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Part 1
5 marks
Look at the pictures and read. Choose the correct answer, A, B, C or D.
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Question 1
Please follow our rules
Be quiet. Don't eat or drink. Read the books at the tables. Put the books back on the shelves.
Where can you see these rules?
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C
We read books and we must be quiet in a library. Rules like "Be quiet" and "Don't eat or drink" are on p. 69.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, Module 7, standard 7.3
Textbook p. 69
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Question 2
Lily: This is my favourite season. It's cold and it's snowing. I wear my coat, my gloves and my boots. I go skiing with my dad.
What's Lily's favourite season?
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A
Cold, snow, gloves, boots and skiing all tell us it is winter (pp. 35, 39).
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, Module 4, standard 4.1
Textbook p. 35
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Question 3
Look at the clock. What's the time?
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D
The long hand is on 9, so it is a quarter to the next hour. The short hand is almost at 5: it's a quarter to five (4:45). A quarter past four would have the long hand on 3.
For the teacher: Applying, medium difficulty, Module 7, standard 7.5
Textbook p. 70
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Question 4
A horse is faster than a mouse. A cheetah is faster than a horse. A rat is slower than a horse.
Which animal is the fastest?
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C
The cheetah is faster than the horse, and the horse is faster than the mouse and the rat. So the cheetah is the fastest (p. 95).
For the teacher: Analysing, medium difficulty, Module 10, standard 10.1
Textbook p. 95
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Question 5
This is Mei. Her house is far from her school. She doesn't walk to school and she doesn't ride a bike. Every morning she waits at the bus stop with her friends.
How does Mei go to school?
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B
She waits at the bus stop, so she takes the bus. The text says she doesn't walk or ride a bike, and a child cannot drive (pp. 16-17).
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, Module 2, standard 2.2
Textbook p. 16
Part 2
4 marks
Read the dialogue. Choose the correct answer for each blank, 6 to 9.
Ali: Hi, Sara! Where (6) ________ you yesterday afternoon? Sara: I (7) ________ at the theatre with my family. Ali: Wow! (8) ________ the play good? Sara: Yes, it was. It was really (9) ________. We laughed and laughed!
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Question 6
Blank (6)
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A
We use were with you: "Where were you yesterday?" Yesterday is in the past, so not is or am (p. 75).
For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, Module 8, standard 8.1
Textbook p. 75
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Question 7
Blank (7)
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C
We use was with I: "I was at the theatre." (p. 75)
For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, Module 8, standard 8.1
Textbook p. 75
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Question 8
Blank (8)
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B
The play is one thing, so we ask "Was the play good?" Sara answers "Yes, it was." (p. 77)
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, Module 8, standard 8.2
Textbook p. 77
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Question 9
Blank (9)
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D
They laughed and laughed, so the play was funny. A scary or boring play does not make us laugh (adjectives, p. 76).
For the teacher: Analysing, medium difficulty, Module 8, standard 8.4
Textbook p. 76
Part 3
5 marks
Read the notice and the menu. Then answer the questions.
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Question 10
Welcome to Mak Cik Siti's Café!
We are open from Tuesday to Sunday, from eight o'clock in the morning to nine o'clock at night. We are closed on Monday.
Main dishes
Drinks
Desserts
Chicken noodle soup noodles, chicken and vegetables
lemonade
coconut pancakes
Vegetable omelette eggs, onions, peppers and cheese
orange juice
chocolate crepes from France
Cheeseburger meat with cheese in bread
water
watermelon
Today's special: pineapple pancakes. Yummy!
[1 mark](a)Is there any cheese in the vegetable omelette?Show answerHide answer
Yes, there is.
The omelette has eggs, onions, peppers and cheese. Cheese is one thing we cannot count, so: Yes, there is.
[1 mark](b)The café is closed on ______.Show answerHide answer
Monday
"We are closed on Monday." It is open from Tuesday to Sunday.
[1 mark](c)Aina doesn't eat meat. Which main dish can she have?Show answerHide answer
vegetable omelette
Chicken is meat and the cheeseburger has meat. The vegetable omelette has no meat.
[1 mark](d)Where do crepes come from?
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They come from France.
The menu says "chocolate crepes, from France" (street food, p. 58).
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[1 mark](e)You are at the café. The waiter asks, "What would you like to drink?" Write your answer.
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I'd like some orange juice, please.
Answer politely with I'd like ... please (p. 64). "I want juice" or a drink that is not on the menu does not earn the mark.
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For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, Module 6, standard 6.4
Textbook p. 64
Part 4
6 marks
Choose the correct word or words to complete each sentence.
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Question 11
[1 mark]Tom: ______ your sister got curly hair? Ann: Yes, she has.Show answerHide answer
Has
With he, she or it we ask Has ... got ...? The answer "Yes, she has" tells us (p. 7).
For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, Module 1, standard 1.2
Textbook p. 7
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Question 12
[1 mark]My brother sometimes ______ his teeth after lunch.Show answerHide answer
brushes
With he or she the verb gets -s or -es: he brushes, she combs (p. 15).
For the teacher: Applying, medium difficulty, Module 2, standard 2.1
Textbook p. 15
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Question 13
[1 mark]Look! The children ______ volleyball in the park now.Show answerHide answer
are playing
"Look!" and "now" tell us it is happening right now. The children are more than one, so are + playing (p. 25).
