ABLAAL PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL

English
UNIT 1: QUESTION AND ASNWER

1. Why did the school head congratulate the teachers and students?

Because they begin with the achievements have made this year.

2. What percentage of students got high marks in the examination according on the head
teacher?

30 percent of students got higher marks.

3. What did the school head advise the students to do during their holiday?

To help their parents, spend some time to read the Holy Qur’an and revise their course works

4. In which subject will the school employ new teachers?

Mathematic and languages

5. What does the head teacher want other teachers to do?

To make hard work

6. What are the three things that the head teacher advised the students to do?

To be good students, respect neighbours and elders.

Complete these sentences’ using the words in the box page: 5

Introducing, employment, effort, employ, serious, remedial, hard, congratulate,

achievements, failed.
1. Hard work brings progress and success.
2. The school is introducing a new program this year.
3. Before the exams commence the teachers in our school will give us remedial lessons.
4. I congratulate you on having done an excellent job.
5. You should put more effort into your studies.
6. How many teachers does the school employ?
7. Last year many form four candidates failed in the leaving centralized examination.
8. Some students are not serious in their studies because they are busy which social media.
9. Graduates are finding it more difficult to find employment
10. The school is proud of its student’s achievement.

Complete the following words by filling in the missing letter correctly. Page: 10

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a. Teachers
b. Sure
c. Examination
d. Please
e. Trouble
f. effort

UNIT 2: QUESTION AND ANSWER

1. What did the lion do in order to appear dead?

He made himself motionless and inflexible, he pretended to be dead.

2. Why did the lion pretend to be dead?

Because he wants to jump hare and strangle him to death.

3. Why the lion’s neighbours did think that something miserable had happen in their village?

Because the neighbours thought that the whole village was on fire

4. Why do you think the lion was not taken to hospital?

Because the lion was not sick

5. How many animals did the Hare ask about lion’s death and why?

He asked the animals one after the other, because he wondered what could have happened to the lion.

6. Did the lion catch the Hare?

No, he didn’t catch the hare.

7. Which one of the following descriptions best suit the character of the lion?
a. Impatient and foolish
b. Selfish and coward
c. Vengeful and foolish
d. Clever but coward

Complete these sentences’ using the words in the box page: 15

Vanished, faked, pounced, wailed, energetic, shared howle, unfortunate, hoarse, neighbourhood

1. Fatima knew that she had won the prize. She only shared surprise when we told her.
2. Omar decided to faked the paper so no one else could read it.

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3. Foxes wailed in the forest the whole night

4. My muscles are aching because I did energetic exercise yesterday.
5. The dog’s howle loudly when they smelt the wild animals.
6. The cat jumped from the window and pounced a lizard.
7. She cheered her team until her voice was hoarse
8. The people suddenly vanished and I could not see them.
9. Hassan was unfortunate to fall for the tricks of a conman.
10. In the story all the animals lived in same neighbourhood.

Answer these questions

1. Define verb?

Verbs are words that are used to express an action

2. What is subject?

Subject is a person, animal or thing that does the action of verb.

3. What is object?

Object is a person; animal or thing they the action is performed or affected by the action.

4. What is transitive verb?

Transitive verb are verbs which take object.

5. What is intransitive verb?

Intransitive verb are verbs which don’t take objects.

6. What is oral literature?

Oral literature is broad term which includes ritual texts, curative chants, epic poems, musical genres etc..

7. What is a determiner?

A determiner is a word that comes before a noun.

8. Define present continuous tense?

Present continuous tense talk about what is happening at the moment.

9. Define simple present tense?

Simple present tense can be used to talk about general truths and also actions that happen regularly.

Present tense Past tense Past participle

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Be (am,is,are) Was, were Been

Eat Ate Eaten
Play Played Played
Go Went Gone
See Saw Seen
Sit Sat Sat
Run Ran Run
Read Read Read
Wake Woke Woken
Listen Listened Listened
Do Did Done
Talk Talked Talked
Choose the appropriate word from brackets to fill in the blanks correctly page: 18

