Practise for the national exam the way it really feels. This paper follows the structure, question types, marks and timing of the NESA Primary 6 Kinyarwanda exam.
These questions simulate the national exam. They are original Ganzaa questions written in the same format as the NESA papers — not the official NESA papers, and not endorsed by NESA. The official papers stay free on our past papers page.
10 versions of every question, so each attempt is a fresh paper with the same structure.
120 minutes, 100 marks, the same sections and question types as the national exam.
Your score, the correct answer to every question and a clear explanation of why.
Igice cya I: Gusoma no kumva umwandiko
Soma umwandiko ukurikira witonze, hanyuma usubize ibibazo biwukurikira.
Igice cya II: Ikibonezamvugo
Igice cya III: Ubumenyi rusange bw'ururimi
Igice cya IV: Ihangamwandiko
A taste of the paper. Every exam you sit has different questions in this style.
Sample 1 · Uturemajambo n'amategeko y'igenamajwi
Soma interuro zikurikira, maze ugaragaze uturemajambo n'amategeko y'igenamajwi yubahirijwe ku magambo atsindagiye:
a) Umwana wa Mukamana yatsinze ikizamini.
b) Twateye imbuto mu murima wacu.
c) Igiti cy'umwembe cyeze cyane.
Ijambo umwana: andika indanganteko yaryo.
Answer: mu
Umwana = u-mu-ana. Indomo ni u-, indanganteko ni -mu-.
Sample 2 · Indango n'ibihe by'inshinga
Subiza ukoresheje "Ni byo" cyangwa "Si byo" ugendeye ku ndango z'inshinga zitsindagiye:
Abana ntibakina mu ishuri. Indango ihakana.
Answer: Ni byo
Ni byo. "Ntibakina" itangiwe na nti-. Indango ihakana igaragazwa n'akabanziriza nti- cyangwa si- ku nshinga.
Sample 3 · Isanisha
Ijambo "umwana" risimbuze "abana" mu nteruro ikurikira, hanyuma ukore isanisha rikwiye:
Uyu mwana wanjye muto arakina neza.
Andika uko buri jambo ryatanzwe rihinduka.
"Uyu" rihinduka …… (umwana → abana)
Answer: Aba
Inteko ya 1 (mu-) ijya mu ya 2 (ba-), bityo "Uyu" rihinduka Aba. Interuro yose: Aba bana banjye bato barakina neza.