Grade – 6 (London) English Language
Grade – 6 (London) English Language
Name: ………………………………………………. Time: 2hrs
1. Draw a line to match the correct meaning. (5 marks)
Waft bitterness
Groan very hungry
Limericks make a deep sound of pain and despair.
Ravenous a humorous five line poem
Rancor a gentle movement of air
- Put in the appropriate apostrophe and rewrite sentences. (10marks)
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2. Weve been having lots of fun in science classes.
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3. Whys the dog eating from the cats dish.
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4. Its time to wash the players uniforms.
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5. Ive always wanted to be run fast.
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6. I went to Jones University yesterday.
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- Each sentence has one error. Correct the error and rewrite the sentence. (10 marks)
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2. What are you doing at 10 o’clock last night?
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3. Have you hear from Melina recently?
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4. Where are you going to put all your furnitures?
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5. Nowadays I am looking for a work.
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6. I can’t remember at what time I had the lunch.
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7. The police has arrested a famous smuggler.
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8. Mathematics are my favourite subject.
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9. Jim is tall than John, but he is not the tallest.
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10. Moon goes round the earth every 27 days.
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- Write a short paragraph about your, “Sport Meet”/ “Cricket Carnival”/ “School New Year Celebration”, including the following writing effects. [Highlight or underline them in your paragraph. (2x5=10 marks)
b) Two powerful verbs
c) Two well chosen adjectives
d) One simile.
e) Two linking words; eg ( but, which, and etc)
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- Use the following information to complete the chart given below. The first one is done for you. (10 marks)
25th June, School Main Hall, from 2.30 to 6.30, Minister of Education, Drama by Grade Nine Students, Head Prefect, Asanga Perera and Rakesh Muktha, Dancing and Singing, fifty students, Advanced Level Examination, School Music group.
School Prize Giving – Royal Institute
Date(1) 25th June Venue(2) …………………………
Time (3) ……………………….
Chief Guest (4) …………………………………………………
Number of Prize Winners (5) …………………………………..
Two winners of special awards (6) ……………………………………………………..
Awards won for the best results at (7) ………………………………………………….
Entertainment activities (8) …………………………………………………………….
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Vote of thanks by (10) ………………………………………………………………….
Singing of the National anthem by (11) ………………………………………………..
- Read the following comprehension and answer the questions given below.
‘Why the Sky Is Far Away’":
Long ago the sky was close to the Earth. Men and women did not have to plant their own food. Instead, when they were hungry, they just reached up and broke off a piece of the sky to eat. Sometimes the sky tasted like ripe bananas. Other times it tasted like roasted potatoes. The sky was always delicious.
People spent their time making beautiful cloth. They painted beautiful pictures and sang songs at night. The grand king, Oba, had a wonderful palace. His servants made beautiful shapes out of pieces of sky.
Many people in the kingdom did not use the gift of the sky wisely. When they took more than they could eat, the sky, she became angry. Some people threw the extra pieces into the garbage.
Early one morning the angry sky turned dark and dull. Black clouds hung over the land and a great sky voice said to all the people, "You are wasting my gift of food. Do not take more than you can eat. I don’t want to see pieces of me in the garbage anymore or I will take my gift away."
The king and the people trembled with fear. King Oba said, "Let’s be careful about how much food we take." For a long time, all the people were careful.
But one man named Adami wasn’t careful. At festival time, he took so many delicious pieces of sky that he couldn’t eat them all. He knew he must not throw them away.
He tried to give the pieces to his wife. "Here, wife," Adami said. "You eat the rest."
"I can’t," Adami’s wife said. "I’m too full."
Adami asked all his children to help him eat the delicious pieces of sky, but the children couldn’t eat one more bite. So Adami decided to try to hide the pieces at the bottom of the garbage pile.
Suddenly, the sky became angry and the clouds turned black. "You have wasted my gift of food again," she yelled. "This time I will go away so you cannot waste me anymore."
All of the people cried, "What will we eat? We might starve!"
The sky said, "You will have to learn how to plant crops in the ground and hunt in the forests. If you work hard, you may learn not to waste the gifts of nature."
Everyone watched as the sky sailed away. From that time on, they worked hard to grow their food and cook their meals. They always tried to remember not to waste the gifts of nature.
1. According to the folktale, how did the old people spend their lives?
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2. Why did the sky become angry with the villagers? What lesson did it want them to learn?
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3.What type of a man was Adami?
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4. According to the folktale, what happened when Adami couldn’t finish all of the food he had taken?
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5. W hat is the message that the story gives us?
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6. “dark and dull” is an example of? (underline)
Assonance/ Personification/ Alliteration/ Rhyme
7. “a great sky voice said to all the people” and “she yelled” are examples of? (underline)
Assonance/ Personification/ Alliteration/ Rhyme
8. Name two adverbs in the passage.
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(20 marks)
Write the meanings of the following words in your own words.
a) Garbage - ………………………….
b) Yelled - …………………………..
c) Starved - …………………………..
d) Delicious - ………………………..
e) Trembled - ……………………….. (05 marks)
Answer the following questions from the novel Swiss Family Robinson. (10marks)
1. Describe two of the new improvements to the island made by the family.
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2. Why did the family build a new shelter?
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3. What could the family learn from Robinson Crusoe?
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4. How did the family improve the cave?
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5. Was the loss of the donkey serious? Why?
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- Write an essay of 150-200 words on one of the following topics. (20 marks)
b) An Unforgettable Day in My Life.
c) Natural Beauty of My Motherland
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d) Complete the story ;
It was a rainy day. I went to school with my mother. On my way to school …………….