1. A: do you …………….(enjoy/want) reading English novels

B: yes, I …………….. (Like/want) to read English novels. But I prefer animal’s fiction
A: who do you …….. (love/like) talking to
B: I like talking to children
2. A: do you ever bake?
B: yes, my mother………… (taught/teach) me how to bake
A :………………( can/would) you bake us a cake sometime?
B: I would………… (Want/love)) To
3. A: have up been to jammaame?
B: yes, I went there last year
A: how did you like it?
B: I had a …………….. (great/best) time there.
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Proverbs Meaning
1. Between the devil and the deeps sea. To choose between two equally bad
alternatives in a serious dilemma
2. Where there’s a will there’s a way When a person really wants to do something,
he will find a way of doing it insha-Allah
3. A burnt child dreads fire A bad experience or a horrifying incident may
scar one’s attitude or thinking for a lifetime.
4. First come, first served The first in line will be attended to first
5. A friend in need is is a friend indeed A friend who helps when one is in trouble is a
real friend.
6. Discretion is the better part of valor It’s better to avoid a dangerous situation than
confront it
7. A hungry man is an angry man. Someone deprived of basic necessity will not
be easily placated.
8. Empty vessels make the most noise People who take a lot about their knowledge,
talent or experience are often not as
knowledgeable, talented or experienced as
they claim to be.

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9. A man is as old as he feels This somewhat sexist saying suggests that

mean age better than woman.
10. An idle brain is the devil’s workshop People who have nothing worth-while to think
about will usually think of something bad to do
11. Great talkers are little doers Does people who talk a lot and are always
teaching others usually do not do much work

Unit 3: Question and answer

Answer the following questions?

1. Why did kassim want to barrow his mother’s phone?

Because kassim want to communicate with his friend and he also want to know what is happening in the world.
2. What was one major disadvantage of using letters?

Posting letters was so slow.

3. Why were phones not an effective way of communication when kassim’s mother was young?

Because the telephones those days were very different from the ones we have today

4. Do you think a mobile phone is more convenient than a fixed line phone?

Yes, because mobile phones you can take any place but line phone are fixed homes.

5. What does the word features as used in the passage, mean?

❖ News paper
❖ Magazine article
❖ Broadcast programme

6. Give two functions that a mobile phone and computer share

❖ Communication
❖ Note

7. Give three more examples of social media not mentioned in the passage
❖ Snap chat
❖ Massager
❖ Tiktok

8. Have mobile phones improved communication today? Explain?

Yes, because you can contact your friends alive another place.

9. According to the passage what are the two important features of a front-facing camera?

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Video calls and you can also take picture yourself (selfies)

Activity 3
Fill in the blank space with a suitable determiner page: 27

1. this House is not mine

2. I have some more files to complete
3. She does not like him much/any more
4. Nasra answered some of the questions wrong
5. some Of the girls had to carry their own luggage
6. I shall not buy these oranges. These are rotten.
7. I have bought a bicycle
8. I walked half I kilometre every day to reach my school
9. We are expecting several guests tonight.
10. Most Of my answers were correct. So i passed.
11. Hello! This Is mahdi. Can I speak to ali?
12. He spends more time on video games.
13. What is your sister doing these days?
14. I can’t speak any Arabic
15. He had built a unique house

Fill in the gaps below using the present simple tense from the verbs in bracket page: 28

a. I read the Holy Koran every day (read)

b. The police officer directs traffic every morning (direct)
c. She travels to Dubai every Monday (travel)
d. The manager surprises the workers in the bank (surprise)
e. Dr. Omar operates in-patients every Friday (operate)
f. The chef cooks beans twice a week (cook)
g. The engineer inspects the building two times a week (inspect)
h. The class prefect calls the register every day (call)
i. She bakes delicious cakes every evening (bake)
j. The carpenter repairs broken chairs (repair)

Answer the following question

1. Define some?

The indefinite adjective some is generally used in affirmative sentences with uncountable and plural
countable nouns.

2. Define Any?

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Any is used in question form.

3. Define little and much?

Little is used to emphasize that there is a small amount of something

Much is used for emphasizing on large quantities.

4. Define Few and Many?

Few emphasizes a smaller number

Many refer to more numbers.

5. What we use for many/ much/ a lot of?

We use much with uncountable nouns

Many with countable nouns

A lot of before countable and uncountable nouns

Fill in the blank space with the suitable determiners page: 32

1. a House is not mine

2. I have some more files to complete
3. She doesn’t like him much/any more
4. Fartuun answered most questions wrong.
5. some The girls had to carry had to carry their own language.
6. I shall not buy these oranges. These are rotten.
7. I have bought a bicycle
8. I drive 10 km every day to reach my school.
9. We are expecting several guests tonight.
10. Most Of my answers were correct. So i passed.
11. Hello! This is Hassan. Can I speak to Ali?
12. He spends more time on video games.
13. What is your sister doing these days?
14. I can speak any Arabic
15. He had built a unique house.

