English Questions and Answers - Grade 5 End of Term 3 Exams Set 2

QUESTIONS

TASK I. Listening and speaking (5marks)

My name is teacher ____________________ and I want us to talk about learning through technology.

1. Name two digital devices that you use when learning in your school. (2mks)
   (learner responds)
2. Tell me two importance of the digital devices (2mks)
   (learner responds)
3. Make a sentence using the word "Google" (1mk)
   (learner responds)

TASK II. Reading Aloud

Read the story below aloud as the teacher listens.

It is hard to imagine how things were like before there was money. But there was such a time. Those days people exchanged goods using the barter trade system. The word barter means to exchange. People used the barter system to exchange things instead of buying and selling them. A person exchanged his/her good with what he/she needed.

TASK III. Grammar (20 marks) 

1. Complete the following proverbs. (4 marks)
   
   1. Hard work  _____________________________
   2. The early bird   ______________________________
   3. Prevention is better than  ___________________________
   4. Unity is ______________________
2. Complete the question tags (5mks) 
   1. She is not reading,________________________?
   2.  It is raining, ____________________________?
   3. We are not writing, _________________________________?
   4. I am not sleeping, ___________________________________?
   5. They are sweeping. ______________________________________?
3. Use 'shall' or 'will' to complete the sentences. (3 marks)
   1. ________________________________    we visit our mother next week?
   2. It ______________________________  help you today.
   3. He _________________________ get angry when he sees the dirty compound.
4. Complete the sentences with the words from the bracket. (4 marks)
   1. Pick that _______________________ and ______________________ (leave, leaf)
   2. There were _________________________ sights to ______________________  (few, view)
5. Use the appropriate pronouns to complete the sentences . (2 marks)
   1. This bag is ___________________________. It belongs to him.
   2. Jane bought a car. It belongs to _____________________________________.
6. Complete the sentences using the appropriate collective nouns.   (2 marks)
   1. The police arrested a ________________________ of thieves.
   2. Daudi was looking after a  ____________________________ of cattle.

TASK IV. Reading comprehension,

Read the story and use it to answer the questions that follow. (5mks)

It was the dry season. Hyena had walked for days looking for food because he was hungry but he had not been lucky. He was about to give up but he remembered Lion kept his food in his cave. The Hyena went and hid behind the bushes and waited for Lion to leave the cave. Lion always leaves his cave once a day to get some exercises.

Once the Lion left the cave, Hyena crept in and ate the little food that was remaining. He took time to nibble on the bones and lost track of time. Suddenly the lion appeared and found Hyena in his cave. When hyena saw the Lion he was scared. Lion beat the Hyena mercilessly but he screamed for forgiveness.

1. Name the animals mentioned in the story (1mk)     (1mk)
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2. Where did the Lion keep his food? ___________________________________ ( 1mk) 
3. Why had the Hyena walked for days ? (1mk)  ______________________________________
4. Why did the Lion always leave his cave? ____________________________________________ (1mk)
5. What did the lion do to the Hyena when he found him in his save?  (1mk)
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TASK V: WRITING
Write a narrative composition about the wedding ceremony you attended

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MARKING SCHEME

1. Listening and speaking
   1. mobile phone, desktop computer, projector, lap tops, television and any other device named
   2.  
      • helps in learning
      • helps ini playing games
      • helps in communication
      • helps in taking photographs and pictures and any other relevant answers
   3. Award any correct answer
2. Reading aloud
   59 words
   Check pronunciation of words and puntuation of sentences
3. Grammar
   1.  
      1. pays
      2. catches the worm
      3. cure
      4. strength
   2.  
      1. is she? 
      2. isn't it?
      3. are we?
      4. am I?
      5. aren' they?
   3.  
      1. shall
      2. will
      3. will
   4.  
      1. leaf, leave
      2. few, view
   5.  
      1. his
      2. her
   6.  
      1. gang
      2. herd
4. Reading Comprehension
   1. lion and hyena.
   2. in the cave.
   3. he was very hungry.
   4. to get some exercises.
   5. he beat the hyena mercilessly.
5. Writing
   Check the following
   • paragraphing
   • hand writing
   • creativity
   • flow
   • spelling
   • vocabulary used among other relevant things.