Second Term English Language Studies Examination for Primary 3

Examination on English Language Studies
Class: Primary 3
Term: Second Term
Time: 1 Hour
Total Marks: 70

SECTION A: READING COMPREHENSION
My friend, Emeka, loves to keep his surroundings clean. Every morning, he sweeps his room and arranges his books. He also helps his mother clean the compound. When he finishes playing, he washes his hands with soap and water. Emeka always looks neat and tidy. He knows that cleanliness is important for good health. We should all be like Emeka.

Answer questions 1–10 based on the passage.

Instruction: Answer all questions.

1. Who loves to keep his surroundings clean? (a) Mama (b) Emeka (c) Papa
2. What does Emeka do every morning? (a) He plays outside (b) He sweeps his room (c) He watches TV
3. Emeka helps his mother clean the ________. (a) kitchen (b) compound (c) car
4. What does Emeka do after playing? (a) He sleeps (b) He eats (c) He washes his hands
5. Emeka always looks ________. (a) dirty (b) neat and tidy (c) sad
6. The main reason for Emeka’s actions is that cleanliness is important for ________. (a) money (b) good health (c) fun
7. The word ‘surroundings’ in the passage means ________. (a) his house (b) places around him (c) his friends
8. Which of the following is NOT something Emeka does? (a) Sweeps his room (b) Washes his hands (c) Plays video games
9. All of these are things Emeka does to stay clean except ________. (a) arranging books (b) sweeping his room (c) washing his car
10. The main idea of this passage is about ________. (a) playing games (b) the importance of cleanliness (c) reading books

LISTENING AND SPEAKING
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11. Which word has the same vowel sound as ‘bed’? (a) Said (b) Meet (c) Gate
12. The word ‘play’ has the /ei/ sound. Which of these words also has the /ei/ sound? (a) Pet (b) Day (c) Pen
13. Which word begins with the /f/ sound? (a) Very (b) Fan (c) Van
14. The word ‘boat’ contains the /b/ sound. Which of the following words also contains the /b/ sound? (a) Pot (b) Buy (c) Park
15. Which word has the /e/ sound as in ‘egg’? (a) Cap (b) Leg (c) Cut
16. The word ‘cup’ has the /ᴧ/ sound. Which word also has the /ᴧ/ sound? (a) Cat (b) Sun (c) Seat
17. Identify the word with the consonant cluster /br/. (a) Bear (b) Bread (c) Read
18. Which of these words has the /gl/ cluster? (a) Girl (b) Glass (c) Grow
19. The sentence “Come here!” is a command. It should be spoken with a ________ intonation. (a) rising (b) falling (c) flat
20. Which of the following sentences should be said with a rising tune? (a) She is happy. (b) Are you going? (c) Stop that!
21. Choose the word with the correct stress: (a) TEAch-er (b) teach-ER (c) TEA-cher
22. The word ‘table’ has the stress on the first syllable. Which word is stressed similarly? (a) a-WAY (b) BA-by (c) to-DAY

GRAMMATICAL ACCURACY
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23. The plural of ‘box’ is ________. (a) boxs (b) boxes (c) boxies
24. Which of these is an irregular plural? (a) boys (b) children (c) tables
25. All of these are regular plurals except ________. (a) books (b) cars (c) feet
26. You ________ obey your parents. (a) has to (b) should (c) musts
27. She ________ wear her uniform to school every day. (a) must (b) should (c) has to
28. We ________ listen to our teacher. (a) must (b) has to (c) shoulds
29. My mother ________ to market every Saturday. (a) go (b) goes (c) going
30. Birds ________ in the sky. (a) flies (b) fly (c) flying
31. The correct form of the sentence “She walk to school” in simple past tense is ________. (a) She walked to school. (b) She walks to school. (c) She walking to school.
32. Change “They play football” to simple past tense. (a) They played football. (b) They plays football. (c) They playing football.
33. I ________ my homework. (present perfect) (a) have finished (b) finished (c) am finishing
34. ________ you ________ your lunch? (present perfect interrogative) (a) Have … eat (b) Has … eaten (c) Have … eaten
35. An example of a sentence in present perfect tense is ________. (a) He will go. (b) She has eaten. (c) They are playing.
36. The ________ is called a descriptive word. (a) quickly (b) big (c) runs
37. Which of the following is an adjective describing size? (a) happy (b) small (c) fast
38. The ________ car is parked outside. (Choose the best descriptive word for colour) (a) tall (b) red (c) soft
39. The heavy box was difficult to lift. The word ‘heavy’ describes its ________. (a) size (b) appearance (c) weight
40. My sister ________ singing when I entered the room. (a) was (b) were (c) is
41. They ________ playing when it started to rain. (a) was (b) were (c) is
42. Which of these sentences uses the past continuous tense? (a) He watched TV. (b) She was reading a book. (c) We will eat.
43. The correct form of “The boy (sleep) when his mother called.” in past continuous tense is ________. (a) was sleeping (b) slept (c) is sleeping
44. The ________ apple fell from the tree. (Choose the best descriptive word for appearance) (a) sweet (b) juicy (c) rotten

