Mastering English: A Comprehensive 1st Term Examination for Primary 5

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1st TERM EXAMINATION
CLASS: BASIC 5
SUBJECT: ENGLISH

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

SECTION A: Comprehension

Passage:
Trade is the activity of buying and selling or the exchange of goods and services between people or countries. In the past, people practiced barter trade. Barter is a form of trade in which goods, property, services, etc., are exchanged for other goods, etc., without the use of money. In recent times, we talk about domestic or home trade and international or foreign trade.

Domestic trade takes place within a country. International trade takes place between two or more countries. It has two divisions: export and import.

Export involves selling and sending goods to another country, while import refers to a product or service that is brought into a country from another.

Questions:

1. What form of trade was practiced in the past?
2. Which of these words is a synonym for trade?
   (a) Business
   (b) Distance
   (c) Product
3. Another name for domestic trade is ______________________.
4. Find a word in the passage that means to sell or send goods to another country.
5. What is trade?
6. What are the two main types of trade mentioned in the passage?
7. In what form of trade is money not used?
8. Which type of trade takes place within a country?
9. What is international trade?
10. Mention the two divisions of international trade.

SECTION B: Reported Speech

Instructions: Report the following statements.

1. Uche said, “I bought the shirt.”
2. “I will help out,” said Faith.
3. Kemi said, “I was sleeping when my father arrived.”
4. The man said, “I am eating yam.”
5. Dorcas said, “We love going to see my grandpa.”
6. “I have finished my homework,” said Tolu.
7. Amaka said, “I will travel tomorrow.”
8. John said, “I can play the guitar.”
9. “The cat is under the table,” said Ade.
10. Mary said, “I am going to the market.”

SECTION C: Grammar

Instructions: Underline the adjectives in these sentences.

1. The President now lives in a new house.
2. The heavy rain could not allow me to go out.
3. The biggest animal in the world has been killed by the brave hunter.
4. The beautiful flower bloomed in the garden.
5. She wore a red dress to the party.
6. The delicious cake was baked by my mom.
7. They found a small kitten under the old bridge.
8. The tall man helped the little boy cross the road.
9. The blue sky was clear on that day.
10. It was a cold and windy evening.

SECTION D: Vocabulary

Instructions: Give another word for each of the following.

1. Collect: __________________
2. Pretty: __________________
3. Dozen: __________________
4. Help: __________________
5. Begin: __________________
6. Quick: __________________
7. Silent: __________________
8. Brave: __________________
9. Angry: __________________
10. Large: __________________

SECTION E: Sentence Construction

Instructions: Join the following pairs of sentences with ‘what’, ‘who’, or ‘where’.

1. I know of a place in Lagos ___________ you can find a lot of cloth merchants.
2. We saw the man ___________ designed the national flag.
3. We don’t really understand ___________ the Teacher was explaining.
4. This is the park ___________ we had our picnic.
5. The person ___________ helped me was very kind.
6. Do you remember ___________ he said?
7. She is the girl ___________ won the prize.
8. That is the house ___________ I grew up.
9. He didn’t say ___________ he was going.
10. Can you tell me ___________ happened?