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Bahasa Inggeris questions, unit 8
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Growing up

49 marks. Use Practice to check each answer as you go, or Exam to answer everything first. Ask a grown-up to help you mark the written answers.

Section A: choose the best answer

8 marks
Read each question. Choose the best answer, A, B, C or D.
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Question 1

Which word describes hair that stands up in points?
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B
Spiky hair stands up in points. Straight hair is flat, curly hair has curls and a bald person has no hair.
For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, standard 8.1
Textbook p. 72
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Question 2

Three of these words have the same vowel sound as brown. Which word is the odd one out?
round   mouth   board   brown
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C
Round, mouth and brown all have the /au/ sound. Board has the /ɔː/ sound, so it is the odd one out.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard 8.1
Textbook p. 72
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Question 3

What is the general idea of the text A life in photos?
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A
Munish Bansal photographed his daughter Suman every day for 6,575 days and made one big picture from the photos.
For the teacher: Understanding, medium difficulty, standard 8.2
Textbook p. 74
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Question 4

Munish gave the picture to Suman. Choose the correct sentence with object pronouns.
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B
The picture is replaced by it and Suman is replaced by her: He gave it to her.
For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard 8.3
Textbook p. 75
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Question 5

My cousins live in Penang. I often visit ______ in the holidays.
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A
After the verb visit we need an object pronoun. The object pronoun for they is them.
For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard 8.3
Textbook p. 75
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Question 6

Suman was a baby in the first photo, so she ______ glasses.
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D
A baby had no glasses, and the past simple negative is didn't + the base verb: didn't have. We never write didn't had.
For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard 8.3
Textbook p. 75
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Question 7

Look at the chart. How tall was Robert Wadlow when he was twelve years old?
Bar chart: Robert Wadlow's age and height. 1 metre at age 1, 1.83 metres at 6, 2.18 metres at 12, 2.51 metres at 17, 2.72 metres at 22
Robert Wadlow: age and height
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C
Find 12 under the third bar. Its label says 2.18 metres.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard 8.4
Textbook p. 76
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Question 8

Which question is correct?
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D
A past simple question is Did + subject + base verb: Did he go to university? The verb does not change to went.
For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard 8.5
Textbook p. 77

Section B: read, look and write

41 marks
Answer all the questions.
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Question 9

Look at the word panels. Choose the word that is missing at each number.
Make your own avatar word panels with six missing words numbered 1 to 6: 1 height (tall, average height, ...), 2 hair type (..., short, curly, spiky, straight, bald), 3 hair colour (black, grey, dark brown, light brown, ..., blonde), 4 face shape (..., square, thin), 5 eye colour (blue, brown, ..., grey), 6 other feature (glasses, beard, sunglasses, ...)
Make your own avatar
[1 mark] (a)Word 1 (a height) is ______.
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short
[1 mark] (b)Word 3 (a hair colour) is ______.
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red
[1 mark] (c)Word 4 (a face shape) is ______.
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round
[1 mark] (d)Word 6 (an other feature) is ______.
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moustache
For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, standard 8.1
Textbook p. 72
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Question 10

Read about Suman's photos. Choose True or False.

Suman's father, Munish, took a photo of her when she was a few hours old. He took another photo every day after that. Suman usually had long hair in the photos, but sometimes it was short. On her eighteenth birthday, 6,575 days after she was born, he took the last photo. He made one big picture from all the photos and gave it to her as a present.
[1 mark] (a)Munish took a photo of Suman every day.
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True
[1 mark] (b)Suman always had short hair in the photos.
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False
She usually had long hair, but sometimes it was short.
[1 mark] (c)Munish took the last photo when Suman was eighteen.
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True
He took it on her eighteenth birthday.
[1 mark] (d)Munish kept the big picture for himself.
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False
He gave it to Suman as a present.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard 8.2
Textbook p. 74
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Question 11

Write the object pronoun that can take the place of the words in bold.
[1 mark] (a)I like Cristiano Ronaldo, so I watch ______ on TV.
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[1 mark] (b)Dad takes my brother and me to the stadium. He takes ______ every week.
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[1 mark] (c)These photos are lovely. Munish made a picture from ______.
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For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard 8.3
Textbook p. 75
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Question 12

