First Term English Language Studies Examination for Primary 4

Examination on English Language Studies
Class: Primary 4
Term: First Term
Time: 1 Hour
Total Marks: 70

SECTION A: READING COMPREHENSION
Adamu loves to help his mother in the kitchen. Every morning, he sweeps the floor and arranges the chairs. His younger sister, Aisha, helps to wash the plates. Their mother always smiles and thanks them for their good behaviour. She teaches them that helping at home makes the family happy. Adamu and Aisha know that a clean home is a happy home. They always try their best to be helpful and kind to everyone.

Answer questions 1–10 based on the passage.

Instruction: Answer all questions.

1. Who loves to help his mother in the kitchen? (a) Aisha (b) Adamu (c) Mother
2. What does Adamu do every morning? (a) Washes plates (b) Sweeps the floor (c) Cooks food
3. Aisha helps to wash the ________. (a) Clothes (b) Plates (c) Floors
4. The main reason for helping at home is to make the family ________. (a) Sad (b) Happy (c) Busy
5. What does the mother always do when they help? (a) Scolds them (b) Smiles and thanks them (c) Gives them money
6. The word “arranges” in the passage means ________. (a) Mixes (b) Tidies up (c) Breaks
7. Which of these is a good behaviour shown in the passage? (a) Playing all day (b) Helping with chores (c) Sleeping late
8. The phrase “a clean home is a happy home” teaches us ________. (a) To always play (b) To keep our home tidy (c) To buy new things
9. Which is NOT a character in the story? (a) Adamu (b) Aisha (c) Uncle
10. The children try their best to be helpful and ________ to everyone. (a) Naughty (b) Kind (c) Rude

LISTENING AND SPEAKING
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11. Which of the following is a polite way to ask for a pencil? (a) Give me your pencil. (b) I want your pencil. (c) May I borrow your pencil?
12. To ask for permission to leave the class, you would say, “________ I go out?” (a) Will (b) Must (c) May
13. You ________ always listen to your teacher. (a) may (b) must (c) will
14. Which of these words has the vowel sound /a/ as in “cat”? (a) Car (b) Hat (c) Farm
15. The word “father” has the vowel sound ________. (a) /a/ (b) /a:/ (c) /ʌ/
16. Which word contains the vowel sound /ʌ/ as in “cup”? (a) Cut (b) Cart (c) Care
17. The word “bird” has the vowel sound ________. (a) /ʌ/ (b) /ɜ:/ (c) /a:/
18. In the sentence, “I love to eat mangoes,” the stressed word is ________. (a) I (b) love (c) eat
19. Which word is an example of a consonant? (a) A (b) E (c) B
20. All of these are vowels except ________. (a) O (b) U (c) F
21. The correct intonation for the question “Are you happy?” should be ________. (a) falling (b) rising (c) flat
22. Identify the stressed syllable in the word ‘teacher’. (a) TEA-cher (b) tea-CHER (c) tea-CHer

GRAMMATICAL ACCURACY
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23. The past tense of “go” is ________. (a) gone (b) goes (c) went
24. Change the sentence “She eats rice” to past tense. (a) She ate rice. (b) She will eat rice. (c) She is eating rice.
25. We ________ visit the zoo tomorrow. (a) shall (b) is (c) am
26. Which sentence uses the future tense correctly? (a) They played yesterday. (b) He will sing a song. (c) She walks to school.
27. An example of a noun is ________. (a) Quickly (b) Beautiful (c) School
28. Identify the noun in the sentence: “The boy kicked the ball.” (a) kicked (b) boy (c) the
29. The word “beautiful” in “a beautiful flower” is an ________. (a) adverb (b) adjective (c) verb
30. Which of these words modifies a noun? (a) loudly (b) tall (c) run
31. The correct form of the verb in “He ________ to school every day.” (a) go (b) goes (c) going
32. In the sentence “The cat sleeps,” “The cat” is the subject and “sleeps” is the ________. (a) noun (b) finite verb (c) adjective
33. Which of the following is a clause? (a) Under the tree (b) He sings (c) Very quickly
34. Arrange these words in alphabetical order: apple, banana, mango. (a) apple, mango, banana (b) banana, apple, mango (c) apple, banana, mango
35. Which word would come first in a dictionary? (a) Zebra (b) Yellow (c) Yam
36. The ________ is called an action word. (a) noun (b) verb (c) adjective
37. Identify the action verb in the sentence: “The bird flies high.” (a) bird (b) flies (c) high
38. Which sentence correctly uses “shall” to express future action? (a) He shall play football. (b) I shall come to your party. (c) They shall sing well.
39. The main reason for using a dictionary is to ________. (a) draw pictures (b) find word meanings (c) write stories
40. The correct form of the adjective in “The ________ (big) elephant walked slowly.” (a) bigger (b) big (c) biggest
41. Which of these sentences is in the present tense? (a) She will read. (b) He ate. (c) They play.
42. All of these are action verbs except ________. (a) run (b) sleep (c) red
43. The word “quickly” is an adverb. Which word is NOT an adverb? (a) slowly (b) happily (c) fast
44. The correct spelling of the word is ________. (a) beutiful (b) beautiful (c) beautifull
45. An example of a pronoun is ________. (a) jump (b) she (c) quickly

