ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS ANSWERS

TEST 1
1.presides 2. organisation 3. society 4. international 5. customary 6. elected 7. Republic
8.honourable, 9.March, 10.2003. 11.Tobago’s 12.achievement! 13.show/shown
14.spread/spreads 15.release/released 16.through/with 17.no/any 18.who/which or that
19.Natural disasters mentioned in the passage are hurricanes, floods, and avalanches. (Any two)
20. If we exploit natural resources like forests and water bodies, it will create an imbalance in the
ecosystem.
21.The main purpose of the passage is to inform the reader about what is global warning, its causes,
effects and what we need to do to have a healthy planet.
22. This line tells the reader that the natural resources will eventually finish/run out/ not be available for
a long period of time and it must be used carefully/wisely/sensibly/cautiously.
23.Reforestation means replanting.
24. Two measures are to make and enforce laws to prevent cutting of tress in forested areas and
encourage reforestation projects. (Any other suitable answer)
25. A suitable title is “Facts about Global Warming”.
26.The teacher saw the poet on Saturday. She was buying groceries.
27.The writer appeals to the sense of sight. “And then she caught my eye”.
28.The poet found it difficult to hide in the grocery because it had rows of jars and cans and little room to
hide.
29.The poet’s opinion is that teachers should not walk about on Saturdays although some people feel it’s
fine for them to do so.
30.The poet felt nervous.
31The poet had done something wrong and he didn’t want the teacher to tell his mother what he did in
school the day before.
32.Saturday Grocery Shopping/My Teacher at the Grocery/Meeting my Teacher
33.The graph represents the number of hotdogs sold per day from Monday to Friday.
The number of hotdogs sold is represented on the vertical axis.
34.The purpose of representing the information on the graph is to track and show changes and patterns
in the sales from day to day.
35.The number of hotdogs sold can be increased by advertising that there is a sale or special offer.
36. Yes because a pictograph will also easily display or show the number of hotdogs sold from Monday
to Friday.

TEST 2
1.experimenting 2. easily 3. effortlessly 4.struggling 5.rubber 6.electricity
7. “Help!” 8.water. 9.items: 10. ”I’m 11.victim’s 12. However, 13.regular/regularly
14.putted/put 15. with/at 16.boldly/bold 17.it’s/its 18.whom/which or that
19. The main idea is the number of eggs an insect can yield changes greatly from one kind of insect to
another.
20. The termite is referred to as ‘the champion of all’ because termites have been known to lay more
than 5000 eggs in a single day, and a single queen in her lifetime mat lay as many as three million eggs.
21. Produce has the same meaning as yield.
22. The main theme is how nymphs shed their skin.
23Termite may strive best in warm climates where they live most comfortably, and known to lay more
than 5000 eggs in a single day.
24 If the termite population is not controlled they will destroy homes/cupboard etc made with wood
since wood is a main part of their main diet.
25.“Facts about Insects”.
26. The poet complained about Derek copying his homework, taking his rubber and calling him rude
names. (any 3)
27.Go and sit in the hall, go and sit in the sink, take your books on the roof, do whatever you think.
28.The line “What shall I do?” is repeated by the poet to emphasise that the poet does not know what to
do about Derek’s behaviour and he is quite frustrated by him.
29.The phrase ‘calling me rude names’ means that the poet is being called names that are disrespectful
and offensive.
30.The mood of the teacher is frustrated and angry because she has to deal with complaints of the
students all the time/ The poet complains too much.
31. No, the teacher is not acting responsibly because she needs to deal with Derek and his behaviour. She
is encouraging Derek to continue his unacceptable behaviour. (Any other suitable answer)
Yes.the teacher is acting responsibly because the poet needs to handle some situations in the classroom
with friends and not depend on the teacher all the time.
32.Another title for the poem is “The Complaints”/”Bothersome Derek” or any other suitable answer.
33.(1)The female mosquitoes lay eggs in containers that hold water. (11) The larvae develop into pupae
in as few as five days.
34. The purpose of arrows in the graphic is to indicate the continuous sequence or steps in the cycle
from adult to eggs to larvae to pupae then back to adult.
35. Life Cycle of a Mosquito is a suitable title because the graphic represents all the stages in the life of a
mosquito from eggs to larvae to pupae to adult. (Any other suitable answer)
36. Yes. Images were used in each stage to effectively convey how each stage looks/ enhance readers’
understanding of the stages/inform the reader how each stage looks.
No with a reasonable answer.

