KENYA PRIVATE SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION

GRADE 6 - END -TERM 2 - 2022

KENYA
TE ASSOC
IVA

ENGLISH : Section B
IAT
PR ION
SCHOOLS

Time: 1 Hour 40 Min

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY
1. You have been given this question booklet and a separate answer sheet. The question booklet contains
30 questions.
2. Do any necessary rough work in this booklet.
3. When you have chosen your answer, mark it on the ANSWER SHEET, not in this question booklet.
HOW TO USE THE ANSWER SHEET
4. Use only an ordinary pencil.
5. Make sure that you have written on the answer sheet:
YOUR INDEX NUMBER
YOUR NAME
NAME OF YOUR SCHOOL
6. By lining the correct numbered ellipses (small oval shapes) mark your full Index Number (i.e. School
Code Number and three-figure Index Number) in the grid near the top of the answer sheet.
7. Do not make any marks outside the ellipses.
8. Keep your answer sheet as clean as possible and DO NOT FOLD IT.
9. For each of the questions 1-50 four answers are given. The answers are lettered A, B, C, D. In each
case only ONE of the four answers is correct. Choose the correct answer.
10. On the answer sheet, show the correct answer by lining the ellipse in which the letter you have chosen
is written.
Example
In the Question Booklet: Example: In questions 18-19, choose the alternative which is the opposite
of the underlined words.

Example: Fill in the blank space with a suitable conjunction

14. My sister is very rich……………………..but she rarely helps the needy.
A. and B. but
C. so D. alos
The correct answer is B
On the Answer Sheet:

13. [A] [B] [C] [D] 14. [A] [B] [C] [D] 15. [A] [B] [C] [D] 16. [A] [B] [C] [D]
In the set of box numbered 19 the box with C printed in it is lined.
11. Your line MUST be within the box. Make your line as DARK as possible.
12. For each question, ONLY ONE box is to be lined in each set of four boxes.
This Question Booklet consists of 4 printed pages.
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TASK 1 For questions 9-11, complete the
LANGUAGE STRUCTURES AND proverbs
GRAMMAR (15 MARKS)
Use the words in the box to filling the 9. The early bird………………..
blank spaces A. catches the worm.
LANGUAGE STRUCTURES AND B. grows healthier.
GRAMMAR (15 marks) C. can never be seen.
D. is very wise
Lend a hand problem
By the way technology 10. Curiosity…………………………….
Came up A. Killed the cat
B. is well.
C. for all of us is not good
My name is Cate. I have come to love D. Through hard work makes us
successful
modern 1………………………..because I
had a 2…………………………………in 11. Honesty……………………………….
A. not very difficult
writing compositions. When my father B. here to stay
bought a smart television, he promised to C. the best policy
D. the business of everybody
3…………………………………………
in looking up simple stories online. For questions 12 and 13, select the
sentence which is wrongly punctuated
4……………………………….., I am the
one who 5…………………………with 12.
A. I have lost my key-the only one that I
the idea. had.
B. She said, “Come here!”
For questions 6-8, choose the word that C. “My head is aching,” Dareen said.
means the same as the underlined D. Who is that?” Betty asked”

6. My father’s occupation is teaching. 13.

A. task A. She told me to greet you.?
B. duty B. Daniel said, “My cousin is not coming
C. workplace today.”
D. career C. All my friends are playing in the field.
D. “Look at her,” said Joseph.
7. He is a boy of good character.
A. behaving For questions 14 and 15, identify the
B. discipline adverbs
C. behaviour
D. disobedience 14. She ate greedily at the party.
A. greedily B. ate
8. The rising sun has very brilliant rays. C. party D. she
A. dull
B. bright 15. I shall come to see you soon.
C. dark A. to B. soon
D. useful C. come D. see

