TOPICAL QUESTIONS FOR TERM II P.1 2012

The alphabet

1. Arrange these letters in alphabetical order
2. a) d,                c,             b,             a             b)            m,            j,             k,             l
3. c) h,                f,              e,             g              d)            w,            y,             x,             z
4. Arrange these words in alphabetical order
5. a) sun, clouds,   wind,      rain         __________________________________________________
6. b) rainy, sunny,    cloudy,   windy     __________________________________________________
7. c) cat, apple,     bag                         __________________________________________________
8. d) jug, hut,         kennel,   leaf         __________________________________________________
9. Arrange these words in alphabetical order
10. a) umbrella, jacket ,                   gumboots,             sweater

3. Read and fill in the correct prepositions
4. a) The bird is flying ____________________the mosque.
5. b) Sarah is pointing ___________________the sun.
6. c) The boy is sitting _________________the chair.
7. d) The pencils are ________________the tin.
8. Tick the correct preposition in these sentences
9. a) Mary is pointing (under, to, at) the sun.
10. b) The aeroplane is flying (near, over) the hills.
11. c) Mummy goes to work (by, on, in ) car.
12. d) Safina comes to school (by,   on,   in ) foot.
13. e) Peter is looking (at,   over,   in ) the snake.

Plurals

1. Give the plurals of these words
2. a) lorry ____________________                 e)            family ____________
3. b) berry ____________________                 f)              lady ______________
4. c) puppy ____________________                 g)            city _______________
5. d) country ____________________                 h)            fly ________________
6. Give the plurals of the words in the brackets
7. a) Daddy has four ____________________ (lorry)
8. b) There were many _________________in the saloon. (lady)
9. c) Bbale has produced two ________________(baby)
10. d) There are many __________________at the pit. (fly)
11. e) Kampala and Nairobi are good _______________ (city)

Change the nouns to plural

1. a) Uganda is my country. __________________
2. b) Bob is carrying a baby. _________________
3. c) Dad has a lorry. _____________________
4. d) We have a big ___________________
5. e) She is a beautiful lady. __________________

Plurals                  f               to            v

1. Complete these
2. a) One leaf ten ______________                                         b)            One wife                                two ______________
3. c) One shelf seven ________________                                               d)            One loaf               three ___________________
4. e) One thief six __________________
5. Give the plural of the words given
6. a) hoof ______________ d)            calf _________________
7. b) knife ______________ e)            half _________________
8. c) wife ______________
9. Change the underlined word to plural form
10. a) The cow has a __________
11. b) Musis married a beautiful wife. ______________
12. c) The thief was found stealing our hens.____________
13. d) The leaf is on my bed _____________

Fill in the plurals of the words in brackets

1. a) The ___________________are green. (leaf)
2. b) The ___________________were killed and burnt. (thief)
3. c) Betty bought two _________________of bread for break. (loaf)
4. d) Our _______________are sharp. (knife)

Present continuous tense.

1. Change the given verbs to present continuous tense
2. a) get ___________                      e)            clap        ________________
3. b) run ____________                    f)              win          ________________
4. c) stop ____________                    g)            swim       ________________
5. d) skip ____________                    h)            mop        ________________
6. Use the given verb in the bracket and add “ing”
7. a) We are ____________________on the floor. (sit)
8. b) The children are ___________________for the visitors. (clap)
9. c) The girl is ______________ to school. (run)
10. d) Bbale is _________________in the garden. (dig)
11. Write a correct sentence about the pictures using these verbs

Sitting,       skipping,                                digging,                 running

1. a)          ______________________________________________________
2. 

1. c) ________________________________________________________

1. d) ________________________________________________________

Past tense

1. Give the pas tense of the given verbs
2. a) stop ____________________                 d)            clap        _______________
3. b) mop ____________________                 e)            skip         ________________
4. c) drop ____________________                 f)              shop       ________________
5. Add “ed”       to the verbs in brackets and fill in the gaps
6. a) The children ______________________for the visitors. (clap)
7. b) The girls _______________________their classrooms last Saturday. (mop)
8. c) Sarah and Betty _____________________a rope yesterday. (skip)
9. d) Our driver _______________________ us at school in the morning. (stop)

Punctuations (comma)

1. Put a comma where necessary
2. a) Patricia has a book a pencil and a rubber.
3. b) Mary bought ice cream     soda   and safi juice.
4. c) My mother gave me   bread     milk and eggs.
5. d) Betty     Berna   and Bridget are sisters.
6. e) Mummy has a bag     a coat and a scarf.

