2023/2024 FIRST TERM EXAMINATION, PRIMARY 5 (COMMON ENTRANCE)

SECTION A

COMPREHENSION

Read the passage below carefully and answer the questions that follow by choosing the most
appropriate of the options lettered A-E (Nos. 1-10).

PASSAGE 1

Have you ever belched after a meal? How did you feel after belching? Although some people
consider belching a bad habit, there are many health benefits that result from it. Belching, helps
the food we eat to digest better and faster. Children normally feel 5. uncomfortable and
restless when they eat without belching. Belching relievers them of the discomfort.

Belching, after taking aerated drinks like beverages, helps us to pass out the gas content in
them.

Beverages contain acid, which is capable of making us heavy and develop a bloated belly.

Belching also helps us to pass out carbon dioxide from our body. This helps in preventing
bloated stomach and chest pain. If we fail to belch after a meal, then we should expect a fart
from the other end. But if these two things fail to happen, there is a problem somewhere; we
should try and see a doctor.

1. The most suitable title for this passage could be

a) How to belch. b) The Bloated Stomach. c) The Effect of Bloated Stomach d) The
Importance of Belching.

2. Belching helps our body system to release

a) acid b) carbon dioxide c) food. d) gas e) liquid

3. One of these is an effect of not belching in children.

a) Bad habit b) Comfortability c) Farting d) Quick digestion e) Restlessness

4. Which of the following words can replace 'benefits' as used in the passage?
a) Advantages b) Changes c) Damages d) Risks e) Services

5. To prevent a bloated stomach, one should always

a) avoid aerated drinks b)avoid having chest pain c) eat food that ca digest better and faster
d) resist belching and farting often e) see a doctor

PASSAGE II

A rich man hired two men to clear a piece of farmland for him. He charged the labourers to do
a thorough work for him and they assured him of a good job. When the men finished the job,
the rich man went to inspect it. He discovered that one person did a very clean job while the
other did a bad job.

The rich man decided not to ask the men to know who did the work well and who did not.
Instead, he called both men and gave them two separate plots of land to clear for him.

This time one labourer to a plot of land. He told them that he would pay them for everything on
completion of the second job. The bad labourer went to the site to clear it but he did not cut
down the plants and shrubs to the roots. His second attempt at clearing the plot of land was
worse than the first. The diligent labourer, on the other hand, took his time and cut the plants
to the very roots, overturning all the dried leaves beneath the plants. At a spot, his cutlass hit
something wrapped in a polythene bag.

When he examined it, he realized that it was parcel hidden by somebody in the bush. He picked
it and after the day's job, he reported his discovery to the land owner.

Without uttering a word, the rich man went to inspect the work done. When he came back, he
called the two labourers and asked the one who found the parcel to open it. The parcel
contained an amount that was double of what the rich man had promised to pay him for his
work. The rich man congratulated him and asked him to take everything as his reward for the
dedicated services rendered.

6. The rich man recruited the labourers to

a) clear a piece of farmland. b) cut plants c) grow plants and shrubs d) inspect a plot of
land e) render dedicated service

7. The labourers were instructed to

a) assist each other b) complete the work c) do a very good work d) look for a parcel e)
overturn all the dried leaves.

8. Which of these statements is true according to the passage?

a) The diligent labourer was rewarded double fold. b) Labourer who found the parcel did not
report to the rich man c) The two labourers did a good job d) Aparcel was not found
e) The rich man hired three labourers

9. We can conclude from the story that the parcel was hidden by

a) a passer-by b) an unknown person c) some labourers d) the diligent worker e) the

land owner

10. The rich man gave the labourers separate plots of land to work on in order to

a) discourage team work b) double the amount of money he promised to give them c)
find the hidden parcel d) identify the diligent labourer and reward him. e) make the
inspection of the work easier

SECTION B: LEXIS

Choose from the options lettered A - E the one that is nearest in meaning to the underlined
word (Nos. 11-15).

11. Ade lives with his parents in the rural area.

a) city b) metropolis c) region d) town e) village

12. The boy's motive for killing the goat is wrong.

a) desire b) excuse c) interest d) reason

e) action

13. I am anxious to see my result

a) afraid b) eager c) glad d) hopeful e) willing

14. The government has decided to make History a mandatory subject at all levels of education.
a) compulsory b) major. (c) minor d) preferred e) voluntary

15. Balkis was legally married to sule.

a) accidentally b) forcefully c) happily d) lawfull e) reluctantly

Choose from the options lettered A - E the one that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the
underlined word/expression (Nos. 16-20).

16. Tolu pleaded with her friend to accompany her to the party

a) commanded b) compelled c) convinced d) induce e) persuade

17. The headboy was rewarded for his punctuality.

a) dishonesty b) indolence c) lateness d)pride e) rudeness

18. The investigating officer concealed his identity.

a) had been b)had being c) has been d) have been e)have being

19. The patient's condition worsens by the

a) declines b) decreases c) dwindles. d) improves. e) increases

20. The street was deserted after the robbery incident.

a) abandoned b) crowded c) empty d) occupied e) vacant

SECTION C: STRUCTURE

Complete each of the following statements with the most appropriate of the options lettered A-
E (Nos. 21-40).

