UGANDA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS BOARD

PRIMARY LEAVING EXAMINATIONS

2023
ENGLISH
Time allowed: 2 hours 15minutes

Index No. Random No. Personal No.

Candidates Name: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Candidates’ Signature: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
School Random No: ……………………………………………………………………………………….…………………….
District ID: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Read the following instructions carefully: FOR EXAMINERS’

USE ONLY
1. Do not write your school or district name anywhere
on this paper.
QN. NO. MARKS EXR’S
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2. This paper has two sections A and B. Section A has
1 - 10
50 questions and Section B has 5 questions. This
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paper has 12 pages printed altogether.
3. Answer all questions. All the working for both sections 21 - 30
A and B must be shown in the spaces provided. 31 – 40
4. All answer must be written using a blue or black ball
41 – 50
point pen or ink. Any work written in pencil will NOT
be marked. 51

5. Unnecessary changes in your work and handwriting 52

that cannot be easily ready may lead to loss of
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marks.
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6. Do not fill anything in the box indicated: “For
Examiners’ Use Only” and the boxes inside the 55

question paper. TOTAL

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 SECTION A: 50 MARKS
Sub – Section I
Questions 1 to 50 carry one mark each
Use the correct form of the word in brackets to complete each sentence
below.
1. Have you………………………………. the bill? (clear)
2. The waitress has ……………………. our order and we are waiting for the food.
(take)
3. Moses ……………………………... the next competition because he has had
enough practice. (win)
4. A friend of …………………………. has been arrested because of forgery. (she)
5. What a terrible …………………………… she is! (crime)
6. Did you ……………………………. some money from the bank? (withdrawing)
Fill in a correct word to complete each sentence below.
7. Olupot has suffered ……………………………… malaria for a long time.
8. Abigail …………………………….. Aboga are good friends.
9. Why are you accusing me …………………………….. stealing your books yet I
was absent?
10. Did you ask him ………………………………. the time was by his watch?
11. We have been in this meeting ……………………………. morning.
12. Were you really interested ………………………………. that telephone?
Arrange the following words in alphabetical order.
13. Serve, service, serviced, serving
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14. Fan, make, judge, story
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Give the plural form of the underlined words.
15. The maid didn’t clean the bathroom.
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16. Does your mother-in-law support you?
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17. I like that animal very much.
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Arrange the following words to form meaningful sentences.
18. Our music competition school the won.
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19. An apple want you do?
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Rewrite giving the opposite of the underlined words.
20. Kato has gone to visit his uncle.
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21. My belt is always below the waist.
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Write the following abbreviations in full.
22. Tel. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
23. Sch. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………..
24. Rd. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Construct sentences in your own words using the words below.
25. Sea ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
26. See …………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Punctuate the following sentences correctly.
27. how old is your father
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28. james is drawing some pictures
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Complete the following correctly.
29. Johnson has come today …………………………………?
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30. One by one ……………………………………….
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Sub – Section II
Re-write as instructed in brackets
31. As soon as Mandela crossed the road, the vehicles started moving.
(write two separate sentences)
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32. If you don’t help him, he will not complete the work.
(Re-write and begin: Unless ………………………….)
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33. Although Nabulo is a tall girl, she can’t touch the ceiling.
(Begin: Even though ……………………….)
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34. My teacher is writing on the blackboard said Priscilla.
(Re-write and punctuate correctly)
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35. Annet bought a car. It was black. It was beautiful.
(Join as one sentence without using ‘and’, ‘which’ or ‘that)
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36. Susan is not my aunt. She is my mother. (Re-write using …. is … but…. is ……)
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37. Instead of going to school, I should go to town. (rewrite using ……. would
rather ……….. than ……………)
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38. Wako is more interested in hockey than football. (Rewrite using …. prefers …)
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39. Rose doesn’t want to complete her work. Ruth doesn’t want to complete her
work. (Begin: Neither ______)
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40. Kavuma is a good carpenter. Kavuma is a good farmer. (Begin: Not only ……)
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41. If you mistreat that goat, it will get angry and knock you. (Begin: If you
mistreated …………………….)
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42. Akullo does all her work in time, doesn’t she? (Rewrite the sentence ending
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43. Both boys and girls should always help their parents. (rewrite using ….. must
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44. Iana’s mobile telephone is very big it can’t fit in her bag. (join as one sentence
using ………….. too……………. to ………………..)
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45. Akello and Makayu are equally short. (Rewrite using ….. as ….. as ……)
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46. This is a very tall building. (Rewrite and begin: What ……………..)
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47. While the mechanic was repairing my vehicle, I was sleeping. (Begin: As ……)
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48. My brother is a good person. He helps everybody in the community.
(Use………. such a ………. that ………….)
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49. Nankya cleaned the classroom. (Form a suitable question to the statement)
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50. My father is a doctor. My mother is a doctor. (Begin: Both _______)
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SECTION B: 50 MARKS
Questions 51 to 55 carry ten marks each.
51. Read the passage below answer the questions that follow in full
sentences.
Adongo has always been interested in computers. She used to go to uncle
Kibule’s house in Kasoko to watch him work with one. Adongo would watch him
press keys and then she would see numbers and words move up and down on
the screen. When Adongo’s uncle saw how interested she was in computers, he
promised to teach her how to operate them.

