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

A model exam set in 2015 E.C. to prepare Grade 6 students for the English 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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  • Every Grade 6 student

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  • 2015 E.C. model exam

    Exam year

  • 56 questions with answers

    In this set

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Question 1

Which of the following was not an enemy of early man?

  1. A.heat
  2. B.caves
  3. C.wind
  4. D.rain
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Answer: B caves

Why

Caves were the safe place early people hid in. Heat, wind and rain could hurt them, so the cave is the only thing on the list that was never an enemy.

Question 2

Bad weather conditions might harm their year’s work their, paragraph 2 refers to _______

  1. A.crops
  2. B.bad weather
  3. C.people
  4. D.farmers
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Answer: D farmers

Why

The words 'their year's work' talk about the people who worked on the land all year, so 'their' means the farmers.

Question 3

according to the passage, which sentences is true?

  1. A.early farmers were often worried about weather changes
  2. B.sudden storms did not damage boats
  3. C.early man thinks of building houses to protect themselves
  4. D.farmers today do not worry about weather changes
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Answer: A early farmers were often worried about weather changes

Why

Early farmers needed good weather for their crops, so any change in the weather worried them.

Question 4

In order to make the gods do what they wanted, they in paragraph 3 refers _________

  1. A.god’s
  2. B.countries
  3. C.people
  4. D.rain and sun
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Answer: C people

Why

People wanted the rain and the sun to come at the right time, so 'they' means the people.

Question 6

The past participle form of the word break is ____________

  1. A.broke
  2. B.break
  3. C.broken
  4. D.breaked
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Answer: C broken

Why

The three forms of this verb are break, broke, broken. The third one is the past participle, so the answer is broken.

Question 7

__________ is a process of removing chaff from grain _______

  1. A.reap
  2. B.winnow
  3. C.harvest
  4. D.weed
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Answer: B winnow

Why

Winnowing is throwing the grain up so the wind carries the light chaff away and the heavy grain falls back down.

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Is this the real Grade 6 ministry exam?

No. It is a model exam set in 2015 E.C. (2023) to prepare students for the ministry exam, in the same format. Our set holds 56 of its questions, each with its answer and a worked explanation.

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The Grade 6 ministry exam papers we hold are on the exam papers page, listed by year beside the model exams.

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