Here are free Primary 2 English Language first term exam questions and answers for teachers, parents and pupils. The questions follow the NERDC first term scheme of work, and the answers are at the bottom of this page.

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Primary 2 English Language First Term Examination

Time: 1 hour 30 minutes  |  Total: 60 marks

Section A: Objective Questions (20 marks)

Choose the correct answer from the options A to D. Each question carries ½ mark.

1. Which word rhymes with “dog”?

(A) dig    (B) dug    (C) log    (D) day

2. A sentence begins with a ____ letter.

(A) small    (B) capital    (C) red    (D) broken

3. Fill in the gap: I ____ a boy.

(A) is    (B) are    (C) am    (D) be

4. Which of these is a full stop?

(A) .    (B) ,    (C) ?    (D) !

5. Fill in the gap: She ____ to school every day.

(A) go    (B) going    (C) gone    (D) goes

6. Put the sounds together: c – a – t

(A) cut    (B) cot    (C) kit    (D) cat

7. Put the sounds together: s – u – n

(A) sun    (B) son    (C) sin    (D) sum

8. Which word rhymes with “sun”?

(A) fan    (B) fin    (C) fat    (D) fun

9. What is the first sound in “goat”?

(A) g    (B) o    (C) a    (D) t

10. What is the last sound in “bed”?

(A) b    (B) e    (C) d    (D) t

11. Which word belongs to the “at” family?

(A) bit    (B) but    (C) bet    (D) bat

12. Which word belongs to the “en” family?

(A) hen    (B) hat    (C) hot    (D) hut

13. Which word has a long vowel sound?

(A) cap    (B) can    (C) cake    (D) cab

14. Which is the correct spelling of the animal that says “moo”?

(A) kow    (B) cow    (C) caw    (D) cou

15. “Red lorry, yellow lorry” said quickly many times is a ____.

(A) song for sleeping    (B) tongue twister    (C) letter    (D) story

16. Who has a dog?

(A) Bingo    (B) Mama    (C) Tobi    (D) the farmer

17. What is the name of the dog?

(A) Tobi    (B) Bingo    (C) Spot    (D) Rex

18. What colour is the dog?

(A) black    (B) red    (C) brown and white    (D) green and white

19. Where did Tobi find the dog?

(A) under a mango tree    (B) in the kitchen    (C) at school    (D) in the river

20. How did Tobi feel when he found the dog?

(A) sad    (B) angry    (C) sleepy    (D) happy

21. An adjective is a ____ word.

(A) doing    (B) naming    (C) joining    (D) describing

22. In “the big ball”, the describing word is ____.

(A) big    (B) the    (C) ball    (D) a

23. Which of these words is an adjective?

(A) run    (B) tall    (C) chair    (D) sing

24. The opposite of “big” is ____.

(A) tall    (B) small    (C) fat    (D) long

25. The sky is ____.

(A) red    (B) black    (C) brown    (D) blue

26. Which word begins with “fl”?

(A) fan    (B) lag    (C) flag    (D) fog

27. Which word begins with “sh”?

(A) sip    (B) ship    (C) hip    (D) chip

28. Which word begins with “tr”?

(A) tea    (B) ten    (C) tree    (D) red

29. Which word begins with “ch”?

(A) hair    (B) chair    (C) car    (D) share

30. Which word ends with “st”?

(A) net    (B) nest    (C) neck    (D) nets

31. We use “where” to ask about a ____.

(A) person    (B) time    (C) thing to eat    (D) place

32. We use “who” to ask about a ____.

(A) place    (B) time    (C) person    (D) colour

33. We use “when” to ask about ____.

(A) a place    (B) a person    (C) a colour    (D) time

34. Fill in the gap: ____ is your name?

(A) What    (B) Where    (C) When    (D) Who

35. A question ends with a ____.

(A) question mark    (B) full stop    (C) comma    (D) capital letter

36. Today I play. Yesterday I ____.

(A) play    (B) played    (C) playing    (D) plays

37. Fill in the gap: She ____ every morning. (sing)

(A) sing    (B) singing    (C) sings    (D) sang

38. The past tense of “jump” is ____.

(A) jumped    (B) jumps    (C) jumping    (D) jump

39. The past tense of “go” is ____.

(A) went    (B) goed    (C) going    (D) goes

40. Which sentence tells about the past?

(A) I eat rice now.    (B) I am eating rice.    (C) I will eat rice.    (D) I ate rice yesterday.

Section B: Theory Questions (40 marks)

Answer any FOUR questions. Each question carries 10 marks.

1. (a) Write THREE words that rhyme with “pen”. [5 marks]

(b) Put the sounds together to make words: (i) d-o-g (ii) h-a-t (iii) p-i-g (iv) b-u-s (v) r-e-d [5 marks]

2. (a) Read the story again. (i) What does Tobi give Bingo every evening? (ii) When does Tobi feed Bingo? (iii) Where did Bingo run to? [5 marks]

(b) Write the opposite of: (i) big (ii) tall (iii) hot (iv) fat (v) long [5 marks]

3. (a) Use each adjective in a sentence: (i) red (ii) big (iii) happy [5 marks]

(b) Write TWO words that begin with “sh” and TWO words that begin with “ch”. [5 marks]

4. (a) Fill in “Who”, “What” or “Where”: (i) ___ is your teacher? (ii) ___ do you live? (iii) ___ is in your bag? [5 marks]

(b) Change to the past tense: (i) I play (ii) She walks (iii) We eat (iv) He runs (v) They go [5 marks]

5. Write FIVE sentences about your best friend. [10 marks]

6. Write FIVE questions you can ask a new pupil in your class. [10 marks]

Answer Key

Section A

1. C	2. B	3. C	4. A	5. D	6. D	7. A	8. D	9. A	10. C
11. D	12. A	13. C	14. B	15. B	16. C	17. B	18. C	19. A	20. D
21. D	22. A	23. B	24. B	25. D	26. C	27. B	28. C	29. B	30. B
31. D	32. C	33. D	34. A	35. A	36. B	37. C	38. A	39. A	40. D

Give ½ mark for each correct answer (20 marks).

Section B: Marking Guide

Question 1(a) [5 marks]

• Any three, e.g. hen, men, ten, den, Ben (5 marks shared)

Question 1(b) [5 marks]

• (i) dog (ii) hat (iii) pig (iv) bus (v) red (1 mark each)

Question 2(a) [5 marks]

• (i) food and water (2)
• (ii) every evening (1)
• (iii) the farm behind the house (2)

Question 2(b) [5 marks]

• (i) small (ii) short (iii) cold (iv) thin (v) short (1 mark each)

Question 3(a) [5 marks]

• Any correct sentence for each, e.g. I have a red bag. (5 marks shared)

Question 3(b) [5 marks]

• sh: e.g. ship, shoe, shop, sheep (2.5)
• ch: e.g. chair, chin, chick, church (2.5)

Question 4(a) [5 marks]

• (i) Who (ii) Where (iii) What (5 marks shared)

Question 4(b) [5 marks]

• (i) I played (ii) She walked (iii) We ate (iv) He ran (v) They went (1 mark each)

Question 5 [10 marks]

• Five clear sentences, e.g. name, class, what you do together, what he or she looks like, why you like him or her (2 marks each, including capital letters and full stops)

Question 6 [10 marks]

• Five correct questions using who, what, where, when or how, each ending with a question mark, e.g. What is your name? Where do you live? (2 marks each)

Accept other correct answers written in the pupil’s own words.

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