Iganga Boys Boarding Primary School

HOLIDAY ONLINE EXAMINATION

2021
ENGLISH Time:2hrs :15min
PRIMARY
FIVE

Name: ……………………………………… Class: ………. Stream: ……………

SECTION A (40 MARKS)

In each of the questions 1 to 5, fill in the blank space with a suitable word.

1. This is the letter I wrote last time.

2. Calf is to cow as is to bitch.

3. Opio arrived school late but he was not punished.

4. I cannot go to the hospital there isn’t a single doctor.

5. If he is found guilty, he be imprisoned.

In each of the questions 6 to 15, use the correct form of words given in the
brackets to complete the sentence.

6. Have you received your letter to the party? (invite)

7. A friend of took his car to the garage for repair. (my)

8. Kadogo comes from Kenya. He is a (Kenya)

9. The primary five pupils wrote letters yesterday. (friend)

10. That tall man was of defilement. (accuse)

11. Wasswa is than Kato. (happy)

12. What a terrible she is! (crime)

13. She all the money from the bank yesterday. (withdraw)

14. The advertisement appeared on the page of the New vision

Newspaper. (ten)
15. Mary will put two before posting that letter. (stamp)

In each of the questions 16 and 17, write in full the given short forms.

16. Won’t

17. a/c

In each of the questions 18 and 19, arrange the given words in alphabetical
order.

18. hostess, card, letter, address.

19. crime, can, cut, come.

In each of the questions 202 to 22, write the plural form of the given words.

20. Address

21. Pair of shoes

22. Barracks

In each of the questions 23 and 24, rewrite the sentences giving a single word
for the underlined group of words.

23. The person who edits in the Red Pepper has gone to Dubai.

24. Moses did not go to school because he was not feeling well.

In each of the questions 25 and 26, rewrite the sentences giving the opposite of
underlined word.
25. He is thinner than his sister.

26. The conductor did not give the passenger his change.
In each of the questions 27 and 28, use the given word in a sentence to show that
you know the difference in their meaning.
27. piece

28. peace

In each of the questions 29 and 30, arrange the given words to form correct
sentences.
29. our bus Is school that?

30. article wrote he What interesting an!

SUB SECTION II
In each of the questions 31 to 50, re-write the sentences as instructed in the
brackets.
31. The mechanic was very rude. He failed to get customers. (Join the sentences
using: ……………….. so………… that ………………..)

32. This engine is very old. It cannot work well. (Rewrite as one sentence using:
………….. too ………….to ……………..)

33. As I was writing a letter, Peter was learning how to repair vehicles. (Re-write
the sentence using: ……………………. while ……………..)

34. Peter is very hardworking, (Re-write and supply a

suitable tag)
35. I posted the letter immediately I wrote it. (Rewrite and begin: As soon as ……..)

36. Ntale is very fat. Nantale is fat. (Rewrite as one sentence using: …….. than ……)

37. Here is the mechanic. He repaired my vehicle. (Join the sentences using:
……….. who ………..)

38. Sarah is a bright girl. Brenda is also a bright girl. (Rewrite the sentences
beginning: Either ……………….)

39. The Bank Manager did not sign my cheque. He was not in the office. (Join the
sentences using: ……………. because …………………..)

40. Kennedy is a Nigerian. (Rewrite the sentences using: ……… comes from ………..)

41. When he completed his work, he went to sleep. (Rewrite the sentence
beginning: Having …………………………..)

42. This woman is very fat but she can run faster than that tall man. (Rewrite the
sentence beginning: Although ………………………)

43. Forgive me I broke your ruler. (Join the sentences using: …………. for ……………..)
44. My father is a very kind person. He helps everyone in the community. (Join
the sentences using: …………….. such a ……………… that ……………)

45. I like playing tennis more than football. (Re-write the sentences using:
……….. prefer …………..)

46. Our little sister will join at the age of four. (Re-write the sentence using:
…………… when ……………..)

47. I don’t like children who eat while walking. (Re-write the sentence using:
………………. dislike ……………..)

48. It is not good for conductors to shout at passengers. (Rewrite the sentence
using: ……………………. must not …………………)

49. Elephants are large animals. (Rewrite the sentences using: …………. is ……………)

50. Moses sold very few chicken. (Re-write the sentence using: ………. didn’t ……)
 SECTION B:

51. Read the passage below and, in full sentences, answer the questions that
follow.

In the village of Bulya, there lived a mother and her three children, a boy and two
girls. One Tuesday morning, the mother picked a coin of one thousand shillings
and gave it to the boy. “Alex to go to the shop and buy eggs for breakfast” said
the mother.

