The Rubyville Schools

First Term Examination 2019/2020.

Subject: English Language Class: Grade Four.
Where capital letters are used sentence? (a) beginning (b) ending (c) in
the middle (d) anywhere (e) somewhere.
A name of a person, city or country starts with (a) punctuation (b) full
stop (c) capital letter (d) exclamation (e) a comma.
How many types of essays do we have in English? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 4
(e) 3.
Narrative essay is a type of essay that does one of the following (a)
dances (b) sings (c) jumps (d) maker noise (e) tells a story.
Why do we read? (a) for gossip sake (b) for food (c) for pleasure and
information (d) for cooking (e) for work.
Where do we use full stop in a sentence? (a) In the middle (b) at the
beginning (c) somewhere (d) on the road (e) at the end.
What is drama? (a) storytelling (b) recitation (c) singing (d) acting (e)
dancing.
The _________ treated me when I had cold (a) medicine (b) father (c)
doctor (d) president (e) engineer.
Many looked ______ in her new dress (a) loving (b) kind (c) pretty (d)
fast.
10. In the sentence “We like banana” the noun is (a) like (b) we (c)
banana (d) all.
Choose from the options below the words that have same meaning
with the underlined word in the sentences.
11. The boy is not well (a) dead (b) healthy (c) well (d) sick.
12. Madam Paul lives close to our house (a) near (b) before (c) after (d)
in.
13. My parents are grown-ups (a) growing (b) adults (c) young (d) tall.
14. Our father has gone out (a) mummy (b) uncle (c) daddy (d) sister.
15. We plant crops in the school (a) harvest (b) sell (c) grow (d) reap.
Choose from the options below words that are opposite in meaning
with the underlined words in the sentence.
16. Are domestic animals dangerous? (a) bush (b) zoo (c) wild (d) farm.
17. The old woman is very wicked (a) fine (b) tall (c) ugly (d) kind.
18. She brought the car in Lagos (a) sold (b) brought (c) hired (d) got.
19. Her mother is a slim woman (a) fat (b) short (c) thin (d) tiny.
20. My uncle is a poor man (a) rich (b) super (c) happy (d) sick.
Write did, done, has or have.
21. I ______ have just arrived home from school and I ________ loads
of homework that _________ to be ___________ before I can meet my
friends. If I _________ my homework ________ before four o’clock
then I can ________ my friends over. They ________ have loads of
homework to do too unless they __________ it already.
Divide each word into four syllables.
Example: Su/per/mar/met.
26. Conversation _____________________________.
27. Vegetarian _____________________________.
28. Millennium ___________________________.
29. Environment ___________________________.
30. Contradiction ___________________________.

Section B.
Answer any three questions below.
1a. What is nominalization?
b. Give two examples and change forms.
2a. What are compound words.
b. Give five examples of compound words.
3. How many branches of literature do we have and list them.
4. Write an expository essay about mosquitoes in sentences.
5. How many types of essay writing do we have and list them.