21. That is the man .......................killed the snake.

a) which b) who c) who's d) whom e) whose

22. The dog ran ..................the road.

a) across b) beside c) between d) over e) through

23. He.............. volleyball every Saturday He

a) play b) played c) is playing d) plays e) has played

24. It ................raining all day

a) always walk b) is walking c) walk d) walked e) walks

25. My cousin...................... some apples from the supermarket yesterday.

a) bought b) buy c) buys d) will buy e) would have bought

26. The boy fell and injured

a) himself b) hisself c) itself d) oneself e) yourself

27. Active Voice: Her father loves her.

Passive Voice: She ................. loved by her father.

a) will be b) is c) was d) should be be) has been

28. Throw the ..................in the waste bin.

a) gabage b) gabbage c) garbage d) garbige e) gerbage

29. Yusuf's brother is a

a) hyphocrate b) hyphorcrete c)hypocrate d) hypocrite e) hyporcrate

30. The ..............ended last week. a) competition b) comtition c)compsition d)

conptestion e) completition

31. I received a parcel ................. Peter.

a) to. b) from. c)with. d) is. d) in. e)on

32. The boy fell and injured.................

a)himself. b) herself. c) themselves. d) their self. e) theyself

33. you can do it, .....................you? a) aren't b) can c) can't. d) should e)

won't

34. Olu worked hard .................failed the examination. a) and b)but c) hence d) then
e) though
35. My mother flogged ...............because I went home late. a) he b) her c) him d) I

e) me

36. He screamed and the child woke up............... a) angrily. b) gracefully. c) suddenly. d)
slowly e) timidly.

37. Frank is the man ..................in his village. a) more poorer b) most poorest c) poor
d) poorer

38. He has gone to church, ...................he? a) didn't b) clerk. b) has c) hasn't d) hadn't
e) haven't

39. The suffix can be added to 'enjoy' to form a new word.

a) -able b) -al c) -ful d) -ly e) -sm

40. The prefix can be added to the word 'complete' to form a new word.

a) en- b) il- c) im- d) in- e) un-

PRIMARY 5
 SECTION A -COMPREHENSION

Read the passage below and answer the questions on it.

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The vulture and the tortoise were close friends. But it was the vulture who usually paid visits to
the tortoise. Nevertheless, their friendship blossomed though the tortoise never knew the A
home of the vulture in the trees.

One day, the vulture's mother kicked the bucket. The hawk was sent to the tortoise who, as
custom demanded, had to attend the funeral. "My dear friend' the tortoise told the hawk,
'come back tomorrow morning and I'll accompany you to the vulture's house." "Are you sure
that you can go with me? asked the hawk. 'Yes,' replied the tortoise, 'but if you come and I'm
not at home, you'll see a sack full of things that I intend to give to the vulture. "Take it to him
and tell him I'm on my way to his house".

The hawk returned the following morning to see only the sack without the tortoise. Satisfied
with what the tortoise had told him the previous day, the hawk took the sack to the vulture
together with the tortoise's message.

"How can the tortoise fly over here?" asked the vulture. Immediately he opened the sack, the
tortoise crept out, and shouted, 'Here I am!'

1. Why didn't the tortoise know the house of the vulture initially?

A. The friendship was not strong B.The tortoise did not like the vulture The vulture did not
invite the tortoise C. The vulture did invite the tortoise. D. The tortoise could not fly to the
trees. E. The tortoise was too busy to visit his friend

2. The vulture's mother kicked the bucket means she

A. gave birth to another child

B. wanted to organize a party C. died D. travelled E. fell ill

3. Why did the hawk ask the tortoise 'Are you sure that you can go with me?

A. He did not trust the tortoise B. He wondered how the tortoise could fly to the trees C.He
knew that the tortoise was too busy to leave his house D. He knew that the vulture and the
tortoise were not good friends E.He did not want to come the following day.

4. Where was the tortoise when the hawk returned to his house the following day?
A He had gone to the vulture's house B. He had travelled C. He was asleep in his room D. He
had gone to the market E He was inside the sack

5. When the tortoise received the massage, he had to attend the funeral. Why? A. The hawk
forced him to go. B. He had to go according to their custom. C. He knew the vulture's mother
very well. D. He wanted to help the vulture E. The vulture pleaded with him to attend.

6. What message did the hawk take to the vulture apart from the sack? A. That the tortoise
was on his way to the vulture's house. B. That the tortoise was too busy to attend the funeral
C. That custom demanded that the tortoise should attend the funeral D. That the tortoise
was hiding inside the sack E That the tortoise could not fly to the vulture's house.

7. Which of the following proverbs would be the best title for the passage? A. Once bitten,
twice shy B. The early bird catches the worm C. D. Birds of a feather flock together
Necessity is the mother of invention E. One man's meat is another's poison.

