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Bahasa Inggeris questions, unit 2
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45 marks. Use Practice to check each answer as you go, or Exam to answer everything first. Section A has 12 multiple-choice questions; Section B has written and choice questions. Ask a parent or teacher to help you mark the written answers in Section B.

Section A: multiple choice

12 marks
Choose the best answer A, B, C or D.
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Question 1

Which adjective describes a person who enjoys meeting and talking to other people?
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B
Sociable means outgoing: enjoying meeting and talking with people. Strict is about enforcing rules, ambitious is about wanting success, and patient is about staying calm.
For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, standard Vocabulary: personality adjectives
Textbook p. 26
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Question 2

Hurry up! We have very ______ time before the bus leaves.
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D
Time is uncountable, so many and a few are wrong. 'Very' and the need to hurry show a negative idea (almost no time), which is little. 'A little' means some, enough.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard Grammar: quantifiers
Textbook p. 23
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Question 3

Mr Lim, ______ daughter is a doctor, lives next door to us.
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A
The daughter belongs to Mr Lim, so the word that shows belonging, whose, is needed. 'That' is never used in a non-defining clause (with commas).
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard Grammar: relative clauses
Textbook p. 24
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Question 4

Which sentence has the correct commas?
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C
The place name is already clear, so the clause only adds information (non-defining) and needs a comma before and after. A has only one comma, B is wrong because 'the girl who won the race' is defining and needs no commas, and D has none.
For the teacher: Applying, medium difficulty, standard Grammar: non-defining relative clauses
Textbook p. 24
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Question 5

While Hana ______ through the woods on her bike, she fell into a hole.
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B
'While' goes with a longer action in progress, the past continuous (was riding); the short event 'fell' is the past simple. The other forms do not show an action in progress.
For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard Grammar: Past simple and Past continuous
Textbook p. 29
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Question 6

The results will come out tomorrow. 'Let's keep our fingers crossed' means
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A
'Keep your fingers crossed' is an expression meaning to hope that something goes well. The other options take the words literally.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard Vocabulary: expressions with keep
Textbook p. 30
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Question 7

How did the student Alison Bishop raise money for charity?
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D
The text says she did a sponsored silence for a day at school. Skydiving is Kay Matthews, the spiders are Nick Le Souef and the glass box is David Hunt.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard Reading: The things people will do
Textbook p. 22
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Question 8

What do all the people in the article have in common?
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C
Each person did an unusual challenge for a charity. Not all of them are firefighters, only one is elderly, and the student raised less than a thousand pounds.
For the teacher: Analysing, low difficulty, standard Reading: main idea
Textbook p. 22
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Question 9

Billy says he would not dare touch the wax figure if the blinds were open. Why?
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A
Billy explains that there are people who watch them from across the street, and Holmes later tells him he was in danger of his life. The other options are not connected to the blinds.
For the teacher: Analysing, high difficulty, standard Reading: The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
Textbook p. 28
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Question 10

Which linking phrase shows a result?
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C
'As a result' links a cause to its consequence. While and at first show time, and 'in fact' shows emphasis.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard Writing: linking words of result
Textbook p. 32
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Question 11

A story must end with the sentence 'They were lucky to be alive.' Which ending follows the rule best?
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D
The given sentence must be the last sentence, word for word. A continues after it, B and C change it. Only D keeps it unchanged as the final sentence.
For the teacher: Evaluating, medium difficulty, standard Writing: story with a given ending
Textbook p. 32
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Question 12

When you write a summary of an extract from a novel, you should
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B
The tips say to use mostly present tenses, use your own words, and leave out personal opinions. Copying sentences and giving an opinion are both warned against.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard Reading: summarising an extract
Textbook p. 35

Section B: written and choice questions

33 marks
Answer all questions.
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Question 13

