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BUREAU PRIMARY SCHOOL FIRST SEMISTER ENGLISH

MODEL EXAMINATION.2017 E.C
GRADE 6 ENGLISH,MODEL EXAMINATION
Number of Items: 40
Time Allowed : 1 Hour

GENERAL DIRECTIONS

THIS BOOKLET CONTAINS ENGLISH MODEL EXAMINATIONS : EXAMINATIONS IS

TO BE DONE ONE A SEPARATE ANSWER SHEET. THE TIME ALLOWED FOR THE
EXAMINATION IS EXACTLY ONE HOUR.

THE EXAMINATION CONTAINS 40 ITEMS EACH QUESTION HAS FOUR CHOICES

MARKED A, B, C AND D. READ EACH QUESTION AND THE CHOICES CAREFULLY.
THEN MARK YOUR CHOICE ON THE SEPARATE ANSWER SHEET YOU ARE
PROVIDED.

USE ONLY PENCIL TO MARK YOUR ANSWERS .YOUR ANSWER MARK SHOULD BE
HEAVY AND DARK THAT COVERS THE SPACE COMPLETELY .PLEASE ERASE ALL
UNNECESSARY PENCIL MARKS COMPLETELY FROM YOUR ANSWER SHEET. IF
YOU CHOOSE CHOICE "B" , FOR EXAMPLE , MARK THE SECOND SPACE LIKE THE
FOLLOWING.

A B C D

IF YOU FINISH BEFORE TIME IS CALLED , YOU MAY GO BACK AND REVIEW YOUR
WORK WHEN TIME IS CALLED , YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY STOP WORKING , LAY
YOUR PENCIL DOWN, AND WAIT FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS.

ANY FORM OF CHEATING OR AN ATTEMPT TO CHEAT IN THE EXAMINATION

WILL RESULT IN AN AUTOMATIC DISMISSAL FROM THE EXAMINATION HALL
AND CANCELLATION OF YOUR SCORE.

DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO.

SECTION ONE: Reading Comprehension (1-10)
DIRECTIONS: Read the following passage carefully and answer the
questions according to the information there in. each questions has four
choices, A-D Choose the best alternatives and blacken the letter of your choice
on the separate answer sheet provided.
Guide Dogs
Some dogs are pets, others have jobs. A guide dog is a special kind of pet that walks. Its job is to
help people who are not able to see very well or who can’t see at all. The guide dog acts as their
eyes. Guide dogs are allowed to go inside places where other animals are not allowed. They
guide their owners in post office and in many restaurants.

With training, it is truly amazing what a guide dog can do. There is a place where these helpful
animals are trained in named the training center for guide dogs. There, they are given lots of love,
just like other dogs, but they are taught to be very helpful. Not only can the dog guide a person
across a street, it can also help put laundry in to the washer and drier. It can turn lights on and off.
It can open and close doors. Some guide dogs can even pick up a phone when someone is trying
to reach the owner. Others might bark or pull their owner’s hand towards the telephone.

A guide dog usually wears a harness. The harness fits around the dog, It has a long handle. The
dog’s owner uses the handle to be guided by the dog. The owner may call to the dog to go to the
left or the right. The guide dog understands what these commands mean. Information about these
wonderful dogs can be found in a book called guide dogs.

1.It is truly amazing that what a guide dog can do. The meaning of the underlined word is _____.

A. Surprise B. stupid C. boring D. senseless

2.Which one of the following is the importance of the guide dog.

A. To help people who are able to see. C. To help people who are unable to see

B .To help people who hear. D. .To help people who fly.

3. Paragraph “1”, mainly focuses on ___________.

A. The importance of guide dogs

B. Where does the guide dog spend its time

C. The feeding habits of guide dogs.

D. All are possible answers.

4. Its job is to help people… “Its” in (paragraph-1) refers to __________.

A. People B. pet dogs C. a guide dog D. animals

5. Which dogs are kinds of dogs that are special ?

A. Pet dogs B. guide dogs C. a guide dog D.

animals

6. A guide dog usually wears _____________

A. Cotton clothes B. harness C. different clothes D. Jacket

7. what is the main idea of paragraph 1 ?

A A guide dog is a special kind of pet that walks.

B. . a guide dog usually wears a harness.

C. Others might bark or pull their owner’s hand towards the telephone.

D. The harness fits around the dog,

SECTION TWO: Vocabulary

Direction-for items(8-12) choose the correct answer from the given

alternatives with their correct meaning in the underlined word the circle ,the
circle the corresponding letter of your choice.
8. My sister needs to look at the huge picture here.

