Addis Ketema Sub-City Education Department

Grade: 6 th Modality: Regular

Academic Year: 2015 E.C Semester: 2 nd
Number of Questions: 40 Model Examination
Time Allowed: 1HOUR’

English
Session I: Reading Comprehension
Reading Passage
Seasons
A year is divided into seasons. There are four seasons in a year. These are summer, autumn, winter and
spring. Each season has its own characteristics. The weather changes every season. People do different
activities in each season.

Summer is a rainy season in Ethiopia. It lasts for three months: June, July and August. In summer, the
heaviest rainfall and thunderstorms often occur. The rivers and streams are full of rain water. Since most
Ethiopians are farmers, they spend most of their time outdoors, engaged in farming. However, people who
do not farm spend most of their time indoors. In this season, people go on vacation. For instance, students
go for a summer vacation from schools and universities.

Summer is followed by autumn. Autumn starts in September and lasts until November. In autumn, the
leaves on the trees change color from green to yellow. It is the time when the trees fall off the leaves. The
weather gets cooler and the air gets dry and windy. The length of the days is shorter. Schools reopen and
students go back to school in the autumn.

Winter comes after the autumn. It is a dry season. Winter starts in December and ends in February. In some
parts of the world, this season in snowy and icy. Snow falls from the sky, wind blows and ice forms on the
ground and on water. Ice is extremely cold in nature. People play hockey on ice and some like to play in
the snow. However, in other parts of the world, there may not be ice or snow. Yet, people often experience
the blowing wind in this season.

Lastly, winter is followed by spring. Spring starts in March and ends in May. In spring, the weather begins
to get warmer. The rain begins. Trees start to grow buds. Green leaves reappear on the trees. Grasses start
to grow. The surrounding environment turns green. Then, summer comes gain.

Taken from the Former Grade 5 Student Textbook, p. 3

Instruction: For question number 1-9, choose the correct answer based the reading passage.
1. In Ethiopia, which one of the seasons is mentioned as a rainy season?
A. summer B. autumn C. winter D. spring
2. The pronoun it … para. 2 … line 1 … refers to ______
A. season B. Ethiopia C. rainy D. summer
3. Which of the following is correctly matched in terms of the winter season?
A. Winter ⸺ December, February, March C. Winter ⸺ November, December, February
B. Winter ⸺ December, January, February D. Winter ⸺ December, January, March
4. Schools reopen and students go back to school … What does reopen mean?
A. locked B. close C. start again D. end
5. In which season do green leaves reappear on the trees?
A. summer B. autumn C. winter D. spring
6. What does the expression “summer is followed by autumn” mean? It is to mean that …
A. Summer comes after autumn. C. Autumn comes after summer.
B. Autumn comes before summer. D. Autumn is the last season.
7. A year is divided into seasons. The synonym for the word divided is …
A. classified B. accepted C. learned D. combined
8. … the blowing wind in this season. The demonstrative pronoun this … para. 4 … line 5 refers to ___
A. summer B. spring C. winter D. autumn
9. In which of the season does the length of the day becomes shorter?
A. winter B. spring C. summer D. autumn
Session II: Vocabulary
Instruction: For question number 10-16, choose the correct answer accordingly.
10. Classrooms _______ in size but all have a blackboard and desks.
A. height B. altitude C. vary D. same
11. “Recurrent” means …
A. to be different in different situations C. happening rarely
B. happening again and again D. doesn‟t happen habitually
12. _______ is to work by plowing.
A. tilling B. sowing C. weeding D. mowing
13. _______ is removing chaff from grains, blowing air through in order to remove the chaff.
A. threshing B. reaping C. winnowing D. harvesting
14. Students put on their uniform in schools. The meaning of the underlined word is _______
A. wash B. wear C. take off D. keep clean
15. Which one is odd in its meaning?
A. lazy B. idle C. tireless D. careless
16. If your car is running out of petroleum, you can fill the tank of your car. The meaning of the
underlined word is _______
A. wanting B. finding C. finishing D. fulfilling
Session III: Grammar
Instruction: For questions 17-37, choose the correct choice that correctly answers each question.
17. Where ______ your parents come from?
A. does B. do C. doing D. done
18. A _______ has a subject and a verb.
A. paragraph B. sentence C. phrase D. text
19. Which sentence is TRUE about present continuous tense?
A. It is used to talk about things happening now.
B. We use verb to be to form present progressive.
C. We add –ing to the main verb in the present continuous tense.
D. All are correct answers.
20. Tsegaye always _______ football after school, but he is _______ genna today.
A. play/plays B. playing/play C. plays/playing D. playing/plays
21. The moon usually ______ at night.
A. rise B. rising C. rises D. rose
22. You _______ understand your teacher, you are not listening to him.
A. doesn‟t B. don‟t C. didn‟t D. not
23. Hewan _______ in Ethiopia last year at this time.
A. were B. was C. is D. are
24. We _______ have time to finish this course in the last months.
A. do B. don‟t C. didn‟t D. doesn‟t
25. _______ she reading?
A. Was B. Wasn‟t C. Weren‟t D. A and B
26. Last Saturday at this time, he _______ at church.
A. was praying B. were praying C. was prays D. were prays
27. We are _______ to take our exam at the end of June.
A. going B. will C. shall D. go to
28. We use the modal auxiliary verb „can‟ …
A. to express ability B. to express permission
C. to express possibility D. All
29. I have _______ interest in skydiving than in scuba diving.
A. little B. littler C. least D. less
30. Local subsistence farmers _______ to reach the standard required.
A. has struggled B. have struggled C. has struggle D. had struggle
31. It is very cold in this country. I think you‟ll _______ a warmer coat.
A. must B. need C. needn‟t D. should
32. Adam _______ out when we arrived in the office.
A. had gone B. had went C. have went D. has go
33. Which of the following sentence is correctly punctuated?
A. If I get a ticket, I will go to the concert. C. I will pass the exam, if I study hard.
B. If you run very fast you will catch the bus. D. The cat will scratch you if you pull her tail?
34. The goal of _______ writing is simply to teach the reader something.
A. descriptive B. expository C. narrative D. argumentative
35. The man hits the dog with a stone. What is the role of the underlined word?
A. subject B. direct object C. indirect object D. action verb
36. Which synonym words are mismatched?
A. unity/join B. desire/wish C. freedom/liberty D. establish/close down
37. Of your many jokes, that one was the _______
A. funnier B. funniest C. more funny D. most funny
Session IV: Speaking
Instruction: For questions 38-40, select the choice that correctly completes the dialogue.
38. Guru: ______________________
Aysha: It is at the corner.
A. Can you show me the bus station? C. Where is the bus station?
B. How do I get to the bus station? D. All can be correct responses.
39. I have got a bad toothache. What do you suggest I do? How can I decline this advice?
_____________________________________
A. Why don‟t you go to the dentist? C. I‟m afraid I can‟t really help you.
B. You had better brush your teeth. D. If I were you I would go to the dentist.
40. Halima: The Ethiopian weather condition is changing. How do you feel about that?
Meron: _____________________________________
A. I couldn‟t agree with you more. C. I don‟t think so.
B. That is true. D. All are possible answers.