TEST 3
1.efficient 2. restaurant 3. employment 4. enforce 5. authorities 6. providing
7. Madam, 8. Usain 9. “Yes 10. items: 11. bread, 12. vagrant’s 13.themself/themselves
14.deers/deer 15.aimless/aimlessly 16.who/whom 17.directs/directed 18.keener/keenest
19.(1)Pepper encountered an elk.
(11)Pepper walked up to the big elk with horns, hoping it would play. But it didn’t The two big elk chased
him down the hill and Pepper ran down the hill and out the gate right into a dogcatcher.
20.This was not his first experience with the dogcatcher. He remembered how once a dog catcher caught
him and took him to that awful place where dogs and cats were locked up in kennels.
21.The mood of is scared or frightened. Line: How frightened all the animals were, which only made
Pepper more frightened.
22.”whimpered” means whined, moaned, cried
23. Grazing calmly/ two large brownish-grey animals with big ears and one with a rack of horns
24.He could be put up for adoption or put to sleep.
25. Pepper’s Mommy apologized to the dogcatcher and related that the gate wasn’t shut so he came
out. They have been looking for him. The dogcatcher did not take Pepper and Mommy and Little Boy
hugged and kissed him.
26(1).Dreams are compared to a pillow.
(11)The one who remembers and learns.
27. Apart from anger, one other thing that the poet states you should get rid off is despair.
28.The mood is hurt or pain. Example: “the heart ache that burns”.
29.A line where the poet shows contrasting emotions in the poem is “Push away despair, nurture the
hope”. This means to avoid hopelessness and misery and develop a sense of confidence in what you do.
30.One word that mans the same as ”destination” is dream.
31. “Nurture the moment” tells the reader to cherish what is taking place at that time.
32.In holding fast to your dreams, you need to push away all negativities, learn from your mistakes and
be hopeful.
33. Milk/cream/milk powder/whey protein/stabilizers/liquid sugar. Any two.
34.The purpose of the hardening stage is to ensure that the ice-cream is hard enough and will not melt
easily during distribution to the shops, groceries etc.
35. Arrows are used on the flow chart to indicate or show the sequence in the processes in the making
of the ice-cream/to show how the information are connected/to make it easier to read and interpret the
information.
36.Any stage with a suitable response.
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TEST 4
1.interesting 2.weight 3.travellers 4.thriving 5.destruction 6.endangered 7.Youtube 8.sites.
9.media: 10.You’ll 11.videos, 12.presence? 13.study/studied 14.statistic/statistical
15.adverse/adversely 16.of/in 17. intenser/intense
18. are/is
19. e-books are stored and used as computer files
20.Genre means type/kind/category.
21.This means that e books are a substitute to the usual or customary paper books.
22. ebooks have further information, plot summaries, reviews and pictures.
23. They usually provide several chapters to read free so you can try-before-you-buy, just as in a
bookstore.
24. Student’s response with suitable reason.
25.”Facts about e books” or any other suitable answer.
26. Whispering and gurgling in its knotted bed/ Sometimes a hawk screams/ with his loud careless tap/
Sometimes I hear the dreamy white-throat.
27.The mood is peacefulness. “How still it is here in the woods”/ “The trees stand motionless” / “The air
hangs quiet as spaces in a marble frieze”/ “of around the shadowy sun-pierced silences”
28.Two examples of personification are: Sometimes a hawk screams/ The trees stand motionless/ The
air hangs quiet as spaces in a marble frieze.
29.The trees were described as motionless because the wind was not blowing and it was very still.
30.Stillness means the same as motionless.
31. The mood of the poem remained the same throughout the poem. At the end solitude and stillness
remained.
32The poet’s purpose for going into the woods was to enjoy the peace and tranquility of the woods/for
rest and relaxation.
33.Dan is responsible for putting out the advertisement.
Incentives are: Buy two and get one free and phones as low as $500.
34.Illustrations are used in the advertisement to effectively convey the information and attract the
reader’s attention/enhance the viewer’s interest and understanding.
35.To attract the readers’ attention so that they will read the advertisement and be persuaded to buy
the product.
36.Facebook because a large number of people are on that social media.

TEST 5
1.internationally 2. atmosphere 3. radiation 4. temperature 5. devastating 6. glacier 7.”Have
8.Saturdays?” 9.Harry’s 10. teacher, 11.Recreation 12. sessions. 13.entail/entails
14.himself/oneself 15.used/use 16.constant/constantly 17.but/and 18.simplier/simpliest
19. Rain fall but rarely, is scanty in amount an uncertain in its season. Day temperatures are very high
but the nights are cool and frost are not unknown. The sky is usually cloudless and the air has very low
humidity.
20. The plants have adapted themselves against loss of water by having few leaves (some have spines
instead), thick skins and roots which go down deep. The animals are of kinds that can travel far and fast
and live for some time without drinking.
21.It suggests that because of the desert conditions, people and animals living there are few.
22. Inhabitants are the people or residents living there.
23.Important resources of the Sahara desert/Main crops and minerals of the Sahara desert.
24.If the stream dries out, the settled folks will have to move and find other places to reside where there
is water.
25. A suitable title for the passage is “The Sahara Desert”/ “Life in the Sahara Desert”/”Facts about the
Sahara Desert”.
26. He can make sculptures and fabulous machines, invent games, tell jokes.
27.The figure of speech is a simile. The boy is compared to an old man. Like an old man, the boy gazes,
sighing and shaking his head. Just like the old man knows that mountains are impassable, he knows that
he cannot read.
28.He gazes into the air.
29.The reader is between 4 to 8 because he reads the Ladybird books which is for that age group and he
sits on the person’s lap to read. Lines 6 and 7.
30.Lines 13/14: He toys with words letting them go cold.
31.Relent tells us that the poet who is assisting the person to read eventually gives up or surrenders.
32.Reading is important because it helps to develop children’s minds and language skills. Children learn
new information. Reading is the building block of life and later on as adults, it will help secure a good
education and good jobs.
33.To inform the reader how to sort their trash for reducing, reusing and recycling. To encourage the
reader to reduce, reuse and to recycle.
34.Illustrations are used in the poster to effectively convey the information and attract the reader’s
attention/enhance the reader’s interest and understanding.
35.Recycling is important because it helps to reduce the pollution caused by waste/ waste materials can
be reused or converted into a reusable material.
36.Yes,I would include the pictures of items to recycle because the pictures clearly indicated the
examples of items to recycle in each category.
No,I would not use the pictures because the names of each category clearly indicates what has to be
recycled.

