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Mityana schools exams 2022

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BEGINNING OF TERM TWO EXAMINATIONS 2022

Primary Four
English language
TIME ALLOWED: 2 hours 15 minutes

NAMES:………………………………………………….SIGN:………….

READ THE FOLLOWING

INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY: FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY
1. This paper has two sections A and B.
2. Section A has 40 questions (50 marks) PAGE MARKS INITIALS

3. Section B has 5 questions (50 marks) Page1

4. Attempt all questions in both sections.
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All answers to both sections A and B
must be written in the spaces provided. Page 3
5. All answers must be written in blue or Page 4
black ball point pen or ink. Only
diagrams and graph work must be done Page 5
in pencil.
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6. Unnecessary changes of work will lead
to loss of marks. Page 7
7. Any handwriting that cannot be easily Page 8
read may lead to loss of marks
8. Do not fill anything in the table Total
indicated “FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY”

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 SECTION A
For questions 1-5, w rite the given w ords correctly;
1. Aterf_________________________ 4. Coinunjt______________________
2. Tifulbeau_____________________ 5. Resqau_______________________
3. Etlipo________________________
For questions 6-15, use the correct form of the w ords in brackets to
com plete the sentences;
6. The doctor always ____________________ in the corner of the house. (stay)
7. Accidents always __________________ at the junction. (happening)
8. Of the two boys, Happy is the ___________________. (old)
9. Some people don’t like ____________________ by air. (travel)
10. Stella is _______________________ than Amina. (weak)
11. I will __________________ my friend today evening. (visit)
12. Primary four pupils are _________________ English now. (learn)
13. She has __________________ a letter to her father. (write)
14. My mother ___________________ last year. (die)
15. Bwasi is the ____________________ boy in the class. (smart)
Rew rite the given sentences giving the opposite of the underlined w ords.
16. The road to my grandfather’s village is narrow.
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17. Alice is an ugly man.
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18. She has a sharp knife.
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19. She likes leaning on dirty walls.
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20. Samuel likes planting crops so that he can sell them.
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Arrange the given w ords in alphabetical order.
21. Corner, behind, opposite, far.
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22. drink, wife, field, read.
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Fill in the gaps below w ith the correct w ord.
23. She stays very far away ________________ here.
24. I prefer mangoes ___________ guavas.
25. John sits __________________ Dorothy and James.
26. The boy was beaten __________________ the teacher.
27. Joan likes swimming __________________ netball.
28. I will go to school ________________ evening.
Give the plural form of the underlined words.
29. My uncle’s wife died.
30. The building have been there for a long time.
Use each of the w ords below in a sentence to show that you understand the difference
in their m eanings;
31. Got ________________________________________________________________
32. Goat _______________________________________________________________
Rew rite the sentences giving a single w ord for the underlined group of w ords;
33. My father grows beans, maize, rice every year.
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34. I stay at home with my mother and father.
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Arrange the w ords below to form a correct sentence;
35. Victoria largest is the lake Africa in.
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36. Smart school in pupils always are uniforms.
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37. Morning every school to go i.
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Rew rite the sentences as instructed in the brackets.
38. Simon speaks English. Rose speaks English. (Use; ……….and…………….)
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39. Jerry prefers playing football. (Rewrite using; ……….likes………..)
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40. She did not come to school because she was sick. (Rewrite as two separate
sentences)
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41. Sarah bathes in the morning. Sera bathes in the morning. (Begin; Both………)
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42. I am strong. I cannot carry that table. (Use; …………..but………….….)
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43. Petra is smart. Pesha is smarter. (Use; ……not as ………….)
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44. Sarah is weak. She cannot carry that table. (Use; ……..too…….to……….)
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45. I like playing. I like eating more. (Rewrite using; ………….prefers………..)
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46. We stay in Mukono, my father and i. (Begin; My father and i..………….)
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47. Amba is not a netballer. Aminah is not a netballer. (Rewrite using; Neither………..)
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48. That is the girl. She fetches water every evening. (Use; ……..who…………..)
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49. This is the bag. It got lost two weeks back. (Use; ………….which……….)
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50. The food is little. Aisha can eat it alone. (Use ……..enough…………..)
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SECTION B
51.Choose a word from the list below and fill the blanks to make a complete
story.
newspaper sleep shall finished farmer
kitchen Diana Solomon always name

