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Grade 6 Amharic model exam, 2018 E.C. (2026)

A model exam set in 2018 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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  • 2018 E.C. model exam

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Question 4

ቡና በአብዛኛው የሚያመርቱት ሇገበያ ነው፡፡ሇተሠመረበት ቃል ተመሳሳይ ፍቺ___ ነው

  1. A.ሇንግዴ ልውውጥ
  2. B.ምርት ሇማሳዯግ
  3. C.ሇእርዲታ
  4. D.ሇከተብቶች መኖ
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Answer: A ሇንግዴ ልውውጥ

Why

Growing coffee for the market means growing it to sell, so buying and selling has the same meaning.

Question 7

________ ትርጉም አዘል የሆነ የመጨረሻ የቋንቋ ንዑስ ክፍል ነው

  1. A.ቅጥያ
  2. B.ምዕላዴ
  3. C.ዓረፍተ ነገር
  4. D.አንቀፅ
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Answer: B ምዕላዴ

Why

A morpheme is the smallest piece of a language that still carries meaning.

Question 8

እሱ፣ እሷ፣ እነሱ የሚለት ተውላጠ ስሞች ስንተኛ መዯብ ናቸው?

  1. A.አንዯኛ መዯብ
  2. B.ሁሇተኛ መዯብ
  3. C.ሶስተኛ መዯብ
  4. D.መዯብን አይገልጹም
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Answer: C ሶስተኛ መዯብ

Why

He, she and they name the person being talked about, and that is third person.

Question 9

ሁከት ብሇን ጫጫታ ካልን ህቡዕ ብሇን ________እንላሇን

  1. A.ዴብቅ
  2. B.ገሀዴ
  3. C.ሀቅ
  4. D.ልዩ
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Answer: A ዴብቅ

Why

Just as ሁከት means noise, ህቡዕ means hidden, and the everyday word for that is ድብቅ.

Question 10

ከሚከተለት ውስጥ የቢጋር ሳጥን ጥቅም ያልሆነው የቱ ነው?

  1. A.የፅሁፈን ዋና ዋና ዝርዝር ሀሳቦች ሇመሇየት
  2. B.መካተት ያሇበትን በፅሁፍ ሇማካተት
  3. C.የአንባቢን ማንነት መሇየት
  4. D.ሀሳቦችን በተገቢው ቅዯም ተከተል ሇማቅረብ
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Answer: C የአንባቢን ማንነት መሇየት

Why

A planning box helps you pick out and order your own ideas, but it does not tell you who the reader is.

Question 11

ከሚከተለት መካከል ከሀይሇኛነቱ የሚሇው ቃል በትክክል ተነጣጥሎ የተፃፇው በየትኛው አማራጭ ነው?

  1. A.ከ- ሀይል -ኧኛ -ነቱ
  2. B.ከሀይል -ኧኛ -ነት -ኡ
  3. C.ከሀይል-ኧኛ -ነቱ -ኡ
  4. D.ከ -ሀይል -ኧኛ -ነት -ኡ
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Answer: D ከ -ሀይል -ኧኛ -ነት -ኡ

Why

The word is built from ከ, ሀይል, ኧኛ, ነት and ኡ, and only that choice shows all five apart.

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Is this the real Grade 6 ministry exam?

No. It is a model exam set in 2018 E.C. (2026) to prepare students for the ministry exam, in the same format. Our set holds 30 of its questions, each with its answer and a worked explanation.

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