He got the money and went to the shop which was fifty meters away. He met a
hungry dog and ran away. While running, the money dropped out of his pocket
and got lost.

The twelve year boy started crying bitterly and went back home to tell the mother
what had happened. His face was covered with tears. “Oh my son, it was the only
money in the house,”” said the mother. It is very unfortunate that you will not
have good breakfast today.” She added. They all had dry tea and indeed it was a
bad morning for them.

Questions
a) In which village did the mother and her children live?

b) How many children did the mother have?

c) When did the mother send the boy to the shop?

d) How much money did the mother give to the son?

e) How far is the shop from home?

f) What did the boy meet on the way?

g) What had the mother sent the boy to buy?

h) What did the boy do when the money got lost?

i) According to the story, how old was the boy?

j) Write the opposite of “son”.

52. Below is the information which appeared in the Daily Monitor Newspaper.
Read it carefully and in full sentences, answer the questions about it.

THE CROCODILES

ON THE STAGE WITH THEIR PLAY

“PEACE AND SECURITY”

Where: Theatre La Bonita

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Date: 23 December, 2021

Time: 2:00pm – 5:00pm

Charges: Adults – 10,000shs.

Children – 5,000shs. (with an identity card)

Management, Theatre La Bonita.

20/10/2021

Questions
a) Who are going to stage the play?
b) Write the name of the play?

c) Where is the play going to take place?

d) How long will the play take?

e) In which newspaper is the information found?

f) How much money will Mr. and Mrs. Lule pay to watch the play?

g) Who wrote the information?

h) When was the information written?

i) What will children present so as to be allowed to pay five thousand shillings?

j) Write shs. In full?

53. Read the poem below and, in full sentences, answer the questions that
follow.
Money, very hard to get and keep.
Many work hard but fail to keep it.
But once got, bank it for safety.
People fear banks but they keep our money.
In the past, money was kept in plantations.
And exposed to many risks.

It is no more today.
In the bank, there are managers and cashiers.
They serve the customer all over
In depositing and withdrawing money.
To the needy and the poor, the bank is for them.
Ready to lend money and they become rich.
Many rich ones use banks.
For any progress, use banks.

Questions:
a) What was very hard to get and keep?

b) Why is money banked?

c) What does a bank do to our money?

d) How many stanzas does the poem have?

e) Where did people in the past keep their money?

f) Where do people keep their money today?

g) How does the bank give services to customers?

i) Give a word or group of words to mean the same as “customer” as used in the
poem?

j) Suggest a suitable title for the poem?

54. The sentences below are not in the correct order. Re-arrange them to form a
meaningful story.

a) They all get excited and this makes the day interesting.

b) Of all these activities, the long race interests people most.

c) When the day reaches, children participate in different activities in their

houses.

d) The activities include: long race, triple jump, javelin etc.

e) None can sit down when children are taking up this activity.

f) Among these invited guests is the chief guest who is always the District
Inspector of Schools.

g) Many people are invited to this occasion.

h) This sports day is always held in the second week of the term.

i) All these people are invited to witness the different skills presented by children.

j) At Boole Primary School in second term, a sports day is always held.

55. Choose the correct word from the box to complete the composition.

Officer, conductor, travelled, two, interesting

Wonderful, because, taxi, speaking, 5:00

Travelling is one of the hobbies I enjoy. I like it very much

because I always tour many places in Uganda. One day, I boarded a
from Kampala up to Zengebbe Landing Site.

On our way to Zengebbe, we were stopped by the police at

the check point he wanted to find out whether the driver
and the had overloaded the passengers in the taxi. The
police officer warned the taxi driver to always put on the seat belt. We set off and
reached the landing site. Safely at p.m. after boarding off,
we by ferry across lake Kyoga.

Luckily, I sat near a man who came from Rwanda and he was
Kinyarwanda and French. I learnt how to greet people in those
languages. What a journey it was?