TEST 6
1.foremost 2.competition 3.peaceful 4.activities 5.Committee 6.impressive 7.day!
8.Thomas, 9.Valley 10.students’ 11.trip. 12.enclosures: 13.was/were 14.have/had
15.went/gone 16.ny/into 17.hisself/himself 18.confess/confessed
19.The dog Lassie, the woman, the man, the boy and the duke are all the characters in the story.
20.The dog lifted itself to its feet for the first time to stand over a bowl of oatmeal, putting its head
down and lapping again and again.
21.The man and woman had an argument over the dog.
22.Quivered means shook/trembled.
23. Lassie’s real owner was the duke. “But the day that the duke comes back, then back she goes too.
For she belongs to him”.
24.The boy experienced sadness that the duke was back and would take Lassie away. Then he
experienced hope when his mother agreed to talk to the duke for him to keep Lassie.
25.Yes the boy got to keep the dog because the Duke saw how much they had taken care of him and
how much the boy loved the dog.
No, the boy did not get to keep the dog because it was the Duke’s dog and he took him away.
26.The poet wanted some peace and quiet and a window so he doesn’t get hot.
27.The poet appeals to the sense of sound. Examples: the pen’s click/ the paper’s rustle/ the air
conditioning whirring.
28.This line tells the reader that the student feels nervous/fearful about the examination.
29.Shirk means to avoid.
30.It is repeated to emphasize that the student is obligated/have to go/must go to the library to write
the exam.
31. The student wants to feel the assurance from other students that they are also going through a
tough time with the exam. He is looking forward to the exam ending so that he could rest and relax.
32.No the student does not enjoy exam time because he states that its nagging work and creates a deep
panic stirring or anxiety and nervousness.
33.The owners of Aimees A + Family Daycare are responsible for putting out the advertisement.
Facebook, Website-www.aimeesaplusweebly.com and telephone-626-914-3692
34.To inform the public that A+Family Daycare is currently enrolling children.
35. ‘Currently Enrolling’ means that the school is presently registering children in the Daycare.
36.Yes, the pictures show happy children so that parents will be attracted to the flyer and will be
encouraged to enroll their children.
No, too many pictures are used and the important information is already on the flyer.
TEST 7
1.February 2.Hemisphere 3.beaches 4.delightfully 5.tough 6.hibernating 7.frogs, 8.Ali
9.I’m 10.water. 11.gills,” 12. “The 13.is/are 14.so/but 15.function/functions 16.for/against
17.destruction/destructive 18.primary/primarily
19. Home owners and gardeners often make their own natural fertilizers by allowing leaves, grass,
kitchen scraps and other organic material to rot in a compost pile.
20. The decayed organic material is rich in nitrogen, phosphorus and many other elements. When this
organic material is mixed into the soil, it also makes the soil easier to plow and helps the soil take up and
store water.
21.Decayed means rotten or decomposed.
22.Nitrogen, Phosphorus and potassium are the soil nutrients that plants use in the largest amounts.
23. The elements found in chemical fertilizers usually come from rocks or minerals. The production of
chemical fertilizers often requires much energy. As a result, they have become more expensive than
organic fertilizers.
24.1.The farmer can use organic materials that come from plants such as leaves, grass, kitchen scraps and
other organic material to rot in a compost pile. 2. Some organic fertilizers are waste products of living
organisms. The farmer can accumulate this and make farm manure.
25.Organic and Chemical Fertilizers.
26. The wind whistles by/ screams of delighted children toss and turn.
27. Examples of personification: The wind whistles by/clothes wave/blinding flashes tremble/march of
the storm.
28.One mood generated is excitement or happiness. Line : screams of delighted children toss and turn.
29..The clouds are filled with water ready to burst open.
30.They were aware of the approaching storm and were rushing/running about quickly as they were
getting prepared for the storm.
31.The word “whirling” suitable describes the turning/revolving/rotating/spinning action of the wind
made during a storm.
32.Yes because they were darting in and about madly trying to get prepared for the storm.
No because even though they knew that the storm was approaching, they left the children playing
outside in the whirling wind.
33. (1) The dangers resulting from climate change are melting polar ice, droughts and rising sea levels.
(11) The entire planet is affected by climate change.
34. Planting of trees/ not burning garbage can reduce the effects of climate change.
35. Images are used to attract the readers’ attention/highlight the important information/ help the
reader understand the information/ appeal to the readers’ senses.
36. A suitable title is ‘Effects of Climate Change’.