WRITING
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45. Choose the sentence with correct capitalization and punctuation. (a) my name is Tunde. (b) My name is tunde. (c) My name is Tunde.
46. Which of the following uses a question mark correctly? (a) Where are you going. (b) Where are you going? (c) Where are you going!
47. We bought apples oranges and bananas. Which punctuation mark is missing? (a) full stop (b) comma (c) question mark
48. The sentence “The dog ran fast” needs a ________ at the end. (a) question mark (b) comma (c) full stop
49. Which of these describes an object by its colour? (a) The tree is tall. (b) The car is blue. (c) The cat is fat.
50. Arrange the words to form a correct sentence: is / big / the / house / . (a) The house is big. (b) Is the house big. (c) House the big is.

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

1. Write a descriptive essay about “My Mother”.
2. Describe your favourite animal, mentioning its size, colour, and what it looks like.
3. Write about your daily routine, describing what you do habitually every morning.

OBJECTIVE MARKING SCHEME

Question 1 – ✅ (b) Emeka
Question 2 – ✅ (b) He sweeps his room
Question 3 – ✅ (b) compound
Question 4 – ✅ (c) He washes his hands
Question 5 – ✅ (b) neat and tidy
Question 6 – ✅ (b) good health
Question 7 – ✅ (b) places around him
Question 8 – ✅ (c) Plays video games
Question 9 – ✅ (c) washing his car
Question 10 – ✅ (b) the importance of cleanliness
Question 11 – ✅ (a) Said
Question 12 – ✅ (b) Day
Question 13 – ✅ (b) Fan
Question 14 – ✅ (b) Buy
Question 15 – ✅ (b) Leg
Question 16 – ✅ (b) Sun
Question 17 – ✅ (b) Bread
Question 18 – ✅ (b) Glass
Question 19 – ✅ (b) falling
Question 20 – ✅ (b) Are you going?
Question 21 – ✅ (a) TEAch-er
Question 22 – ✅ (b) BA-by
Question 23 – ✅ (b) boxes
Question 24 – ✅ (b) children
Question 25 – ✅ (c) feet
Question 26 – ✅ (b) should
Question 27 – ✅ (c) has to
Question 28 – ✅ (a) must
Question 29 – ✅ (b) goes
Question 30 – ✅ (b) fly
Question 31 – ✅ (a) She walked to school.
Question 32 – ✅ (a) They played football.
Question 33 – ✅ (a) have finished
Question 34 – ✅ (c) Have … eaten
Question 35 – ✅ (b) She has eaten.
Question 36 – ✅ (b) big
Question 37 – ✅ (b) small
Question 38 – ✅ (b) red
Question 39 – ✅ (c) weight
Question 40 – ✅ (a) was
Question 41 – ✅ (b) were
Question 42 – ✅ (b) She was reading a book.
Question 43 – ✅ (a) was sleeping
Question 44 – ✅ (d) rotten
Question 45 – ✅ (c) My name is Tunde.
Question 46 – ✅ (b) Where are you going?
Question 47 – ✅ (b) comma
Question 48 – ✅ (c) full stop
Question 49 – ✅ (b) The car is blue.
Question 50 – ✅ (a) The house is big.