STEBUK ACADEMY

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YEAR 1 ENTRANCE EXAMINATION INTO 2019/2020 ACADEMIC SESSION
23 OCT. 2019 LITERACY TIME: 1 HOUR
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NAME: ______________________________________________________________________
COMPREHENSION
Instruction: Answer all questions.

READ THE STORY AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.

I live by a big lake. It was fun to live by a lake

because there are so many things you can do

there. In the summer, I swim and fish in the lake.

In the spring and fall, I go to picnics by the lake

and also feed the ducks. In the winter, almost

everyone in town ice skates on the frozen water. I

think I would like to live by the lake forever.

1. A good title for this story would be:

a) Ducks are Cute.
b) Summertime fishing.
c) The lake near my house
2. Why do I like living by the lake?

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3. Name two things I do at the lake in the summer.

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4. What does almost everyone do at the lake in the winter?

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5. Name one thing I do in the spring and summer at the lake.
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GRAMMAR

A. Write these letters in order

1. a c b ________

2. m o n ________

3. b d c________

4. e f d ________

5. t r s ________

B. Choose a word from the box to fill the gaps to make the sentences more
interesting.

Pretty, heavy, fat, noisy, big

1. Mum makes _________ dress

2. Dad lifts the _________ boxes

3. They buy Clothes from a ________ old shop.

4. They drove home in their _______ old car.

5. The _______ woman danced well.

 SPELLINGS

A Fill in the missing letters.

1. he _ r

2. br _ ad

3. y _ ar

4. f a _ m

5. h _ ad

B. Write these group of words in alphabetical order.

1. bee cat ant door

ant ____ ____ _____

2. baby apple dog cow

3. house lion fire.

4. Jelly party animals ticket.

CREATIVE WRITING

Complete this story with the right words.

Ben _____ a frog. He ______ it in a tank ________ his bedroom. One _______ Ben
looked ________ the tank. His frog ______ gone! ‘’ oh no!’’ cried Ben.