My name is Kashaka_______________. My father’s ____________ is

Mr.KayihuraSamuel. He is a ________________. Ours is a nuclear family made up of
father, mother, my sister and I.
We ____________ dine together in the evening. I enjoy food very much. I
___________ make sure that I behave well at the dining table today. After we have
all______________ eating, I shall clear the table.
My sister______________ is a responsible girl. She will wash the dishes and mop the
______________ after the meal. Later on, we shall go to our rooms and do our
homework. Dad will read the ________________ after eating. He will then lead us in
prayers before we all go to _______________.

52.Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow in full
sentences.
Solomon and Amjad are friends. They live in Kinoni Town and go to King Fahad Islamic
Primary School. The two boys are in primary four. Solomon stays with his uncle called
Jonah who is carpenter. Uncle Jonah always takes Solomon to school in his car while
Amjad just walks to school every morning. After lessons the two boys are driven back
home by Uncle Jonah.
Questions:
a) Who are the two friends being talked about in the story?
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b) Where do the two boys live?
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c) In which class are the boys?
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d) To which school do the boys go to study?
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e) Who walks to school every morning according to the passage?
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f) How does Samson go to school?
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g) Whose uncle owns a car?
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h) How many people are mentioned in the story?
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i) What is Uncle Jonah’s work?
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j) Suggest a suitable title to the passage.
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53. Read the poem below carefully and answ er the questions that follow in
full sentences.
Early in the morning every day
Nanteza, the old woman of Kakungube Village
Stands on the verandah of her house
To see the sun rising in the East.
The sun is a big shining circle
Riding high in the blue sky
Heat and light, he freely gives
To make the plants grow and our clothes to dry.
Late in the evening every day
Nanteza, the old woman of Kakungube Village
Stands on her bed and looks through the window
To see the sun setting in the West.
Questions:
1. Who is the old woman talked about in the poem?
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2. In which village does the old woman live?
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3. Where does the old woman stand to see the rising sun?
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4. What is the sun called according to the poem?
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5. Who freely gives heat and light?
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 6. How many stanzas are in the poem?
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7. Why does the old woman look through the window?
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8. How useful in the sun according to the poem?
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9. What is the colour of the sky?
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10. Suggest a suitable title to the passage.
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54. Below is a price list that w as used by Faisal to buy things from M r.
K akem bo’sshop on 23 rd Decem ber, 2021. Use it to answ er the questions
that follow in full sentences.
Item Unit price Quantity bought
biscuits Sh. 5,000 1 packet
bread Sh. 5,000 2 loaves of bread
soap Sh. 4,000 1 bar of soap
sugar Sh. 4,000 3 kilogrammes of sugar
salt Sh. 1000 1 sacket of salt
blue band Sh. 6,000 1 tin of blue band
cooking oil Sh. 8,000 2 litres
maize flour Sh. 2,400 2 kilogrammes of maize flour
wheat flour Sh. 6,000 1 kilogramme of wheat flour
Questions:
1. What is the information about?
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2. Who wrote the above information?
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3. When was the above information used?
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4. Who sold the items mentioned in the list?
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5. Which item cost less than one thousand shillings?
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6. How many items did Faisal buy that day?
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7. In which units was cooking oil measured?
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8. Which item was being sold in bars?
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 9. What was the most expensive item on the list?
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10. How much bread did Faisal buy?
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55. a) The table below shows the number of jerrycans of water which
Musisi will fetch in a week. Use it to answer questions that follow in full
sentences.
Day of the week Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat
Number of 40 30 15 45 30 20 55
jerrycans
Questions:
(a) On which day will Musisi fetch forty jerrycans of water?
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(b) When will Musisi fetch the highest number of jerrycans?
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(c) On which day will Musisi fetch the least number of jerrycans?
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(d) How many jerrycans will Musisi fetch on Sunday?
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(e) On which two days will Musisi fetch equal numbers of jerrycans?
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55b) The sentences below are not arranged in the correct order. Rearrange
them to make a sensible story.
a) He started walking towards me.
b) The mad man was throwing stones.
c) One day, I was going back home.
d) I ran as fast as I could to save my life.
e) I met a mad man.
Correct order:
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