When she went to start the first lesson, uncle Kibuule told her that she had to
know what computers are first. A computer is a machine that be used to do very
many things, for example, you can do calculations, store information and control
other machines with a computer. Computers are some of the modern technology
today. Computers have made people’s work easier and of better quality. One
computer can do work of ten people. (Computers are used in offices, factories or
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“What are you doing on the computer now?” Adongo asked her uncle “Right now
I am keying in some information about business into the computer through the
keyboard,” uncle Kibuule said. “You see a computer can store all kinds of
information including numbers, words, pictures and sounds. This information is
stored in the computer memory. One thing you should remember is that
information stored in the computer gets lost if electricity supply is cut off. So you
must always instruct the computer to save the information as you work and
before you switch it off.
Questions
1) Who taught Adongo to operate a computer?
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2) Who is Adongo’s uncle?
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3) Where does Kibuule live?
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4) What shows that Adongo was interested in computers?
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5) According to the passage, what is a computer?
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6) Can a computer be used to control other machines?
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7) What has made people’s work easier and of better quality?
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8) What must you do before switching off the computer?
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9) What happens when electricity supply is cut off?
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10) Give another word to mean save.
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52. Study the menu below used in Kibuli Restaurant and answer the
questions that follow in full sentences.
Section A Break fast Price
Tea milk (a cup) 1,000/=
Katogo 2,500/=
Black tea ( a cup) 500/=
Section B Drinks
Soda (3ooml) 1,000/=
Soda (5ooml) 1,500/=
Beer 3,000/=
Mineral water (5ooml) 1,000/=
Mineral water (1ltr) 1,500/=
Section C Lunch
Matooke and beans 3,000/=
Matooke and meat 5,000/=
Matooke and fish 6,000/=
Matooke and ground nuts 4,000/=
Section D Snacks
Chips and liver 5,000/=
Chips and chicken 10,000/=
Chips and chaps 5,000/=
Plain chicken 7,000/=
Plain chips 3,000/=
Sausage 1,000/=
Dessert is given to everybody at no cost

Question
1) Into how many sections is the menu divided?
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2) How many items are in the lunch section?
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3) Mention any two items that cost one thousand shillings
i) ………………………………………………. ii) …………………………………………………..
4) What is the cost of chips and chicken?
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5) Which item on the menu is given to everybody at no cost?
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6) How much is matooke and fish?
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7) If you had only five hundred shillings in your pocket, what would you buy on
that menu?
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8) Which is the most expensive item on the menu?
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9) In which restaurant is this menu used?
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10) Write ml in full
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53. The advertisement below appeared in the New Vision of 15th June,
2023. Study it carefully and answer the questions that follow in full
sentences.
MARY LAND JUNIOR SCHOOL
Mary Land Junior school is looking for 3 qualified teachers who can teach P.1, P.2
and P.3. These teachers must have the following qualities.

i) Integrity
ii) Self motivated
iii) Results oriented.
iv) Less money minded.

Please, hand in your application on 17th June, 2023. Successful candidates will do
interviews on 29th June, 2023. You shouldn’t forget to bring your original
documents as you come for the interviews.

Questions
1) Which school made the advertisement?
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2) Which classes need teachers?
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3) How many teachers are needed?
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4) Mention any two qualities the teachers should have.
i) ……………………………………………… ii) ………………………………………………………
5) What shouldn’t teachers forget as they go for interviews?
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6) What type of documents should the teachers carry?
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7) When will the interviews be there?
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8) When are the application letters supposed to be handed in?
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9) In which newspaper was the advertisement?
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54. Below are ten sentences, re-arrange them to form a meaningful
story about the services provided by a bank.
1) There are eight interesting topics learnt in primary five.
2) All these topics prepare the children for the future.
3) One of these topics is banking.
4) Secondly it keeps people’s money for security reasons.
5) Last year, our teacher taught us the services a bank provides.
6) Who want to start their own businesses?
7) Thirdly, it teaches people how to save money for future use.
8) First, the bank lends money to people
9) He said that there are three major services a bank provides.
10) If people then save for the future, they can develop themselves.
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55. You went on a tour in your first Holiday. Write a composition and
say about when the tour took place, where you went and the
interesting things you saw.
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