Second Term English Language Studies Examination Questions for Primary 1

ENGLISH LANGUAGE STUDIES EXAMINATION
Subject: English Language Studies      Class: Primary 1
Name: ____________________      Date: ____________

Time: 1 hour
Total Marks: 70

SECTION A: OBJECTIVES (50 marks)
Instruction: Answer all questions.

SECTION 1: READING COMPREHENSION
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions.

Tunde is a small boy. He lives in Lagos with his family. Every morning, Tunde wakes up early. He greets his mother and father. He says, “Good morning.” His mother smiles and gives him food.

Tunde has a red bag. He carries his bag to school. He walks with his friend, Ada. Ada has a blue bag. They talk and laugh on their way.

In school, Tunde reads simple sentences. He writes in his book. He listens to his teacher. His teacher teaches him new words. Tunde is happy in school.

After school, Tunde goes home. He plays with his dog. He helps his mother. At night, he says goodbye to his friends and goes to bed.

1. Tunde lives in ______. (a) Abuja     (b) Lagos     (c) Kano
2. Tunde greets his ______ in the morning. (a) teacher     (b) friends     (c) parents
3. What colour is Tunde’s bag? (a) blue     (b) green     (c) red
4. Who walks with Tunde to school? (a) Ada     (b) Father     (c) Teacher
5. Tunde learns new words from his ______. (a) friend     (b) mother     (c) teacher
6. After school, Tunde plays with his ______. (a) cat     (b) dog     (c) goat
7. The word “happy” means ______. (a) sad     (b) glad     (c) angry
8. At night, Tunde goes to ______. (a) farm     (b) market     (c) bed
9. Tunde carries a ______ to school. (a) chair     (b) bag     (c) spoon
10. Ada has a ______ bag. (a) red     (b) blue     (c) black

SECTION 2: PHONICS
Instruction: Choose the correct option.

11. Which of these animals says “meow”? (a) dog     (b) cat     (c) cow
12. Which word begins with the sound /b/? (a) bag     (b) cat     (c) dog
13. Which word rhymes with “cat”? (a) pen     (b) hat     (c) dog
14. The word “into” is made from ______. (a) in + to     (b) it + no     (c) to + in
15. Which word has the vowel sound /a/? (a) cat     (b) sky     (c) fly
16. Which animal says “moo”? (a) goat     (b) cow     (c) dog
17. Which word begins with the letter “d”? (a) dog     (b) bag     (c) cat
18. Choose the word that has the same ending sound as “pen”. (a) hen     (b) boy     (c) sun
19. Which of these is made from two words? (a) tonight     (b) pen     (c) cat
20. Which of these is a vowel letter? (a) b     (b) c     (c) a

SECTION 3: GRAMMAR
Instruction: Choose the correct option.

21. Which of these is a noun? (a) run     (b) cat     (c) eat
22. Fill in the blank: This is ______ bag. (a) my     (b) run     (c) jump
23. Which of these is a pronoun? (a) Lagos     (b) school     (c) he
24. Choose the plural form of boy. (a) boyes     (b) boys     (c) boies
25. Which sentence starts with a capital letter? (a) i am a boy     (b) I am a boy     (c) i Am a boy
26. Fill in the blank: I ______ a pupil. (a) am     (b) is     (c) are
27. Which sentence has a full stop? (a) This is my book.     (b) This is my book     (c) this is my book
28. Choose the correct pronoun: Mary is a girl. ______ is happy. (a) He     (b) She     (c) They
29. Which shows more than one? (a) dog     (b) dogs     (c) doge
30. Which sentence is correct? (a) this is my pen.     (b) This is my pen.     (c) this Is my pen.

SECTION 4: VOCABULARY
Instruction: Choose the correct option.