Capital letters

2. Write capital letters where necessary
3. a) my name is jane.
4. b) I live at busega.
5. c) my school is kampala model.
6. d) betty and bosco are friends.
7. e) I was born in april.
8. f) today is Friday.

The apostrophe

1. Put an apostrophe where necessary
2. a) Peter s bicycle is new.
3. b) Mum s bag is nice.
4. c) Dan s coat is torn.
5. d) Headmaster s office is clean.
6. e) Amina   s dress is dirty.
7. Write the short way of these sentences
8. a) The den of a lion.

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1. b) The tail of a cat

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1. c) The horn of a cow.

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3. Write the short forms of these words
4. a) is not _____________________                               b)            are not   ____________________
5. c) can not _____________________                               d)            did not    ____________________
6. e) he is _____________________

4. Write the underlined words in short
5. a) She is sitting on the chair. ________________
6. b) I am going to school. _________________
7. c) it is raining. __________________

Punctuate these sentences correctly

1. a) alice is a beautiful girl.
2. b) today is monday
3. c) keith is going to bwaise.
4. d) I have a bag     a coat and an umbrella.
5. Write these words in full
6. a) ___________________ b)            Tue. _______________
7. c) __________________

3. Write the names of the days in short
4. a) Wednesday ___________________ b)            Saturday _______________
5. c) Monday _______________________
6. Fill in the missing days of the week
7. a) Sunday, ______________,              Tuesday,               Wednesday, _____________, Friday,          Saturday
8. Write in short these months of the year.
9. a) December ________________                          b)            October __________________
10. c) November ___________________
11. Write in full
12. a) ______________________                             b)            Feb.        __________________
13. c) ____________________
14. Write the short forms of these words
15. a) Doctor ___________________                    b)            school    _______________
16. c) Teacher ___________________
17. Write in full
18. a) ________________________                        b)            Rd.          _________________
19. c) _________________

Opposites

1. Give the opposites of these words
2. a) long ___________________                                    b)            clean      __________________
3. c) good ___________________                                    d)            near        ___________________
4. Give the opposite of the word given in brackets to complete the sentences
5. a) Mary’s pencil is _______________ . (long)
6. b) Our compound is very _______________ . (dirty)
7. c) I have a ______________ head. (small)
8. d) The baby’s tea is very ______________ . (cold)
9. Write the opposite of the underlined word
10. a) Sarah comes from far. ____________
11. b) Our school is big. __________________
12. c) A giraffe is very tall. _________________
13. d) The tea is very hot. _________________

Doing words

1. Add ies           to the given verbs
2. a) try _______________                             c)             dry          ____________
3. b) cry _______________                             d)            fly            ____________

Use the verb given in brackets to complete the sentences

1. a) My grand mother _____________groundnuts everyday. (fry)
2. b) The baby ________________for milk.
3. c) An aeroplane __________________over our school everyday. (fry)
4. d) Teo _________________ a basket of yellow bananas every evening. (carry)

Past tense

1. Add ied         to these verbs
2. a) cry __________________ b)            carry _______________
3. c) carry ________________ d)            marry _______________
4. Change the given verbs in brackets into past tense and fill in the gaps
5. a) The baby ___________________for chips. (cry)
6. b) Sharifa __________________ good work yesterday. (copy)
7. c) Mary _________________eggs last Sunday. (fry)
8. d) Kizito ____________________last Saturday. (marry)

2. Join these sentences using     and
3. a) Patrick has a book. Patrick has a pencil.

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1. b) They can read. They can write.

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1. c) I like dancing. I like singing.

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1. d) Tom has a phone. Mary ha a phone.

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1. e) Sarah is girl. Betty is a girl.

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Possessive pronoun

1. Fill in the correct pronoun below

[yours,       ours,       theirs,     his,          hers,       mine]

1. a) This is our school. It is ___________
2. b) Here is my cat. It is ___________
3. c) That is your ruler. It is ___________
4. d) This is Tom’s pencil. It is ___________
5. e) Here is Mary’s dress. It is ____________