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 SECTION A:
SUB-SECTION I:
In each of the questions 1 – 5, fill in the blank spaces with the most suitable
word.
1. Saul Wokulira is…………………………………honest news reporter who hates telling lies.
2. Mary ………………………………….. not seen her driving mirror.
3. Tom doesn’t remember ………………………………… he put his tool box.
4. WafulaOgutu was ………………………………… very good columnist.
5. Okello travelled to Arua ………………………………… bus.
For questions 6 – 15, use the correct form of the word given in brackets to
complete the sentences.
6. Did you design the …………………………………? (advertise)
7. Of the three towns, Kampala is the ………………………………… . (busy)
8. The tall mechanic took away ………………………………… tool box. (he)
9. He removed the tyre from the car ………………………………… when it burst. (careful)
10. Have you bought the ………………………………… lamp head. (three)
11. Modesto is one of the best ………………………………… in The Daily Monitor. (journal)
12. Eve carried a lot of ………………………………… (luggage)
13. P.5 pupils have ………………………………… sung the National Anthem. (nice)
14. The road to the district is ………………………………… enough for such a big vehicle to use.
(width)
15. The tool box was ………………………………… to the garage by Kamenya. (carry)
In numbers 16 and 17, arrange the words in alphabetical order.
16. taxi, luggage, ticket, passenger.
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17. reporter, columnist, editor, journalist.
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For questions 18 and 19, re-write the sentences giving one word for the
underlined group of words.
18. The man who collects fares in a taxi did not hear when the passenger told him to
stop.
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19. I had meat of a hen for my lunch.
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 In questions 20 and 21, write the full form of the given abbreviations.
20. shan’t …………………………………………………………………………………………………………
21. Sch. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………
For questions 22 – 24, give the opposite of the underlined words.
22. Powell reached home very late today.
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23. Borrowing money is not a good habit.
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24. The road to Mbale is very narrow.
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In numbers 25 and 26, give the plural form of the words.
25. tool-box …………………………………………………………………………………………………………
26. story …………………………………………………………………………………………………………
For numbers 27 and 28, re-arrange the words below to form correct
sentences.
27. garage/ are/ vehicles/ from/ the/ repaired.
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28. the/ interesting/ Was/ article?
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For questions 29 and 30, use the words below to construct sentences to
show that you understand the difference in their meaning.
29. route:
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30. root:
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SUB-SECTION II:
For questions 31 – 50, re-write the sentences as instructed in the brackets.
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32. Benard was driving. The passengers were singing. (Join the sentences using:….while...)
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44. He ate his food before he went to the garage. (Re-write using: ………. after………..)
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45. Katono likes chicken more than mutton. (Re-write the sentence using: …… prefer ….)
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47. There aren’t any tools in the car. (Re-write the sentence using: ……. some ………..)
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48. Joshua is smart. Ibrahim is also smart. (Join the sentences beginning: Both …………..)
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49. That is the gentleman. His daughter is our class teacher. (Join using: …… whose …..)
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50. Your dog is as blind as a ………………………
(Re-write the sentence and complete it with a correct simile.)
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SECTION B: (60 MARKS)
51. Read the story below carefully and in full sentences, answer the questions
that follow.
There is nothing as interesting to Godwill as travelling to his home village in Kibuku
district during holidays. He studies at Dawn Prime Academy in Iganga. During the
holidays, he often travels to the village because he has his father’s farm animals to take
care of.

On the way, Godwill enjoys eating several kinds of food such as sweet bananas,
cassava, Gonja, chicken and meat. He prefers Muchomo (roasted meat) to all other
kinds, accompanying it with soda or water. One day, he bought meat at Nakalama
Trading Centre as usual and started enjoying. No sooner had he finished eating the
delicious meat than he got stomachache. The stomachache went on increasing as time
went by forcing him to ask the conductor to stop the bus in order to ease himself.

