G-6 English Past Paper 2022-2023 PDF

Yeka sub city wereda 08 Abiot primary School in 2022-23 G.C November month English model exam for grade 6th Number of items 60 Time allowed 1 hour I. Read the passage below and answer the questions 1-5 by choosing the correct answer...

Yeka sub city wereda 08 Abiot primary School in 2022-23 G.C November month English model exam for grade 6th Number of items 60 Time allowed 1 hour I. Read the passage below and answer the questions 1-5 by choosing the correct answer from the given alternatives and write your letter of choice on the answer sheet. Wind, rain, heat, and cold were the enemies of early man. At first, man tried to escape from storms and rain in caves or in any sheltered places he could find. It took a long time for man to think of building houses to protect himself from the wind and rain. The weather was also the enemy of early sailors. A sudden storm could destroy their boats and the people in them. Early farmers were often worried about weather changes which might destroy their crops. Even today, farmers are afraid of bad weather conditions which might harm their years work. In the past, people in most countries believed that rain and the sun were gods in order to make the gods do what they wanted. So they used to dance and perform plays to try and bring rain and sunshine when needed them. The weather still affects our lives in many ways today. For example, the way in which we travel may be changed by the weather. During the dry season you may take a bus or truck from one town to another but during the rainy season. 1. Which of the following was not an enemy of early man? A. heat B. caves C. wind C. rain 2. Bad weather conditions might harm their year’s work their, paragraph 2 refers to _______ A. crops B. bad weather C. people D. farmers 3. according to the passage, which sentences is true? A. early farmers were often worried about weather changes B. sudden storms did not damage boats C. early man thinks of building houses to protect themselves D. farmers today do not worry about weather changes 4. In order to make the gods do what they wanted, they in paragraph 3 refers _________ A. god’s B. countries C. people C. rain and sun 5. According to the passage, which sentences is not true? A. At first, early man did not have houses B. people used to shelter from storms in caves C. people used to dance to please the gods D. people in most countries believed that rain and the sun were gods  Grammar and vocabulary II. Choose the correct answer from the given four alternatives and write your letter of choice on the answer sheet. 6. The past participle form of the word break is ____________ A. broke B. break C. broken D. breaked 7. __________ is a process of removing chaff from grain _______ A. reap B. winnow C. harvest D. weed 8. While I _________a radio, the bell rang. A. were listen B. was listen C. were listening D. was listening 9. Where did you ________ last week? A. go B. went C. gone D. going 10. A person who works hard is a __________ person. A. harder B. hard- working C. busy-work D. working 11. Which one of the following is not compound adjective? A. beautiful B. seafood C. first class D. water ice 12. A person that you work with is called _________ A. pedestrian B. passenger C. colleague D. traffic 13. What were you doing when I _________breakfast? A. eat B. ate C. eaten D. eating 14. They were __________ while he was ________the compound. A. cleaning/dancing B. dance/cleaning C. dancing/cleaning D. dance/clean 15. _____ we read in the library? A. are B. were C. shall D. way 16. Students _________ wear their school uniform. A. must B. mustn’t C. shall D. may 17. Look! The pilot ________ an airplane. A. is drive B. is drives C. are driving D. is driving 18. Saron can’t answer the phone because she _________ a bath. A. took B. is taking C. have taken D. had taken 19. melkamu _________ his teeth every day. A. brush B. brushes C. is brushing C. brushed 20. Every morning, the sun _________ in my bedroom window and ______me up. A. shining/waking B. had shined/woke C. shines/wakes D. shined/woke 21. I __________ the house while she ________ the dishes. A. was cleaning/was washing C. had clean/had wash B. cleans/ washes D. cleaned/washed ___________22. A: ___________________ B. you should visit a doctor  A. I am happy B. I feel sick C. you are my friend D. you wake up early _____________23. Which one of the following word is correctly spelt? A. shuld B. emergency C. peedstrian D. ofifcer ____________24. They ____________ Lalibela next week. A. will visits B. will visiting C. shall visits D. will visit ___________25. When