Make these sentences negative. Use didn't.
[1 mark] (a)Suman had glasses in the first photo.
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[1 mark] (b)We watched a film last night.
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[1 mark] (c)Robert Wadlow got married.
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For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard 8.3
Textbook p. 75
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Question 13

Write the past simple form of each verb.
[1 mark] (a)grow up
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[1 mark] (b)leave
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[1 mark] (c)get (a job)
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[1 mark] (d)have (children)
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For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, standard 8.4
Textbook p. 76
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Question 14

Look at the chart of Robert Wadlow's age and height.
Bar chart: Robert Wadlow's age and height. 1 metre at age 1, 1.83 metres at 6, 2.18 metres at 12, 2.51 metres at 17, 2.72 metres at 22
Robert Wadlow: age and height
[1 mark] (a)How tall was he at the age of 17?
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[2 marks] (b)How much taller was he at 22 than at 12? Show your working.
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[1 mark] (c)Did he get married? Choose the answer.
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No, he didn't.
The text says: No, he didn't.
For the teacher: Analysing, medium difficulty, standard 8.4
Textbook p. 76
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Question 15

Put the words in order to make past simple questions. There is one extra word in each. Write the question with a capital letter and a question mark.
[1 mark] (a)you / did / where / live / lives / ?
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[1 mark] (b)he / when / did / leave / left / school / ?
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The extra word is left, because the verb after did is the base form.
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[1 mark] (c)did / how / they / travel / travels / ?
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For the teacher: Analysing, medium difficulty, standard 8.5
Textbook p. 77
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Question 16

Read about James Cameron. Write a question for each answer. Start with the word in brackets.

He went to school in Ontario, Canada. He didn't go to university. He learned about films from books and articles. He made his first film in 1978.
[1 mark] (a)He went to school in Ontario, Canada. (Where)
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[1 mark] (b)No, he didn't go to university. (Did)
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[1 mark] (c)He made his first film in 1978. (When)
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For the teacher: Applying, medium difficulty, standard 8.5
Textbook p. 77
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Question 17

Read the interview with a pop star. Choose the best answer for each gap.
Dialogue between an interviewer and a pop star, with four gaps numbered 1 to 4 for the star's answers
An interview
[1 mark] (a)Gap 1: the interviewer asks when the star decided to become a singer. The star answers, 'Good question. ______'
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I decided when I was at school.
[1 mark] (b)Gap 2: the interviewer asks, 'How old were you?' The star answers, '______'
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Oh, about ten, I think.
[1 mark] (c)Gap 3: the interviewer asks, 'Did you enjoy living there?' The star answers, 'Sure. ______'
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It was quite exciting to be in a big city.
[1 mark] (d)Which key phrase does the interviewer use to finish the interview?
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Thanks for your time.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard 8.6
Textbook p. 78
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Question 18

Rewrite the text with the correct punctuation (capital letters, full stops and an apostrophe).

aisha is a malaysian singer she was born in ipoh shes got long black hair
[3 marks] Write the text correctly.
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Aisha is a Malaysian singer. She was born in Ipoh. She's got long black hair.
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For the teacher: Analysing, medium difficulty, standard 8.7
Textbook p. 79
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Question 19

Munish took a photo of his daughter every day for 18 years and made one big picture for her. Do you think this is a good present? Give one reason.
[2 marks] Write your answer in a full sentence.
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Sample: Yes, I think it is a very good present because it shows Suman's whole life and it took a lot of time and love.
Accept any sensible opinion with a reason. Do not penalise small spelling mistakes if the meaning is clear.
Tick each point you got.
For the teacher: Evaluating, medium difficulty, standard 8.2
Textbook p. 74
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Question 20

Write four sentences. Sentences 1 and 2: describe a friend or a family member. Sentence 3: say what he or she looked like when younger. Sentence 4: ask a past simple question you would like to ask him or her.
Make your own avatar word panels with words for height, build, hair, face, eyes and other features
Words to help you
[4 marks] Write your sentences.
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Sample: My brother is tall and slim. He's got short, spiky black hair and brown eyes. When he was a baby he had no hair. When did you start school?
Accept he / she / they or any person. No mark for a sentence with the wrong tense (e.g. Sentence 3 in present), for did + a past verb (Did you started?) or for a missing question mark in Sentence 4.
Tick each point you got.
For the teacher: Creating, high difficulty, standard 8.1
Textbook p. 73