    (b)DXXX(c)DXIV      (d)DXV
15. DC – CXX =          (a)CDLXXX     (b)DCCXX     (c)DLVVV    (d)CDLXIV
16. Change 9/4 into mixed number  (a)2 ¼     (b)1 ¼      (c)1 5/4     (d)3 5/4    
17.    ¼          1/10       (a)   <        (b)   >      (c)   =
18.   Which of the fraction is improper    (a)1/3       (b)2/5      (c)3/2      (d)5/7
19. Which of these is a proper fraction    (a)3/2     (b)7/4      (c)7/10    (d)5/2
20. (15 – 3) x 2        5 x 3   (a)=       (b)>      (c)<

SECTION B

Attempt any four questions.

1. Put >, <  or =  in the box 

1. 10          12
2. 233       132
3. 15          15
4. 3010             3009
5. 6342             6442

1. Arrange the following starting from the biggest to the smallest

1. 30,   50,   10,   4
2. ¼ ,    1/3,    ½,   1/5,  1/6
3. 4,   7,   6,   8
4. 23,     11,     5,    32
5. 162,   105,    192,   147

1. Change the following to a mixed fraction    

(i)    6/4        (ii)   10/8      (iii) 11/6

(b) Change the following to an improper fraction     

(i)   5 ½     (b) 2 6/8     (iii)  7 2/3       

(c) Write the following fractions as decimals   

(i)3 4/100    (ii)5 15/1000      (iii)7 27/1000      (iv)9 132/1000

1. Arrange and add the following 

(i) 6531   +    9399            (ii) 7982   +    8494                    (iii)  2183    +     8678  

(b)   Arrange and subtract the following

(i) 8592  –  4278 

(ii) 6800 – 4556

1. Write the following in words    

1. 548,270    
2. 2,678,004
3. 7,200

(b)   Write the following in figure 

1. Four hundred thousand and sixty
2. Three hundred and fifty one thousand, six hundred and twenty seven.

5. How many days are there in      (i) 4 weeks?     (ii) 9 weeks?

    How many seconds are there in      

     (iii)4 minutes?      (iv)6 minutes?    (v)10 minutes

1st Term Examination 

Subject:   C.R.S Class: BASIC 4

Name:    __________________________________ Time: 1 Hour

SECTION A:  Objective 

Instruction: Answer all questions in this section

1. God created us so that he could _____ with us   (a)fight    (b)relate    (c)quarrel    (d)hate
2. He  _____ to us daily    (a)run    (b)speaks   (c)cries    (d)sing
3. When God appeared to Jacob, he changed his name from Jacob to _______   (a)Judah     (b)Egypt     (c)Israel  (d)Jerusalem
4. An _____ of God appeared to him on his way    (a)ark      (b)angel    (c)imposter   (d)man
5. We are children of ______ father    (a)one    (b)three     (c)four    (d)five
6. When we sin against God, we ____ him  (a)help    (b)disobey     (c)obey    (d)fight
7. Children of one father will ____ each other   (a)hate     (b)love   (c)harm   (d)beat
8. The attitude of children will make them go to _____    (a)hell    (b)pit  (c)heaven  
9.    God command his children to live in _____   (a)war    (b)peace    (c)hatred   (d)anger
10. God can call us through  _____    (a)dream     (b)fighting    (c)ruggedness
11. Should we listen to God’s call when he calls us?   (a)Yes     (b)No
12. God called Abraham   (a)Yes     (b)No
13. The laws of God can be found in the book of _____ chapter 20   (a)genesis    (b)Leviticus     (c)malachi     (d)exodus
14. There is a ____ for whoever keeps to the law of God  (a)reward     (b)punishment    (c)consequence   
15. God’s law are meant to _____ us through   (a)harm     (b)kill    (c)guide    (d)fight
16. The first commandment of God is   (a)thou shall not steal     (b)thou shall not worship any other god before me     (c)thou shall not kill
17. You shall not bear false witness against your ______   (a)neigbour    (b)parent    (c)paper
18. When you hour your parents your days will be  ______   (a)short    (b)tough   (c)long
19. Jesus came to the world to _____  the people    (a)destroy    (b)save     (c)spoil
20. The birth of Jesus was confirmed by ______  (a)peter    (b)paul    (c)john

