ENGLISH SECOND TERM 2025 HOLIDAY PACKAGE

COMPOSITION WRITING (choose one of the topics and make

a composition about it. Number of words 100.

i. Write a short composition about “The importance of Keeping

Animals”
ii. Write a paragraph expressing other future predictions about
agriculture in Rwanda
iii. Write a letter to your head teacher telling her about three things you
need at school.
iv. Write a letter to your parent and tell /Inform him/ about your
preparation of the p.L.E .
FILL IN THE BLANK SPACE WITH A SUITABLE WORD.

1. I would _______________have boys than girls.

2. Jane is married to _____________European.

3. Jedrin, the ____________________has sewn my dress.

4. Neither the boys ________________the girls passed the

examination.

5. She bakes nice cakes, ____________________________________?

USE THE CORRECT FORM OF WORDS GIVEN IN THE

BRACKETS TO COMPLETE THE SENTENCE.

6. Weare ______________________to tour Eastern Uganda next week.

(like)

7. The teacher gave us the correct _____________________of the word

‘ewe’. (pronounce)

8. Making noise is bad_______________________(behave)

9. School children get holidays_________________________a year.

(three)

10.How ___________________the opposers were! (argue)

11.The English news was _____________________by Baale Francis.

(broadcast)

12._________________________daughter got married to a king. (they)

13.Our school cleaner uses a ___________to clean the floor. (mop)

14.Of the quadruplets, Julian is the

________________________(intelligent)

15.My uncle __________________moved out of the house and chased

the chief. (hurry)

ARRANGE THE GIVEN WORDS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.

16.nephew , napkin , neck , narrow

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17.argumentative , argue , argument , arguing
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REWRITE THE SENTENCES GIVING THE OPPOSITE OF THE

UNDERLINED WORD.

18.Our village is as densely populated as yours.

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19.All the mangoes I bought were raw .

USE THE GIVEN WORDS TO SHOW THAT YOU KNOW THE

DIFFERENCE IN THEIR MEANING.

beside :……………………………………………………………………….

Besides: :…………………………………………………………………….

of illnesses, :……………………………………………………………….

basic hygiene :……………………………………………………………….

food groups:………………………………………………………………….

WRITE THE FULL FORM AND THE SHORT FORM OF THE

GIVEN WORDS.

a. Road :________________________
b. RSSB :________________________
c. P.L.E:________________________
d. RNP:_________________________
e. Private sector federation :________________________
f. Reverend:________________________
g. You would:________________________
h. He will:________________________
i. What is:________________________
j. Because:________________________
k. Who is:________________________

REWRITE THE SENTENCE GIVING A SINGLE WORD FOR THE

UNDERLINED GROUP OF WORDS .

24.My sister– in– law has given birth to three children at the
same time at Mulago Hospital.

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25.Ritco Company has kind ladies who collect fare .

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26.Mujuka, the carpenter, has bought a group twelve items of

machines which make holes in wood .

give the plural form of the following words.

27.passer– by ___________________

28.furniture ___________________

REARRANGE THE FOLLOWING WORDS TO MAKE

MEANINGFUL SENTENCES.

29.the been has hotel The owners up new smartened by.

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30.come kenyans Morocco Do from?

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SUB–SECTION II REWRITE THE SENTENCES AS INSTRUCTED

IN BRACKETS.

31.Mariam went to the market. She wanted to buy mangoes. (Join

the sentences using………….…so that…….)

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32.They were playing football. (Begin: Football…….)

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33.“We are writing in our books now,” said the girls. (Rewrite the
sentence beginning: The girls said……)

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34.The children cried bitterly. Their mother divorced. (Rewrite the

sentence using….whose…..)

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35.If I go to the village, I will bring many sacs of matoke. (Rewrite

the sentence using……would….)
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36.My father will not pay me a visit if he doesn’t get money.

(Begin: Unless……..)

Sadam was a very rich man. He was buried in shrouds.(Inspite

of……….)

