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Grade 6 Amharic model exam, 2015 E.C. (2023)

A model exam set in 2015 E.C. to prepare Grade 6 students for the Amharic ministry exam, in the same format. It is practice, and it is not the ministry paper itself. Every question comes with the correct answer and a worked explanation.

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  • 2015 E.C. model exam

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Question 1

ምንባብ አሊ አምስት ዓመት እንኳን ሳይሞላው ነበር የሞቱት፡፡ በአብዛኞቹ የገጠር ልጆች ላይ እንደሚሰራው ሁሉ አሊም እረኝነት እጣው ፈንታው ሆነ፡፡ አንድ ቀን አሊ አጭር ግራር ሥር በሐሩር ጉልበት ተሸንፎ በራበው ሆዱ ተኝቶ ሳለ ከጆሮው ራቅ ወደጆሮው ቀረብ ራቅ ቀረብ የሚል ደስ የሚል ድምፅ ሰማ፡፡ ከሚያንጎላጅበት ቀና ሲል ድምፁ የሚመጣበትን አንድ ሸማግሌ ገበሬ የሚኖሩባትን አንዲት ደሳሳ ጐጆ ፈትለፊቱ አየ፡፡ አንዴ ቆም ብሎ እየሰማ አንዴ ወደ እሳቸው እየተጠጋ ቆሞ እያዳመጠ ወደ ጎጆዋ እየተጠጋ እየቆመ እየተራመደ ፊታቸው ተገተረ፡፡ በቀኝ ክንዳቸው ስር የሸጎጡዋትን ጥቅርሻ የለበሰች ክራር እየገፋ ቀና ብለው በትናንሽ አየኖቻቸው አዩት፡፡ አሊም በፀሀይ ግለት ያብረቀረቀ የጠቆረ ፊቱን እያሸ ሸማግሌው እግር ስር ቁጭ አለ፡፡ የጰጰስ ቆብ መስሎ ከተራሮች መኸል የጎላ ተራራ ሆኖ ጠፍጣፋ ምድር ላይ የተተከለው ዳዲሞስ እየመሸ ሲሄድ ግዝፊቱና ግርማው መታየቱ ቀርቶ እየሟሟ ሲጠፋ የሽማግሌው ድምፅና የክራር ግርፍ ብቻ አካባቢውን ዋጠው ፡፡ በአንድ ክንዱ ተደግፎ አቦ "ፋርጤን ፊታቸውንና ሁኔታቸውን በአይኑ እይቃኘ ሲያዳምጥ "መሸብህሒድ! በጎችህም እንዳይጣፋብህ" አሉትና በአንድ እጃቸው ራሱን ዳበሱት፡፡ አሊ በክራር ፍቅር ያኔ ነበር የተለከፈው፡፡ ምንጭ ኤክስትሪም አማርኛ 5-8 ክፍል የተወሰደ • አሊ እናቱን በሞት ያጣው መቼ ነው?

  1. A.በአንድ ዓመቱ
  2. B.በሁለት ዓመቱ
  3. C.በሶስት ዓመቱ
  4. D.አምስት ዓመት ሳይሞላው
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Answer: D አምስት ዓመት ሳይሞላው

Why

The story says his mother died before Ali had even turned five years old, which is exactly what option D says.

Question 2

አሊ ከሚያንጐላጅበት ቀና እያለ ጽምፅ የሚመጣበትን ቦታ አጣራ፡፡ የተሰመረበት ቃል አሊ በምን ሁኔታ ላይ እንደነበረ ይገልጻል?

  1. A.በለቅሶ ላይ
  2. B.በሳቅ ላይ
  3. C.በትዝታ ላይ
  4. D.በአንቅልፍ ላይ
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Answer: D በአንቅልፍ ላይ

Why

ማንጐላጀት means to doze or nod off, so Ali was asleep when he heard the sound.

Question 3

በምንባቡ እንደኛው አንቀጽ ውስጥ " …በሐሩር ጉልበት ተሸንፎ " የሚለው ሐረግ ትርጉም ከሚከተሉት አማራጫች መካከል የትኛው ነው

  1. A.የስራጫና እስጎንብሶች
  2. B.የፀሐይ ግለት አድክሞት
  3. C.ጐልበተኛ ደብድቦ ጥሎት
  4. D.ሰውዬው ተቆጥቶት
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Answer: B የፀሐይ ግለት አድክሞት

Why

The phrase means the sun's heat had worn him out, not that a person beat him or was angry with him.

Question 4

በሶስተኛው አንቀጽ ውስጥ ጥቅም ላይ ውለው የሚታዩት የስርዓተ ነጥብ አይነቶች ስንት ናቸው?

  1. A.ሁለት
  2. B.ሶስት
  3. C.አራት
  4. D.አምስት
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Answer: B ሶስት

Why

Count the different punctuation marks in the last paragraph: the full stop, the quotation marks and the exclamation mark make three.

Question 6

በአብዛኛው የገጠር ልጆች የሚሰሩት ሥራ ምንድን ነው

  1. A.የዋሸንት ጨዋታ
  2. B.እረኝነት
  3. C.ንግድ
  4. D.ሹፌር
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Answer: B እረኝነት

Why

The passage says most children in the countryside work as herders, and that became Ali's job too.

Question 7

የሽማግሌው መኖሪያ ምን አይነት ነበር?

  1. A.ደሳሳ ጐጆ
  2. B.የጎላ ተራራ
  3. C.ከተራራው መሀል
  4. D.ጠፍጣፋ ምድር ላይ
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Answer: A ደሳሳ ጐጆ

Why

The old man lived in a small poor hut, which the passage calls a ደሳሳ ጐጆ.

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