Choose the best quantifier for each gap.
[1 mark] (a)How ______ money do you need for the trip?
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much
[1 mark] (b)How ______ pens are there in the box?
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many
[1 mark] (c)I haven't got ______ idea where my keys are.
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any
[1 mark] (d)Nobody will be hungry. There is ______ food for everyone.
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plenty of
For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard Grammar: quantifiers
Textbook p. 23
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Question 14

Join each pair of sentences with a relative pronoun or adverb. Add commas where necessary.
[2 marks] (a)The girl is my cousin. She won the race.
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The girl who won the race is my cousin.
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[2 marks] (b)Mr Hafiz is our coach. His son plays for the state team.
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Mr Hafiz, whose son plays for the state team, is our coach.
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[2 marks] (c)This is the cabin. We stayed there last winter.
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This is the cabin where we stayed last winter.
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For the teacher: Applying, medium difficulty, standard Grammar: defining and non-defining relative clauses
Textbook p. 24
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Question 15

Write the Past simple or Past continuous of the verb in brackets.
[1 mark] (a)While Hana ______ (walk) home, it started to rain.
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was walking
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[1 mark] (b)Suddenly it ______ (start) to pour, and she ran to a bus stop.
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started
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[1 mark] (c)A man ______ (wait) for a bus there.
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was waiting
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[1 mark] (d)He ______ (offer) her his umbrella.
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offered
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[1 mark] (e)She ______ (not / carry) a raincoat, so she was grateful.
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was not carrying
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For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard Grammar: Past simple and Past continuous
Textbook p. 29
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Question 16

Each sentence has one mistake. Write the correct word for the underlined word.
(a) My uncle, that is a pilot, lives in Johor.
(b) There are too much cars on the road.
(c) While we were walking, we were seeing a snake.
(d) I have few time, so I cannot help you.
[1 mark] (a)Line (a): the correct word
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who
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[1 mark] (b)Line (b): the correct word
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many
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[1 mark] (c)Line (c): the correct word
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saw
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[1 mark] (d)Line (d): the correct word
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little
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For the teacher: Analysing, medium difficulty, standard Grammar: error correction (relative clauses, quantifiers, past tenses)
Textbook p. 29
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Question 17

Read this paragraph from a student's description of a person.
My teacher is nice. She is a good teacher. She is also nice to everybody.
[2 marks] (a)Why is the paragraph weak as a description?
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It repeats general words such as nice and good and does not give any examples to support the teacher's qualities.
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[2 marks] (b)Rewrite the paragraph with one specific quality supported by an example.
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My English teacher is the most patient person I know. For instance, whenever we do not understand a question, she explains it again calmly until everyone is ready to go on.
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For the teacher: Evaluating, medium difficulty, standard Writing: description of a person
Textbook p. 27
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Question 18

You are writing a story that must end with: They were lucky to be alive. Write the opening paragraph (30 to 40 words).
[4 marks] (a)Your paragraph must give the setting (time, place, weather) and introduce the main character(s).
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It was a cold, windy night in January. Aina and her cousin were driving along a lonely mountain road when the rain began to fall heavily. The road was dark and slippery, and Aina held the steering wheel tightly.
Tick each point you got.
For the teacher: Creating, high difficulty, standard Writing: a story with a given sentence
Textbook p. 32
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Question 19

You must write a summary paragraph of an extract from a novel.
[1 mark] (a)Which tense should you mostly use?
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Present tenses.
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[2 marks] (b)Give two things you must not do in a summary.
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Do not give your own opinion about the characters, and do not copy sentences from the extract.
Tick each point you got.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard Reading: how to summarise an extract
Textbook p. 35
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Question 20

Choose the correct word for each gap.
[1 mark] (a)Do not use this website. The information is out of ______.
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date
[1 mark] (b)After three days at sea, the sailors were glad to see ______.
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land
[1 mark] (c)The exam results come out tomorrow, so keep your ______ crossed.
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fingers
For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, standard Vocabulary: in / out of, keep, easily confused words
Textbook p. 24