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Grade 8 Amharic ministry exam, 2015 E.C. (2023)

Real questions from the Grade 8 ministry exam in Amharic, as students sat it in 2015 E.C. Every question comes with the correct answer and a worked explanation.

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Question 1

አስቴር ባተሌ በመሆኗ በባልደረቦቿ የተመሰከረላት መምህርት ነች ።በሚለው ዓረፍተ ነገር ውስጥ የተሰመረበት ቃል አውዳዊ ፍቺ የትኛው ነው?

  1. A.ታታሪ
  2. B.አንጋፋ
  3. C.ሰነፍ
  4. D.ጠንካራ
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Answer: A ታታሪ

Why

The word 'ባተሌ' (batäle) contextually means extremely busy, industrious, or hardworking, which is synonymously expressed as 'ታታሪ' (tatari).

Question 2

“አባይ ሲቀና ቤት ያቀና::” በሚለው አነጋገር የተሰመረበት ቃል ተቃራኒ ፍቺው ምን ሊሆን ይችላል?

  1. A.ታታሪ
  2. B.ልማደኛ
  3. C.ጠንካራ
  4. D.ደካማ
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Answer: A ታታሪ

Why

In the proverb, 'አባይ' refers to a lazy person, and the opposite of lazy (ሰነፍ) is hardworking or diligent ('ታታሪ').

Question 3

“ከንጽህና ጉድለት የተነሳ ወባውን በላው::” በሚለው ዓረፍተ ነገር ውስጥ ለተሰመረበት ቃል ዐውዳዊ ፍቺው ምንድነው?

  1. A.አሳዘነው
  2. B.ገደለው
  3. C.ተመገበው
  4. D.አሳመመው
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Answer: D አሳመመው

Why

In the context of contracting a disease like malaria, 'በላው' means it made him severely ill ('አሳመመው').

Question 4

“ማኅበረሰባችን በሀገሩ ጉዳይ ሁለንተናዊ ተሳትፎ ማበርከት አለበት::” በሚለው ዓረፍተ ነገር ውስጥ ለተሰመረበት ቃል ዐውዳዊ ፍቺው ምንድነው?

  1. A.ተናጠላዊ
  2. B.ግላዊ
  3. C.ሁሉ-አቀፍ
  4. D.የወል
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Answer: C ሁሉ-አቀፍ

Why

The word 'ሁለንተናዊ' translates to comprehensive, universal, or all-rounded, which is synonymously expressed as 'ሁሉ-አቀፍ'.

Question 5

“ሙዚቃ የሰዎችን መንፈስ ያድሳል::” በሚለው ዓረፍተ ነገር ውስጥ የተሰመረበት ቃል በገባበት ዐውድ ተቃራኒ ፍቺው ምንድነው?

  1. A.ያረካል
  2. B.ያስደስታል
  3. C.ይረብሻል
  4. D.ይገነባል
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Answer: C ይረብሻል

Why

The word 'ያድሳል' (refreshes/renews) is used here to describe calming the spirit, whose contextual antonym is 'ይረብሻል' (disturbs/agitates).

Question 6

ዜጎች የተፈጥሮ እና የሰው ሰራሽ መማረኪያዎችን መንከባከብ ይኖርባቸዋል:: በሚለው ዓረፍተ ነገር ውስጥ ለተሰመረበት ቃል በተመሳሳይ ፍቺነት የሚቀርበው የትኛው ነው?

  1. A.ሀብቶቻችንን
  2. B.መስህቦቻችንን
  3. C.ቅርሶቻችንን
  4. D.ጥሪቶቻችንን
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Answer: B መስህቦቻችንን

Why

The word 'መማረኪያ' means attraction (e.g., tourist attraction), which is synonymous with 'መስህብ' ('መስህቦቻችንን' in plural).

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