SECTION B

Attempt  four (4) questions 

1. Mention five (5) ways through which god speaks to us    

1. Mention four (4) purpose of God’s call

1. Where was Jesus Born?

1. Who were the man from the east? 

1. Mention five (5) out of the ten (10) commandment that God gave to the Israelites    

1. Mention five 5 names of people that God spoke to in the Bible 

1. Write out what is in the book of John 3 vs 16

1st Term Examination 

Subject:   CIVIC EDUCATION Class: BASIC 4

Name:    __________________________________ Time: 1 Hour

SECTION A:  Objective 

Instruction: Answer all questions in this section

1. ______ diversity is the differences in our ways of life   (a)civic     (b)cultural    (c)phonics     (d)respect
2. There will be ____ if we respect other people’s views  (a)conflicts    (b)harmony    (c)misunderstanding     (d)hatred
3. We get _____ when we respect other people values  (a)food     (b)ideas   (c)sense   (d)harm
4. We consider the value of others _____ when we listen to them   (a)useless    (b)boring     (c)important     (d)harmful
5. The person who directs and controls others is a  _____   (a)servant   (b)service    (c)leader     
6. A traditional leader _____  peace in the community    (a)maintain    (b)deletes    (c)scatter
7. _____ leader controls the people according to custom.  (a)foreign    (b)international    (c)local    (d)traditional
8. There are ____ types of government     (a)2    (b4    (c)3      (d)5
9. The local government is in charge of ____ schools in the locality    (a)primary    (b)secondary    (c)tertiary    (d)playgroup  
10. The federal type of government is controlled by the  _____  (a)councilor     (b)president    (c)ministers     (d)senate
11. ______ government controls the public affairs of many local government   (a)councilor     (b)state   (c)local   (d)federal
12. A local government is bigger than a state   (a)true    (b)false 
13. The state is government is headed by a ______    (a)lawyer    (b)governor   (c)president      (d)minister 
14. The head of a state is the  _____   (a)governor    (b)minister    (c)chairman    (d)president
15. There are _____ states in Nigeria    (a)thirty-six     (b)twelve    (c)thirty two
16. The problem of  _____ differences can affect the state government    (a)ethnicity      (b)moral     (c)talking    (d)dancing
17. Religious differences is also a  _______  of the state government   (a)solution    (b)punishment     (c)problem
18. We must learn to ______ others    (a)disrespect     (b)obey     (c)respect     (d)slap
19. We _____ some things when we listen to other people’s values   (a)spoil     (b)harm    (c)learn    (d)give
20. _____ run errands for their parents   (a)mother     (b)children     (c)grandpa 

SECTION B

Attempt any four questions

1. What is cultural diversity?

1. mention five (5) attitudes to cultural diversity 

1. Mention five (5) responsibilities of parent to their children   

1. mention five (5) responsibilities of children to their parents

1. State five (5) duties of local government 

1. List five (5) problems of state government in Nigeria   

1. Draw the diagram of composition of a state government 

1.   What is the motto of Lagos state?

1st Term Examination 

Subject:   SOCIAL STUDIES Class: BASIC 4

Name:    __________________________________ Time: 1 Hour

SECTION A:  Objective 

Instruction: Answer all questions in this section

1. ______ is a group of people related by blood   (a)nation    (b)none    (c)family    (d)marriage
2. A family of father, mother and their children is _____  family   (a)extended   (b)nuclear    (c)polygamy    (d)monogamy
3. Families come together to _____ continuous existence   (a)promote    (b)subdue    (c)kill    (d)fight
4. My father’s or mother’s brother is my ______   (a)son    (b)uncle    (c)aunt   (d)niece
5. Niece is the _____ of one’s brother or sister    (a)daughter    (b)son    (c)mother    (d)father 
6. Marriage is _____ by God   (a)hated    (b)ordained    (c)dissolved    (d)broken
7. _______ is a type of marriage    (a)monogamy    (b)mahogmay    (c)marriage bite     (d)plutogamy
8. The payment of the bride price is called ____   (a)capital    (b)dowry    (c)interest   (d)profit
9. Marriage failure could be cause by _____    (a)love    (b)peace   (c)financial problems     (d)unity
10. ______ is a way of life of a group of people   (a)science    (b)culture    (c)diet    (d)language 
11. The Ijaw people dress almost the same way as the _____ people   (a)fulani    (b)urhobo     (c)efik    (d)yorubas
12. The yourba are familiar with   (a)akpu    (b)amala    (c)kenike    (d)afang
13. _____ is the igbo’s favorite   (a)rice and beans     (b)amala and ewedu     (c)egusi and akpu    (d)tuwo
14. Tuwo shinkafa is common among the _____   (a)igbos    (b)yorubas    (c)hausa     (d)urhobo
15. In Nigeria, we have many lauguages but only ______ is recognized  (a)4   (b)3    (c)2    (d)5
16. There are ____ major religion in Nigeria   (a)1     (b)3     (c)4    (d)6
17. We must ______ our elders   (a)disobey     (b)obey    (c)disregard    (d)fight
18. Christians worship in the  _____     (a)shrine     (b)mosque      (c)church
19. Muslims worship in the ______  (a)church      (b)shrine     (c)mosque
20. It is _____ to care for one another in the family    (a)good     (b)bad    (c)rude   (d)wicked