A. extremely large B. short C. young D. tiny

9. I would have plenty of time to get home before my parents arrived .

A. minimal B. alot of C. inadequacy D. insufficiency

10. The students must obey the rules and regulations of the school.

A. refuse B. disobey C. respect D. disagree

11. Most of farmers in our country cultivate yields such as wheat , teff and maize to growth the
production.

A. uncultivate B. harvest C. till D. watered

12. The busy traffic entrance was a hazard to pedestrians.

A. risk B. keep safe C. protection D. guard

SECTION THREE. GRAMMAR USAGE

Direction-for items(13-27) choose the correct answer from the given

alternatives and then circle the corresponding letter of your choice.
13. Which the following sentence is written in simple present tense to describe general truth ?

A. Where do you work ? C. My friend learns at elemetary school.

B. I play Gebet'a and Genna D. The sun rises in the east.

14. Dire Dawa is as _________________ as Jijiga.

A. hottest B. hotter C. than hotter D. hot

15. The student ______________ on the board right now.

A. are writing B. is writing C. writes D. write

16. Lemessa speaks English now, but he ____________it when he was young.

A. didn’t used to speak C. didn't use to speak

B. not used to speak D. didn't uses to speak

17. Which one is the negative form the following sentence ? He is cleaning the compound .

A. He do not cleaning the compound. C. Is he cleaning the compound.

B. He is not cleaning the compound. D. He is cleaning the compound.

18.The athlete __________________with the college track team next month.

A. trains B. train C. trained D. will train

19. Mr Mogos always get to the class on time. He is _________ late for lesson.

A. never B. often C. usually D. always

20. If she won a lot of money, she ––––––––––– build a big house for her family.

A. my B. will C. can D. would

21. Active voice: Sifan writes the letter.

Passive voice : The letter ________________ by Sifan.

A. is written B. are written C. is writing D. is writing

22. When driving a car, you_______________ drink alcohol.

A. must B. must not C. may D. might

23.___________ was someone who became a champion in basket.

A. He B. His C. Him D. He's

24.The Commercial bank of Ethiopian building in Addis Ababa is the _____________________

building in Ethiopia.

A. more taller B. most tallest C. tallest D. the tallest

25. Wow ! Look at that ! How ________________ books do you have on your shelf ? I have to
tell you, it's quite a great collection!

A. much B. many C. a little D any

26. Students ________________respect traffic rules while crossing roads.

A. may B. have to C. can D. will

27. Fatuma is a farmer; ______________ have a little lamb and get a good tax deduction.

A. her B. her's C. She D. He

SECTION FOUR Communicative part

Direction-for items(28-34) Choose the best answer from the given four
alternatives to complete the dialogue and write the letter of your choice on the
space provided.
28. Teacher: What does your father do for living?

Student: ------------------------------------

A. He is a merchant. C. He works very hard.

B. He lives in Adama. D. He is in a cafe.

29. Meaza: Do you like chocolate?

Robel: ---------------------------------

A. Yes, I don't C. Yes, I do

B. No, I do D. No, I didn't

30. Beni : Hi, excuse me ! I' m trying to find the museum .Can you give me directions ?

Nati : ____________________

A. Go ahead this street and take turn left. C. Where is the city park?

B. I'm going to Mallory street. D. You're welcome.

31. Mother: ------------------------------------

Son : I prefer milk better than tea.

A. Can I take your order? C. Which do you prefer, milk or tea?

B. What do you want to eat? D. What do you eat today?

32. Awol: Hi, Yared ! what are you doing?

Yared : I __________________________ to the Supermarket .

A. going B. go C. are going D. am going

33. Teacher: Have you done you homework?

Student: _______________________

A) Yes, I haven’t C) Yes, I have

B) No, I have D) No, I hadn’t

34. Dad: What time is it now?

Son: --------------------------

A. It is costly. C. It is ten to ten.

B. It is made up of gold. D. It costs 3500 birr.

SECTION FOUR Grammatical order

Direction items(35_36) contain jumbled word.Choose the best rearrangement

of the jumbled words and circle the corresponding letter of your choice.
35. make/ did / coffee/ she ?

A. She did make coffee ? C. She coffee did make ?

B. Did she make coffee? D. She make coffee did ?

36. Has / she / hair / brown / long.

A. She has long brown hair. C. Has she long brown hair.

B. She has brown long hair. D. Has she brown long hair.

37. Many people think advertisements are harmful,_______ sometimes they can be very helpful.

A. and B. but C. or D. so

38. Should we go swimming at the beach __________ the pool ?

A. but B. and C. or D. so

SECTION FIVE: Spelling

Direction items(39_40) Instruction : choose the word which is spelt correctly.

39.

A. Environment B. Envirronment C. Enviroment D. Envirement

40.

A. Libery B. Library C. Libary D. Librerye