TEST 8
1.surges 2.height 3.destruction 4.typically 5.boundaries 6.plummets 7.that’s 8.vacationers’
9.premises. 10.can’t 11.Tobago, 12.Caribbean 13.Japan/Japanese 14.century/centuries
15.original/originally 16.cutted/cut 17.cleverer/clever 18.more/most
19. Food provides energy for work and play, for breathing and for the heart’s beating. The building
materials for muscles, bone and blood come from food.
20. A balanced diet is a diet containing the right proportions of the main ingredients: carbohydrates,
proteins, fats, fibres, minerals, vitamins and fluids. A balanced diet is necessary for us to stay healthy and
because it contains energy to power the chemical reactions of the body.
 21. If you are putting on weight, it means you are taking in too much energy. This excess is being
converted to fat for storage in your body. if you are getting lighter you are not getting enough energy and
your body is using some of its fat stores to make up for the lack.
22.The energy our bodies use or any similar answer.
23. Children who are growing and also active need extra calories. An adult over 60 need fewer calories
than an average adult partly because they are less active and partly because some of their body tissues
become chemically less active.
24.” right proportions’ means the correct amount or quantity.
25.Denis would need on average a little under 3000 calories a day. Ravi needs more calories in his diet
because he is a construction worker and a manual worker would need 4 000 or more calories because of
the energy used up in strenuous physical activity.
26.The sense of sight.
27.Personification: And run until/ then seems to rest/as wind falls/ Climbing to the quest.
28. The wind causes the kite to dive and dip and snap its tail.
29.The string goes slack or loose when the wind falls and the kite starts to drop in height.
30.Soars means flies.
31. A new kite can flap on a string and land on the top of a tree.
32.Hot, sunny, windy conditions are needed for kite flying because the kite needs the wind to go up.
33.Chadwick Moore is celebrating his birthday. The venue is the Moore’s backyard, 8473 Windsor Drive,
Salisbury.
34.Special means extraordinary/exceptional/unique
35. It is referred to as the “Greatest Birthday Party on Earth” because of the major attraction of the
circus.? There will be many exciting activities for the children. (Any other suitable answer)
36. Yes because a lion may be a part of the circus team and will attract the children or any other suitable
response.
No—Some children might be scared and not come to the party/A lion is dangerous to have at a birthday
party or any other suitable response.

TEST 9
1.control 2.appropriate 3.authorities 4.effect 5.conditions 6.postponing 7.world’s
8.pleasure, 9.Hood” 10.Walter 11.‘Once 12.end. 13.larger/largest 14.with/from
15.was/is 16.produce/produced 17.among/between 18.hisself/himself
19. The car had broken down. He was tired and hungry and did not want to spend the night in the car
with the rain coming down.
20(1).He felt that unseen eyes were watching him. Once he thought he heard someone following him,
just beyond the light of the lamp and he turned the corner and he saw something white waving for a
moment in front of him.
(11) He told himself that he refused to be foolish and that he was not frightened.
21.The mood was frightened or scared. Line: Cold, hungry, and a little frightened, I came back to the
dining room.
22. He woke up with an uncomfortable feeling that there was someone - or something - in the room.
23.They were indecisive about whether or not to let the speaker go because of what he may have seen
or heard.
24.Yes, the speaker did the right thing. He did the right thing because they were thieves who had stolen
furs and other things during the past month while the owners of the house were on holiday.
25.George would have kidnapped him and asked his family for a ransom or maybe kill him because he saw
them in the house.
26.A campfire left unguarded and a match tossed carelessly may cause destruction and tragedy.
27.Personification: “Of a graceful pine”
28.The forest fire is referred to as an assassin because it is a killer/destroyer of all tress and animal life in
its path.
29.Safeguarding and protection.
30. The poet cares about the trees and feels protective about them. He resolves to protect all trees, to
guard their heaven-sent beauty and to save the forest.
The poet admires the trees. He describes the trees as having perfect beauty and spreading grandeur.
31.Yes, the title is suitable because the poet pledges to safeguard and protect the tree and forests. He
says it our duty to do so.
32. The message is that the protection of the forest and trees is a sacred duty. We should save the
forest.
33. The ticket can allow one to enter a cinema /movie. The ticket holder will be seated in row 2, seat 24.
34.Some words are written in bold to highlight important information/attract the readers’ attention.
35. Two images of the ticket are represented because one image is the front of the ticket and the other
is the back of the ticket.
36.In case you need to leave the venue, it represents proof of your purchase, if you have to re-enter.

TEST 10
1.intergovernmental 2. globally 3.challenges 4.October 5.preserving 6.humanitarian
7.James’ 8.Tuesday 9.2020. 10.weren’t 11.June: 12.sisters, 13.leave/left 14.lead/led
15.deeply/deep 16.when/but 17.sudden/suddenly 18.laid/lay
19.(1)The parrot refused to talk. (11)An imitator is a copier.
20. They patted them with paint and passed them off as some rare species.
21. “These expressions were, of course, picked up by the parrot over a period of time, after many
repetitions by whichever member of the household had taken on the task of teaching the bird to talk”.
22. Aunt Ruby gave up her efforts to show her love for the parrot and became quite unfriendly towards
the poor bird, making faces at it and calling out, "Can't sing, can't dance!" and other nasty comments.
23.The phrase is ‘and then purposely left the cage door open’.
24.The child let the parrot go because he probably felt sorry for the parrot locked up in the cage and
wanted to give the parrot its freedom to be happy.
25.Aunt Ruby felt embarrassed. Aunt Ruby went ruby-red and dashed indoors.
26.(1) The season mentioned is Spring. (11) The motorbuses were swaying because the streets were
filled with water causing the buses to move.
27.Personification: Thunder gripping the earth/And lightning scrawled on the sky.
28.To avoid objects from injuring them that may fall by strong winds during a storm.
29.Scrawled means scribbled or written across.
30.Yes, the mood varied in the poem. At the beginning the mood was frightening due to the storm but
then happy and gay at the end as the poet welcomes the spring rain and thunder.
31.This is not the first time the poet is experiencing this weather. Spring comes yearly so he would have
experienced thunder, lightning and rain before.
32.Spring Weather/Springtime/Spring Again/Spring Storm
33.(1) The name of the business is Anand’s Bird Sanctuary Tours. (11) Safety measures are all boats are
equipped with life vests and boats are registered and certified.
34.The purpose of the advertisement is to inform the public of Specialised Bird Watching Lectures and
tours.
35.Reservations are bookings or appointments.
36. Yes, I would have included the pictures of the birds to attract the readers’ attention and encourage
people to go on the tour.
No, I would not have included the pictures as all the important information is already in the
advertisement.

