GIMNASIO BRITÁNICO

FIRST PERIOD EXAM

RESEARCH
GRADE 6TH
2008-2009
TEACHER: CARLOS ANDRÉS LLANOS

Name: ______________________________________ Grade: ____ L.N: _____ Date: __

ACHIEVEMENT INDICATORS

− Formulates meaningful oral and written questions

− Identifies the use and misuse of questions in a cultural artifact
− Uses proper questions to investigate a specific topic
− Constructs a proper question diagram that fully explores phenomena of his/her interest

Does your dog bite?

A man walks into a pub and sits down next to a man with a dog at his feet. "Does your dog bite?"

"No."

A few minutes later the dog bites the man in his leg.

"I thought you said your dog didn't bite!" the man says angry.

"That's not my dog."

Answer the next questions based on the above story

1. What questions should the man ask to obtain a useful answer? Why?
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2. What kind of question is the man asking? Explain your answer

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3. What kind of questions should the man ask? Why?

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Answer the next questions on the answer block according to this table.

Match these questions to the correct answer

4.
Are your eyes blue? Yes, they are
What color are your eyes? No, they are blue
Are your eyes green? Green
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Do you have a red pencil? Yes, you can
Can you lend me a red pencil? Yes, I do
Can I borrow a red pencil? Yes, I can

What kind of questions are these?

a. Redundant b. Closed c. General d. Verifying. Specific

6. Do you believe in God?

7. What color is your hair?
8. Is your name Andrea?
9. Is it a man or a woman?

10. In your answer sheet select the best questions to know find out the number of dots in the picture

a. Are there any dots in the picture?

b. Are there 40 dots in the picture?
c. How many dots are in the picture?
d. Are there some dots in the picture?
e. What is on the picture?

11. What is the best question to start the game “Guess who?”
a. What is your name?
b. Are you a woman?
c. Are you a cartoon?
d. What color is your hair?
e. Are you a dog?

12. A question like “Is your hair blond?” should go

a. At the beginning of the game
b. In the middle of the game
c. In the final part of the game
d. Anywhere
e. Never

13. A question like “Are you real?” should go

a. In the final part of the game
b. At the beginning of the game
c. Anywhere
d. In the middle of the game
e. Never

14. If the character is Pluto a verifying question would be

a. Are you a character from Disney?
b. Are you a Dog?
c. Are you real?
d. Are you Mickey’s pet?
e. Are you crazy?

15. If you think the character is from “The Simpsons” a verifying question would be
a. Are you in a show on Fox channel?
b. Are you a “The Simpsons” character?
c. Do you have yellow skin?
d. Do you live in Springfield?
e. Are you a Simpson?

16. You are traveling down a street and come to a fork in the road. Two guys are standing there, and one of
them will always tell you a lie, and one of them will always tell you the truth. Unfortunately, you don’t know
which guy is which, and only one of the two roads leads to the town you need to get to. Assuming both guys
know which road leads to the town, what one question can you ask to find out which path to take?
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17. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms: The first is full of raging
fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3
years. Which room is safest for him?
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18. Mary's father has five daughters: 1. Nana, 2. Nene, 3. Nini, 4. Nono. What is the name of the fifth
daughter?
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19. You are participating in a race. You overtake the second person. What position are you in?
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20. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
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For the next questions match the question in the right with the intention in the left

21. What is your name? a. Insult

22. Are you stupid? b. Invite
23. Do you want to go to my party? c. Propose a relationship
24. Do you like me? d. Offer food
25. Are you hungry? e. Get information

Answer if the next statements are true (T) or false (F)

26. Questions are not important, the only important thing is the answer
27. Closed questions are answered with Yes or No
28. Questions are a way of doing research
29. We do research everyday
30. Research is for scientist only

26 T F
27 T F
28 T F
29 T F
30 T F

ANSWER BLOCK

To select the correct answer fill the space with a pen, don’t use a pencil.

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b b b b b b b b b b
c c c c c c c c c c
d d d d d d d d d d
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