Week 1 - Grammar for year 4 - 6

Read the following passage carefully answer the questions that follow by choosing the most appropriate of the options lettered a-d

I had heard from many preachers and elders in our area that it is good to give at least a part of whatever one has to others especially those who are in need. They would support this statement by giving many instances that they themselves had experienced or witnessed or that they heard or read about. The lesson to be learnt from all the accounts was the same: “the more you give, the more you have”. I never took them serious because the argument didn’t sound convincing enough to me. Otherwise how could a boy who decided to give out thirty of the fifty Naira he had still have more, more than what would he have? I therefore continued to stick to my own belief: the more you give, the less you have.

Then it happened one day at about 5:30 p.m when two of my childhood friends and fellow boarding house students came to me. They had exhausted their pocket money and all their provisions. They had eaten nothing that day and they had come to me as their last hope. I should assist them with whatever I could give which they would return later in the week after they return from home. The day was a Monday so I knew they would not be back in school until Sunday evening.

I explained that I had hardly enough to last me ‘till Friday afternoon but they pressed harder. I would’ve lied to them I had no money left with me but it was in their presence that my guardian sent the balance of pocket money to me. Unable to send them away empty-handed, I gave each of them one hundred Naira, leaving for myself only One Hundred and fifty Naira. Though my friends were grateful, I was highly disturbed because I knew what I had left would not last me two days. I was in my classroom Tuesday morning thinking more of how I would survive ‘till Sunday than of the lesson in progress when the Principal sent for me. He handed over to me a sum of One Thousand, six Hundred Naira from my parents. I was too happy to even thank the principal. I collected the money and raced off.

Question

They word “they” in the second statement of the passage refers to ________ mentioned earlier in the first sentence.

• elder

• many preachers

• many preacher and elders

• others

Read the following passage carefully answer the questions that follow by choosing the most appropriate of the options lettered a-d.

I had heard from many preachers and elders in our area that it is good to give at least a part of whatever one has to others especially those who are in need. They would support this statement by giving many instances that they themselves had experienced or witnessed or that they heard or read about. The lesson to be learnt from all the accounts was the same: “the more you give, the more you have”. I never took them serious because the argument didn’t sound convincing enough to me. Otherwise how could a boy who decided to give out thirty of the fifty Naira he had still have more, more than what would he have? I therefore continued to stick to my own belief: the more you give, the less you have.

Then it happened one day at about 5:30 p.m when two of my childhood friends and fellow boarding house students came to me. They had exhausted their pocket money and all their provisions. They had eaten nothing that day and they had come to me as their last hope. I should assist them with whatever I could give which they would return later in the week after they return from home. The day was a Monday so I knew they would not be back in school until Sunday evening.

I explained that I had hardly enough to last me ‘till Friday afternoon but they pressed harder. I would’ve lied to them I had no money left with me but it was in their presence that my guardian sent the balance of pocket money to me. Unable to send them away empty-handed, I gave each of them one hundred Naira, leaving for myself only One Hundred and fifty Naira. Though my friends were grateful, I was highly disturbed because I knew what I had left would not last me two days. I was in my classroom Tuesday morning thinking more of how I would survive ‘till Sunday than of the lesson in progress when the Principal sent for me. He handed over to me a sum of One Thousand, six Hundred Naira from my parents. I was too happy to even thank the principal. I collected the money and raced off.

Question

What was the writer most likely to do first with the money sent to him by his parents?

• Buy books and provisions

• keep it with his guardian

• keep it in his wardrobe

• lend it to his friends

Read the following passage carefully answer the questions that follow by choosing the most appropriate of the options lettered a-d.

I had heard from many preachers and elders in our area that it is good to give at least a part of whatever one has to others especially those who are in need. They would support this statement by giving many instances that they themselves had experienced or witnessed or that they heard or read about. The lesson to be learnt from all the accounts was the same: “the more you give, the more you have”. I never took them serious because the argument didn’t sound convincing enough to me. Otherwise how could a boy who decided to give out thirty of the fifty Naira he had still have more, more than what would he have? I therefore continued to stick to my own belief: the more you give, the less you have.

Then it happened one day at about 5:30 p.m when two of my childhood friends and fellow boarding house students came to me. They had exhausted their pocket money and all their provisions. They had eaten nothing that day and they had come to me as their last hope. I should assist them with whatever I could give which they would return later in the week after they return from home. The day was a Monday so I knew they would not be back in school until Sunday evening.

I explained that I had hardly enough to last me ‘till Friday afternoon but they pressed harder. I would’ve lied to them I had no money left with me but it was in their presence that my guardian sent the balance of pocket money to me. Unable to send them away empty-handed, I gave each of them one hundred Naira, leaving for myself only One Hundred and fifty Naira. Though my friends were grateful, I was highly disturbed because I knew what I had left would not last me two days. I was in my classroom Tuesday morning thinking more of how I would survive ‘till Sunday than of the lesson in progress when the Principal sent for me. He handed over to me a sum of One Thousand, six Hundred Naira from my parents. I was too happy to even thank the principal. I collected the money and raced off.

