45 marks. Use Practice to check each answer as you go, or Exam to answer everything first. Section A has 11 objective questions. Section B has two gapped texts, each in the real Paper 1 Part 5 format (six gaps, eight sentences, two extra). Ask a parent or teacher to help you mark the written answers in Section C.
Section A: objective questions
11 marks
Choose the best answer, A, B, C or D, for each question.
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Question 1
Which describes Paper 1 Part 5 of the UASA?
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C
Part 5 has one text with six gaps (35 to 40) and eight sentences, A to H. Six sentences fit the gaps and two are extra, so two letters are never used. It is worth 6 marks.
For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, standard Paper 1 Part 5: format (Reading around the gap)
Textbook p. 97
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Question 2
The council banned cars from the town centre on Sundays. ______ has made the streets safer for cyclists.
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D
This points to the whole idea (the ban) and begins a new sentence. They and These are plural. Which needs a comma and belongs in the same sentence, not at the start of a new one.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard Paper 1 Part 5: reference words (this = a whole idea)
Textbook p. 97
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Question 3
The film was long and rather slow. ______, we enjoyed every minute of it.
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B
A long, slow film should be boring, but they enjoyed it, so the second idea goes the other way: Nevertheless shows contrast. As a result would need a cause, and For instance would give an example.
For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard Writing Reference: report plan (however, alternatively)
Textbook p. 181
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Question 4
______ the heavy traffic, we arrived on time.
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B
Despite is followed by a noun phrase (the heavy traffic). Although needs a clause (Although there was heavy traffic), However starts a separate sentence, and Because gives the wrong meaning.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard Contrast words: despite + noun (Unit 8 review exercise)
Textbook p. 107
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Question 5
By the time the ambulance arrived, the injured driver ______ out of the car.
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D
By the time + past simple (arrived) needs the past perfect for the earlier action. The driver is helped by someone else, so the past perfect passive had been helped is right.
For the teacher: Applying, medium difficulty, standard Unit 7 Writing: story tenses (past perfect)
Textbook p. 93
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Question 6
Which sentence best fits the gap? "Our class visited the recycling centre on Monday. ______ The manager then explained that the factory turns old bottles into new ones."
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A
There points to the recycling centre and the sentence describes the visit, so it leads to what the manager explained. B gives an unrelated detail, C changes the topic, and D has a plural pointer with no plural noun before it.
For the teacher: Analysing, medium difficulty, standard Unit 8 Reading: reading around the gap
Textbook p. 97
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Question 7
Which two linking words or phrases do the same job?
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C
Therefore and as a result both introduce a result. So gives a result but although gives contrast; also adds but however contrasts; for example gives an example but meanwhile is about time.
For the teacher: Analysing, low difficulty, standard Learning box: linking words and phrases
Textbook p. 104
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Question 8
Which sentence is correct?
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D
Despite takes a noun phrase, the late hour. A uses although and but together. B puts a clause after despite. C puts an adjective after in spite of; it needs a noun or an -ing form, such as being tired.
For the teacher: Evaluating, high difficulty, standard Contrast words: despite + noun (Unit 8 review exercise); although and in spite of from the Grammar Reference
Textbook p. 107
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Question 9
Which sentence best fills the gap? "Zul trained for the race every morning for a year. ______ However, he did not win."
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C
However after the gap needs an expectation to contrast with. C gives the expectation of winning. A and D do not lead to a contrast (D also disagrees with a year of training), and B states the result, so However, he did not win would have nothing to contrast with.
For the teacher: Evaluating, medium difficulty, standard Unit 8 Reading: reading around the gap
Textbook p. 97
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Question 10
A text says a violent storm in one sentence and the bad weather in the next. What does the writer do?
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B
The bad weather is a more general word for a violent storm, so the writer avoids repeating the noun. It is not a pointer such as this, a linking word or a topic sentence.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard Unit 11 Reading: finding synonyms
Textbook p. 137
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Question 11
Choose the best sentence to begin this paragraph. "______ First, it improves your vocabulary. Second, it helps you relax after a long day. Finally, it costs very little if you borrow books from the library."
