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Amuwo-Odofin, Lagos
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YEAR FOUR


SUBJECT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE
SECTION A
COMPREHENSION
Once upon a time, there was an old man who had three sons. These three brothers did not love one another as brothers should, but were always quarrelling, fighting and abusing each another. The old man was very unhappy about the behaviour of his sons, and thought of every possible way of asking them to change their bad ways.
As he lay on his dead bed, he called all his sons before him. He then sent out the youngest to bring three sticks, when he had brought them, the old man tied the sticks together and gave them to the eldest son and asked him to break them. He tried, but could not as the second son tried and failed and so did the third son.
The old man then untied the sticks and divided the among his sons so that they might break them. This time, they broke the stick easily.
The old man then said, “it is true to say about you brothers what you can now see about these sticks” three can stand firmly but it is impossible for one to stand alone.
1. In the passage the phrase CHANGE THEIR BAD WAYS means that the brothers should _______________
(a) stop breaking sticks
(b) care for one another
(c) be more powerful
(d) disobey their father the more.
2. The three brothers were always quarrelling and abusing each other because ______________________________
(a) the father loved the youngest son more than the first two
(b) their father was too old to correct them
(c) they did not respect and love each other
(d) their father was about to die
3. The old man was trying to teach his three sons that ______________________________________
(a) there is more strength in unity than in disunity.
(b) old man are wiser than young ones.
(c) three brothers are like three sticks
(d) three sticks are always difficult to break
4. We learn from the passage that the old man_______________________________________________
(a) wanted his sons to love one another
(b) love the youngest son, best
(c) his sons behave badly to him
(d) wanted his sons to die while trying to break the stick.
5. Which of the following is not true according to the passage?
(a) The old man taught his sons a lesson on the importance of unity
(b) The old man liked the behaviour of his sons
(c) The eldest son tried to break the bundle of sticks
(d) The old man felt concerned about the behavior of his son
SECTION B
Part I GRAMMAR
(a) What is a synonym?
(b) What is an antonym?
(c) What is a homonym?
(d) What is a verb?
(e) What is a proverb?
Part II
Choose from the list of words or group of words letter A –D the option which is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined words in the sentence below.
1. The answer to this request was negative (a) natural (b) positive (c) normal (d) plain
2. The man was cruel to his wife as he often maltreated her. (a) Fine (b) honest (c) kind (d) polite
3. There are many private schools all over the country (a) personal (b) local (c) federal (d) public
4. He used to be a reckless driver, but now he is not. (a) dangerous (b) bad (c) careful (d) careless
5. He was filled with hope when he read the examination question (a) despair (b) fear (c) anger (d) jealous
Part III
Choose from the word lettered A – D that is nearest in meaning to the underlined words in the sentences below
6. I asked my teacher for his counsel on the choice of subjects.
(a) advice (b) teaching (c) preaching (d) permission
7. Jesus commanded the stormy sea and immediately it became calm
(a) rough (b) cool (c) still (d) quite
8. He is famous for his fine acting on the television (a) well known (b) well liked (c) popularity (d) great
9. She remained loyal to her husband through their year of suffering. ( a) nicely (b) lovely (c) faithful (d) friendly
10. The function of chairman is to lead and control meetings. (a) duty (b) right (c) part (d) purpose
Part IV
Complete the following proverbs from the list of words lettered A – D
11. Look before you ______________ (a) cross (b) run (c) walk (d) leap
12. A stitch ____________ saves nine. (a) from the tailor (b) with the right needle (c) in time (d) before the time
13. _______________ corrupt good manners (a) Evil words (b) bad friends (c) Evil communications (d) Evil plans
14. Don’t carry ___________ in one basket (a) all your eggs (b) all your books (c) all your money (d) all your properties
15. ____________ begins at home but should not end there (a) Charity (b) hard work (c) Honesty (d) Co-operation.
Part V
Choose from the alternatives lettered A – D, the word or group of words which best complete (s) each sentence.
16. Our teacher ______________ marking our papers (a) have finished (b) has finished (c) have finishes (d) has been finished
17. The man may have ____________ home already. (a) go (b) going (c) gone (d) went
18. You ought to have __________ the letter before now (a) writing (b) written (c) been writing (d) write
19. John realized to his horror that he ____________ a maggot
(a) eats (b) had eaten (c) ate (d) have eaten
20. He _______________ it last week if they had asked him to (a) would have done (b) would do (c) will do (d) will done
C. COMPOSITION
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YEAR FOUR TULIP
Name:_____________________ Date: _____________
Subject: Mathematics
SECTION A (OBJECTIVE)
1. The shape of a tin of milk can best be described as a ____________
(a) Sphere (b) cube (c) cuboid (d) cylinder (e) cone.
