KAMPALA ACADEMIC EXAMINATIONS BOARD

PRIMARY FOUR CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT TERM II SET I 2024

ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Time Allowed: 2 hours 15 minutes
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INSTRUCTIONS
DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOKLET UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO
Read the following instructions carefully
1. This paper has two sections: A and B. Section A
has 50 questions (50 Marks) and Section B has 5 FOR EXAMINERS USE ONLY
questions. (50 marks) QN. NO. MARKS INITIALS
2. Section A, sub-section I has 30 short -answer 1 - 10
questions. (30marks) 11 - 20
Section A, sub-section II has 20 short -answer
questions. (20marks) 21 - 30

3. Section B has 5 questions. (50 marks) 31 - 40

41 - 50
4. Answer ALL questions. All answer to both sections
A and B Must be written in the spaces provided. 51
52
5. All answer MUST be written using a blue or black
ball -point pen or ink. 53
6. Unncecessary alteration of work ma lead to loss of 54
marks. 55
6. Do not fill anything in the table indicated TOTAL
“ FOR EXAMINERS’ USE ONLY”
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 SECTION A:
In questions 1 - 5, re-arrange the given words to form the correct
ones.
1. yob ________________ 3. inggo _______________________
2. oolsh ________________ 4. rubsh ______________________
5. eachert _____________________
In questions 6 - 10, fill in the blank spaces to complete the sentences.
6. I prefer mangoes _____________________________ oranges.
7. Joanitah is smaller _______________________Jane.
8. She is as happy as a _________________________.
9. I am smart , ___________________________?
10. I got ________________________Cow from my uncle.
In questions 11- 20, use the correct form of the words in brackets
to complete the sentences.
11. She _____________________to our home every evening. (come)
12. Anitah ___________________________fish yesterday. (catch)
13. Okello is the _____________________boy in our class. (shabby)
14. My mother is a ________________________. (teach)
15. His grand father is a ________________________. (Uganda)
16. Joel is __________________to school. (go)
17. We _______________________with our new toy cars every afternoon.
(played)
18. She________________so hard last year. (revise)
19. Of the two boys, John is the ________________________. (clever)
20. Parents should ___________________their children for a brighter future.
(education)
In questions 21- 25, arrange the given words alphabetically.
21. sorry, bed, rude, good
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22. kind, polite, impolite, cruel
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 For questions 23 - 24, re-arrange the sentences below to make
correct sentences.
23. kilogramme much is a How of rice?
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24. a well boy Fahad behaved is.
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In questions 25 - 26, use the given words to construct the sentences
to show that you know the difference in their meaning.
25. fill : ______________________________________________________
26. feel: ______________________________________________________
For questions 27 - 28, give the plural form of the given words.
27. girl: ____________________ 28. person: ______________________
In questions 29 - 30, write the full form of the given short form.
29. shs. _______________________ 30. shan’t ___________________
For questions rewrite giving the opposite of the underlined words.
31. Our teacher of English is very kind to us.
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32. Mr. Ocheng sells cheap items at the market.
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In questions 33 - 34, give one word for the underlined group of
words.
33.My mother bought knives spoons , forks from the market.
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34.Both Kato and Wasswa were born at the same time.
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SUB-SECTION II
In questions 35 - 50, re-write the sentences as instructed in the
brackets.
35. Sandra prefers playing netball to tennis.
(Re-write using:..........more than........)
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36. The mother has gone to the market . The child has been crying.
(Use:........because...........)
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37. That is the boy. His father drove to the city.
(Re-write using:.......whose..............)
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38. All teachers were present yesterday. (Begin: None...............)
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39. James will come to the party. Annet will come to the party.
(Begin: Either..........)
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40. Okello is very fat. Kamula is fat. (Re-write using:............not as............)
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41. Pius went to the village. He wanted to visit his grandparents.
(Re-write using : ...................in order..............)
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42.Our school was the best last year, wasn’t it
(Re-write the sentence as you punctuate)
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43. That book was brought to the library yesterday.
(Begin: Those...................)
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44. Dorothy eats an orange. Cathy eats an orange.
(Use:......as well as..................)
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45. Children did not attend the assembly. Teachers did not attend the
assembly. (Re-write beginning; Neither...................)
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46. Shanitah is very fat. She cannot fit in the dress.
(Re-write using:...............too................to.......................)
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47. Wanyama went to our school. He wanted to learn good manners.
(Use :................so that....................)
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48. Julie was very clever. All teachers like her.
(Re-write using:.......so .............that...........)
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49. The baby was crying. The mother was digging. (Begin:While................)
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50. As happy as _________________. (Complete the simile)
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 SECTION B (50 MARKS)
52. Read the passage carefully and in full sentences answer the
questions about it.
THE WISEST ANIMAL
Mr. Hare is the wisest animal on the jungle. His wisdom was seen long time
ago when he married the king’s daughter. When the king’s daughter reached
the time of marriage, the king said that the only wisest animal would marry
his daughter. The king told them the trick. The trick was that the only
animal which would drink the hot water was going to marry the king’s
daughter. All animals feared but Mr. Hare did not. He said that he was going
to drink the hot water in three minutes. The king gave him the pot of water
and other animals laughed at him.