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A
A topic sentence states the main idea and prepares the list First, Second, Finally. B is a personal detail, C goes against the paragraph, and D is a fact that does not lead to a list of benefits.
For the teacher: Creating, low difficulty, standard Writing Reference: paragraph plans (topic sentence)
Textbook p. 176
Section B: gapped texts
12 marks
Both questions are in the real UASA format: one text, six gaps (35 to 40) and eight sentences A to H. Two sentences are extra and you do not use them. Choose each letter once only.
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Question 12
Read the text below. Six sentences have been removed from the text.
Choose from the sentences (A - H) to fit each gap (35 - 40).
The Missing Wallet
Last Friday, Daniel and his sister Priya went to the night market in Kota Bharu to buy a birthday present for their mother. (35) ______ This made the lanes so crowded that they could hardly move between the stalls.
(36) ______ At the third stall, Priya found a beautiful silk scarf and asked the seller for the price. Daniel put his hand in his pocket to take out his wallet, but it was gone.
They searched the ground and asked the sellers nearby. (37) ______ He had found the wallet beside the fruit stall and was running to look for the owner.
Daniel thanked the boy warmly and gave him RM5. (38) ______
(39) ______ Their mother smiled when she opened the present the next morning. (40) ______
A They had been looking for almost an hour without finding anything suitable.
B Then they hurried back to the third stall and bought the scarf before it closed.
C Everyone in town seemed to have had the same idea that evening.
D Just then, a small boy ran towards them, waving a brown wallet in the air.
E That night, they wrapped the scarf in bright paper and hid it under Priya's bed.
F She told them it was the most beautiful scarf she had ever owned.
G Daniel had left his wallet at home that morning.
H Next week, Daniel will buy his mother a necklace as well.
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C
This in the next sentence points to the same idea (everyone going to the night market), which made the lanes crowded. A, B and D come later in the story.
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A
This starts a new paragraph. They had been looking for almost an hour sets up At the third stall: after a long search they found something. G contradicts the story, because the wallet was in his pocket and then lost.
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D
Just then is a sudden event after the search. He in the next sentence needs a person before the gap, and D introduces the boy and the wallet.
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B
Then follows the reward and leads back to the scarf that Priya wanted. E needs the scarf to be bought first, so it cannot come here.
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E
That night comes after buying the scarf and before the next morning, and the scarf is the present that the mother opens.
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F
She is the mother and it is the scarf, so F is her reaction to opening the present. H is in the future tense and does not belong in a story set in the past.
For the teacher: Applying, medium difficulty, standard Paper 1 Part 5: gapped text (real format)
Textbook p. 97
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Question 13
Read the text below. Six sentences have been removed from the text.
Choose from the sentences (A - H) to fit each gap (35 - 40).
Why Teenagers Need Sleep
Many teenagers believe that they can manage on five or six hours of sleep. (35) ______ Experts say that people of your age need between eight and ten hours every night.
A lack of sleep affects the mind. (36) ______ They also find it harder to remember what they have learnt, so their exam results can suffer.
(37) ______ During deep sleep, the body repairs its muscles and fights off illness. As a result, tired teenagers catch colds more easily.
Why do so many teenagers stay up late? (38) ______ For this reason, doctors advise young people to switch off their screens an hour before bed.
Small habits can make a big difference. (39) ______ Many people also find that a warm bath or a good book helps them to relax.
(40) ______ Your body needs it as much as it needs food and exercise. So tonight, put your phone away and go to bed early.
A Sleep is just as important for the body.
B In fact, this is far too little.
C Students who sleep badly often find it hard to concentrate in class.
D One reason is that the light from phones and tablets keeps the brain awake.
E Going to bed and getting up at the same time every day helps the body to settle into a routine.
F To sum up, sleep is not a luxury but a basic need of every teenager.
G He goes to bed at midnight and wakes up at five.
H A new gym will open near the school next year.