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 The boy realized later that he had got diarrhoea which made him off board the bus
from every trading centre so that he could ease himself. The trading centres where he
off boarded included Nawangisa, Busembatia, Matyama, Bukonte and Tirinyi. The
driver, as well as the passengers, started quarelling because he made them delay on
the way. Reaching home in Namawondo, before greeting the parents, he ran straight
away to the latrine to ease himself.

Since then, he promised never to eat meat when travelling.

QUESTIONS:
1. What was Godwill interested in?
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2. Where does Godwill spend his holidays?
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3. To which school does Godwill go?
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4. Mention any two trading centres where Godwilloffboarded the bus to ease himself.
(i) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
(ii) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. What does Godwill enjoy eating on the way?
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6. What does Godwill drink while eating Muchomo?
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7. What happened to Godwill after eating meat?
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8. Why did Godwill stop the bus at every trading centre?
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9. Where is Godwill’s home found?
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10. What did the driver and the passengers do when Godwill was stopping the bus every
now and then?
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52. Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow in full sentences.
THE WORK OF JOURNALISTS
We have been abused,
Several times by the guilty victims,
For writing and publishing facts,
About corruption and individuals,
Yet we were trained to gather information.

We have been sometimes praised,

For educating the masses,
Through newspapers, radios and Televisions,
All these are our sources of information,
How ignorant would you be if we were silent!

Fellow Ugandans,
Always respect journalists,
And columnists,
Indeed we bring the unknown to known.

Questions:
1. Which people do you think are talking in the poem?
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2. How many times have journalists been abused?
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3. Why are the journalists abused according to the poem?
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4. Who abuses the journalists?
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5. For whom do the journalists gather news?
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6. Which word in the first stanza shows that the journalists under went training?
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7. Why should journalists be respected?
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8. What happens when the journalists write facts?
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9. How many stanzas does this poem have?
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10. Suggest a suitable title to this poem.
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53. The table below shows the number of newspapers which MugainoKawugu
sold on 2nd May, 2015. Study it carefully and answer the questions about it
in full sentences.

New Daily Red Observer Rupiny Entatsi The Sun

Vision Monitor Pepper
70 60 10 21 32 32 27

Questions:
1. What does the table above show?
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2. Who made the above table?
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3. What kind of work does MugainoKawugu do?
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4. When were the above newspapers sold?
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5. Which newspaper had the fewest buyers received?
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6. Which newspapers had the same number of buyers?
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7. Which newspapers had the most buyers?
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8. How many buyers took the Red Pepper?
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9. How are newspapers useful to a P.5 pupil?
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10. Name any one newspapers written in the local language.
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54. The graph below shows the different means of transport used in Kampala. Study it
carefully and answer the questions that follow in full sentences.

60

50
Passengers

40

30

20

10
Taxis buses lorries motor bicycles
cycles
Means of transport

Questions:
1. What is the graph about?
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2. How many means of transport are shown on the graph?
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3. In which town are the means of transport used?
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4. How many passengers use the taxis?
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5. Which means of transport has the highest number of passengers?
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6. How many passengers use bicycles?
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7. Which two means of transport have the same number of passengers?
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8. Which of the means of transport mentioned is your favourite?
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9. How many more people use taxis than motorcycles?
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10. Name any one means of transport which has the least passengers according to the
graph.
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55. Use the words in the box to fill in the blank spaces to complete the story.
THE STORY OF CREATION
In the ……………………………….., God created the heaven and the …………………………… .
The earth was without form and void, and darkness was on the face of the deep. And
the Spirit of ……………………………….. was hovering ……………………………… the face of
the water.

Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was ……………………………….. And God
……………………………….. the light that it was ………………………………, and God divided
the light from the ……………………………… . God called the light ………………………………
and the darkness He called Night. So, the evening and ……………………………… were the
first day.
darkness, God, earth, Day, Morning, over, beginning, light, saw,
good

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