Language Activities - Grade 5 End Term 1 Exam 2021 SET 1

COMPETENCY BASED CURICULUM
GRADE 5, END OF TERM 1
LANGUAGE ACTIVITIES
NAME....................................................SCHOOL............................................

SECTION A 

READING ALOUD

Every morning, Tom goes to his father’s workshop to help him. He is shown what to do by his father and he does it patiently. Tom has been helping in the workshop hoping to perfect his skills. He wants to set up his own workshop when he grows up and saves some money towards this, every month.

In the workshop, Tom’s father drills holes using the drill. He then uses the screw driver to drive the screws into the wood. Other times, he uses the claw hammer especially when driving in or removing nails

Sometimes, Tom cuts off pieces of wood using the saw as directed by his father. If the pieces of wood do not fit the required curve, Tom uses a pencil to mark the required measurement and cuts off the extra piece of wood.

SECTION B

TASK 1
LISTENING AND SPEAKING

The teacher greets the learner. The learner responds. The teacher ask the learner to sit and introduce the topic as Etiquette.

1. How many meals are there in a day?
   (learner responds)
2. Before eating, what are we supposed to do?
   (learner responds)
3. Name one table manners you know.
   (learner responds)
4. Should we drink water before or after eating?
   (learner responds)

TASK 2
LANGUAGE STRUCTURE AND GRAMMAR

ELEPHANTS

Elephants are the heavy weight champions of land mammals. They usually stand more than ten feet tall and can weigh up to 6000kg. This is taller than the height of a basketball goal post and heavier than five cars. Even if elephants were not so big, they would stand out because of their trunks. Their trunk is like a nose, hand and drinking straw all in one. Since this special nose is six feet long, elephants can eat both grass from the ground and leaves from trees. This is important because elephants need about 5kg of food each day. Their great size and strength protect them from all predators except one: humans. Humans have brought elephants to the edge of extinction by hunting them for their valuable ivory tusks.

Questions

1. Why are elephants almost extinct?
2. About how long is the elephants trunk?
3. How much can an elephant weight according ot the passage?
4. What is the main idea of the passage?
   1. Elephants are almost extinct.
   2. Elephants are very large animals
   3. An elephant uses its trunk for survival.
   4. An elephant can never be attacked by man.

PLANTS

Plants and trees give us oxygen so we can breathe. Many animals use trees for shelter and for food. We all need in order to live. Sadly, people cut down millions of trees every year so they can build shopping centres, houses and restaurants without planting others.
This is called deforestation. You can help by planting more trees in your community, a process called afforestation.

1. What do trees give us?
2. Why are trees important to animals?
3. Why do poeple cut down trees?
4. How can we help our community?
   
   
   1. Fill in with the correct word below
      1. She _____________ wants to play ____________ not.
         (either/or, neither, and)
      2. At night____________the cats_____________the dogs wakes us up.
         (neither/nor, either/for)
   2. Fill in each blank with the correct word from the box
      [popular, porfessional, humorous, memorable]
      1. It is a story to make you laugh
      2. The actor was liked by many people
      3. The pilot with lots of experience landed the plane safely
   3. Choose a word from the bracket to fill in the blank correctly.
      1. Mark and Suez said _____________have to go to school on Friday.
         (they, their)
      2. Njeri was going to the store when _____________fell off her bike.
         (it, she)
   4. Choose a word from the box to complete each of the following sentences.
      [a, an, the]
      1. John wanted to read _______________ comic book.
      2. ____________oval is shaped like _______________egg.
      3. My sister likes making _______________cake from scratch.
   5. Underline the verbs from the sentences given below.
      1. James hid the key unde the table.
      2. The girl played with their friend's ball.
      3. After supper, Aisher completed her homework.
   6. Use the words in the bracket to complete the sentences correctly.
      1. Erick was sick _________________decided to have a walk.
         (or, but)
      2. The waiter asked whether to serve me tea __________________coffee.
         (or, so)
   7. Use "a lot" or "a lot of" to complete the sentences below.
      1. We need _______________water for all the people at the party to drink.
      2. Last month it really rained _______________.
   8. Choose the words in the box below to fill in the gaps.
      [mine, yours, her, his, their]
      1. Joan, is ____________ book under the desk?
      2. Otieno and __________friend went out to play football.
      3. Jane is a good girl. _____________behaviour can be copied by other pupils.

COMPOSITION

Write a composition about

MY BIRTHDAY PARTY.

MARKING SCHEME

SECTION A - READING ALOUD

Student msut read correctly the passage given.

SECTION B -

TASK 1 - LISTENING AND SPEAKING

Learner should respodn appropriately.

TASK 2 - LANGUAGE STRUCTURE AND GRAMMAR

1. elephants are extinct because they are beign hunted by man.
2. it s about 6 feet long
3. About 6000kg
4. B- elephants are very large mammals.

Plants

1. Oxygen
2. they provide shelter and food.
3. For building shopping centres, houses and restaurants
4. Planting new trees- afforestation.
   1.     
      1. either/or
      2. neither/nor
   2.    
      1. humorous
      2. popular
      3. professional
   3.    
      1. they
      2. she
   4.         
      1. a
      2. The, an
      3. a
   5.    
      1. hid
      2. played
      3. completed
   6.    
      1. but
      2. or
   7.    
      1. a lot of
      2. a lot
   8.    
      1. your
      2. his
      3. Her