Marks: /100

INSTRUCTIONS

1) Don't open this question paper until you are told to do so. 2)
This paper has FOUR sections: A, B, C and D
SECTION A: Composition (10 marks)
SECTION B: Grammar (37 marks)
SECTION C: Vocabulary (40 marks)
SECTION D: Comprehension (13 marks)
3) All questions are compulsory.
4) Read each question carefully before answering it.
5) Answer the questions in the space provided in this paper. 6)
Use only a blue or black pen.

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SECTION A: COMPOSITION WRITING (10 marks)

Choose one topic and write a composition of about 100 words

1) Write a letter to a friend in another country describing your family members.
2) Write a description of a friend you like most in your class and reasons why
you like that person.
3) Write a story with a title “My best holiday”
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SECTION B: GRAMMAR (37 marks)
I.Fill in the blank space with the most suitable word or group of words.
/6 marks
1.The fruit was shared………….the four boys.
2.A……………….of bees stung the goats.
3……………. Does your bag look like?
4.He was congratulated……………his success.
5.There isn’t…………. food left for you.
6.I would have visited you if………………….not rained.
II.Choose the best answer from the choices using letters A, B,C and D to
complete the sentences below: (10 marks)
1) My mother meat from the butcher once a week.
(A)is buying (B) has bought (C) buys (D) will have bought

2) The groom, together with his parents, the guests from Kigali during the

party.

(A) is greeting (B) have greeted (C) are greeting (D) greeted
3) None of the new books yet. We are still waiting.
(A) has arrived (B) have arrived (C) were arriving (D) are arriving
4) she a lot of friends at the party last week?
(A) Does, make (B) Did, make (C) Did, made (D) Do, make
5) Nobody the textbook an hour ago.
(A) is using (B) were using (C) was using (D) has used
6) If I some money I would buy biscuits for my friends.
(A) am saving (B) have saved (C) saved (D) had saved
7) A river down the hill. It does not climb up.
(A) flows (B) will flow (C) is flowing (D) was flowing
8)She a maid every year because they always leave.
(A)employs (B) employed (C) has employed (D) will have employed

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9)He has never since he nearly in the swimming pool.
(A)swum.... ... drowned (B) swum.... ... was drowning
(C) swimming …...drowned (D) swum.. ..... had drowned
10)we teachers who beat us whenever we fail English.
(A)are disliking (B) have disliked (C) dislike (D) were disliking

III. Fill in the gaps with the simple past tense (6 marks)
Last weekend (be) really great for me. The weather (be) nice and
I decided to visit my friend and have fun.
First, we (get) up early, then we all (have) a delicious breakfast. Then
it (be) time to go. I (ask) my sister to go with me.
When we (reach) where my friends live, my sister and I
(play) with them hide and seek. A little later in the afternoon, we
(relax) and had lunch.
At the end of the day, before going back home, we (go) to my
grandmother and (eat) bananas. She also (give) us some
to take home. When we reached home our mum was very happy and asked us news
about our friends and grandmother.

III. Re-write these sentences as instructed without changing the

meaning. (10 marks)
1) I will not come to your party if you don't inform my parents early. (Start:
Unless)

2) Rebecca will sit for exams on Monday. Tom will leave for London on
Tuesday. (Join as one beginning: By the time………………….)

3) The team didn’t do enough practice. It lost the match.(Begin: If the team…)

4) It is not necessary for me to go to the market this weekend.(Rewrite

using:……. needn’t………….)

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 5) I don't remember the name of that boy we studied with
(Start: Can you...)

6) Mary is not liked because she is selfish. (Rewrite using:……her…..)

7) It is important to listen to elders. (Rewrite ending:…………...important)

8) stop crying agnes said to kirabo.(Rewrite and punctuate correctly)

9)No woman in this country is more beautiful than my wife.

(Begin with: My wife………………………………. )
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10)Throw the ball. (Begin with: Let…………………………..)
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IV.Change the speech / 5 marks
1) “They drink boiled water,” she said.
…………………………………………………………………………………………
2) Our daughter asked us whether we liked rice.
…………………………………………………………………………………………
3) My granny ordered me: “Eat this food please.”
…………………………………………………………………………………………
4) She asked me who Fred Rwigema was.
…………………………………………………………………………………………
5) “I will come to visit you next weekend.” said Sehene.
…………………………………………………………………………………………

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SECTION C: VOCABULARY: (40 marks)

I. Write the following in full words (3marks)

1. a.m …………………………………………………………………
2. REMA …………………………………………………………………
3. GMT …………………………………………………………………
II. Write the short forms of the words below. /2.5 marks
4. Id est ……………..
5. His Excellency ………………
6. Reverend ……………..
7. Of the clock ………………..
8. Et cetera …………………
III. Complete the following proverbs or similes. /2.5 marks
1. As dead as____________________
2. Birds of the same feather____________________________
3. As black as_________________________
4. Knowledge is like________________________
5. Beggars can never be____________________________
IV. Use each word in your own sentence to show that you know its meaning. /2
1.Begun
………………………………………………………………………………………
2.Began
………………………………………………………………………………………
3.Where
……………………………………………………………………………………….
4.Were
………………………………………………………………………………………..
V. Fill in the blank space with the appropriate word.(2marks)

9. A place where birds live is called ………………………………………….

10.Young one of a cow is …………………………………………………….
11. …………………………….is a man whose wife is dead.
12. A fortnight is made up …………………………days.
VI. Match the following words with their meanings./ 2.5marks
13.Young one of a dog a. Silver jubilee
14. Home of a bird b. a puppy
15.Young one of a cow c. mutton
16. Meat of a sheep d. nest
17.A period of 25 years e. a calf

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 VII. Re-write the sentences below by using one word to replace
underlined words.(2.5marks)

18.Tax drivers normally drive without taking any care.