I grow up, I want to be a ballerina, and my mum is proud of me. this sentence is ___ A. compound B. simple C. complex D. compound complex ___________26. Although he was wealthy, he was still unhappy, this sentence is ____________ A. simple B. compound C. complex D. compound complex ____________27. He is ________ European and lives in Europe. A. the B. a C. an D. in ___________28. our English teacher is ________ honest woman. A. an B. the C. on D. a _____________29. I received a letter from him a week a go __I have not replied to it yet. A. and B. or C. but D. nor ____________30. will you have tea __________ coffee? A. and B. nor C. or D. but ___________31. It ___________ since lunch time A. was rain B. were rain C. were raining D. has been raining __________32. I _______ sit on my mother's knees when I was a child A. use to B. did C. used to D. do __________33. she did not _______ meat when she was young. A. use to like B. used to C. used to like D. use to likes ___________34. which one of the following is correctly punctuated? A. She is beautiful: but she is untidy. C. she is beautiful, but she is untidy. B. she is beautiful, she is untidy D. she is beautiful,But, she is untidy. ____________35. which one of the following is not correctly punctuated?  A. While I was cooking food, she was watching film. B. She was watching film, while I was cooking food. C. She was watching film while I was cooking food. D. When they were playing, I was studying. _____________36. The fields were being _______ for winter wheat. A. harvested B. threshed C. ploughed D. mown _____________37. our English course __________ two moths ago. A. begin B. begins C. begun D. began _____________38. yesterday at night, I ________ social science. A. study B. studying C. studies D. studied ____________39. I am _________ study English and mathematics for the model exam. A. will B. shall C. would D. going to ____________40. you ___________ stop when the traffic lights turn green. A. must B. mustn't C. might D. can't ___________41. The students have been __________ since last week. A. read B. reads C. reading D. write __________42. How often ________ to church? A. are you go B. you go C. are you going D. do you go ___________43. ______ to the park yesterday? A. Have you go B. Did you go C. did you went D. Have you went ____________44. Abeba and ________ were very tired. A. him B. his C. he D. he's ___________45. If I have enough money, I ______ a car. A. will buy B. would buy C. will bought D. would bought ___________46. she is ___________ university student. A. an B. the C. a D. in ___________47. ____________ were you born? A. what B. which C. who D. when ____________48. you would ________ the exam if you _____ hard.  A. pass/studied B. pass/study C. passed/study D. pass/studies ____________49. If you had ______ hard, you would have _______ rich, A. work/be B. worked /be C. work /been D. worked /been ____________50. you ___________ respect your teachers. A. ought to B. may C. might D. will ____________51. when she was _________ the board, the teacher ___________ in the lass. A. cleaning /enter B. clean/entered C. cleans/entered D. cleaning / entered ____________52. my mother always ________ food for us. A. cook B. cooks C. cooking D. cooked ___________53. A: Does she wear a dress? B: ___________________________ A. yes, she does B. No, she does C. yes, she doesn't D. No, she does ____________54. I have already __________ my lunch. A. ate B. eaten C. eat D. eating III. Read the poem below and answer the questions 55-60 choose the correct answer and write your letter of choice on the answer sheet. The aroma of brown injera Fresh and hot from the oven Wafts through the air to my nose Round and flat like a large pancake Arouses my appetite for some breakfast I love to tear pieces of the injera And swallow mouthfuls of the same With my little brothers silently giggling Amused at the speed with which I do it Mother can never stop making injera For me to eat at breakfast and lunch That's what always makes my day Injera, injera, food for the day _____________55. what is the colour of baked injera? A. yellow B. brown C. purple D. blue ____________56. what shape is the injera? A. aroma B. rectangle C. pancake D. round ___________57. who makes the injera? A. Brother B. sister C. mother D. writer ____________58. with whom the author eats injera? A. mother B. sister C, little sister D. little brothers ___________59. what is the feeling of the author about injera? A. sad B. happy C. unhappy D. bored ___________60. which one of the following is a suitable title for the poem? A. food B. bread C. injera D. meat