TEST 11
1.poisonous 2.extensive 3.chief 4.producing 5.probably 6.environmnet
7.I’ve 8. August 9.it?” 10.say. 11. needed: 12.drinks, 13.or/nor 14.currently/current
15.finds/find 16.for/in 17.subsiding/subside 18.experienced/experience
19. The writer used the visual image of holding a pencil horizontally in the air and applying force to both
ends by pushing down on them. Eventually, the pencil will break somewhere between the two pencil
ends to release the stress placed on it.
20. A seismograph is an instrument used to record the strength of the earthquake and also measures
how long the earthquake occurs while a Richter Scale shows the measurement of an earthquake’s
intensity using points or numbers.
21.”significant” means important.
22. “Preparations before, during and after an earthquake’.
23. Indoors: Get under a sturdy piece of furniture where nothing can fall on you and to stay clear of glass
windows and larger objects. Outdoors: You need to stay far away of buildings, trees, and power lines.
24.All our houses are not strong enough to withstand earthquakes. Many have poor structures and
design, made of wood and built on land which is unstable especially on hillsides.
25.”Facts about Earthquakes”.
26.A meeting is being called because someone needs to take care of Grandma.
27.Line 13- “Remember the days when she used to be spry?”
28.She baked her own cookies, made her own pie, helped with lessons, tended seams, kissed away
troubles and mended dreams.
29.Love: Wonderful Grandma, we all loved her so.
Sadness: But who’ll dry our tears, when Grandma is dead?
Rejection: Want? Nobody wants her?
30. Yes, Grandma is now a burden to the family. The lines “Who will take Grandma? Who will it be?
Want? Nobody wants her?” suggest that nobody wants her anymore.
31.The line tells the reader that Grandma is quite old and ailing and may die soon.
32.The poet’s intention is to highlight the good things about Grandma and to show how the elderly are
treated when they are cannot perform family duties and how they are rejected by the family.
33. (1)The Princton Community Cricket Club is responsible for organizing the fundraiser. (11)The
fundraiser is in King’s Park, Central.
34.The main purpose is to inform the public that the Princton Community Cricket Club is having a Car
Wash to assist in sending the cricketers to the T20 in Guyana.
35.”proceeds” means earnings or money collected.
36. The designer used varying fonts to effectively convey the information and attract the reader’s
attention/enhance the viewer’s interest and understanding of important information.

TEST 12
1.modern 2.emergence 3.guiding 4.liberty 5.maintaining 6.especially
7.brother, 8.York 9.trip: 10.items. 11. “Are 12.Rawilns’ 13.good/well 14.calm/calmly
15.amount/number 16.with/of 17.overwhelm/overwhelmed 18.give/giving
19.The man was very helpful, kindhearted, and generous.
20.The woman got the man arrested because he had her purse and she thought he stole her money.
21.ANGER: “The woman yelled at him”
SADNESS: “The man noticed that the woman really felt sad”.
22.The man gave the woman his money because she was a single mother and said the money is for her
son’s school fees. He also noticed that the woman really felt sad so he handed all his money.
23.(1)”inquire’means to ask or question.
(11) “The woman kept on asking where he had hidden her money”.
24.The man’s intention was to follow the woman so that she can reach safely to pay her son’s school
fees without anyone stealing the money.
25.The moral of the story is to don’t judge the intentions of people. Some may be good and we are not
able to see it. Also, before accusing someone wrongfully, find out all the facts.
26.Words are compared to rocks picked hastily from the beach of mind.
27.Line 13: “stinging sentence tears my flesh”
28. A gesture is an action/sign/motion.
29. This line tells the reader to be careful what you say as words once spoken cannot be taken back and
one would have to face the consequences of it.
30.The poet is advising to use signs/actions/signals instead of words because words said in anger hurt
and once said you cannot take them back.
31.The mood of the poet is calm while the mood of the person whom he is speaking to is anger.
32.The poet’s message is to try and control your anger as words spoken in anger can hurt other and
cannot be taken back.
33. (1) Margarine can be used instead of butter. (11)1 cup or 250ml of breadcrumbs are needed.
34.Following the recipe with the correct proportion of ingredients and the correct method ensures that
you produce a good quality product.
35.”incorporate” means to combine.
36.Yes, an image of the final product placed in the recipe is suitable because it will help the reader to
see what the finished product looks like/ to enhance the viewer’s interest/to encourage the reader to
make the product.
No, the image is not necessary because once you follow the method accurately you will get the finished
product. Many recipes do not have images of the final product.
TEST 13
1.wasteful 2.changing 3.environment 4.efficiently 5.managing 6.conservation
7.Mayaro? 8.Resort 9.You’re 10.attractions: 11. water slides, 12.adventure!
13.inform/informed 14.their/his or her 15.has/had 16.quick/quickly 17.within/during
18.better/best
19.The vitamins cannot be stored in the body and so are discharged.
20. It is harmful to take too much of Vitamins A and D and a varied diet prevents this.
21.(1)A vitamin deficiency is when the body does not get a proper share of vitamins/the body lacks
sufficient vitamins. (11) Vital means important.
22.This suggests that foods with vitamins must be eaten daily.
23.Lack of Vitamin D in babies results in rickets, a disease that causes them to grow up with deformed
bones. Adults lacking this vitamin develop a similar disease, osteomalacia.
24.Lack of Vitamin C results in scurvy. A sailor might develop scurvy if they had no fresh fruit and
vegetables on board ship which contains Vitamin C.
25.” The Importance of Vitamins”.
26. Blue Jays, Robins and Chickadees are the birds mentioned in the poem.
27. “They swiftly snatch a morning snack”.
28.The poet does not know the names of all the birds because they guessed bird names and had to look
them up.
29.The birds don’t stand and eat. They fly and dart around and try to feed at the same time.
30. The poet picked out every kind of seed for the birds because there are different types of birds and
they may not all eat the same seeds.
31.This line tells the reader that the birds are moving quickly maybe because they feel scared or are
cautious about their surroundings.
32. Yes, the poet enjoys bird watching because he takes the time to feed them, spends time watching
them and researches information about them.
33. (1) The name of the movie is ‘Pets 2’. (11) The movie will be shown on June 7th.
34. The purpose of using a billboard is to inform the public of the upcoming movie. /To advertise the
movie.
35. To attract the interest of the large number of people who are travelling/A large number of people
travelling will see the advertisement.
36. No this is not the first version of the movie. Pets 2 suggest that there was a Pets or Pets 1 shown
already.

