KPSEA Grade 6 English Practice Papers With Answers

The first five questions are free with worked answers. Learners unlock all 30, the timer and the full review.

A second 30-question KPSEA English paper with three new passages: a market-day story about kindness, an information text about cheetahs, and a boy’s first trip to Nairobi. It also has a new cloze passage about the school library and fresh grammar and vocabulary questions.

Times are from the KNEC 2026 KPSEA timetable; the layout follows KNEC specimen papers.

Questions 1 to 15 come from short passages, so reading well is worth half the marks. The best habit is to read the questions for a passage first, then read the passage once carefully, then answer. Most answers are stated in the text; a few ask what a character is like (“kind”, “brave”) or what the best title is. For character questions, look at what the person does: Grandpa Kiprono walks to the hospital to give a sick friend the eggs, so he is kind. For title questions, choose the one that covers the whole passage, not just one sentence.

Questions 16 to 20 are gaps in one short passage. Read it all first. Then for each gap ask two questions: does it sound right, and does it fit the grammar? Prepositions are a favourite: we go on a trip, leave at seven o’clock, arrive in Nairobi. Joining words matter too: “tired but happy” joins two opposite feelings.

The grammar section tests singular and plural verbs (“the children are”), irregular plurals (knife → knives), past tense with “yesterday”, comparatives with two things (“heavier”), “Ali and I” as a subject, question tags and word order. Vocabulary questions ask for words with the same or opposite meaning and the names of jobs. Reading story books every day is the best way to build vocabulary; even ten minutes a night helps.

• Choosing an answer that is true in real life but not stated in the passage.
• Using “more” and “-er” together (“more heavier”).
• “Me and Ali went home.” The subject should be “Ali and I”.
• Rushing the cloze gaps one by one without reading the whole passage first.

Sit it in exactly one hour. After marking, read each wrong answer’s explanation with your child and ask them to find the sentence in the passage that proves the correct answer. That habit of going back to the text is what raises comprehension scores. A week later, sit the paper again and compare: the goal is not to remember the answers but to read more carefully than the first time.

All Grade 6 papers are on the Grade 6 revision papers page. See the Grade 6 guide for the curriculum and the Grade 6 CBC Challenge for quick practice.