SCHOOL:
ANJEF INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL.
TEST TYPE:
MID – TERM ASSESSMENT TEXT, OCTOBER, 2022.
GRADE:
FOUR (5).
DATE:
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NAME:
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SECTION A.
READING AND COMPREHENSION
Read the passage below and answer the comprehension questions.
Stan and Daniel were the fastest bike riders in Whole School. They decided to
have a big race on one Saturday. Daniel put air in his tires. He oiled the chain.
He checked the frame of his bike to make sure everything was just right.
Stan did not do anything to his bike. His bike had cost three times as much as
Daniel’s bike. Stan thought that nothing could possibly go wrong. He laughed
at all Daniel was doing while he watched a movie.
Stan and Daniel arrived at the venue for the race the next day. Both were
eager to win the competition with much anticipation. Sooner than later, the
race started and the boys begun to pedal. Suddenly Stan heard a noise.
The chain had fallen off of his bike while Daniel kept on peddling and won the
race at the end.
Answer the following question on the passage above.
1.What would be a good title for this passage?
(2 marks)
2. Should Stan have checked his bike like Daniel did? Why or why not?
(2 marks)
3. Why do you think Stan thought that a more expensive bike would not have
any problem?
(2 marks)
4. Who do you think should have won the race? Why?
(2 marks)
5. Where was the setting of the story?
(2 marks)
6. What two preparations did Daniel make ahead of the race?
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7. What do you think is the reason why Stan did not make any preparation
before the race?
(2 marks)
8. Why did Daniel and Stan decide to embark on the race competition?
(2 marks)
9. Stan won the race at the end. True / False?
(2 marks)
10. What do you think Stan should do next time?
(2 marks)
For each of the following words (highlighted in the passage), give another
word or phrase that means the same and which can replace in the passage.
Words
synonyms
11. Anticipation
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(2 marks)
12. Suddenly
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(2 marks)
13. Venue
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(2 marks)
14. Fastest
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(2 marks)
15. checked
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(2 marks)
SECTION B
LANGUAGE FOCUS
Sort out the following words in to their respective groups
fastest, decided, Whole School, bike, begun, big,
Saturday, suddenly, possibly, chain, tires, peddling
Frame, watched, laughed, boys, much, eager, sooner
Later.
Adjective
Verb
Noun
Adverb
(10 marks)
Underline the verbs in the following sentences written in the table and match
them to their respective tenses
Stan was laughing without any preparation.
16. Simple future
He introduces the next performer.
17. Simple past
18. Past continuous
19. Future continuous
20. Simple present
I am balancing on a ball like an acrobat.
She will be going to college next year.
They received a strange message yesterday.
21. Present continuous
(10 marks)
A boy will emerge as the winner of the
competition.
Write the words in the correct order to make the sentences:
a) summer/go/holiday/we/on
(2 marks)
b) pictures/draw/like/I/to
(2 marks)
c) We drink milk every morning
(2 marks)
d) eat/ice cream? /do/you
(2 marks)
e) my/parents/love/I
(2 mark)
f) loves/to//basketball/She/play
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(2 marks)
g) happy/feeling/am/I/today
(2 marks)
h) I/Can/something?/you/ask
(2 marks)
i) nice/hotel/very/a/looking/for/am/I
(2 marks)
j) the/bus/waiting/I/for/am/school
(2 marks)
SECTION C.
Writing and composition
You have read about the race between Stan and Daniel.
Imaging you were Stan, write in not less than 80 words to describe what you
would have done before the race.
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GOOD LUCK!