TEST 14
1.influence 2. psychological 3. debatable 4.scientific 5.theories 6.physical
7.James, 8.places: 9. Grenada , 10.Ministry 11.dignitaries. 12.we’ll 13.make/made 14.more
happier/happier 15.participate/participates 16.within/in 17.hanged/hung 18.them/they
19. Rats are known as rodents or gnawing animals.
20. 1. The brown rat is distinctly larger with a body length of up to 25cm. The black rat is more lightly built
and has a body length of 20cm. 11. The tail of the brown rat is always shorter than its body. The black rat
has a longer tail than its body 111.The brown rat is fond of water and it keeps mostly to the ground,
travelling through sewers and basements unlike the black rat which is an excellent climber.
21.Immunity means resistance.
22. The main idea of paragraph 2 is “The destruction caused by rats”.
23.1.You can get rid of all junk around the house that may be a breeding ground for rats 11. Have a cat
around the house. They hunt and kill rats.11. Get the health authorities regularly bait the area.
24. The purpose of the passage is to inform and educate readers about the dangers associated with rats.
The reader is made aware of the diseases they carry and the symptoms of bubonic plague (fever, vomiting
and headaches, painful and swollen lymph nodes appear on the body).
25. “Facts about Rats”
26. Laughed/ gurgled/yawned
27. “I laughed and gurgled through woods” “Stretched and yawned in a myriad of floods” “And left me
cowering”.
28.The growth of factories changed the mood of the river.
29.Cowering means trembling.
30.The river was happy at the beginning as he laughed and gurgled through the woods. At the end he
was saddened and disgusted at the growth of the factories and the pollutants discarded into the river.
31.Chemicals and other pollutants were discarded into the river.
32.As time went by, factories were built close to the river and eventually the river became polluted and
was no longer clean.
33.Any two uses from: Temporarily relieves runny nose, sneezing, itchy watery eyes, itching of nose or
throat, hay fever or upper respiratory allergies associated with sinusitis.
34.Caution is written to warn the users of dangers associated with taking the medication.
35.To attract the readers’ attention and to highlight the name of the medication.
36.Yes because it shows the picture of someone sneezing and this may attract the reader to the product.
It enhances what the medicine temporarily relieves.
No, the image is not necessary because all the facts about what the medication relieves is there on the
label.

TEST 15
1.readiness 2.successful 3.influencing 4.intelligence 5.experiences 6.instructions 7.Bill,
8.Gasparee 9.smugglers’ 10.there?” 11.you’ll 12.”There’s 13.private/privately 14.who/which
or that 15.with/of 16.establish/established 17.found/founded 18.in/of
19. Trampolines can also be a good source of exercise and activity. They can help people improve their
balance and aerial moves.
20. 1. People may bounce too high and land off the trampoline or onto the springs. 11. Many people are
jumping at the same time may collide and cause one another to land in strange ways. Lots of people
have broken bones in this way. 111.Untrained people try to do flips. Landing on your neck or head can
paralyze or even kill you.
21. Clubs and gyms use large safety nets and rubber padding to make it safer.
22.Experts are professionals.
23.This tells the readers that the trampoline is indeed dangerous.
24.No because the injuries outweigh the benefits. List injuries from #25.
Yes,because it is a good source of exercise and activity and helps improve balance and aerial moves.
25. “The Advantages and Disadvantages of the Trampoline”.
26.The poet was wandering up and down one day and he peeped into a window and saw the cobbler.
27.Sound: “Rap-a-tap-tap, tick-a-tack-too”. Sight: “I peeped into a window over the way”.
28.Wandering means travelling.
29.The cobbler made holes for the laces of the shoe.
30.The last four lines are repeated to emphasize the sound of the cobbler’s tools, how focused he is on
making the shoe, and the space he wants to make the shoe.
31. The hand movement of “Putting the needle through and through” needs elbow room.
32. Yes, the cobbler enjoys his work because the poem states “And chuckles and laughs as he hammers
them through”.
No (with a suitable answer)
33.(1) The name of the product is ‘Instant Foam Hand Sanitizer’. (11) Get medical help or contact a
Poison Control Centre right away.
34.Warnings are listed to inform the buyer of the potential hazards/dangers and precautions associated
with the product use.
35. Flammable means combustible or easy to burn/burnable.
36.Yes, the label provides information to the customer on the ingredients of the product, its uses,
warnings and directions for use. It ensures that the customer gets the benefits of the product in a safe
manner. No (with a suitable response)