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B
this points to five or six hours, and Experts say ... eight and ten hours after the gap shows that it is too little.
[1 mark](36)Gap (36)Show answerHide answer
C
Students who sleep badly gives the people that They in the next sentence points to, and also adds a second effect to the first one (concentration).
[1 mark](37)Gap (37)Show answerHide answer
A
The paragraph moves from the mind to the body. A is the topic sentence, and During deep sleep, the body repairs ... develops it.
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D
The paragraph begins with a question, so the gap gives one reason. this reason in the next sentence points to the light from screens.
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E
Small habits needs an example of a habit, and also in the next sentence adds a second habit (a warm bath or a good book).
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F
To sum up begins the final paragraph, and it in the next sentence points to sleep. G has a pointer (He) with no target, and H is about a different topic.
For the teacher: Applying, medium difficulty, standard Paper 1 Part 5: gapped text (real format)
Textbook p. 97
Section C: how texts hold together
22 marks
Answer all the questions.
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Question 14
"The town council closed the old market in March. This shocked the traders, many of whom had worked there for thirty years. Some moved to the new shopping centre; others found it too expensive and gave up their stalls. The former are now happy with the bigger space. The latter have opened small stalls in front of their homes."
What does each word in bold refer to?
[1 mark](a)This
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[1 mark](b)whom
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[1 mark](c)it
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[1 mark](d)The latter
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For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard Paper 1 Part 5: reference words and synonyms
Textbook p. 137
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Question 15
Complete each sentence with one of these words. Use each once.
howevermeanwhileas a resultfor instancedespite
(a) The beach was crowded. ______, we found a quiet corner.
(b) Father was cooking dinner. ______, Mother was setting the table.
(c) It rained all night. ______, the river flooded the road.
(d) Some birds cannot fly. ______, the kiwi and the ostrich.
(e) ______ being very tired, she finished the race.
[1 mark](a)(a)
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[1 mark](b)(b)
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[1 mark](c)(c)
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[1 mark](d)(d)
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[1 mark](e)(e)
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For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard Learning box: linking words and phrases
Textbook p. 104
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Question 16
Each line has one wrong reference word or linking word. Find the error and write the correct sentence.
[1 mark](a)Although it was raining, but we went out to play.
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[1 mark](b)Despite he was tired, he finished his homework.
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[1 mark](c)The shop was closed. Therefore, so we went home.
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[1 mark](d)Heavy rain fell all night. They caused floods in the town.
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For the teacher: Analysing, low difficulty, standard Paper 1 Part 5: reference and linking words (common errors)
Textbook p. 107
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Question 17
Choose the correct tense.
[1 mark](a)By the time we reached the hall, the concert ______.Show answerHide answer
had started
By the time + past simple needs the past perfect for the earlier event.
[1 mark](b)We ______ along the river when we heard a loud noise.Show answerHide answer
were walking
An action in progress is interrupted by heard: past continuous.
[1 mark](c)When the police arrived, the thief ______ already ______.Show answerHide answer
had, escaped
The escape happened before the police arrived: past perfect.
For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard Unit 7 Writing: narrative tenses
Textbook p. 93
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Question 18
"Our school recycling bins were always full of the wrong things. ______ This is why the Science Club put posters above every bin."
P Many pupils did not know which bin to use for paper, plastic and cans.
Q This is why the school cleaner starts work at six in the morning.
[1 mark](a)Which sentence, P or Q, fits the gap?
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[2 marks](b)Give two reasons why the other sentence does not fit.
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For the teacher: Evaluating, high difficulty, standard Paper 1 Part 5: ruling out sentences (pointer, link and order checks)
Textbook p. 97
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Question 19
Write one topic sentence to begin this paragraph. It should name the main idea.
"______ Firstly, it gives you a chance to make new friends. Secondly, you learn skills such as teamwork and leadership. Finally, it makes school more fun."
[3 marks](a)Your sentence
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Joining a school club has three important benefits.
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For the teacher: Creating, high difficulty, standard Writing Reference: paragraph plans (topic sentence)