Bahasa Inggeris (CEFR) questionssoalan, unit 1

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It's an emergency!

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Section A: objective questions

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Choose the best answer for each question.

QuestionSoalan 1

According to the newspaper article on p. 9, what made the power lines stop working?

A storm
A squirrel
A train accident
An escaped elephant

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The power company said a squirrel jumped on the power lines and they stopped working. It was an accident.

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QuestionSoalan 2

For how long did thirty million people have no electricity?

7 hours
30 hours
13 hours
4 hours

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The first paragraph says thirty million people had no electricity for 13 hours.

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QuestionSoalan 3

Why did the elephant escape from New York Zoo?

The keepers wanted it to visit the supermarket.
It was frightened by an ambulance.
The traffic lights stopped working.
Someone forgot to close the gate when the lights went out.

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The zoo worker said someone forgot to close the gate, so the elephant escaped and walked to the supermarket.

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QuestionSoalan 4

We ______ football in the park when it started to rain.

were playing
played
are playing
was playing

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Playing was in progress (past continuous) when the rain interrupted it (past simple). With we the verb is were playing.

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QuestionSoalan 5

Which sentence is correct?

I crossing the road when a car stopped suddenly.
I was crossing the road when a car stop suddenly.
I was crossing the road when a car stopped suddenly.
I were crossing the road when a car stopped suddenly.

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Use was/were + verb-ing for the long action (with I, was) and the past simple for the interruption (stopped).

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QuestionSoalan 6

A passenger on a boat wears a ______ to stay safe in the water.

cooker
life jacket
fire drill
headline

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A life jacket keeps a person afloat in water. Children wear one in the lifeboat picture.

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QuestionSoalan 7

Choose the correct pair: The pupils were ______ by the ______ news about the fire drill.

surprised ... surprising
surprising ... surprised
surprised ... surprised
surprising ... surprising

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Use -ed for the people who feel it (surprised) and -ing for the news that causes the feeling (surprising).

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QuestionSoalan 8

In which sentence is the word stop a noun?

Please stop the bus.
They stop at six.
Don't stop now.
The bus stop is near my house.

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In 'the bus stop' it names a place, so it is a noun. In the other sentences stop is an action, a verb.

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QuestionSoalan 9

In The trick, why did Hakan decide to tell Musa the truth?

He was tired of waiting for Musa.
Pinar told him to tell the truth.
He knew Atik could not carry Musa for three hours in an emergency.
He wanted Musa to buy the horse.

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Hakan knew it was an emergency and that his sick horse could not carry Musa for three hours.

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QuestionSoalan 10

Which statement about the two tricks in The trick is best supported by the story?

Both tricks were meant to make money.
Hakan's trick was for money, but Musa's trick was meant to teach him a lesson.
Musa's trick failed because Hakan did not believe him.
Neither friend learned anything.

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Hakan wanted to sell a sick horse. Musa heard and decided to teach his friend a lesson, and Hakan said sorry in the end.

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Section B: structured questions

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QuestionSoalan 11

Choose the correct word about the newspaper article 'The day the lights went out'.

[1 markmarkah] (a)The line 'By Tony De Marchi' is the ______.

AcaptionBbylineCheadline

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byline

[1 markmarkah] (b)The words 'New York City in darkness' under the photograph are the ______.

AcaptionBsubheadingCquote

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caption

[1 markmarkah] (c)Natasha's exact words inside quotation marks are ______.

Aa headlineBdirect speechCa subheading

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direct speech

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QuestionSoalan 12

Answer these questions about the article on p. 9. Write full sentences.

[2 marksmarkah] (a)Why did Martha Miller have to eat biscuits for dinner?

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Her cooker is electric [1]1
so it stopped working in the power cut [1]1

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[2 marksmarkah] (b)Why did people leave their cars in Times Square?

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It was very dark / there was no moon [1]1
so it was difficult to travel by car and they walked home [1]1

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[2 marksmarkah] (c)Why was the New York Power worker 'very embarrassed'?

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A squirrel jumped on the power lines [1]1
and caused the power cut / the power company's lines stopped working [1]1

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QuestionSoalan 13

Write the verb in brackets in the past continuous or the past simple.

[1 markmarkah] (a)My father ______ (drive) home when the rain started.

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was driving1

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[1 markmarkah] (b)The firefighters arrived while we ______ (wait) outside.

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were waiting1

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[1 markmarkah] (c)Aisha ______ (not / watch) TV when the lights went out.

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wasn't watching1

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[1 markmarkah] (d)The lights ______ (go) out while I was reading.

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went1

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QuestionSoalan 14

Join the two sentences into one sentence. Use the word in brackets and the correct tenses.

[2 marksmarkah] (a)I was painting a picture. The alarm rang. (while)

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The alarm rang while I was painting a picture.

was painting after while (past continuous) [1]1
the alarm rang in the past simple, joined correctly [1]1

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[2 marksmarkah] (b)Dev was reading a book. The lights went out. (when)

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Dev was reading a book when the lights went out.

Dev was reading a book (past continuous) [1]1
when the lights went out (past simple), joined correctly [1]1

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QuestionSoalan 15

Choose the correct adjective.

[1 markmarkah] (a)The firefighter was ______ after the long night.

AtiredBtiring

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tired

[1 markmarkah] (b)The story of the rescue was ______.

AamazedBamazing

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amazing

[1 markmarkah] (c)The children felt ______ when the boat started to sink.

AfrightenedBfrightening

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frightened

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QuestionSoalan 16

Answer these questions about nouns and verbs.

[1 markmarkah] (a)Write the noun for the thing that cooks: cook becomes ______.

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cooker1

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[1 markmarkah] (b)Write the noun for the system that warms a house: heat becomes ______.

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heating1

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[1 markmarkah] (c)In 'The train made a sudden stop', the word stop is a ______.

AnounBverb

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noun

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QuestionSoalan 17

Answer these questions about the story The trick (pp. 18-20). Write full sentences.

[2 marksmarkah] (a)Why did Pinar think Hakan should not sell Atik?

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Atik was sick / not strong and healthy [1]1
it is not honest to sell a sick horse, especially to a friend [1]1

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[2 marksmarkah] (b)How did Musa trick Hakan?

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He broke a chair and shouted for help [1]1
he pretended he had broken his leg and asked Hakan to take him to hospital on Atik [1]1

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[2 marksmarkah] (c)What lesson does the story teach? Give one lesson.

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Any sensible lesson, for example: be honest with friends / do not trick people for money / say sorry when you hurt a friend [1]1
with a reason from the story [1]1

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QuestionSoalan 18

Imagine the fire alarm rang at your school. Write four to five sentences for a newspaper report about it. Use all three: (1) one sentence with was/were + verb-ing and when or while, (2) one sentence with direct speech and said, (3) an adjective ending in ‑ed for a feeling.

[4 marksmarkah] Write your report.

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At 10 am the fire alarm rang while Class 6 was having a lesson. 'I was reading when the alarm rang,' said Aina. Everyone was frightened, but the teacher stayed calm and the pupils walked quietly to the field. The firefighters said it was only a drill.

a correct sentence with was/were + verb-ing and the past simple joined by when or while [1]1
direct speech with quotation marks and a reporting word such as said [1]1
a correct -ed adjective describing how someone felt (for example frightened or excited) [1]1
a clear, connected report with correct past tenses and punctuation [1]1

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