Unit 4: Questions and answers

Answer the following question

1. What two services do banks provide for their customers?

➢ They keep our money safe

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➢ We can borrow money from the banks

2. What information did Mr.Bashir provide to open an account?

He visited bank, a bank teller showed him how to fill in the forms, giving all his personal

3. Why do banks cards have a microchip on them?

To prevent Fraud

4. It is not possible to use another person’s card. Why?

Because unless you know secret personal identification number PIN
5. Name two things that banks charge for.

Investment and make heavy profit

6. In one paragraph discuss the contrast shown in the last paragraph

Most banks believe they are giving valuable services to their customers and they think that the banks
are out to make too little profit. Although some customers have raised concern on their integrity and
transparency on the manner in which they provide their services and the way they do their business
transactions.

7. Why does Mr. Bashiir receive a statement every month?

Because it shows him how much money he has saving account and how much he has withdrawing.

Fill in these sentences page: 39

Signature, statement, teller, account, safe, microchip, credit card, overdraft, repay
interest, ATM, customer
1. Bashiir wanted to use the bank, so he opened an account
2. Bashiir wanted to borrow money from the bank, so he arranged an overdraft
3. Basher must pay interest on the money he borrowed from the bank.
4. The bank has a specimen of his signature so that nobody can sign his cheques.
5. Bashiir must repay the loan in six months.
6. Bashiir has a credit card , so he can buy things without using cash.
7. When Bashiir visits the bank he is usually served by teller
8. Every evening the staff put all the money in a huge safe
9. Bashiir can withdraw cash from an ATM anytime of the day.
10. Bashiir gets a statement every month to show how much money he has and how much
he has withdrawn.
11. Aisha does not have an account in this bank; said the bank manager, ‘she is not our
customer
12. The bright shiny square on a bank card is known as a microchip microchip

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Complete these sentences using double comparatives page: 40

1. I must stop eating. I am getting fat all the time. I am getting fatter and fatter
2. The preacher was famous in our district. Now everyone in the country knows him. The
preachers is more famous
3. It was hot last week. This week the temperatures have risen further. It is going hotter
and hotter
4. The road is dangerous. It will be more dangerous ahead. The road is becoming more and
more dangerous
5. This car used to travel at 50km ph. Now it can only do 40 km ph. The car is becoming older
and older

Use either while or whereas to fill in the gaps. PAGE: 41

1. He kept looking out of the window while his teacher was marking the register.
2. Geelle kept praying whereas Ali was busy finishing the exercise.
3. Asad watched television while he ate his dinner
4. Her parents visited her every day whereas she was in hospital.
5. I always save money whereas my friend always spends hers.

Fill in the blank spaces below using many, much or a lot of page: 42

1. How many dresses did you buy?

2. How many did they cost?
3. That is a lot of money
4. So how many dresses do you have now?
5. Wow! Those are many dresses.

Unit 5: Question and answer

Circle the correct answer form the choices given. Page: 48

1. Soil is described as natural resources because.

a) It is made and conserved by human being for their own survival
b) It is a complex substance
c) It is produced by natural forces and provides human being with basic needs.
d) It is the home of living things that dwell and work inside it
2. The word “work” has been used a number of times in reference to creatures inhabiting the soil.
Which of the following does not explain its effect in the soil?
a) Spreading of deserts
b) Releasing of nutrients into the soil
c) Decomposition of organic matter
d) Formation of soil
3. Which of the following contributes to nitrogen fixation in the soil?

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a) Some types of bacteria

b) Microscopic algae
c) Earthworms
d) Larger animal like rats and mice.
4. The following factors lead to loss of soil except.
a) Bad agricultural practices
b) Erosive action of wind and rain.
c) Destruction of living organisms inhabiting the soil
d) The activities of underground creatures in the soil
5. What could be the likely results of the disaster that the writer talks of in the last paragraph?
a) Survival of human being.
b) Hunger and famine
c) Conservation of soil
d) Environmental pollution.
6. The following are kinds of erosions except
a) Water erosion
b) Modern erosion
c) Wind erosion
d) Soil erosion
7. Soil is covered or partly covered with a rough layer of
a) Living things or cropping systems.
b) Living things or fertile places in a dessert.
c) Living things or dead vegetation
8. Soil conservation is about solving the problems of
a) Soil erosion
b) Animals grazing
c) Human settlements
d) Using systems