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38.A good pupil doesn’t miss lessons. A good pupil doesn’t play in
class. (Rewrite the sentence using……neither……)

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39.“It is not necessary for Shamrah to put on open shoes during

school time. (Use…..needn’t….)

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40.We went to bed before doing our homework. (Rewrite the

sentence using……after…..)

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41.Our class teacher is a very hard-working man. (Begin: What…….)

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42.The tailor married a woman. She was black. She was from India.
She was small. (Rewrite the sentence using a correct order of
adjectives …………………….)

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43.The police reached the crime scene very late.

(Use…..arrived…..)

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44.The carpenter made chairs. He also made tables. Rewrite the

sentences using…..besides…..)

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45.If you work hard, you will become rich. (Rewrite the sentences
using: The sentence using: The……the….)

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46.My goat gave birth two hours ago. (Rewrite the sentence using:
….just)

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47.This milk is very hot. The baby cannot drink it. (Rewrite the
sentences using…..too….to….)

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48.Penlope borrowed a pen from Mariam. (Rewrite the sentence

using……..lend……)
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Read the conversation below between a doctor and a

patient called Magezi.

Magezi : Good morning, doctor.

Doctor : Good morning, Magezi! How can I help you?

Magezi : Doctor, I had a very bad night.

Doctor : What is wrong with you?

Magezi : My stomach was aching and I could not sleep. When I told
my mother about it, she told me that it could be food
poisoning. She said, “You should visit a doctor.” When
morning came, I rushed here straightaway.

Doctor : Is that the only problem?

Magezi : No doctor, I also have diarrhoea and I feel like vomiting
every now and then.

Doctor : Sorry Magezi, you will be fine. Did you eat any kind of food
that you don’t usually eat?

Magezi : No, doctor

Doctor : We will carry out some tests and find out what exactly is
bothering you. For now, I will give you some pain medication. You
should also know that you need to always keep good hygiene
standards and eat a healthy diet. If you don’t, you will get ill.

Magezi : I agree with you doctor. Thank you very much for your
help.

Answer the following questions.

1. Who is speaking in the conversation?

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2. What is wrong with Magezi?

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3. How is the doctor going to help him?

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4. What does the doctor advise Magezi to do?

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5. Does she/he prescribe any medicine?

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Answer the questions below

1. Explain the meaning of a family tree.

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2. Draw and describe the family tree of your family.
3. Matchthefollowingfamilyrelationswiththecorrectword
sthatdescribethem.

A B
Grandfather The son of my wife.
Grandson The son of my brother.
Aunt The brother of my father.
Nephew The son of my daughter.
Uncle The sister of my mother.
Son The father of my father.

4. EXPLAIN WHAT IS NEEDED WHEN YOU COME ACROSS

THE FOLLOWING WORDS IN AN EXAMINATION.
list,state,identify,discuss,illustrate,draw,give,explain,classify,
mention, evaluate, compare, differentiate, contrast,
summarise, compose
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5. If you’re chosen to be a sanitary prefect. Write the

things you can do to improve the school sanitation. In
not less than 10 lines

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Parts of speech Page number

Nouns2
Pronouns6
Verbs15
Adjectives24
Prepositions35

6. How do we use the following part of a book?

7. Re-arrange the following letters to form correct

words. Look up their correct pronunciation and
meaning in a dictionary.
Posecmo_____________________________________________________

simkmgi____________________________________________________

aevlteua________________________________________________

nscaning ____________________________

Stegosaurus Dilophosaurus Tyrannosaurusrex Spinosaurus

Brachiosaurus Apatosaurus Ankyylosaurus Triceratops

Anatosaurus Protoceratops

8. Choose one type of dinosaur from the list above. Carry

out library research on the type of dinosaur. If
possible, you can use the internet for research. Write a
brief description of some of the characteristics of the
type of dinosaur that you selected by answering the
 following questions
a) How big was your dinosaur?..........................................
b) What did it look like?......................................................
c) What did it eat?...............................................................
d) Where did it live?..............................................................
e) Draw a picture of the type of dinosaur that you selected

9. Identify and use the first conditional.

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10. Summarise the topic tenses

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