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Bahasa Inggeris questions, unit 7

Healthy and Wise

38 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: objective questions

8 marks
Choose the best answer for each question.
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Question 1

According to the passage, why did food taste better in the old days?
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B
The passage says the cooking methods of our great grandparents kept the food tasty and nutritious.
For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, standard 3.2.2
Textbook p. 64
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Question 2

What was a pestle and mortar used for?
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C
Great grandparents used a pestle and mortar to pound their spices.
For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, standard 3.2.2
Textbook p. 64
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Question 3

In the poem, "quit" in "Bad habits we must quit" means ______.
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D
To quit a habit is to stop doing it.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard 3.2.3
Textbook p. 65
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Question 4

"And life will be in the pink." What does "in the pink" mean?
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C
In the pink means in very good health, which is what the poem promises.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard 3.2.3
Textbook p. 65
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Question 5

Choose the correct sentence.
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A
Everybody is a singular indefinite pronoun, so it takes a singular verb: knows.
For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard Subject-verb agreement
Textbook p. 68
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Question 6

This football team ______ hard before every final match.
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D
Team is a collective noun and takes a singular verb: practises. The other options are not correct verb forms here.
For the teacher: Applying, medium difficulty, standard Subject-verb agreement
Textbook p. 69
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Question 7

Which is a simile?
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B
A simile compares using as ... as or like. The others are metaphors.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard Similes and proverbs
Textbook p. 65
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Question 8

Which sentence best ends a paragraph about choosing Breakfast Set A?
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A
A conclusion repeats the choice with a linking word such as therefore.
For the teacher: Evaluating, medium difficulty, standard 4.2.5
Textbook p. 67

Section B: structured questions

30 marks
Answer all questions. Choose the answer or write it in the space.
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Question 9

Fast food is not good for our health. Choose True or False.
[1 mark] (a)Fast food contains a high amount of salt and preservatives.
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True
[1 mark] (b)Fast food has high nutritional value.
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False
The book says fast food has low nutritional value.
[1 mark] (c)Fast food can cause diabetes and heart disease.
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True
For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, standard 2.1.3
Textbook p. 62
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Question 10

Read the extract and answer the questions.
Food in the old days
In yesteryears, our great grandparents used charcoal to cook. They would use a pestle and mortar to pound their spices. They would wrap fish in banana leaves before grilling it over a fire. They also cooked vegetables which were freshly picked from their own gardens.
[1 mark] (a)What did they use to cook?
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[1 mark] (b)How did they prepare fish before grilling?
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[1 mark] (c)Where did they get their vegetables?
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For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard 3.2.2
Textbook p. 64
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Question 11

Explain the meaning of each word or phrase from the poem.
[1 mark] (a)wise
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[1 mark] (b)perk
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[1 mark] (c)in the pink
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For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard 3.2.4
Textbook p. 65
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Question 12

Each sentence has one verb error. Write the correct verb.
[1 mark] (a)They likes to eat at fast food restaurants.
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[1 mark] (b)Everybody know Encik Hakimi.
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[1 mark] (c)Many people is at the park.
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[1 mark] (d)I has two sons and a daughter.
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[1 mark] (e)These restaurants sells hamburgers, sausages and chips.
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For the teacher: Applying, medium difficulty, standard Subject-verb agreement
Textbook p. 68
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Question 13

Choose the correct verb to complete the paragraph.
[1 mark] (a)There ______ still many people who prepare food at home.
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are
People is plural.
[1 mark] (b)Encik Hakimi ______ his own breakfast.
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prepares
[1 mark] (c)He believes that home-made food ______ him to stay fit.
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helps
[1 mark] (d)Everyone in the staff room ______ with him.
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agrees
Everyone is singular.
For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard Subject-verb agreement
Textbook p. 69
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Question 14

Complete each simile with a suitable word and explain the proverb.
[1 mark] (a)as wise as ______
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[1 mark] (b)as fit as ______
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[2 marks] (c)What does "Early to bed, early to rise" teach us?
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For the teacher: Analysing, medium difficulty, standard Similes and proverbs
Textbook p. 65
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Question 15

Put the steps for making a wrap in the correct order. Write 1 to 4.
[1 mark] (a)Fold and roll the wrap.
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[1 mark] (b)Place the lettuce, vegetables and chicken on the wrap.
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[1 mark] (c)Cook the chicken with the onion.
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[1 mark] (d)Heat oil in a pan.
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For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard 4.2.5
Textbook p. 66
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Question 16

Write a paragraph of three or four sentences about the healthy dinner you would choose. Give a reason.
[4 marks]
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I would choose grilled fish, steamed vegetables and brown rice for dinner because they are healthy. They are low in fat and packed with vitamins and fibre. Therefore, this is my choice.
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For the teacher: Creating, high difficulty, standard 4.2.5
Textbook p. 67