2. Find the H.C.F of 12, 18 and 36 _________________(a)3 (b) 6 (c) 9
(d) 12 (e) 36.
3. An / A _________________ is the amount of rotation (a) triangle (b) Angle (c) Rectangle (d) sphere (e) polygon.
4. Simplify 2 3 - 1 ½ x 4
4 6
(a) 2 5 (b) 1 1 (c) 1 3 (d) 2 4 (e) 5
12 12 4 6 9
5. Which of the following is Not an operation carried out on numbers?
________________ (a) Substitution (b) addition (c) Multiplication. (d) subtraction (e) division
6. Which of the following is not a type of angle? _______________
(a) Right angle (b) Reflex angle (c) Acute angle (d) Left angle
(e) Obtuse angle.
7. What fraction of 1 minute is 50 seconds? ______________ (a) 5
6
(b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 4 (e) 2
50 5 7 3
8. A book cost £ 3. if £ 1= N 250.What is the cost of the book in
Naira? _______________ (a) N 250 (b) N 500 (c) N 700
(d) N 750 (e) N 300.
9. Express 3 metres in millimetres ______________ (a) 30,000
(b) 3,000mm (c) 300mm (d) 30mm (e) 0.003.mm
10. Find the simple interest on N 750for 5 years at the rate of 6% per
annum. ______________ (a) N 975 (b) N 250 (c) N 225
(d) N 150 (e) N 125.
11. What is 2/3 of 1 hr? ______________ (a) 10min (b) 20 min
(c) 30 min (d) 40 min (e) 50 min.
12. Find the value of 2/5 of N 4 in kobo. ______________
(a) 100 kobo (b) 110 kobo (c) 120 kobo (d) 160 kobo (e) 180 kobo.
13. Simplify 7 of 5 2 ÷ 2 ½
8 3
(a) 8 (b) 1 59 (c) 3 ½ (d) 2 2 (e) 3
25 60 15 7
14. Find the simple interest of N 240 for 2 years at 5% ____________
(a) N 10.00 (b) N 24.00 (c) N 48.00 (d) N 120.00 (e) N 480.
15. Which of the following is a prime numbers? ______________ (a) 4
(b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 8 (e) 9.
16. How many minutes are there in 2 ½ hrs? _________________
(a) 150 min. (b) 120 min (c) 90 min (d) 60 min (e) 35 min.
17. Divide 405.8 by 2000 _____________ (a) 0.2029 (b) 2.209
(c) 20.29 (e) 0.4059.
18. Find the value of: 0.12 x 30.______________ (a) 360 (b) 36
(c) 3.6 (d) 0.36 (e) 0.036.
19. Name figures x, y, z







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x y z
(a) trapezium, square, cylinder (b) cylinder, square, trapezium
(c) cylinder, rectangle, trapezium (d) cylinder, cube, quadrilateral
(e) milk tin, card, kite.
20. A book has a marked price of N 20 but was sold for N 15. What is
the percentage discount on the book? _______________ (a) 5%
(b) 50 % (c) 25% (d) 355 (e) 10%.
SECTION B
1a. What is a triangle?_________________________
b. Draw a simple triangle.
c. Write out 3 types of triangle you know.
2a. The commission paid on goods sold for N 4000 is N 80. What is
the percentage commission?
b. The marked price of a shirt is N 14. Find the sale price after a
discount of 10%.
c. If N £ = $ 0.008. Find the value of N 1000.
3a. Write out the formulas for finding:
(i) Simple interest (S.I)
(ii) Principal (p).
b. A boy deposits N 200 in zenith bank which pays an interest rate
of 3 ½ % per annum. How much interest will he get in 3 years?
c. What principal will earn N 96.00 for 4 years at 3% per annum?
4a. What fraction of a day is 20 hours?
b. What fraction of 9 weeks is 9 days?
c. What is 2/3 of N 3 in kobo?
d. Find the value of 1/5 of 1 hour.
e. Find the value of 4/5 of 1kg in grams.
Simplify:
(a) 4 ½ - 2 of 4 4
3 5
(b) 2 of (1 1 – 3) ÷ ½
3 4 4
6. Divide the following:
(a) 2600 ÷ 200
(b) 3800 ÷ 19
(c) 0.45 ÷ 0.9
(d) 4.8 ÷ 12
(e) 2, 500 ÷ 0.25
7a. How many faces has a cube?
(b) How many edges has a cuboid?
(c) Draw the following:
(i) Trapezium (ii) rhombus (iii) parallelogram.
8a. 100 bags of sugar weigh 22.5kg. What is the weight of 1 bag of
sugar?
(b) A piece of ribbon is 7.5cm long. Find the length of 200 pieces of
ribbon.
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