GENERAL ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS FOR GRADE 6
SUBJECT: LITERACY PAPER 1
Name: ____________________________________________________________
Date: _____________________________________________________________
Instruction: Read and answer all questions.
Section A: Reading average annual rainfall at the bottom is about a
quarter of the rainfall at the top.
Instruction: Read the comprehension
passage below and answer the questions This wide range of weather patterns makes the
that follow. Kindly write your answers Grand Canyon an ideal habitat for many
neatly and in complete sentences. different types of plants and animals. There are
about 300 species of birds alone and about 120
PASSAGE A other species of animals, including beavers,
bighorn sheep, elk, lizards, mountain lions and
snakes. Grand Canyon rattlesnakes aren't found
The Grand Canyon anywhere else in the world.
A canyon is a steep-sided valley cut by a river. On the rim of the canyon there are a lot of
The Grand Canyon in the state of Arizona in ponderosa pine trees. On the south side, juniper
the United States of America is one of the most and pinon pines grow in lower areas. Aspen, fir,
spectacular canyons in the world. It is 446 and spruce live at the highest levels in the north.
kilometres long and about 1.6 kilometres deep. Cactuses grow throughout the canyon area and
Its width varies significantly, from just over a are especially common in low areas.
kilometre in some places, to over 29 kilometres
in others. Various Native American tribes have lived in the
Grand Canyon area for the last four thousand
The Grand Canyon has been forming gradually years. Today, about 300 members of the
over the last six million years, as the Colorado Havasupai tribe live in a side canyon called
River has cut through successive layers of soft Havasu Canyon.
rock, including limestone, sandstone and shale.
The different layers vary in colour and they all The first Europeans to see the Grand Canyon, in
change shade during the course of a day, as the 1540, were a group of Spanish explorers led by
light changes. At sunset the red and brown Garcia Lopez de Cardenas. The canyon wasn't
layers look particularly strongly coloured. given its current name until 1869, when the
The Grand Canyon has its own unique climate. American geologist John Wesley Powell became
The further down the canyon you go, the the first person of European descent to lead a
river expedition through the vast canyon. In
hotter and drier it becomes. Amazingly, 1919, Grand Canyon National Park was
temperatures at the bottom can be up to 14 established. The Park is dedicated to preserving
degrees Celsius higher than at the top, and the
this natural wonder of the world, and protecting
the plants and animals that live there.
No cloth could be made without thread. Thread
is made from a number of different things. A lot
Questions: Answer the questions in sentence of thread, for example, is made from wool. The
forms. wool of animals like the sheep, goat and even the
camel is used for making cloth. Of these, the
commonest is the wool of the sheep.
1. Where is the Grand Canyon?
_______________________________ When the wool is cut from a sheep it is not yet
_______________________________ ready to be made into cloth. First, it must be
washed and cleaned until the dirt has been taken
_______________________________
away and only the soft, clean wool is left. This is
_______________________________
then spun into thread. Cloth made from wool has
______________________________ great warmth and is mostly worn in cold
countries.
2. How long is the Grand Canyon?
Clothes are also made of cotton. Cotton comes
_______________________________
from a plant. When they are ready the white
_______________________________ balls of cotton hair are picked from the plant
_______________________________ and sent to the factory where they are spun into
_______________________________ cotton thread. Then they go to a weaving
______________________________ factory to be made into cloth. Because people in
hot countries want to wear something which is
3. Who gave the Grand Canyon its name? light and cool, most of their clothes are made of
_______________________________ cotton.
_______________________________ There are many other kinds of cloth. Silk, for
_______________________________ example, is made from silk hair spun by tiny
_______________________________ caterpillars. Making real silk is slow and difficult
______________________________ work. Because of this, real silk cost a lot of
money. Most people would rather buy artificial
4. Why is the climate of the Grand Canyon silk or one of the other artificial clothes, like
unusual? nylon which is so common nowadays.
_______________________________ QUESTIONS: Circle the correct answers
_______________________________
_______________________________ 1. Thread is made from different
natural materials like:
_______________________________
(a) wool from plants
_______________________________
(b) wool from animals
5. Where did the first European people to (c) silk
see the Canyon come from? __________ (d) nylon
_______________________________ (e) none of the above
_______________________________
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PASSAGE B
2. Wool cut from a sheep is not immediately
ready to be made into cloth because it is: Fill in the spaces with the appropriate
primary auxiliaries
(a) smelly
6. The robbers ______________
(b) not soft
caught by the policemen.