…………………………………………………………………………………
19.This work will be finished in the period of two weeks .
…………………………………………………………………………………
20.I met him at the place where food and drinks are served.
…………………………………………………………………………………
21.Mary would not remember what her mother told her.
…………………………………………………………………………………
22.The corpse was put in a wooden box before it was buried.
…………………………………………………………………………………
VIII. Give the opposite of the underline words in the following sentences.
(3 marks)

23.2017 English mock examination will be prepared on rough papers

………………………………………………………………………………
24.The literacy rate in eastern province is very high.
………………………………………………………………………………
25.In mythology, the Greece worshiped different gods.
………………………………………………………………………………..
26.In traditional Rwanda ,people believed in God and spirit.
………………………………………………………………………………..
27.Two magnets can be attracted each other.
………………………………………………………………………………..
28.Anita rarely shouts in the class when the teacher is around.
………………………………………………………………………………...

IX. Complete the sentences with question tags (2.5marks)

1) I am a pupil in p6, ................................?
2) He has gone to school, ..............................?
3) They drink much water, ...............................?
4) We never speak Kinyarwanda in the class, .................................?
5) Go out! ,......................?
X.Re-arrange the following words to make a meaningful sentence.(2.5marks)

29. teachers / must / their / obey / Pupils

…………………………………………………………………………………

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 30.an / letter / you / application / Have / written / ever / ?
…………………………………………………………………………………
31.because / Mothers / better than / the ones / are / father / who / the children /
take care of/ are / they
…………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………
32.milk / this / whom / poured / was / By / ?
…………………………………………………………………………………
33.jackets / bought / beautiful / students / white / Japanese / The /two
…………………………………………………………………………………

XI. Join the following sentences with the right relative pronouns.(5marks)

34. The presidential guard arrested the driver. His car was under repair.
………………………………………………………………

35.He went to the smart salon. You told him about it.
…………………………………………………………………………………
36.Anne is writing a letter. It is very long.
…………………………………………………………………………………
37.The lady was very happy. They gave her a prize.
…………………………………………………………………………………
38.Our teacher has a car. he gave us a lift.
…………………………………………………………………………………..
XII. Use the correct form of the words in the bracket. /10 marks.
1) Mr. Kaneza has made a …………………………………of salt and flour.(mix)
2) The P.6 pupils of last year had no …………………………….in any of the PLE
subjects. (fail)
3) The silly thieves locked ………………………… inside the toilet. (them)
4) The school children almost go to school ……………………………..(day)
5) I hate a……………………………….. relationship. (polygamy)
6) My …………………………………is using black pen instead of red. ( choose )
7) All my sisters were…………………. In Gicumbi district. (bear)
8)The wound is now………………..painful than it was yesterday.(little)
9) He was the ……………………in the class last term.(two)
10) The workmen protested ………………………… against their working
conditions (angry)

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SECTION D: COMPREHENSION (13 marks)
Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow:
There are a lot of things around us that we don't know. We see the sun in the
morning and the moon at night. But do we know other things up there in the sky?
In this story, you will learn something about the planets, the Moon and the Sun.

The sun is believed to move from the east and set in the west. Many people think
the sun moves. The fact is, the earth is the one which moves around the sun in 24
hours. The sun is like light of a torch on the ball. The part that moves away from
the torch becomes dark and the one under the light from the torch receives light.
This is how we get day and night.

The sun is surrounded by nine main planets and satellites. These planets are
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Pluto, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. When
we see the Sun and the Moon from the earth, they look like they are the same
size. However, the Sun is about 400 times bigger in diameter than the Moon and
almost 400 times further away from the earth.

We sometimes think the moon produces light at night. This is not true. The Moon
just reflects light from the Sun. The shape of the moon is not regular like that of
the sun (It keeps changing). This is affected by the position of the Moon from the
Sun. For that reason, we see half-moon, gibbous (more than half but not fully
round) moon and full moon.

Sometimes the Sun and the Moon are in the same position so that the Moon sends
a shadow on the earth and we say the Sun and the Moon are fighting. This in
social studies is called eclipse.
We cannot see planets with our own eyes because of their distance from the earth
and some are small. We need a machine called a telescope. A telescope is a
machine which brings far away things near to us. In 1609, the Italian scientist,
Galileo, built a telescope that allowed him to see the sun and the moons of Jupiter
and we still use it today.

Questions

Part one : Choose True or False (4 marks)

1) The Sun moves around the Earth.
2) Day and night are due to the position of the earth from the Sun.
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 3) The Sun and the Moon are exactly the same size.
4) The moon does not produce light at night.
Part two : Answer these questions using full sentences. (9 marks)
1) In which direction does the sun rise and set? (1 mark)

2) How long does it take for the earth to move around the sun? (1 mark)

3) How is day and night formed. (1 marks)

4) Compare the size and distance of the moon and sun. (2 marks)

5) Does the moon produce light? Why do we see light at night when there is a
moon? (2 marks)

6) How is this story important to you as a student? (2 marks)

‘’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’I WISH YOU SUCCESS’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’

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