TEST 16
1.surveillance 2. patrolling 3. assignments 4.mobility 5.communications 6.especially 7.Harry’s
8.Again” 9.items: 10.rulers, 11.Unfortunately, 12.couldn’t 13.has/have 14.looked/looks
15.tooth/teeth 16.with/in 17.swallowed/swallowing 18.lay/lying
19.(1) The boy did not have enough money to buy a doll for his sister and a rose for his mother.
(11) He added some of his money to the boy’s money without him seeing and there was enough for the
doll and even some to spare
20.The mother’s condition was life-threatening/very serious.
21.Sustaining means supporting.
22.Yes, he was affected. “I finished my shopping in a totally different state from when I started. I couldn’t
get the little boy out of my mind”.
23.The writer felt compassion/ sympathy /empathy.
24.1. Heavy penalties for those caught drinking and driving. 11. Have road blocks regularly to check for
drunk drivers. 111. Educate the public on the effects of drinking and driving.
25.The writer’s intention is to make the reader aware of that drinking and driving causes loss of lives. He
also portrays the devastating effect on family members when they lose a loved one.
26. (1) Frank and the poet went to the fields to fly the kite. (11) swaying and rising/rise into the
blue/lifting its head describe the movement of the kite.
27. “Lifting its head against the white” and “Shivering there” are examples of personification.
28.The wind tugged at the kite to take it, untethered, toss and break it. Frank overcame the problem
with the wind by firmly holding on to the Kite.
29.The poet admired Frank because of how he bravely managed the kite against the strong winds that
was tugging it.
30.Shivered means trembled.
31. Two different moods are delight and fear. They felt delight because they were happy that they were
successful in flying the kite. They felt fear because a change in wind may toss it and break it or it may
fall.
32.The poet was rooted to the ground because he was watching and admiring how the kite was rising
higher and higher and swaying from side to side.
33.The areas are between your fingers, under your nails and the tops of your hands.
34. It is recommended to wash and scrub hands for 20 seconds to ensure that you get rid of as much
germs as much possible so preventing you from getting sick and spreading illness to others.
35.Illustrations of the steps are shown so people can clearly see the steps involved in washing hands
properly/see how the hands should be washed.
36. Yes, washing hands properly is important because hands are carriers of a lot of germs and we need
to get rid of these germs as much as possible so preventing us from getting sick and spreading illness to
others.

TEST 17
1.recreational 2. foreign 3. joggers 4.cultural 5.including 6.military 7.p.m. 8.’Outlaws’.
9. however, 10.Nicholas’ 11.that?” 12.It’s 13.more/most 14.around/in 15.reduce/reduced
16.kills/kill 17.powerfully/powerful 18.feet/foot
19. (1) The surgeon uses scalpels and other instruments to cut, shape and remodel the skin, flesh and
bones of the body. (11) Cosmetic surgery is quite common among politicians, models, film stars.
20.A disadvantage of performing cosmetic surgery is that it costs a great deal of money.
21.(1) Remodel means to alter/modify/change.
(11) This skin on both shaved and re-covered areas should grow back normally.
22. Fingers, toes or even limbs that have been cut off accidentally can be joined back using microsurgery.
Tiny blood vessels and nerves can be joined so that the damaged part heals well and works afterwards.
23.Many operations are done on the face because the face is the most looked at part of the body.
24.The theme of paragraph 2 is “Cosmetic Surgery”.
25. A title for the passage is “Types of Plastic Surgery”.
26. (1) Sense of hearing: when the first bird sings, when the wind stirs soft.
(11) Simile: “And the river flows like a stream of glass.”
27.He must fly back to its perch (home/nest) and cling on the bough or branch.
28.The mood is hurt. “And a pain still throbs in the old, old scars.
29. “It is not a carol of joy or glee”.
30.The caged bird wanted to be free.
31.The lines are repeated throughout the poem to emphasize that the poet feels sympathy for the bird
and knows and understands why the bird beats his wings/why he sings/ what he feels.
32.The owner of the bird should have let the bird go because the bird was taken from his natural habitat
and is grieving to go back to its home. The bird is also injuring itself.
33.Information one can get from a cable guide are: the time of the program/name of program/channel
program is shown on/duration of program.
34.Some words are bold and highlighted to attract the readers’ attention and interest and to show
important information.
35.’LIVE’ means that the program is being aired/broadcast/shown exactly the same time as it happens,
rather than being recorded first...
36. Yes A listing of the cable guide is important because it provides information such as the time of the
program/name of program/channel program is shown on/duration of program.
TEST 18
1.tasteless 2. combustion 3. cylinders 4. taking 5. dissolved 6.heights 7. “I’m 8.you?”
9.Raman, 10.Joe’s 11.person: 12. Sadly 13.have/has 14.dedicate/dedicated 15.who/which or
that 16.themselves/itself 17.amount/number 18.faithful/faithfully
19. The salt in the sea stays dissolved forever, therefore the sea is getting more and more salty every
year.
20. Besides salt, there are also very small quantities of other substances such as gold, nickel and
magnesium.
21. Salinity is the degree of saltiness of the oceans.
22. The ice is normally less than 15 metres thick so that submarines are able to pass over the North Pole
underneath the ice.
23. The Mediterranean Sea looks grey and dull under heavy clouds but sparkling blue under a bright sunny
blue sky.
24.The salt has to be removed from the sea water by a process called desalination and treated to make
sea water drinkable.
25.Salty Ocean Water/Salinity of the Ocean/The Salty Ocean
26.The woman is begging.
27.The woman is 80 years old.
28.The woman’s heel is sore from walking long distances and dragging on the road.
29.” Dragging with the sun's heat”/ “Sore her heels with sorrow”/ “scorching drag” suggests that the
woman is suffering.
30.Mercy means kindness/compassion/pity.
31.The mood generated throughout the poem is sadness because the woman is a beggar who is old, facing
hard conditions while begging and crying out for someone’s kindness.
32.The reason why the woman is begging is that she has been blind from birth and is now 80 years and is
crying out for someone's kindness and compassion.
33.(1) Pastor Dr.Deen is responsible for posting the notice. (11) They are domesticated birds professionally
trained to return to its owner.
34. Domesticated means tamed/pet.
35.The purpose of the notice is to inform the public that three white doves have been lost and to
encourage the public to help find the doves.
36.Yes, they are effective because the bold capital letters highlight important information and the image
of the birds captures the readers’ attention.