SECTION B

In each of the following, choose from the options the one which is nearest in meaning to the
word or expression underlined.

8. Kwame finds it difficult to comprehend what he reads at night.

A. appreciate B. understand C. remember D. dictate E.say

9. Whenever Boateng returns home from school, he looks exhausted.

A. tired B. finished C. hungry D. happy. E. dull

10. Our classroom is usually deserted when it's time for break.

A. enjoyable. B. full C. noisy D. empty E. crowded

11. The inner part of the shop was painted red.

A. wall B. centre C. surroundings D. exterior E. interior

From the options lettered A-E, choose the one which is nearly opposite in meaning to the
underlined word or group of words in each of the following.

12. Ganiyu is an indolent boy A busy B. hardworking C. rude D. lazy E. lovely

13. Farmers sow their seeds during the rainy season. A. weed B. reap C dig D. bury.
E. plant

14. A careful driver does not overtake at a bend. A. watchful B. expert C. slow D. angry
E. reckless

14. Musa intentionally broke the glass. A. carelessl B. foolishly C. accidentally D.

willingly E. knowingly

15. She dislikes going to the market with her mother. A. enjoys B. likes C. hardly. D.
hates. E. sometimes

SECTION C

Choose the word which is almost opposite in meaning to the word in italics.

16. The office of the headmaster was rowdy. A. dark B. crowed C. orderly. D.noisy. E. dirty

17. The politician did not go out through the normal exit of the hall. A. door B. route C.
channel D. corner E. entrance.

18. Jerry was generous to his friend. A. proud B. wicked C. rude. D. miserly. E. dishonest

19. The pupils were tired of the long lesson. A. not concerned with. B. unsure of C. confused by
D. listening to E. interested in

20. The clerk is on permanent appointed A. big B. temporary C. attractive D. lasting E.

fixed

21. My dog has vomited its food. A. swallowed B. sniffed C. chewed D. licked E. bitten

22. Many people knew that I was aware of the theft. A. afraid B. conscious. D. ignorant E.
suspicious

23. My friends praised me for paying them a visit A. attacked B. blamed C. Disturbed. D.
insulted. E. worried

24. The mistress likes to wear transparent dresses. A. expensive B. porous C. opaque. D.
beautiful. E. colorful

25. Our team won the match. A. abandoned B. enjoyed C. lost D. played E. watched

SECTION D - COMPOSITION
Write a composition on ""

PRIMARY TWO

The old man's mango tree

Last Saturday Ade and Eze were going to school. On the way, they saw a mang tree in the
garden of an old house. There were many mangoes on the tree, an they were ripe. There was
no one in the garden. Ade said, 'Eze, let's pick som mangoes. They entered the garden and Ade
climbed the tree. He had a big stick He beat the branches with the stick and many mangoes fell
to the ground. Ez picked them up and put them in his school bag.
Then, an old man came out of the house. He shouted, 'Hey! Who are you and what are you
doing in my garden?' Eze was very afraid. He dropped his school bag and ran off. The old man
went near the tree. He saw Ade and said, 'I can see you. Come down!' Ade started to cry. 'Come
down now before I come up and get you myself!' the old man said. Ade came down. He was
crying and shaking. He said to the old man, 'Sorry, Baba, I won't do it again!' The old man said,
'This is my house. I planted the tree myself. You don't take other people's things without their
permission'.

Ade fell on his knees and said to the old man, 'I'm very sorry, Baba.' The old man said, 'Get up.
Now take your bag and go. Don't do this again.' Ade said, 'Thank you, Baba.' He took Eze's bag
and ran.

Exercise

Answer these questions orally.

1. Where were Ade and Eze going?

2. What did they see on their way?

3. Who climbed the tree?

4. What did he do in the tree?

5. Who picked up the mangoes that fell?

6. Was the old man angry?

7. What did the old man say to him?

SECTION N

Complete each sentence with the better adjective in brackets.

1. Bode has .....................sisters. (four, blue)

2 Funmi painted a........... picture. (foolish, beautiful)

3. The food is (tasty, angry)

4 Her wedding dress is (easy, white)

5. They planted ...........trees along the road. (tall, wicked)

6 The woman bought some .........(oranges. (tall, juicy)

7 The baby has ..................cheeks. (thin, chubby)

8 They just moved into a.....,........ house. (big, late)

9 The man bought a

............. car. (flat, red)

10 The book fell to the floor with a..........

bang. (loud, quiet).

SECTION C

Fill in the gap in each sentence below with the correct word from each row in the box.

a buying buy. bought

b. catch catching. caught

c ride. riding rode

d ask. asking. asked

11. Mother. ..,........................a birthday present for me last year.

12. The fisherman...............a fish yesterday

13. Audu is.......... .................. his bicycle now.

14. I ..........................Okeke for my book last week.

Underline the verbs in the following sentences

15. Jane sings beautifully

16. Ayo sweeps the classroom

17. My teacher keeps his books on the shelf.

18. The children play outside every evening.

19. The boy is ringing the bell.

20. Florence is laughing

SECRION D

Write a composition on "

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