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READING COMPREHENSION
Read the following text.

Write TRUE or FALSE for the following sentences. (5 marks)

1. The Iron Man came to the top of the hill. 1. _______________

2. The head of the Iron Man is like a dustbin. 2. _______________

3. The Iron Man is shorter than a house. 3. _______________

4. When the Iron Man stepped forward, off the cliff, only his iron legs fell off. 4. _______________

5. At the end of the story, nobody knew the Iron Man had fallen. 5. _______________

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B. Answer the following questions. (10 marks)

6. Where did the Iron Man stand?

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7. How do his eyes look like?

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8. What happened to the Iron Man’s legs, arms, ears and head when he stepped forward, off the cliff?
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9. Where did only one of the iron hands lay?

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10. Do you like the story “The Coming of the Iron Man” or not? Give your own reasons.
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VOCABULARY
Choose the correct answer A, B or C for the following sentences. (10 marks)

11. ________is a rhyme where word ends sound the same.

A. Full rhyme B. Internal rhyme C. Half rhyme 11. _____________

12. If the final sounds are similar, it is called________.

A. full rhyme B. half rhyme C. internal rhyme 12. _____________

13. If the words within a line have a full or half rhyme, it is known as________.
A. internal rhyme B. half rhyme C. full rhyme 13. _____________

14. If the sentence has words that contain the same vowel sounds, it is called________.
A. assonance B. alliteration C. acronym 14. _____________

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15. ________was the Ancient Roman god of the sea.

A. Mars B. Jupitar C. Neptune 15. _____________

16. Pronouns stand in for nouns to help avoid________.

A. repetition B. personification C. alliteration 16. _____________

17. ________are words that sound similar but have different spellings and meanings. 17. _____________

A. Synonyms B. Homophones C. Antonyms

18. Being _______ depends on the way you speak and the words you use.
A. passive B. active C. persuasive 18. _____________

19. A _______ can be persuasive, informative or both.

A. journal B. newspaper C. poster 19. _____________

20. A _______ is a word that comes before a noun to show how and where things are positioned.
A. conjunction B. adverb C. preposition 20. _____________

MATCHING
Match the terms from column A to their explanations from column B. (5 marks)

Column A Column B
21. A simple sentence A. a short description of the contents of something such as a book or film
22. A complex sentence B. gives an order
23. Synopsis C. expresses more than one main idea and has more than one complete verb
24. A command sentence D. a language technique used to influence the way we think or feel
25. Persuasive device E. expresses one idea with one complete verb

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21. _________________

22. _________________

23. _________________

24. _________________

25. _________________

GRAMMAR
Rewrite the following sentences using the correct homophones. (5 marks)

26. Please do not ______ the paper. (waste / waist)

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27. I got a new ______ of shoes for school. (pear / pair)

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28. Did you ______ the little bird that was ______? (hear / here)

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29. ______ the car or you will hit the pole and ______ it. (break / brake)

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30. We read the fairy _____ in bed. (tail / tale)

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Choose the correct prepositions from the given box. (5 marks)

at by for on in

31. She was_______ university when she heard about the death of her father. 31. ______________

32. Let's go _______ a walk. The weather is so great! 32. _____________

33. This village isn't even ________ the map. It's so small. 33. _____________
34. _______ nightfall over 10 inches of snow had fallen. 33. _____________

35. Take a seat. I'll be with you _______ a minute. 34. _____________

WRITING TASK

36. Film reviews give an opinion about a film. A review is a personal response. It can be negative or positive.
Write your own review about a film or a movie or a cartoon that you have watched recently. (NOT MORE
THAN 250 WORDS) (10 marks)

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