English test

FIRST MONTHLY TEST – FIRST SEMESTER

                                                Subject                       : English

                                                Class                          : Primary 4

                                                Day/Date                   :

                                                Academic Year          : 2011 – 2012

I. Please cross a, b, c or d for the right answer

 (Sentence for questions number 1-3 )

Wendy cooks the food for the children.

1.      The indirect object of the sentence above is  .    .    .

a.  the food      b. Wendy          c. cooks         d.  the children

2.      The direct object of the sentence above is   .    .    .

a.  the children                        b.  the food     c. Wendy         d.  does

3.      The subject of the sentence above is   .    .    .

a. Wendy         b.  the food     c. children       d.  does

4.      A herd of  zebras   .    .    .   resting in the shade.

a.  are               b.  were           c.  is                 d.  am

5.      Koala are born   .    .    .   ( without hair )

a.  hairous        b.  hairy           c.  hairful         d.  hairless

6.      Parliaments of owls    .    .    .  in the old tree.

a.lives              b.live               c. living           d.  not lives    

7.      They     .    .    ..   cheese burger.

a.wolf down    b.attended       c.duck             d.ape

8.      The snake is extremely   .    .    . ( full of poison ).

            You will most certainly die if you got bitten by this reptile.

a. poisonous    b.poisony         c. poisoned      d. poisonless

9.      My trip was cancelled       .    .    .      the rain.

            a.  for               b.  because of              c.  how long    d.  how often

10.  He……………bananas .

a.like                b.liked                         c.likes              d.buy

11.  He was born without hair.

The underlined words means…….

a.hairless          b.hair ful                      c.bold              d.long hair

12.  They ………..the food as fast as they could.

a.crow about   b.aped                         c.wolfed down                        d.chicken out.

13.  Don’t touch it. It is dangerous.

“dangerous” means………

a.       Lack of danger            c. full of danger         

b.      c. full of poison           d. lack of poison

14.  Ana likes to ………….. the behavior of her favorite actress.

a.crow about               b.ape                c.wolf down                d.chicken out.

15.   I have long and black hair.

The  object of this sentence is….

a.I                    b.have              c.hair               d. long and black hair

(Text  for number11-15)

1st January Dear Diary, A new year, a new beginning. I watched the New Year Countdown- a special programme on the TV last night.  Dad said I should make a New Year resolution. I have decided that this year, I won’t ever let my disability get in the way of what I want to achieve.  I want to be as normal as can be. I don’t want people to treat me differently  from other 10-year-old girls. And of course, I resolve to work extra hard  for my exams this year.

16.We call the text above as   .    .    .      

a.  diary           b.  poem          c.  list               d.  letter

      17.‘Dad said I should make a New Year Resolution’.

Jade ‘s father meant that she should   .    .    .

a.       solve her own problem

b.      dream about the future

c.       have an ambition

d.      set a goal for the new year

                                                                       

      18.Jade wrote that she had watched a television program on New Year’s   .    .    .

e.       day      b. week            c. night            d.eve

      19.Jade wanted to be normal and did not want to be treated differently from other  

girls her  .    .    .

a. age               b. size              c.  kind                        d. build

20.Jade also mentioned her resolution to not allow her   .    .    .  prevent her from 

achieving what she wanted.

a.  mother        b.  disability    c.  classmates               d.  sadness

11.Complete the blank!        

Text for questions number 1-5. 

SLOTHS Sloths are unusual animals that live in the rainforest  of Central and South America. They are known  for being extremely slow and lazy.  They spend most of their lives hanging upside down  from tree branches. Slow Movers Sloths are the slowest mammals in the world.  Even at their fastest, they travel About one kilometre an hour.  They sleep all day and wake up only at night. They move so little that enemies like the harpy eagle and the jaguar find it had    to spot them. Lazy Bone Sloths are lazy animals. In fact, the word ‘sloth’ means ‘laziness’!  Sloths are so lazy that they not even clean themselves.  Before long, a layer of green algae grows on their fur. The algae provides food for mooth and beetles that like to live in sloths’fur. The algae also makes sloths  look a bunch of leaves. It is good disguise for them. Claws Sloths have long claws, which are just like hooks.  Their claws enable them to cling to the branches of trees,  as well as to grab and pull food towards themselves.  Sloths live on a diet of fruit, leaves, shoots and twigs.

1.      Sloths spend most of their lives hanging upside down from..........

2.      They move so little that enemies like find it had  

            to ...........them.

3.      sloths use their claws to.................

4.      ........................are the enemies of the sloths?

5.       They travel about........inone hour?

Decide whether the sentence are true (T) or false(F)!

6.       He does not like apple.                       (           )

7.       My uncle work in the office.                (           )

8.      I does not play guitar                           (           )

9.      He reads the book.                              (          )

10.  We washes our hands before eating      (          )          

111.Essay

1.      Write the sentences with the helping words.

e.g.

-a brood of chickens

- eating

-the farm

(a brood of chickens is eating the farm)

  -A flock of birds                  

  -flying

              -the sky

(  ………………………………. )

      2. Change this sentence become negative (-) and interrogative (?) form!

            a. (+) He goes to school early.

                (-)…………………………………………….

                (?)…………………………………………….

            b.(+)…………………………………………….

                (-) My mother doesn’t cook noodles .

              (?)……………………………………..

      3. Find out the subject, verb, direct object, 

        and indirect object from this sentence!

            a. He feeds the rabbit a bunch of carrots.

            b. I send a letter to my friend.

      For number 4-5. Rewrite sentence using to or for!

             e.g.  She cooks me the noodles.

             She cooks the noodles for me.

      4. He brings me a hammer.

      5.She gives her a new book.