Primary 4 (Basic 4) Third Term Examination for All Subjects and Answer keys

THIRD TERM ENGLISH STUDIES EXAMINATION QUESTIONS FOR PRIMARY 4 (BASIC 4)

ENGLISH STUDIES EXAM QUESTIONS 

SECTION A – English Comprehension INSTRUCTION – Read the passage carefully. 

Eating habit is the manner we which we eat.It is the behaviour that we put up while eating. There are different tribe with different types of food. The Igbos for example take akpu and oha soup as the favourite dish. The yorubas people especialyy those from Ekiti and Ondo state like pounded yam and Vegetable soup. Tuwo Shinkafa, Tuwo musra, Fura and so on are some of the hausa foods.

Talking or gisting while eating, rushing food and chewing food properly are some behaviours that are bad while eating.

QUESTIONS

A. What is eating habit?

B. What is lgbo peoples’s favourite food?

C. Mention two traditional dishes of Hausa.

D. How many tribes are mention in this passage?

E. Mention two bad habits you must’nt do while eating food?

SECTION B – Choose the correct answer from the options.

1. ______ a loaf is better than none.

[a] Full

[b] Half

[c] Two thirds

2. Out of the frying pan into the ______.

[a] love

[b] sauce pan

[c] fire

3. ______ head are better than one.

[a] Two

[b] More

[c] Many

4. Being prompt in everything you do is ______.

[a] rewarding

[b] rewinding

[c] reckless

5. Make while the sun ______.

[a] shining

[b] shines

[c] shine

6. ______ stole my money.

[a] Who

[b] Which

[c] What

7. Look at ______ bungalow over there.

[a] those

[b] whose

[c] that

8. Where is the man ______ son was Kidnapped.

[a] which

[b] where

[c] whose

9. You must not go out ______ you finish your home work.

[a] if

[b] so

[c] unless

10. l saw them ______ they were crossing the road.

[a] when

[b] If not

[c] unless

11. Tunde like potatoes ______ hate cocoyam.

[a] but

[b] can

[c] so

12. l ______ yesterday to see my granny.

[a] travelled

[b] travel

[c] traveling

13. l shall not be late, ______ l?

[a] may

[b] can

[c] shall

14. ______ made sound /ei/.

[a] Table

[b] Able

[c] School

15. Underline word with sound /au/.

[a] home

[b] house

[c] fish

SECTION C – Attempt all questions in this section. 

1. Match the word to the correct answer.

A. Vehicles         gases and smokes which usually smell badly.

B. Rickety           permission to become a member of a school.

C. Fumes            to pay to get the use of something.

D. Hire                machines that transport people or goods from one place to another.

E. Admission    old and in bad condition.

2. Write the opposite these sentences. 

A. Good

B. Same

C. Give

D. Hate

3. Say whether each of the statement give advice, advertisement or warning.

a. Omo is sold in our shop ______.

b. Be hardworking, you will surely succeed ______.

c. Be careful, you may fall ______.

d. It is good to be honest ______.

4. Re – arrange these word into correct sentences.

A. Lagos travelled yesterday to we.

B. Cat sat the table under.

C. A slow the very animal snail is.

D. School my is beautiful.

E. Is in lagos west Nigeria of.

SECTION D – Choose one out of the following topics. 

A. Write an informal letter to your friend in Ajeromi Primary school, informing him/her about your preparation for your up coming examination in July.

OR

B. Write a composition about your best friend.

THIRD TERM ENGLISH STUDIES EXAMINATION PRIMARY 4 – ANSWER KEYS

SECTION A – COMPREHENSION ANSWERS 

A. Eating habit is the manner or way in which we eat / the behaviour we display while eating.

B. Akpu and Oha soup.

C. Any two: Tuwo Shinkafa, Tuwo Masara, Fura.

D. Three (Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa).

E. Any two:

• Talking or gisting while eating

• Rushing food

• Not chewing food properly

SECTION B – OBJECTIVE ANSWERS 

1. b (Half)

2. c (fire)

3. a (Two)

4. a (rewarding)

5. b (shines)

6. a (Who)

7. c (that)

8. c (whose)

9. c (unless)

10. a (when)

11. a (but)

12. a (travelled)

13. c (shall)

14. a (Table)

15. b (house)

SECTION C – ANSWER KEYS 

1. Matching

A. Vehicles → machines that transport people or goods from one place to another

B. Rickety → old and in bad condition

C. Fumes → gases and smokes which usually smell badly

D. Hire → to pay to get the use of something

E. Admission → permission to become a member of a school

2. Opposites

A. Good → Bad

B. Same → Different

C. Give → Take

D. Hate → Love

3. Identify the Statement Type

a. Advertisement

b. Advice

c. Warning

d. Advice

4. Rearranged Sentences

A. We travelled to Lagos yesterday.

B. The cat sat under the table.

C. The snail is a very slow animal.

D. My school is beautiful.

E. Lagos is in the west of Nigeria.

SECTION D (Sample Answers Guide)

Option A – Informal Letter (Guide)

• Address

• Date

• Salutation (Dear…)

• Body: preparation for exam (reading, revision, attending lessons, etc.)

• Closing (Yours sincerely, Name)

Option B – Composition (Guide)

• Introduction of best friend

• Description (name, character, qualities)

• Why you like the friend

• Conclusion

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