Writing 3 (14 April 2024)

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Teacher Brenda

Writing

Name: __________________________________ Date: __________________

A. Vocabulary cloze : Fill in the blank with the correct word from the box. Use each word only ONCE.

exclamation sight eyes learnt

extraordinary knew senses worried

There is nothing special about someone taking a bus to work. However, it is something

(1)__________________ when the person who is taking the bus is visually handicapped. Jill lost her

(2)__________________ when she was baby due to a high fever. Her parents were very sad and

(3)__________________ about their only daughter.

Fortunately for Jill, her parents were very supportive of her. They sent her to a special school for the

visually handicapped. There, she (4)__________________ how to read using the Braille method. She learnt

how to use her other (5)__________________ to help her around. She was also taught not to be ashamed to

ask for help.

B. Grammar Cloze : Fill in the blank with the correct words from the box. Use each word only ONCE.

I us my myself

me we our ourselves

Everyone needs friends. There isn’t a person in this whole world who can say,

“ (1)__________________ don’t need anyone. I can live and be happy all by (2)__________________.” We

need people whom we can talk to and share (3)__________________ problems with. We need people who

can lend a helping hand when we are in trouble. We need people to share our happy and sad moments.

These people are who we call friends. Imagine living all alone without any friends. Who will be there

to help (4)__________________ when we are sick? Who will comfort us when (5)__________________

are feeling sad and lonely? Who will encourage us when we feel ready to give up? Friends are indeed a very

important part of anyone’s life.

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C. Word order : Rearrange the words to form complete sentences. Begin the sentence with capital letter

and end it with full stop.

1. firefighters put out quickly had the to the fire

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2. mother behaviour his Jackie rude to apologised for his

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3. victims donations will be we for collecting the flood

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4. the year exhibition be the end an art of will there at

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5. screamed attacked the their villagers the giant village when in fear

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D. Editing: Each of the underlined words contains either a spelling or grammatical error. Wrong
punctuation marks are circled. Put the correct punctuation mark, spelling or form of the underlined word in
each of the boxes.

E. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

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1. What kind of animals are butterflies?

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2. How is the life cycle of a butterfly similar to other animals?

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3. Why can’t the butterfly fly off immediately after it comes out from the cocoon?

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4. Write 1, 2, and 3 in the blanks below to indicate the order in which the events occurred in the passage.

______________ The caterpillar makes a cocoon.

______________ The caterpillar hatches from the egg.

______________ The cocoon breaks and out comes the butterfly.

5. For Q5 (a) – (c), read eact statement and tick ( ) ‘True’ or ‘False’. Refer to the whole passage.

Statement True False

(a) A caterpillar eats leaves.

(b) The pupa is important to the caterpillar.

(c) A butterfly’s wings are made of feathers.

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