SECTION B

Attempt any four questions 

1. Define (a) nuclear family (b) extend family 

1. Who is your (a) uncle (b) aunt (c) Nephew (d) Niece (e) Cousins 

1. List three advantages of family relationship 

1. Define (i) monogamy marriage 

(ii) Polygamy family 

1. List 5 problems of living together 

1. State 5 elements of culture 

1. Mention 5 things that are similar in different cultures 

1. Write out 5 languages spoken in Nigeria

1. State 10 ways of preserving our culture  

1st Term Examination 

Subject:   ENGLISH LANGUAGE Class: BASIC 4

Name:    __________________________________ Time: 1 Hour

SECTION A:  Objective 

Instruction: Answer all questions in this section

Underline the part of speech underlined in the following sentences

1. I was at your house last night    (a)verb       (b)pronoun     (c)noun   (d)adjective
2. A! who did this?    (a)adverb      (b)interjection     (c)pronoun    (d)noun
3. Kindly get me some salt.     (a)verb     (b)adverb       (c)noun     (d)adjective
4. They visit us often in December     (a)preposition     (b)interjection    (c)pronoun     (d)verb
5. Do you know Bimbo?    (a)verb      (b)noun     (c)preposition     (d)pronoun
6. The boy is brilliant    (a)adjectives      (b)verb     (c)adverb      (d)noun

Complete these sentences by changing the verbs in the bracket to past tense 

1. Bola _____ a new bag (buy)   (a)bought     (b)buys      (c)sold     (d)bye
2. The baby  ______  when mother left  (sleep)     (a)slept     (b)sleeping     (c)sleeps      (d)sleeped
3. Mr Tola ______ his class  (teach)   (a)teached      (b)teaching     (c)taught
4. The pupils _____  their teacher  (greet)    (a)greeted     (b)greeting     (c)grated
5. The police ______  the thief in prison  (put)    (a)putteth     (b)put     (c)putt  (d)puts
6. The vehicle _______ a tree by the roadside  (hit)   (a)hite     (b)hited     (c)hit    (d)hitted
7. Rosa  _____ to Lagos by road  (go)    (a)went     (b)goes     (c)go    (d)going
8. Okon  _____ the army (join)    (a)joineth      (b)joined     (c)joining     (d)joins
9. The boy _____ a new book (read)   (a)read     (b)reed     (c)red     (d)readed

Underline the collective noun in each sentence

1. Do you need a bale of wool?
2. A pack of wolves ran through the forest 
3. He fell like a pack of cards
4. The president sent an army of soldiers to London
5. Who raised that cloud of dust?

PART B

Read the passage and answer the questions that follow 

Hard Work Pays?

Al-Hassan is a farmer. He practices mixed cropping. He plants different crops on the same land. He plants Maize, Okro, Cassava, Tomato and Yam. He also keep Goats. His wife and children help him in the sowing, weeding and harvesting of these crops. When the children return from school they help him look after the Goats. The pre-planting operation like cutting and burning of the bush are done by the labourers he hires. The labourers also make the ridges and heaps for him to plant seeds.

The few seeds of maize, the stems of Cassava, the few Tomato seeds and few cuttings of Yam he plants always multiply into hundreds cobs of Maize, Cassava a tubers, baskets of Tomatoes and tubers of Yam respectively. 

Al-Hassan buys what the family needs with the money he gets from the sale of his crops every year. Did you know that some of his crops and goats end up in far away places like Lagos?

With what his children are teaching him about new ways of farming and the tractors given to him by the government, Al-Hassan believes his farm will become bigger and better and provide him more money.

1. What is Al-Hassan’s Occupation

1. What are the crops on his farm?

1. What work do his wife and the children do on the farm?

1. Which work do the laborers do?

1. What are the pre-planting operations?

1. What part of cassava is planted?

1. What does Al-Hassan do with the money from his rewarding harvest? 

PART C

Write a composition about ‘Your Family’

1st Term Examination (20162017)

Subject:   QUANTITATIVES Class: BASIC 4

Name:    __________________________________ Time: 1 Hour

SECTION A:  Objective 

Instruction: Answer all questions in this section

Example:                 #               #                     #          

                      #               #                     #          

                #               #                     #          

1.                 #               #                     #          
2.                 #               #                     #          
3.                 #               #                     #          
4.                 #               #                     #          

