First Term Examination English Studies and Composition for Primary 4 (Basic 4) Exam Questions

 

ENGLISH STUDIES EXAM 

FIRST TERM EXAMINATION 

CLASS – PRIMARY 4 (BASIC 4) 

 

VOLUME 1 – ENGLISH STUDIES EXAM QUESTIONS

SECTION A – COMPREHENSION

INSTRUCTION – Read the passage and answer the questions that follows:

Tessie lived with her mother,father and older sister, Itoro. One day, the girls mother had to go on a journey to visit her sick brother who lived far away. “ Be good while l am away and help your father, “ the girls mother said to them before she left.

That is exactly what itoro did. She got up early in the morning to make breakfast for the family. She helped Tessie to get ready for school. After school, she came home and did the chores of washing and sweeping, and then she cooked supper.

“Please help me do the chores,” Itoro asked her sister . Each time ,Tessie refused.

“ l am too tired to help you “ she complained or “l am busy playing, so l can’t help you”, or Simply, “ No, I don’t feel like helping you. “ Tessie father kept quiet.

 

QUESTIONS

a. Was Itoro older or younger than Tessie?

b. Why did the girls’s mother go away?

c. Name two ways that Itoro helped her family.

d. Why didn’t Tessie helped her family?

 

SECTION B

INSTRUCTION – Attempt all the questions in this section. 

1. We went to the train ______.

[a] terminus

[b] land

[c] road

 

2. l ______ my holiday.

[a] enjoyed

[b] enjoy

[c] enjoying

 

3. Her ______ beating very fast.

[a] art

[b] hat

[c] heart

 

4. My mother ______ our school uniform.

[a] wash

[b] watch

[c] washes

 

5. l am ______, l can read and write.

[a] good

[b] literate

[c] illiterate

 

6. ______ people attended the party.

[a] Much

[b] Many

[c] Some

 

7. Please give ______ dog some food.

[a] the

[b] an

[c] a

 

8. We have ______ food for everybody.

[a] many

[b] much

[c] least

 

9. They have been using that car ______ 2001.

[a] for

[b] since

[c] in

 

10. Moses ______ to church and his sister.

[a] was going

[b] gone

[c] go

 

11. A ______ is a small bed with high side for baby.

[a] cot

[b] court

[c] cut

 

12. The ______ box could not fit in the car

[a] tiny

[b] large

[c] small

 

13. The fans ______ when their team scored.

[a] jeered

[b] cheered

[c] laugh

 

14. l don’t have ______ time to wait.

[a] much

[b] little

[c] few

 

15. My dress is ______ than hers.

[a] beautiful

[b] more beautiful

[c] most beautiful

 

SECTION B

INSTRUCTION – Attempt all the questions in this section. 

1. Complete the collective nouns.

a. A ______ of bananas.

b. A bouquet of ______.

c. A ______ of fowl.

d. A school of ______.

 

2. Change the sentences into simple past tense. 

a. We talk on the phone.

b. Elizabeth and her mother bake bread.

c. Suleman sleeps on the mat.

d. The dog chases the ball.

 

3. Match the words and their meaning:

a. Grabbed – Something to that transports people and things from place to place

b. Horrible – slid by accident

c. Slipped – Held hard onto something

d. Vehicle – Very unpleasant

 

4. Complete the story below using words from the boxes – [Expensive, Travel,    Slow, Road, Hours, Train, Bus, Quickest Rivers, Comfortable, Longer and Luxury]

Nafisa and his family live in lbadan. They are going on holiday to Jos. They are flying to Jos because it is the ______ way to get there. Travel by aeroplane is ______ but it is ______. The family will ______

back to lbadan by bus. They will catch a ______ bus which is also comfortable.

It will take about sixteen ______ for them to travel back to Jos. This is a much ______ time than the plane journey. Travelling by ______ would take them longer! Trains in Nigeria are safe but the trains are old and ______. It is not possible to travel by boat from Jos to Ibadan, as there are no ______ or sea.

 

 

VOLUME 2 – ENGLISH STUDIES EXAM QUESTIONS

SECTION A – COMPREHENSION

INSTRUCTION – Read the passage and answer the questions that follows:

Football is the most popular sport in the world. It is a game played by two teams at a time, each have ten players and one goal keeper. The game is played on a field which has two goal post, one at each end of the field. A referee with help of two line men oversees a football match.

People of all races and complexion like the game. Both government and private are interested in the game.

 

QUESTIONS

a. What is a football?

b. How many people are there in a football team at a time?

c. Mention people that oversee the game of football .

d. Find a word in the first paragraph which means “ Famous“

 

SECTION B

INSTRUCTION – Attempt all the questions in this section. 

1. l have ______.

[a] speak

[b] spoken

[c] speak

 

2. They have been using that car ______ 2001.

[a] for

[b] since

[c] in

 

3. Moses ______ to church and his sister.

[a] was going

[b] gone

[c] go

 

4. A ______ is a small bed with high side for baby.

[a] cot

[b] court

[c] cut

 

5. My aunt just bought a new ______ machine.

[a] sowing

[b] sooing

[c] sewing

 

6. The maid ______ the bucket with water.

[a] feels

[b] fills

[c] filling

 

7. l am ______. l can read and write.

[a] good

[b] literate

[c] illiterate

 

8. l ______ my father’s friend at the park .

[a] seen

[b] seeing

[c] saw

 

9. l ______ come when l have finished eating.

[a] may

[b] can

[c] have

 

10. We ______ at the stadium last week .

[a] was

[b] have

[c] were

 

11. l ______ show you where to go.

[a] will

[b] can

[c] may

 

12. The ______ box could not fit in the car.

[a] tiny

[b] large

[c] small

 

13. The fans ______ when their team scored.

[a] jeered

[b] cheered

[c] laugh

 

14. Oku is the ______ child.

[a] tallest

[b] tall

[c] taller

 

15. My dress is ______ than hers.

[a] beautiful

[b] more beautiful

[c] most beautiful.

 

SECTION B

INSTRUCTION – Attempt all the questions in this section. 

1. Fill in the gaps with “may or can‘’

a. Please ma, ______ l come?

b. Sir ______ we go to bed now?

c. Jide ______ l have the money, please?

d. The soldiers asked the commander, ______ we return to camp tomorrow.

 

2. Give the past tense of the following:

a. Give – ________________

b. Cut – ________________

c. Travel – ________________

d. Walk – ________________

 

3. Make a sentence with each of the following words:

a. Step mother

b. Goal keep

c. Interesting

d. Important

 

4. Write 4 sentences about your family.

 

SECTION C – COMPOSITION

INSTRUCTION – Choose one out of the following:

1. Write a composition about your family.

2. Write a composition about my school.