Mr. Hare lifted the pot of water and started telling beautiful stories. His plan
was to tell beautiful stories as the hot water was cooling. All the other
animals and the king enjoyed the stories and did not think of water cooling.
When Mr. Hare saw that water had cooled , he told them to look at him and
drank all the water in two minutes. The king accepted him to marry his
daughter because he had passed the trick. Mr. Hare used his wisdom to pass
the king’s trick.
Questions.
a) What is the passage about?
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b) Which animal is the wisest in the jungle?
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c) What was the king’s trick?
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d) What is the opposite of the word ‘hot’?
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e) Did Mr. Hare marry the king’s daughter?
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f) Who enjoyed the beautiful stories?
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g) How did Mr. Hare manage to pass the trick?
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h) How many minutes did Mr. Hare take to drink the water?
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i) When as Mr. Hare’s wisdom seen?
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j) Why do you think other animals laughed at Mr. Hare?
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52.Construct ten sentences using the words in the table below.
They gone for their books.
John written well.
Both Mary and Jona a pen.
has
My parents two flowers.
I five houses.
She have brought your pen.
Okello come to pray to God.
My father bought a Bible.
These boys given me a gift.
My bag got lost.
i) _________________________________________________________
ii) __________________________________________________________
iii) _________________________________________________________
iv) _________________________________________________________
v) _________________________________________________________
vi) _________________________________________________________
vii) ________________________________________________________
viii) ________________________________________________________
ix) _________________________________________________________
x) _________________________________________________________
53.Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow in full
sentences.
FEELINGS
People feel in different ways.
Always it’s the environment which determines people’s feelings.
Whenever someone is hurt in a certain way.
He becomes sad, it’s sadness which sometimes makes people angry.

Where a person acquires something good.

He becomes happy and happiness sometimes brings pride in a person.
A person becomes hungry when lacks something to eat and hunger also brings
anger.

When a person works hard.

He becomes tired and weak.
A person feels cold when the weather is cold.
He can also feel cold when he is sick.
Of all feelings , happiness is the best.
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 Questions
a) How many stanzas does the poem have?
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b) What is the poem about?
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c) Who wrote the poem?
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d) Write the title of the poem.
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e) What is the best feeling according to the poem?
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f) Write the opposite of cold.
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g) When does a person feel cold?
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h) When does a person become hungry?
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i) Which stanza talks about hunger?
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j) What determines people’s feelings according to stanza one?
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54.Complete the story with the words given in the box.
JUMA GETS LOST
One day, Mr. Kavuma __________________Juma to school.
He told him not to go back ___________________alone. At lunch time
John __________________away from school with his friends. He got lost.
Juma started ___________________because he was scared. When
Mr. Kavuma went to school , he didn’t _______________________Juma.
The teacher felt ___________________________too.
Mr. Kavuma went back home and told Mrs. Kavuma that Juma was
____________________________. Mrs. Kavuma was scared.

When Mr. and Mrs. Kavuma were still standing in the ________________they
saw Juma coming with his friends. They were very _______________to see
Juma but Juma was sad and _______________________. He said he was sorry
because he made them worried. He said that we would not do it again.
tired, home, lost, took, compound, crying, worried, happy
walked, find
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55. Study the invitation card below carefully and then answer in
full sentences the questions that follow.
GRADUATION CEREMONY
The family of Mr. and Mrs. Otto of Bunga with great pleasure invite the
company of Mr. and Mrs. Nalima to the graduation ceremony of their
daughter.
NABUWUFU JANE
The ceremony will take place on 6/ 10/ 2020 at their home in Bunga at
12:00 noon.
Your presence will grace this occasion.
RSVP (Regrets only)
Musumba Paul Magezi Ben
0773 294455/ 0709340300 0776 306492

Questions
a) At what time will the function begin?
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b) What is the invitation card about?
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c) Where will the ceremony take place?
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d) According to the information, who is the celebrant?
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e) Who is Nabuwufu Jane’s father?
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f) When will the ceremony be held?
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g) Where does Mr. Otto live?
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h) Write the telephone number of Magezi Ben.
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i) Give the plural form of the word ceremony.
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j) What does Jane call Mr. Otto?
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