TEST 19
1.indigestible 2. bodies 3.relatively 4.irregular 5.health 6.variety 7.house!”
8.Hansel 9. couldn’t 10.ate, 11. “Come 12.dears,” 13.are/is 14.besides/beside
15.greedy/greedily 16.was/were 17.theirselves/themselves 18.raised/rose
19.(1) The boy had lost his left arm in a devastating car accident.
(11) The boy began judo lessons with an old Japanese judo master.
20.The boy showed perseverance or determination. The phrase to support is: “the boy kept training”.
21. Opponent is your challenger/rival.
22. The purpose of the boy and sensei reviewing every move in each and every match is to review
mistakes made and suggest strategies to improve in the next match.
23.The boy did not have a left arm. The move that the sensei taught him and he mastered was a defense
move for the opponent to grab his left arm. During the match, the opponent made a critical mistake: he
dropped his guard. Instantly, the boy used his move for the opponent to grab his missing left arm to pin
him and won the game.
24.The boy felt proud.
25. The moral of the story is your biggest weakness can become your biggest strength.
26.The poet is in bed complaining that he doesn’t want to go to school.
27.Three actions of the bullies are they pick on the poet; they call him names and they say that they’re
going to hurt him.
28.Inhabited means occupied by.
29.Line 12: And nobody likes me so I am not going to go.
30.One example of personification is “The playground’s unfriendly”.
31.The mood at the end of the poem is comical because it is expected that a student would not want to
go to school, not the headmaster or principal.
32.The poet eventually had to go to school because he is in charge of the daily operations of the school
and has a lot of responsibilities at school.
33.(1) The services offered are aerobics, crossfit, fitness session and nutrition. (11) An interested person
can call 589 356 9852, visit the gym at 89th Street, Princes Town or use the website www.bestbody.com
34. The main purpose of the flyer is to inform the public about the 50% discount to encourage
The incentive used to join the gym is 50% discount.
35. “Fitness” is written in bold capital letters to attract the readers’ attention so that they will read the
flyer and be persuaded to join the gym.
36. Yes, the images are suitable in the flyer because it attracts the readers and will encourage them to
take the offer of the discount. No, the images are not necessary because the customers can read the
flyer and note the 50% discount/Customers will be attracted to the discount without the images.

TEST 20

1. legally 2. participating 3. constitution 4. beliefs 5. responsibilities 6. military 7. Stanford

8.Claro: 9.however, 10.Gregory’s 11.item. 12.couldn’t 13. work/worked 14. efficient /efficiently
15.quitting/quit or quitted 16.with/in 17.successfully/successful 18.happy/happier
19. When a grain lands on the female part of a flower, the male cells join with the female cells.
20. When the male part of the flower and the female part are on the same flower, self-pollination can
occur. When they are on different flowers cross-pollination many occur.
21. “inconspicuous” means discreet or unnoticeable.
22.The main idea of paragraph 4 is how bees transport pollen grains for fertilization of plants.
23.Cross pollination seems risky because for fertilization to take place, the two flowers must be of the
same kind or species.
24. If the process of pollination and fertilization did not take place plants will not be able to make new
plants and the species will die out. Since plants are producers, other animal that depend on plants for
food would suffer as well.
25. A suitable title for the passage is “Pollination and Fertilization in Plants”.
26.The poet saw the daffodils beside the lake, beneath the trees and along the margin of a bay.
The poet is compared to a cloud that floats on high o’er vales and hills.
27. Words in the first stanza of the poem that suggests movement are fluttering,dancing, floats,
wandered.
28.The mood of the poet is loneliness. “I wandered lonely as a cloud”.
29. Solitude means the same as loneliness.
30.“Continuous as the stars that shine”. This line tells the reader that the daffodils are spread out, non-
stop and unceasing like the stars in the sky.
Imagery: A host of golden daffodils/fluttering and dancing in the breeze/a cloud that floats on high
31.The stars and all the planets are a part of the galaxy known as ‘The Milky Way’.
32.When the poet is on his couch thinking, he remembers the happiness and joy that the daffodils
brought to him.
33.The purpose of the poster is to inform the teachers to have a happy Teachers’ Day/to honour teachers
on Teachers’ Day/ to wish teachers a happy Teachers’ Day
34. “I” refers to a teacher.
35. Yes because they capture the readers’ attention and it’s the children who teachers take care of and
educate throughout their career. (Any other suitable answer)
36.The main message is that teachers may make the world a better place because they made a difference
in the life of a child and that’s all that matters for a teacher.