2022 MID YEAR ENG HERENTALS PRIVATE PRIMARY SCHOOL

Mid Year Examination 2022

Time 2 hours

English Paper 2

GRADE 4

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

1Read all the instructions carefully.

2Answer these questions on the seperate answer sheet.

3 lf you do not understand the instructions, ask the invigilator to explain to you before you start.

SECTION A: 20MARKS

1 Write a letter to your friend telling him or her about your school and add your own.

Include the following points

Name of the school
Headmaster/deputy headmaster
Number of teachers
Classroom blocks
Activities done
Projects at school

Or

2 Write a composition about your teacher. Include the following points

Name – where he/she lives

Age
Favourite food
Likes and dislikes
Favourite subject
Why do you like your teacher

SECTION B: 10 MARKS

READ THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW.

The Moon

The moon is one of the many natural objects or satellites. It moves in space round the planet
earth on which we live. The distance from the earth to the moon is three hundred and eighty four
thousand, four hundred and three kilometres.

The moon travels right round the earth in just twenty-seven and a third days. It travels at a speed
of nearly four thousand kilometers per hour. That is eighteen times the speed of our fastest cars.

The moon has no light. It gets its light from the sun. Sometimes the earth comes in between the
sun and the moon. Then the earth prevents the light from the sun getting to the moon. When that
happens, the moon gives no light at all. That is when we get the eclipse of the moon.

In 1966, a Russian spacecraft landed on the moon. In 1969, America sent three men to the moon
in a space craft known as the Apollo 11. The first person to land on the moon was Neil
Armstrong, an American. The surface of the moon is about the same in area as the continent of
Africa. There is no rain that falls on the moon. The moon is very hot during the day and very
coldat night. The surface of the moon is very uneven. It has high mountains and deep valleys.
The highest point on the moon is Mons Hygen. It is four tbousand , seven hundred metres high.
This is about half the height of Mount Everest, the highest mountain on earth.

Question

1. The passage is talking about---------

2. How far apart are the earth and the moon?

3. What is the highest mountain on earth?

4. Who is the first person to step on the moon?

6. What is the highest point on the moon?

5. The eclipse of the moon happens when_____

7.How many people were sent by Americans in a space craft called Apollo?

8.Which word used in the passage means a transport which can travel which can travel in the
space?

9. Which continent in the world has the same size with the Moon?

10.How many days does the moon take to travels around the earth?