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Read the passage below and answer the
questions that follow
One bright morning, Sarah woke up late.
She did everything in a hurry. She quickly
dressed up, took breakfast, brushed her
teeth and rushed to the bus stop. The early
bus had already left. She waited patiently
hoping to catch a fast bus to school. Soon
a bus with loud music suddenly stopped in
front of her. She did not know whether to
board it or not.
The conductor persuaded her and she
finally got into the bus. It drove off but it
was picking passengers at every point. The
conductor asked her for the fare. On
checking in her bag, she forgot to ask her
mother for it. The conductor held her by
her hand and threw her out of the moving
bus. She had to walk the rest of the
distance. By the time she arrived at school,
the morning assembly was over. She was
told to wash the lobby by the teacher on
duty.
16. According to the passage, why was
Sarah unfortunate that morning?
A. She woke up late
B. She got the bus to school early
C. Her mother did not want her to go to
school.
D. She was a criminal.
17. Sarah forgot to ask her mother for the
fare because………………….
A. Her night was too short
B. She did everything in a hurry because
she woke up late.
C. She was forced to go to school.
D. She used to go by the school bus
18. According to the passage, fare is…….
A. the money given by our parents
B. the money that the conductor gives us
C. the money we give to a conductor
when we use the public means of
transport
D. The money given by our teachers
because of our good performance.
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19. Why was Sarah punished according to
the passage?
A. She abused the teacher on duty
B. She had not done her homework
C. The teacher hated her.
D. She was late for school.
Read the story below and answer the
questions
One day, I woke up feeling unwell. I
had a very bad stomach ache. I tried my
level best but all the same, I could not
support myself on my two feet. I knew it
was serious and something somewhere
was terribly wrong with me. My sister
took me to hospital. On reaching, we
found a long queue of patients waiting to
see the doctor.
We joined in. Finally, it was my turn.
The doctor looked at me and said that I
had a serious illness. I was sent to the
laboratory to undergo some tests. The pain
was too much but I had to be patient until
the time the test results were to be out.
20. Where was the writer suffering from?
A. headache
B. the whole body
C. stomachache
D. toothache
21. Which is the other name for ‘illness’ as
used in the passage?
A. health
B. eating habit
C. sick
D. sickness
22. A queue is a …………………………..
A. long line of people waiting to be
served.
B. line of people who have no peace
C. group of people where an accident has
occurred
D. list of medicines to be given to a
patient.
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Read the passage below and answer the Read the passage and answer the
questions that follow questions that follow
Leisure time is a time we are free from My favourite animal is a cow. I love
our daily routine. It is important to use our cows very much because they provide us
leisure time wisely. It is unfortunate that with meat, milk and skin. They also give
some people use their leisure time well us manure which is good for our crops. A
while others use it to do something group of cows is called a herd. A cow
productive. I use my leisure time to read moos or lows. A cow lives in a shed or a
story books. This helps me to do well in byre. It is very beneficial to human beings.
composition writing. Through the stories It eats grass and its waste is called cow
that I read, I get a wide variety of dung.
vocabulary which I use in my writing.
Last term, I was rewarded as the best 27. Why are cows important according
writer in our class. I was very encouraged because………………………………
to continue reading story books. ……………..
A. they give us milk only.
23. According to the passage, leisure B. they give meat only.
time……………………………… C. They give us milk, meat and skin.
A. a time that we can do even bad thing. D. They are not very useful.
B. when we are at school.
C. When we are eating too much 28. The young one of a cow is called
D. A time when we are free from our a…………………………………..
daily work. A. foal
B. nestling
24. Which word can be used in place of C. calf
‘unfortunate’ as used in the passage? D. kid
A. unluckily
B. luck 29. A cow’s waste is called……………….
C. luckly A. rung
D. lackily B. dung
C. waiste
25. How does the writer use his or her D. dang
leisure time?
By…………………………….. 30. Which one of the following is the best
A. singing title for the passage?
B. reading story books A. Waste
C. knitting B. Benefits of a cow.
D. telling stories C. Disadvantages of a cow.
D. Cows and their calves
26. The best for the passage is………….
A. The writer
B. Reading story books
C. Leisure time
D. My good time

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