English Language P5 sample questions

Primary school 5 pupils

ENGLISH LANGUAGE   Class 5

Choose from letter A – C the one which is nearly opposite in meaning

1.   Esenam found the water very hot.          A.boiling        B.cool     C.warm

2.   The medicine is bitter.             A. sweet       B.delicious       C.palatable

3.   A lot of our student pass this year.        A.succeed         B.fail        C.win

4.   At the judgement day, the truth shall surley come out.                                          

          A.sincerity              B.faithfull            C.false

5.   Aku realised that the surface of themirror is very smooth.                                             A.gentle               B.neat              C.rough

Choose from letter A – C the one which is nearest in meaning

6.       Nowedays, only poor people disregard family planning.    

         A.rich                      B.intelligent               C.needy

7.       The student refuse to carry the block to the site.        

                 A.accept                 B.reject              C.welcome

8.       The  people of Ghana must try to resist oppressers rule.                                      

              A. oppose                 B.reject               C.exposed

9.       By his grace we are safe from danger.                                                                    

         A.covered               B.protected             C.exposed

10.  Everybody must sit – up when lesson is in progress.                                 

          A.stand – up               B.learn seriously                C.be attentive.

11.  It is very good for every student to trust n God.                                      

          A.be faithful             B.prayerfull               C.believe

12.  Yaw said to the stobborn boy, ‘don’t be silly next time”          

        A.stupid              B.honest            C.believe

13.  We were advice to ‘look before we leap’                                         

            A.jump                B.see             C.be carefull

14.  It is good to mix so many spices when making stew.                        

       A.scatter              B.cook        C.combine

15.  Sena did an excellent work in her final examinations.                                         A.bad                B.good              C.weak

Choose from letter A – C the suitable to complete the sentences below

16.     How did you arrive at  ……….. wonderful idea.     A.that          B.such a     C.that a such

17.     Can you recall all …….. he said at the meeting?     A.what     B.this    C.that

18.     Either the soldiers …….. the cilivian need to be praised.

19.     I know that you ……….. a pen before you’re lying.                             

          A.has                       B.have               C.do

20.     I ……… good at singing .    A.have    B.I’am       C.am

21.     The stolen ball is …………Ama and Yaw. 

          A.between       B.for       C.belong

22.     ………….. is coming to teach us.     A.which     B.who     C.what

23.     It ………..eaten the whole herb.      A.has      B.have      C.have been

24.     No sooner had we started the journey ……….. we have a flat tyre.     

         A.then            B.that                  C.then

25.     We ……….to do the work today.    A.has      B.have      C.were.

SECTION B

Write a very short essay on the topic “MYSELF” in the space provided below

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English Language P4 sample questions

Primary school 4 pupils

                                                      

                  

   ENGLISH LANGUAGE   Class 4

Complete the sentences with the correct adjective

          1.     Joe is …………... than Kwame.         

         (a)fattest                   (b)fat               (c)fatter

    

              2.   Abdul is the ……..……..in their family.    (a)tall                (b)taller          (c)tallest

  

      3.   Amina is ……….than Abena.                 (a)beautiful                   (b)more beautiful                                      

             (c)most beautiful

   

       4.   Snake is the ………..animal.          (a)dangerous          (b)most dangerous                       

        (c)more dangerous

  

       5.    Ama is the ……..pupil in the school.        (a)clever       (b)cleverest    (c)cleverer

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb

       6.   My sister has already  ...........................…..doing her assignment                                                           

         (a)   finished              (b)finish                   (c)finishing

       

  

       7.    Kofi has…….. to school this morning.   (a)go                 (b)goes          (c)gone

      8.   She is ……………………..….her school uniform                                                                                            

                    (a)washing               (b)wash                  (c)washed

      

      9.   Who …………………………….... that ball on the field                                                                  

         (a)kicking                          (b)kicked                      (c)has kicking

10.       My mother always ………………………….…banku every Sunday morning.                                   (a)cook                       (b)cooking                (c)has cooked

Complete the sentences using has/have.

11.         Mr. and Mrs. Korsipa ………………… travelled three days ago.

12.        ………………you found your stolen money?

13.        Someone ………………… taken my book.

14.        It ………………….. been knocked by car.

15.        The girl ……………… been performing well nowadays.

Change the following verbs into simple past tense.

                    Verb                       Past

           16.                       Arrive ……………………………

            17.                       Go……………………………….

            18.                      Eat………………………………..

   

            19.                       Start………………………………….

SECTION B

Read the passage very carefully and answer the questions that follow

              

       An earthquake is when the ground moves. Sometimes it moves only a little but at times it shakes hard buildings collapse holes appear in the grounds. There are about 500,000 earthquakes every year. Only about 100 of these are serious.                                                                                                                                                              In Ghana, we often have serious earthquakes. However, there was one in 1939.                 

The center of the earthquake was in the sea, 30 kilometers from Accra but it courses a lot of damage. It killed 17 people and injured 135 people. The worst earthquakes was 1557 in China where830,000 people died.

             1. In which year was the world greatest earthquake recorded………….…                                       

                 (a)1939                (b)1957            (c)1557

            2.    Which country recorded the greatest earthquake in the world?                                          

                  (a)Ghana            (b)Nigeria       (c)China

         3.    How many people were injured in an earthquake which occurred in Ghana?                      

                (a)100                 (b)135                    (c)17

          4.  According to the passage, which country earthquake is from the centre of the sea?            

                  (a)China                (b)Ghana            (c)Nigeria

Use the following words to construct a short sentence on your own.

1.      Planty …………………………………………………………………………………….………

2.   Big ……………………………………………………………………..………………………….. 

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