Question

What the two friends wanted from the writer was

• dash

• gift

• loan

• tip

Read the following passage carefully answer the questions that follow by choosing the most appropriate of the options lettered a-d.

I had heard from many preachers and elders in our area that it is good to give at least a part of whatever one has to others especially those who are in need. They would support this statement by giving many instances that they themselves had experienced or witnessed or that they heard or read about. The lesson to be learnt from all the accounts was the same: “the more you give, the more you have”. I never took them serious because the argument didn’t sound convincing enough to me. Otherwise how could a boy who decided to give out thirty of the fifty Naira he had still have more, more than what would he have? I therefore continued to stick to my own belief: the more you give, the less you have.

Then it happened one day at about 5:30 p.m when two of my childhood friends and fellow boarding house students came to me. They had exhausted their pocket money and all their provisions. They had eaten nothing that day and they had come to me as their last hope. I should assist them with whatever I could give which they would return later in the week after they return from home. The day was a Monday so I knew they would not be back in school until Sunday evening.

I explained that I had hardly enough to last me ‘till Friday afternoon but they pressed harder. I would’ve lied to them I had no money left with me but it was in their presence that my guardian sent the balance of pocket money to me. Unable to send them away empty-handed, I gave each of them one hundred Naira, leaving for myself only One Hundred and fifty Naira. Though my friends were grateful, I was highly disturbed because I knew what I had left would not last me two days. I was in my classroom Tuesday morning thinking more of how I would survive ‘till Sunday than of the lesson in progress when the Principal sent for me. He handed over to me a sum of One Thousand, six Hundred Naira from my parents. I was too happy to even thank the principal. I collected the money and raced off.

Question

A word that is nearest in meaning to "exhausted" and that can at the same time replace it as used in the passage

• Complete

• ended

• lost

• finished

Read the following passage carefully answer the questions that follow by choosing the most appropriate of the options lettered a-d.

I had heard from many preachers and elders in our area that it is good to give at least a part of whatever one has to others especially those who are in need. They would support this statement by giving many instances that they themselves had experienced or witnessed or that they heard or read about. The lesson to be learnt from all the accounts was the same: “the more you give, the more you have”. I never took them serious because the argument didn’t sound convincing enough to me. Otherwise how could a boy who decided to give out thirty of the fifty Naira he had still have more, more than what would he have? I therefore continued to stick to my own belief: the more you give, the less you have.

Then it happened one day at about 5:30 p.m when two of my childhood friends and fellow boarding house students came to me. They had exhausted their pocket money and all their provisions. They had eaten nothing that day and they had come to me as their last hope. I should assist them with whatever I could give which they would return later in the week after they return from home. The day was a Monday so I knew they would not be back in school until Sunday evening.

I explained that I had hardly enough to last me ‘till Friday afternoon but they pressed harder. I would’ve lied to them I had no money left with me but it was in their presence that my guardian sent the balance of pocket money to me. Unable to send them away empty-handed, I gave each of them one hundred Naira, leaving for myself only One Hundred and fifty Naira. Though my friends were grateful, I was highly disturbed because I knew what I had left would not last me two days. I was in my classroom Tuesday morning thinking more of how I would survive ‘till Sunday than of the lesson in progress when the Principal sent for me. He handed over to me a sum of One Thousand, six Hundred Naira from my parents. I was too happy to even thank the principal. I collected the money and raced off.

Question

Which of the statement below is true according to the passage

• the preachers and elders said we should share whatever we have with our friends

• the two friends had looked for help elsewhere before going to the writer

• the writer believed immediately what the elders and preachers told him

• the writer thanked the principal for bringing money to him from the parent

For the sentence below, determine which word is the synonym for the word in the middle of the sign *_*.

He enjoyed his meal so much he had to go and compliment the *cook*.

• Waitress

• chef

• hostess

• butcher

For the sentence below, determine which word is the synonym for the word in the middle of the sign *_*.

Corruption will only *hamper* our progress

• disturb

• progress

• hurry

• hinder

For the sentence below, determine which word is the synonym for the word in the middle of the sign *_*.

Bees are noted for breeding in *enormous* numbers

• very much

• very long

• very large

• very wide

For the sentence below, determine which word is the synonym for the word in the middle of the sign *_*.

The student write their common entrance *yearly*

• Always

• Weekly

• Monthly

• Annually

For the sentence below, determine which word is the synonym for the word in the middle of the sign *_*.

The disagreement Kunle had with his friend has been *settled*

• Discussed

• avenged

• seen to

• resolved