31. Goodbye means ______. (a) greeting     (b) farewell     (c) eating
32. Which word means the same as “glad”? (a) sad     (b) happy     (c) angry
33. Choose the correct word: I carry my school ______. (a) bag     (b) eat     (c) run
34. Which word is an animal? (a) pen     (b) dog     (c) book
35. Which word means a place to learn? (a) school     (b) farm     (c) road
36. Choose the word that means the opposite of “hello”. (a) goodbye     (b) welcome     (c) smile
37. Which word names a person? (a) Mary     (b) book     (c) pen
38. Choose the correct word: I write in my ______. (a) book     (b) dog     (c) goat
39. Which word shows feeling? (a) happy     (b) pen     (c) bag
40. Which word names a place? (a) school     (b) boy     (c) dog

SECTION 5: LISTENING, SPEAKING AND WRITING SKILLS
Instruction: Choose the correct option.

41. ________ is a polite way to greet in the morning. (a) Good morning     (b) Goodbye     (c) Thank you
42. When someone gives you a gift, you say ______. (a) sorry     (b) thank you     (c) sit down
43. Which of these shows farewell? (a) good night     (b) bye-bye     (c) well done
44. The mark used at the end of a question is ______. (a) .     (b) ?     (c) ,
45. The mark used to separate words in a list is ______. (a) comma     (b) full stop     (c) question mark
46. Which sentence asks a question? (a) I am a boy.     (b) Are you a boy?     (c) This is my pen.
47. Choose the sentence with correct punctuation. (a) What is your name.     (b) What is your name?     (c) what is your name?
48. Which sentence is written correctly? (a) my name is Tunde.     (b) My name is Tunde.     (c) My Name is tunde.
49. Which sentence shows personal feeling? (a) I am happy.     (b) Open the door.     (c) Sit down there.
50. When you are leaving your friend, you say ______. (a) thank you     (b) please     (c) goodbye

SECTION B: THEORY (20 marks)
Instruction: Fill in the blanks with correct words to complete the composition.

1. Complete the composition below. (20 marks)
My name is ________. I am a ________. I am ________ years old.
I live in ________. My school is ________ and I go to school with my ________.
I have a ________ bag. My bag has ________ in it.
I love my ________. My teacher is ________.
I greet my teacher by saying ________ and I greet my parents by saying ________.
I say ________ when I am leaving.
I am a ________ pupil. I like my ________.

Objective Marking Scheme
Question 1 – ✅ (b) Lagos
Question 2 – ✅ (c) parents
Question 3 – ✅ (c) red
Question 4 – ✅ (a) Ada
Question 5 – ✅ (c) teacher
Question 6 – ✅ (b) dog
Question 7 – ✅ (b) glad
Question 8 – ✅ (c) bed
Question 9 – ✅ (b) bag
Question 10 – ✅ (b) blue
Question 11 – ✅ (b) cat
Question 12 – ✅ (a) bag
Question 13 – ✅ (b) hat
Question 14 – ✅ (a) in + to
Question 15 – ✅ (a) cat
Question 16 – ✅ (b) cow
Question 17 – ✅ (a) dog
Question 18 – ✅ (a) hen
Question 19 – ✅ (a) tonight
Question 20 – ✅ (c) a
Question 21 – ✅ (b) cat
Question 22 – ✅ (a) my
Question 23 – ✅ (c) he
Question 24 – ✅ (b) boys
Question 25 – ✅ (b) I am a boy
Question 26 – ✅ (a) am
Question 27 – ✅ (a) This is my book.
Question 28 – ✅ (b) She
Question 29 – ✅ (b) dogs
Question 30 – ✅ (b) This is my pen.
Question 31 – ✅ (b) farewell
Question 32 – ✅ (b) happy
Question 33 – ✅ (a) bag
Question 34 – ✅ (b) dog
Question 35 – ✅ (a) school
Question 36 – ✅ (a) goodbye
Question 37 – ✅ (a) Mary
Question 38 – ✅ (a) book
Question 39 – ✅ (a) happy
Question 40 – ✅ (a) school
Question 41 – ✅ (a) Good morning
Question 42 – ✅ (b) thank you
Question 43 – ✅ (b) bye-bye
Question 44 – ✅ (b) ?
Question 45 – ✅ (a) comma
Question 46 – ✅ (b) Are you a boy?
Question 47 – ✅ (b) What is your name?
Question 48 – ✅ (b) My name is Tunde.
Question 49 – ✅ (a) I am happy.
Question 50 – ✅ (c) goodbye