WRITING
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46. Which of the following is a simple statement? (a) What is your name? (b) The sun is hot. (c) Go home!
47. The correct format for writing a simple address includes ________. (a) only the street name (b) house number, street, city, state (c) only the city
48. When writing a composition about “My School,” a good opening sentence would be ________. (a) My school is big and beautiful. (b) I like to eat rice. (c) The cat ran fast.
49. Which of these is a feature of an informal letter? (a) Formal salutation (b) Friendly closing (c) Official stamp
50. The poem format requires attention to ________. (a) paragraphs (b) line breaks (c) bold words

SECTION B: WRITING
Instruction: Answer ONE question only. (20 Marks)

1. Write a composition about “My School”.
2. Describe step-by-step how to prepare rice.
3. Write an informal letter to your best friend telling them about your favourite holiday.

OBJECTIVE MARKING SCHEME
Question 1 – ✅ (b) Adamu
Question 2 – ✅ (b) Sweeps the floor
Question 3 – ✅ (b) Plates
Question 4 – ✅ (b) Happy
Question 5 – ✅ (b) Smiles and thanks them
Question 6 – ✅ (b) Tidies up
Question 7 – ✅ (b) Helping with chores
Question 8 – ✅ (b) To keep our home tidy
Question 9 – ✅ (c) Uncle
Question 10 – ✅ (b) Kind
Question 11 – ✅ (c) May I borrow your pencil?
Question 12 – ✅ (c) May
Question 13 – ✅ (b) must
Question 14 – ✅ (b) Hat
Question 15 – ✅ (b) /a:/
Question 16 – ✅ (a) Cut
Question 17 – ✅ (b) /ɜ:/
Question 18 – ✅ (b) love
Question 19 – ✅ (c) B
Question 20 – ✅ (c) F
Question 21 – ✅ (b) rising
Question 22 – ✅ (a) TEA-cher
Question 23 – ✅ (c) went
Question 24 – ✅ (a) She ate rice.
Question 25 – ✅ (a) shall
Question 26 – ✅ (b) He will sing a song.
Question 27 – ✅ (c) School
Question 28 – ✅ (b) boy
Question 29 – ✅ (b) adjective
Question 30 – ✅ (b) tall
Question 31 – ✅ (b) goes
Question 32 – ✅ (b) finite verb
Question 33 – ✅ (b) He sings
Question 34 – ✅ (c) apple, banana, mango
Question 35 – ✅ (c) Yam
Question 36 – ✅ (b) verb
Question 37 – ✅ (b) flies
Question 38 – ✅ (b) I shall come to your party.
Question 39 – ✅ (b) find word meanings
Question 40 – ✅ (b) big
Question 41 – ✅ (c) They play.
Question 42 – ✅ (c) red
Question 43 – ✅ (c) fast
Question 44 – ✅ (b) beautiful
Question 45 – ✅ (b) she
Question 46 – ✅ (b) The sun is hot.
Question 47 – ✅ (b) house number, street, city, state
Question 48 – ✅ (a) My school is big and beautiful.
Question 49 – ✅ (b) Friendly closing
Question 50 – ✅ (b) line breaks