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READING COMPREHENSION (10 marks)

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

Moved by this reply,

1. Which word has the same meaning as “lose”? Choose A or B.

However, Leonard would always misplace it. Giving him tissue

(A)
paper did not help either.
(B)
(_________________)

2. What does the word “they” in line 8 refer to?

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State whether each statement below is TRUE or FALSE. Give a reason for
your answer.

Statement TRUE/FALSE Reason

3. Leonard’s mother
gave up and did
not want to help
him kicked his
bad habit.

4. Leonard’s friends
did not mind his
bad habit.

5. Which word in lines 1-6 has the same meaning as “dirtying”?

6. State the two ways that Leonard’s mother tried to help him.

(i) _______________________________________________________

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(ii) _______________________________________________________

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7. Why do you think Leonard’s friends stayed away from him? Support your
answer with evidence from the passage.

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MCQ (10 marks)

For each question from 8 to 17, three options are given. Make your choice
and write A, B or C.

8. The word ‘gobbler’ means :

(A) a female turkey

(B) a male turkey
(C) a hen 8. ______________

9. The old bicycle is not ______ good condition.

(A) at
(B) in
(C) on 9. ______________

10. Which part of speech is the underlined word in the following sentence?

“The plants have seeded themselves in the cracks between the

paving stones.”

(A) pronoun
(B) preposition
(C) adjective 10. ______________

11. Choose the word that has a long vowel.

(A) pin
(B) pine
(C) sit 11. ______________

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12. The noun form of the word ‘seize’ is :

(A) seize
(B) seizure
(C) seizeness 12. ______________

13. In the following sentence, the figurative or metaphorical use of language

“to fight tooth and nail” means:
“I knew my own mind well enough and always had my own way, even if I
had to fight tooth and nail for it.”

(A) To fight gently

(B) To fight fiercely with all one’s strength
(C) To fight for getting one’s tooth and nails 13. ______________

14. The reading strategy for quickly getting a sense of what it is about and
grasping the gist of a passage is called :

(A) skimming
(B) scanning
(C) skimming and scanning 14. ______________

15. Choose the correct adjective order.

(A) beautiful, round, wooden + table

(B) beautiful, wooden, round + table
(C) wooden, beautiful, round + table 15. ______________

16. The present participle form of the verb ‘hop’ is :

(A) hoping
(B) hopping
(C) hooping 16. ______________

17. They were late for school, ______ they started to run.

(A) as
(B) so
(C) if 17. _____________

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GRAMMAR CLOZE (5 marks)

There are five blanks in the passage below. From the list of words given,
choose the most suitable word for each blank. Write its letter (A to H).
There are three extra words. EACH WORD CAN BE USED ONLY ONCE.

(A) because (B) by (C) in (D) on

(E) that (F) to (G) with (H) without

Pasta! My favourite food has (18) ______ be pasta. It’s only flour and
water, but it makes delicious meals. It was being eaten (19) ______ Italy a
thousand years ago – and the Italians know about good food. It’s also the land of
pizza, my second favourite!
If you make it yourself, instead of buying it in packets in the supermarket,
it tastes wonderful, but it’s hard work (20) ______ there are many stages: it has
to be kneaded, rolled, cut and dried. This was made easier (21) ______ the
invention of machines to do this work in the early 19th century. Pasta’s taste buddy
is the tomato, of course. You can’t imagine pasta (22) ______ tomatoes can you?
It would be like bread without butter.

18. _____________________

19. _____________________

20. _____________________

21. _____________________

22. _____________________

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EDITION (5 marks)
There are 5 blanks numbered 23 to 27 in the passage below. Each underlined
word contains either a spelling or grammatical error. A wrong or missing
punctuation is denoted by a circle. Put the correct punctuation mark or word
(in terms of usage, spelling and form) in each of the boxes.

23.
Kites were used approximate 2800 years ago in China, where materials

24.
ideal for kite building was readily available: silk fabric for the sail material; fine,

25.
strong silk for the flying line , and resilient bamboo for the lightweight

26.
framework. Ancient and medeival Chinese sources list the use of kites for

measuring distances, testing the wind, lifting men, signalling, and communication

27.
for military operations. The earliest known Chinese kites were flat (not bow) and

often rectangular.

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MATCHING (5 marks)

Match each term from column A to its definition from column B.

Column A Column B

28. Alliteration (A) the use of similar sounds in two

or more words

29. Assonance (B) writing that is arranged in a

rhythmic pattern

30. Metaphor (C) a regularly repeated pattern of

sounds or beats used in music,
poems, and dances

31. Rhythm (D) the repetition of an initial

consonant sound in words that are
in close proximity to each other

32. Verse (E) an expression that describes a

person or object by referring to
something that is considered to
possess similar characteristics

28. _______________________

29. _______________________

30. _______________________

31. _______________________

32. _______________________

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TRANSFORMATION (5 marks)
Rewrite the sentence(s) using the word(s) or type(s) given. Your answer must
be in one sentence. The meaning of your sentence must be the same as the
given one(s).

33. Their teacher was absent. They had to do the test anyway. (but)

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34. She arrived home. She realized she had forgotten to take her key. (Arriving)

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35. Jane rarely sees Alan. They are neighbours. (although)

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36. The teacher said to me, “Do your homework again”. (REPORTED SPEECH)

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37. Tom did not answer the phone, and neither did Lisa. (neither --- nor)

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WRITING TASK (10 marks)

38. Write a personal reflection about the saddest day of your life.

(NOT MORE THAN 300 WORDS)

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