NKHAMENYA ZONAL EXAMINATION BOARD

2024 END OF TERM TWO EXAMINATIONS

ENGLISH
100 MARKS
STANDARD 5
Name of Student:
(Surname First) Time Allowed: 2 HRS
Subject Number: P051
Name of school: Date: 07 February, 08: 00 AM

SECTION A (30 MARKS)

1. Imagine that your class teacher organized a trip to visit a hospital near your school. Write a composition
to your friend telling him or her about the trip.

In your composition include the following points:

Paragraph 1 : When you visited the hospital.

Number of learners that went on the trip.

Paragraph 2 : Any two reasons why the trip was organized

How you travelled to the hospital

Paragraph 3 : Any two activities you did at the hospital

 SECTION B (20 MARKS)
Read the following passage carefully and answer questions that follows:
Every year, we have a sport day in our zone. Different sporting activities are performed during this day, some of
the sporting activities are high jump, relay race, cross country and sack race. All schools in the zone participated
in the activities. Prizes are given to winner in each activity. This year the sporting activities took place at
Nthembwe primary school ground. I was well prepared. I trained every day by running around our school. Five
learners represented their school in each activity.
I represented my school in cross country. Thirty learners took part in this race. We ran a distance of five
kilometers. When the whistle blew. We started running. My school mates stood along the road as we run to the
finish line. As soon as they saw me, they shouted my name. “ Chimwemwe! Chimwemwe! Learners from other
schools also cheered their runner’s names. I ran faster than everybody. I overtook a runner ahead of me and won
the race. I received a bicycle.
Questions.
a. What do they have every year in the zone?
2 marks
b. Mention any two sporting activities that took place on the sports day?

2 marks
c. How did Chimwemwe prepare herself to win the race?

2 marks
d. How many learners took part in the cross country race?

2 marks
e. Where did the sporting activities took place this year?

2 marks
f. How many learners represented their school in each activity?

2 marks
g. How long was the distance which Chimwemwe and his friends were running?

2 marks
h. Who were shouting Chimwemwe name?
 2 marks
i. What type of prize was given to Chimwemwe after winning the race?

2 marks
j. Suggest the title of the story?

2 marks

SECTION C (20 MARKS)

Make a sentences using each of the following words to show that you understanding their meanings.

(a) work
(b) mountain
(c) obedient
(d) punish
(e) fast

complete each proverb with the correct ending from the list below:
a rat, person, away, soup, gold.
(a) All that glitters is not
(b) An apple a day keeps a doctor
(c) A sleeping cat never catches
(d) A hungry person is an angry
(e) Too many cooks spoil the

SECTION D (30 MARKS)

Answer all questions in this section by encircling the letter representing the right answer to each
question.
In each of the following questions, choose the word(s) (A, B, C or D) that best complete(s) the sentence.
1. Share these mangoes Tinyade, 4. The bird is flying the house.
Mary and Bruce. a. On c. to
a. Between c. with b. Over d. between
b. Among d. to
5. Neither Michelle Velentina is
2. Mary John are friends. coming today.
a. Both c. is a. Or c. nor
b. And d. are b. And d. with
Questions 6 – 10
3. The dog entered the house
windows. Choose the correct part of speech (A, B, C or D)
a. By c. in for each underlined words.
b. Over d. through
6. Mulanje is a beautiful mountain.
a. Verb c. noun
 b. Adjective d. interjection a. Aren’t they c. are she
b. Are they d. aren’t she
7. We had a long chart.
a. Pronoun c. article 17. He is a bad man ?
b. Preposition d. conjunction a. Isn’t he c. was he
b. Is he d. wasn’t he
8. Wow! The room is pretty.
a. Conjunction c. adjective 18. Chimwemwe was not there
b. Interjection d. pronoun ?
a. Was he c. were he
9. His uncle is a teacher. b. Wasn’t he d. weren’t he
a. Pronoun c. verb
b. Preposition d. adverb 19. We are not waiting for you ?
a. Are we c. are you
10. Put your books on the table. b. Aren’t we d. aren’t you
a. Adverb c. pronoun
b. Verb d. preposition 20. Timve is not crying ?
a. Aren’t he c. isn’t he
Questions 11 to 15.
b. Are he d. is he
Choose the word that best completes the similes.
Questions 21 – 26
11. My sister is a proud as a
Choose the word that completes the following
a. Peacock c. hero
riddles.
b. Chief d. bird
21. My house can only be opened with figure.
12. The classroom is as quite as Who am I?
a. Church c, graveyard a. Cock c. door
b. Bush d. hall b. Box d. ground nuts

13. Tsala’s smile is as as the 22. I am a house, yet I have no door. Who am I?
morning star. a. Book c. egg
a. Shine c. Bright b. Watch d. mushroom
b. Twinkle d. small
23. I beat myself before I cry. Who am I?
14. John write as show as a a. Hen c. dog
a. Sheep c. dove b. Cock d. dove
b. Snail d. dog
24. A morning guest that lives by noon. What is
15. His teeth are as as snow. it?
a. Big c. long a. Sun c. moon
b. White d. wide b. Dew d. rain

25. I have a large mat but I sleep on the ground.

Questions 16 – 20
Who am I?
Choose the word that completes the question a. Beans c. eggs
tags. b. Hair d. pumpkins

16. Mary and Janet are not going to school 26. My house has one pole. Who am I?
?
 a. Groundnuts c. mushroom
b. Cassava d. sweet potatoes 28. Our girl has come.
a. Girl c. girlse
b. Girlies d. girls.
Questions 27 – 30
In each of the following questions, choose the 29. Today my mother is coming.
answer (A, B, C or D) that is a plural form of the a. Mothers c. mother
underlined word. b. Motheries d. mothery

27. The book is on the desk. 30. I can hear your voice come in.
a. Bookies c. books a. Voicing c. voiced
b. Book d. booking b. Voices d. voicese

END OF QUESTION PAPER!!