Example:   

Example:

Example 

Example:

3/5             9/10                      7/10                  2/3 

1. 1.    2/5                4/9
   2. 1/3                 2/7

• ¾                   ½ 

• 1/9                 2/3 

1st Term Examination 

Subject:   VERBAL REASONING Class: BASIC 4

Name:    __________________________________ Time: 1 Hour

SECTION A:  Objective 

Instruction: Answer all questions in this section

A      B      C      D     E      F      G       H      I        J       K       L       M        N       O       P      Q       R        S        T          U         V         W       X         Y      Z

Use the information supplied above, to answer the following questions 

1. How many letters are there in the English Alphabet?  ___________
2. The letters are grouped as vowels and  _________
3. Write out the vowels _________
4. Write out the consonants ___________
5. How many vowels are in “DICTIONARY’
6. The eleventh letter of the alphabet is  _____________
7. By combining the second, fourth and fifth letters, farm a word that means a piece of furniture ___________
8. By combining the first letter, thirteenth an twenty-fifth letters, form a word which is a name of the month of a year?  ________
9. How many vowels are there?  _________
10. How many consonants are there?    _____________
11. Write out a word with only two vowels  _________
12. Write out a word with only three consonants  __________

Arrange these words in alphabetical order  

1. Man       cold      bold       small

______    _____     ______    ______

1. Up          zebra      poor        small

_____      _____   ______     ______

1. Tree         day        birth        queen

______   ______   _____    _______

1. Build       wall        houses       saw

_____    ______    _______   _______

1. Peter         John         Kalu         Mary

______   _______   _______   ______

1. Apple        Ant          Aunt          acre

________   _______   ______  ______

1. Feed         fruit          farm           firm

______     ______   ______    _______

1. Rose         Raise        Realm        rush

______     ______   _______   _______

1. Apt            ape           apiary         apple 

______   _______    _______    ________

1. Fry             frown       frame        fried  

_______    _______    ________    _______

1. Palace         page          pay           paint

_______     _______    ______    _______

1. Elder           elite           elm          elect

______    ________      ______     ________

1. Heir             help           heap         here

_______    ______     _______     ________

The words given below are in alphabetical order except for one word in each. Underline the odd one out.

1. Apple      bed        damn      cat
2. Radio      soap      tomato      anchor
3. Great       bank      help         inn
4. Ant         brother     cat         goat
5. Him        ignore       jam       man

Write in the space provided, the word that will come first, if the set of words on each line are arranged in alphabetical order.

1. Damn       fake       grace      angry    _________
2. Chair      tablet       poem      under    ________
3. Orchard    orange   order       ore     ________ 

In each of the following pick out the one word which does not belong to the group

1. Leg        body         halve   eye          lip

1. Bed        blanket     bladder     sheet     pillow

1. Village     road       hut   chief    house   

1. Lorry      goat        vehicle    move    brake

1. Hair       shampoo     dance        black      head

1. Cup       silver            brass     gold    iron    

1. Milk       tea               sugar    rough     milo

1. Church    egg             pulpit        chair     bible

1. Loud        noise         comb    voice    volume

1. bus           car            vehicle   pedestrian 

1st Term Examination 

Subject:   FINE ART Class: BASIC 4

Name:    __________________________________ Time: 1 Hour

Draw the following objects and colour 

A Cutlass

A Table 

A Head Pan

A Pot

The National Flag

A Chair

1st Term Examination 

Subject:   HANDWRITING Class: BASIC 4

Name:    __________________________________ Time: 1 Hour

A      neat      environment        is        disease        free 

The     national     capital    is     at      Abuja

The  25th   of    December     of     every    year    is     Christmas.

1st Term Examination 

Subject:   LITERATURE Class: BASIC 4

Name:    __________________________________ Time: 1 Hour

SECTION A:  Objective 

Instruction: Answer all questions in this section

From the novel/story ‘the brave boy’ answer the following questions.

1. What is the name of the kingdom?
2. Why was the land disturbed?
3. What is the name of the king of oguni land? 
4. What decision did the king take about the animal disturbing the land?
5. Who transmitted the aura of fear?
6. What message did he give the king?
7. Who were in the palace?
8. What did the great medicine man advice?
9. Why was Boye worried?
10. What did the man do after shooting the hyena?
11. What news please the king?
12. What action did the king take when the news was related to him?
13. What happened to Boye?
14. What news gave Boye’s parent joy?
15. What sis Boye tell the people?
16. What remark was made about Boye 
17. Where did Boye take the people to?
18. Why was the place familiar to one of the men?
19. Explain Jakpa’s reason for his action 
20. What decision did the king take?