For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, Module 3, standard 3.1
Textbook p. 25
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Question 14
[1 mark]When's your birthday? It's ______ March.Show answerHide answer
in
We use in with months and seasons and on with days: in March, on Saturday (p. 37).
For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, Module 4, standard 4.2
Textbook p. 37
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Question 15
[1 mark]Teacher: Is this your ruler, Ali? Ali: Yes, it's ______. Thank you!Show answerHide answer
mine
Ali is talking about his own ruler: my ruler is mine (p. 47).
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, Module 5, standard 5.2
Textbook p. 47
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Question 16
[1 mark]Last Sunday, we ______ to the beach with our cousins.Show answerHide answer
went
Last Sunday is in the past. The past of go is went (p. 87).
For the teacher: Applying, medium difficulty, Module 9, standard 9.2
Textbook p. 87
Part 5
5 marks
Read the riddles. Write the correct word. The first letter is given.
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Question 17
[1 mark]I am in the kitchen. I keep milk, cheese and eggs cold. What am I? f _ _ _ _ _
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For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, Module 5, standard 5.2
Textbook p. 46
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Question 18
[1 mark]I am a season. It's hot and sunny. People go swimming at the beach. What am I? s _ _ _ _ _
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For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, Module 4, standard 4.1
Textbook p. 35
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Question 19
[1 mark]I live on a farm. I say "baa". I have got white wool. One of me or forty-five of me, my name is the same! What am I? s _ _ _ _
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Uncle Sam has got 45 sheep (p. 66). Sheep is the same for one and for many.
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For the teacher: Applying, medium difficulty, Module 7, standard 7.2
Textbook p. 66
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Question 20
[1 mark]I am a place. You can see lions, giraffes and monkeys here. What am I? z _ _
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For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, Module 8, standard 8.1
Textbook p. 75
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Question 21
[1 mark]I am a planet. I am the biggest planet in our solar system. What am I? J _ _ _ _ _ _
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Jupiter is the biggest planet (pp. 98-99). Names of planets start with a capital letter.
Tick each point you got.
For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, Module 10, standard 10.3
Textbook p. 98
Part 6
10 marks
Look at the pictures. Use the words to write a correct sentence about each picture. Start with a capital letter and end with a full stop.
Example
Dad / do / the washing-up Dad is doing the washing-up.
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Question 22
[2 marks]Lisa / make / a cake
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Lisa is making a cake.
"Lisa make a cake" or "Lisa making a cake" loses the content mark (p. 26).
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For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, Module 3, standard 3.2
Textbook p. 26
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Question 23
[2 marks]Ben / can / do karate
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Ben can do karate.
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For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, Module 1, standard 1.3
Textbook p. 8
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Question 24
[2 marks]Raju / always / brush / his teeth / in the morning
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Raju always brushes his teeth in the morning.
"Raju always brush his teeth" loses the content mark: with he or she we write brushes (p. 15).
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For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, Module 2, standard 2.1
Textbook p. 15
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Question 25
[2 marks]Yesterday / Amy and Ben / make / a sandcastle
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Yesterday, Amy and Ben made a sandcastle.
make is an irregular verb: make, made (p. 87; sandcastle, p. 85).
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For the teacher: Applying, medium difficulty, Module 9, standard 9.2
Textbook p. 87
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Question 26
[2 marks]giraffe / tall / zebra
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The giraffe is taller than the zebra.
Two animals: adjective + -er than (p. 95). "The zebra is taller than the giraffe" does not match the picture.
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For the teacher: Applying, medium difficulty, Module 10, standard 10.1
Textbook p. 95
Part 7
15 marks
Look at Amy's house and read the notes.Amy's house
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Question 27
Amy's notes
big house • upstairs: a bedroom and a bathroom • downstairs: a kitchen, a dining room and a living room • favourite room: bedroom • pink walls • a lamp next to the bed • a blue armchair
Complete Amy's paragraph. Write the missing words for (a) to (g).
I live in a (a) ________ house. There are two rooms (b) ________: a bedroom and a bathroom. The kitchen, the dining room and the (c) ________ room are downstairs. My favourite room is my (d) ________. It has got (e) ________ walls. There's a lamp (f) ________ the bed. There is a (g) ________ armchair, too. I love my bedroom!
[7 marks]
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I live in a big house. There are two rooms upstairs: a bedroom and a bathroom. The kitchen, the dining room and the living room are downstairs. My favourite room is my bedroom. It has got pink walls. There's a lamp next to the bed. There is a blue armchair, too. I love my bedroom!
1 mark for each word from the notes, spelt correctly. The describing words big, pink and blue go before the nouns (writing tip, p. 51).
Tick each point you got.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, Module 5, standard 5.5
Textbook p. 51
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Question 28
Now write about your house. Write 5 to 6 sentences. Use these questions to help you: Is your house big or small? Name the rooms. What's your favourite room? What is there in your favourite room? Where are the things?
[8 marks]
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I live in a small house. The living room, the kitchen and the bathroom are downstairs. There are two bedrooms upstairs. My favourite room is my bedroom. It has got blue walls. There is a clock on the wall and my bed is next to the window. I love my bedroom!
Tick 1 mark for each content point you wrote (up to 5) and each language point (up to 3). Sentences copied from Amy's paragraph about her pink bedroom earn content marks only if they are true for your house.
Tick each point you got.
For the teacher: Creating, high difficulty, Module 5, standard 5.5
Dad / do / the washing-up