(c) dirty
(d) not white
7. I ___________ eating meat now.
(e) artificial 8. The year five boys ___________
playing football.
3.Why is wool cloth mostly used in cold 9. They ___________ gone before we
countries? arrived.
10. She ____________ reading when I
(a) Sheep like cold weather
saw her.
(b) Wool has great warmth
Complete the sentences below using modal
(c) Wool cloths are heavy
auxiliaries.
(d) Wool comes from animals
(e) Wool is cheap
11. Awesome _____________ be able to
drive the car.
4.Why is real silk expensive? 12. Mr Festus _______________ travel
(a) Silk is slow and difficult to work to London next week.
(b) Silk is an artificial material 13. I ______________ see her
(c) Silk is spun by tiny caterpillars yesterday.
(d) Silk is for only the rich 14. You ____________ go out if you
(e) Silk is soft to the touch
finish your work.
15. Wale ________________ climb that
5. According to the passage,
(a) Cloth cannot be made without thread tree.
(b) Wool cannot be gotten from Carmel hair From the list of words or group of words
(c) Clothes are light and cool given below, choose the one which
(d) Cloth cannot be made from artificial correctly and most suitably fills the gap in
materials the sentence.
(e) Silk is the best material for making cloth
16. 41. It was kind _____ you to help us.
A. to
B. of
Section B: Grammar C. with
D. in
Copy and complete the table. E. for
17. Oputa travelled to Jos _____ taxi.
Positive Comparative Superlative
1. Young Youngest A. In
2. prettier prettiest B. on
3. Generous Most C. with
generous D. through
4. big biggest E. by
5. better Best
18. The marathon team ran _____ dusty 26. He’s _______________
road.
A. across 27. She’ll ______________
B. at
C. in 28. We’re ______________
D. with
E. for 29. Couldn’t _____________
19. The audience enjoyed _____ the music 30. What’s ______________
A to listen
B. to be listening Circle the option with the correct spelling
C. listening from the options.
D. listen
E. listened 1. a. sucpense
20. Rita is the _____ of the two girls. b. suspence
A. tallest c. suspense
B. more taller 2. a. altanative
C. tall b. altarnative
D. taller c. alternative
E. most tallest
3. a. connotition
Complete the sentences by choosing the b. conotation
correct words from the bracket. c. connotation
4. a. sovereingn
21. This boy made the _________
b. sovereign
number of errors. (fewest, least)
c. soverign
22. Ethan was ___________________ 5. a. inhabitat
than his brother. (more cautious, most b. enhabitant
cautious) c. inhabitant
23. She is the ______________ girl in
Instructions: Listen attentively as your teacher
the choir. (smallest, smaller)
pronounces some words. Write them neatly in
24. The ____________ team won the
the spaces provided below.
football match. (best, better)
25. Priye is the ___________ of the 1. __________________________
2. __________________________
two girls. (taller, tallest)
3. __________________________
Write the full meaning of the contracted 4. __________________________
words below. 5. _________________________
Comprehension 10
Grammar 10
Spelling 10
Writing 10
Total 40
SUBJECT: LITERACY PAPER 2
Name: ____________________________________________________________
Date: _____________________________________________________________
Instruction: Answer one question from this section.
Section A: Writing
1. Write a letter of appreciation to one of these people for organizing a special fun weekend for you
and your classmates.
a. The Director
b. The Matron and Patron
c. The Head Teacher
2. Write an article suitable for publication in your school’s magazine on the effects of corruption in
Nigeria.
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Creative Writing Marking Rubrics
Title 1
Introduction 1
Organization (Paragraphing & 2
Punctuation)
Neatness & Handwriting 2
Content 3
Conclusion 1
Total 10
Section B: Verbal Reasoning
Instruction: You are given a sentence in each of the following.
Decide how true it is:
Write A if it is ALWAYS true.
Write B if it is OFTEN true but not ALWAYS true.
Write C if it is NEVER true.
Write D if it is IMPOSSIBLE to say how true it is.