Complete these sentences with the word in the box. Page: 49

Soil, survival, environment, bacteria, moles, insects, termites, land, tropical, soil, change, natural, deserts
1. Insects Chew materials from animals and plants to break down.
2. Some types of animals which dig burrows into soil are moles
3. The human being is damaging the soil which is the basis of own survival
4. Termites Works as decomposer, breaking down the hard fibrous material of
wood.
5. Millipedes assist in the formation of tropical
6. Some types of bacteria take nitrogen from the air and change it into away the
plants can use.
7. Soil is very essential natural resources.
8. Soil Is described the home of living things that dwell and work inside it.

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9. Destroy Are converging large areas of land because soil for agriculture is being
reduced?
10. Man should understand the disaster that is coming to our environment
11. Soil conservation minimizes soil erosion and other ways of land degradation
12. The human being grazed his land animals the land.
13. The man change the former conditional of the land

Complete the following sentences with the correct word in the box page: 51

Heavy, easy, light, brave, strong, wise, hot, fast, silent, show, blind, white, sweet
1. The donkey is as slow as a tortoise.
2. His uncle is as brave as a lion
3. The painting is as white as a sheet
4. My school bag is as light as a feather
5. This ox is as fast as a horse
6. The lesson is as easy as ABC
7. This medicine is as sweet as honey
8. Her hands were as hot as fire
9. Your village is as silent as a grave
10. He is as wise as an owl
11. The here is as strong as a deer
12. The cow is as heavy as an elephant.
13. The man is as blind as a bat

Put the right prepositions to fill in the blanks in these sentences. Page: 53

1. Distribute these books among twenty students.

2. These people are suffering from cancer
3. Who is knocking at the door.
4. The plane departed on time
5. The child is sitting on his mother
6. You are late by three hours.
7. We don’t agree at what you are saying.
8. Our new school schedule will resume on Saturday
9. The sky is above the earth.
10. The man who climbed up a tree threw a stone.

Write suitable prepositions in the following sentences. Page: 56

1. The tree was cut by a man with an axe

2. We are going by car but they prefer to come on foot.
3. She was away from work on Monday
4. To whom were you talking on the telephone?

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5. She met me on the way by chance.

6. Cut this apple into eight pieces with a knife
7. If you are in need of money, let me known.
8. Isse is weak in English but good at maths
9. We started working at 10 0’clock and finished on time.
10. What is wrong with you? Has anything happened to you?
11. On seeing a bone in the swimming pool, a dog jumped into it
12. They are supposed to work from 8:00a.m to 5:00p.m
13. Listen to your teachers and work according to their advice.
14. If you believe in ghosts, why should you be afraid of them
15. On seeing the house on fire, we shouted for help
16. He is deaf to my request and does not listen to me
17. Please wait for me; I am coming within few minutes.
18. What’s the time by your watch? We should not be late for a show
19. It was on air yesterday that there would be a public. Holiday on Thursday the
14th
20. Why don’t you believe in me? I have nothing to hide from you.
21. Have you heard anything from him since the beginning of this month?
22. The teacher asked Barre not to look into his book but to look at the
blackboard.
23. Beware of the dogs, otherwise they will charge on you
24. Sorry, I can’t agree with you on this matter.
25. I don’t have any confidence in you so don’t boast of your success.

Unit 6: question and answer. Page: 62

Down, town, formalized, exchanger, major, thriving, gashed, products, commodities, yields,
expanded, barter, originally, firms.
1. Local farmers used bakara market to store their annual yields
2. After the civil warn Mogadishu the bakara market expanded
3. Bakara market becomes the thriving in Mogadishu city.
4. What kinds of commodities are sold at bakara market?
5. In the early times the local businessmen used a system known as barter instead
of money
6. The military government formalized the system of business in bakara market
7. One of the major markets in our country is bakara market.
8. The town market besides bakara market in suq-bacaad.
9. In 1983, a fire incident gashed most of Hamarweyne market
10. Bakara market originally began form howl-wadaag
11. Electronic products are imported from far Asia and other countries of the world.
12. The market plays a great role as money exchanger which attracts traders in the
market every morning to know the rate value of the dollar.

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13. One of the things bakara market is hosting are import and export firms
Define riddle?

A riddle is a statement or a question or a phrase or a puzzle having a double or veiled (hidden) meaning,
put forth to be solved.

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