1. Cars are faster than bicycles. (_______)
2. Any child born on Sunday becomes a Pastor. (_______)
3. Girls are more brilliant than boys (_______)
4. A kilogram of sand is heavier than a kilogram of charcoal. (_______)
5. November has thirty-one days. (_______)
Complete each sentence below with one of these words containing the root ‘tract’ from tracts (I
draw), tractus (drawn):
Extracting, tractors, attracted, abstract, subtraction
6. Any steel object is ______________ by a magnet.
7. Do you find _____________ more difficult than addition?
8. An ____________ noun names a quality drawn from things.
9. Ploughs in England are now usually pulled by _____________.
10. The dentist had difficulty in ______________ the tooth.
Pair the words in A-D with each question and
19. 1. She went to the post office.
if you cannot pair anyone, write down E:
2. So she went back home.
3. The post office was closed.
A – chalk B – syringe C – lawyer D
A. 1,2,3
– gun B. 2,1,3
C. 1,3,2
11. Dentist ______________ D. 2,3,1
E. 3,2,1
12. Soldier ______________
13. Teacher _____________ 20. 1. I had a headache
2. A nurse gave Panadol.
14. Doctor ______________
3. I went to the hospital.
15. Wig ________________ A. 1.2.3
B. 1,3,2
In each of the following questions, there are C 2,1,3
three sentences. Read them carefully and D. 3,1,2
decide which one should come first, second E. 2, 3, 1
and third
21. 1.The fishermen swam to safety.
16. 1. John came first in class. 2. The boat hit a rock and
2. His father was happy about it. capsized.
3. He told John, well done! 3. It was stormy.
A. 1,2,3 A. 1,3,2
B. 1,3,2 B. 2,1,3
C 2,13 C. 3,1,2
D. 23,1 D. 3,2,1
E. 3,2,1 E. 2, 3, 1
17. 1. My mother bought them for me 22. 1. She was able to buy only a
2. They fit you well piece of yam.
3. Who bought you those shoes? 2. The woman went to the market.
3. The prices of foodstuffs had gone up.
A. 3,2,1
A. 2,3,1
B. 1,3,2
B. 3.21
C. 2,3,1
C. 3,1,2
D. 3,1,2
D. 2,1,3
E. 2,1,3
E. 1,2,3
18. 1. Boil them until they are cooked. 23. 1. The baby started by crawling.
2. Put them in the pot to boil. 2. Now he runs about.
3. Peel the potatoes 3. He then tried to walk
A 2,1,3 A 123
B. 3,1,2 B. 2,1,3
C. 3,2,1 C. 3,12
D. 2,3,1 D. 1,32
E. 1, 3, 2 E.2.3.1
In the following questions, 14-18, pick out 28. Swo() d
the word that does not belong to the group. i
d
24. A. Orange
e
B. Mango
C. Apple
A. r
D. Yam
B. l
E. Banana
C. q
25. A. Laboratory D. a
B. Library E. d
C. Staffroom
D. Classroom 29. Frie ( )d
E. Injection i
g
In each question, there are two incomplete h
words. Choose the one letter in those labelled t
A to E that can complete the first word and A. m
begins the second. B. n
C. o
26. Ca( )e D. P
e E. s
l
l 30. Su ( )
A. b e
B. j n
C. h A. f
D. q B. t
E. s C. m
D. h
E. s
27. () row
r
o Choose the one word that CANNOT be
formed by an arrangement of some or all of
w
the letters of the word printed in capital
n
letters. Do not use any letter more often
A. s
than it appears in the word printed in capital
B. c letters.
C. d 31. MANIPULATION
D. a
E. t A maintain
B. main
C. paint
D. nation
E. planning
32. MODERATION 38.A. meal
B. breakfast
A. radio
C. dinner
B. detain
D. lunch
C. remain
E. supper
D. Tide
E determine 39. A. Coal
B. Iron
33. DETERMINATION C. Gold
A. retain D. Minerals
B. terminate E. Silver
C. retard
D. detain 40. A. Lion
E. nominate B. Tiger
C. Animal
34. TELEPHONE D. Fox
E. Hyena
A. note
B. heap
C. elope
D. help
E. net
35. RADIOACTIVE
A. radar
B. radio
C. drive
D. crace
E. evict
36. MUNICIPALITY
A. pain
B. laxity
C. paint
D. impunity
E. mail
Pick the general term which describes what
the other four words are.
37. A. swimming
B. wrestling
C. running
D. sport
E. boxing
