ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL (JUMOR) SEMESTRAL ASSESSMENT 1 - 2012 ENGLISH LANGUAGE PRIMARY 3 Name _ coo clase :P3( Date: © May 2042 BOOKLET A 20 Questions 25 Marke ‘Total Time For Booklet Aand + 7 hour 15 minutes INSTRUCTIONS To CANDIDATES 4. Donot open tha booklet until you ate told to do so. 2 Follow allinstructions carefully 3 Answer all questions. ‘This paper consists of 6 printed pages (inclusive of cover page) Acs unPacizee2 xtPart 1: Vocabulary (6 marks ‘Choose the most suitable answer and shade the correct aval in the Optical Answer ‘Shoot. 1. Thedoctor's face was. and sullen when he broke the bad ‘ews to his patient. (2 gloomy @) essed () Shocked @) —overoyed 2. Thelelevsion piture kept up and down () Jooting (@) ashing (3) swaying (8) inking BAL las wil onable you S00 the deals of laf more ary (1) inert (2) magnetic (3) miniature (4) magnifying 4. The police made use of ofthe master eriinal ___________ device to find aut the tocation O) waining (2) trekking 3) tracking (3) taming {Lennon has very few filends because he has a temper tke alan (volcano Q) chimney ©) hurcane (@)— electe fon 8. Tom was @ very timid child but he has grown into a aut. ay 2) bad @) bold lay ACU) Ps 20225K11 10. 1". 2 Part: Grammar {8 marks) hose the correct answer and chade the correct oval in the Optical Answer Sheet. ‘My cousin fs studying in Ngee Ann Gils’ Schoot, eh Primary 6. He @) She @) His Her ‘Your hai tobe styled. Itlooks ike @ mop! ) need 2) needs @) needed (4) hasnecded Fal the parts of my body, my abdomen Is the (1) fatter (2) fattest @) more fat (@)— mosttat Newer accept anyting a stranger. by @ © @ mn ©) trom Judy cut her knee id not ery. (0 @ as @) but (@) than “There are too poncis in this big box for moto count ail by myst (tow @) te @) many (4) much su 32012 a13, "Pleasehebp {othe cookies and tea that you see on the lable,” the hoat tad He guest. 2) tiensott (@) yourself (yourselves @)— themeches 14, The concert wes, because of rain (1) called in (@) called yp @ called of G4) called out Parts : Punctuation (1 maria Choose the correct answer and shade the correct oval the Optical Answer Sheet, 16. “Put yourhands wp [Jtthe policeman shouted atthe robber (2) {cormma (2) ttstop (9) Plavestin mark (4) [exclamation mark Acsuye32012501ort 4: Compreeinston MCQ (10 marks) Read the passage below carefully and answer the question 16 fo 20, [1h 7883, a creative anginosr named John Roebling was inspired by an Kea to ] build epectacular bridge connecting New York with Long Island. However bridge building experts throughout the world thought that this was an impossible feat and {old Roebiing to forget the idea. just could not be done. Itwas not practical thad never been done before Rooting could notignore the vision he had in his mind of this bridge. He ‘knew deep in is heart that t could be done. Ho just had to tia the dream with someone else. Air much discussion and persuasion, he managed to convince his ‘son Washington, an up-and-coming engineer, that the brig infact could be bait ‘Working together forthe fist timo, te fther and son, with great excitement and Inspiration, hired thelr crew and began to buld thelr dream bridge, ‘The projea started well, but when it was only a few months undensay, a traghe ‘accident on the ste took th fife of John Roebling. Washington was injured and eft witha certain amount of bain damage, which resulted in im not being able to walk or tak or even move. Everyone had a negative comment to mak and fel thal the project should be ‘rapped since the Rosbiings were the only ones wh knew how the bridge could be built. In spite of his hancicap, Washington was never discouraged and sil had a burning deste to complete the bridge and his mind was stil ae sharp as ever. He tied to inspire and pas on his enthusiasm to some of his tends, but they wore too dent he ek, A ey on his bel shes om, adden an | Idea hithim. All he could do was move one finger and he decided to make the best 'e oft. By moving this, he slowly developed a code of communication wih his wife He touched his i's arm nih that inger, indicating to her that he wanted her fo all the engineers again. Thon he used the same methad of tapping her arm lo tell Ie ‘engineers wiot to do. I soamed folsh but the project was under way again Fer thiton oor, Washington tapped ot is ntuctions wth his age on tia tes amt tho tge was aly tempted, Today the epacaror Brkt | Bridge stands a tite th enh of one mars hn spt ants | dtorminaton rota be delete ty cumstances tele atbutow ne | tngiaers anh eam, od thet ah na man who was coined med Sy hal te won ___ etd an apt SS ACS #32012 Sa2For each question from 15 to 20, four options are given, One of them isthe correct ‘answer. Make your choles (1,2, 3or4). Shade the correct oval (1,2, 3.0r4) on the Optical Answer Sheet 16. Though bridge building experts told John Roebling o give up his idea of buliing the bridge, be could no give up his vision (1) itwas not practical (2) ithad neverboen but () twas an Impossible feat (4) erad fathit could be but 17. Te bridge bung project was put on hold 29 a result of ‘everyone's negative comments ‘he injury of Washington Roebling (8) thedeath ofWashington Roebling (4) the death of John Rooting and bie injury of Washington Roebling 18. Inthe Stth paraaraph the word has the same meaning ae overwhelmed, (9) took 2) daunted @) dovelopec (4) enthusiasm 19. Washington could only tp on his wte's arm with his ager to cérnmunicate because (1) he had anidea 2) he loved Ri wate G) he could rotmove o tak (4) tisimind wasn toager sharp 20. The Brooklyn Srldge was competed due to (1) John Rosbiing’s idea (2) the handicap of Washingt 2) te work of Vashingtors wie (4) Weshington’s strong ath and perserverance End of Booklet A csp 201251ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL (JUNIOR) SEMESTRAL ASSESSMENT 1 - 2012 ENGLISH LANGUAGE te a cine Pa.) Dna: ohy cnt ~~ Parent's Signature — tscasatene 2s 1+ onetopen the boot ul youare ol odo. Beooket [Component [ice | ob A 25 [ [[Srammar Clove 4 - _ a 4 _ i [Grammar Cloze 2 4 B _ 7 Comprehension OF 10 ‘Total - 25 ‘This paper consists of 6 printed pages {inclusive of cover page) nesynrae.zen satBart 5 ; Grammar Gloze 4 (6 marks) Read the passago carey. Choose the-correct word fr the words given in the baxes.and waite ts letter (A to F)in each blank. EACH WORD CAN BE USED ONLY ONCE, hie we me ory re Witey ‘Tho Hare was once boasting of his speed before the other animals. "have never yet been beaten,” éaid he, when | put foth my fll speed challenge anyone here to race with (21). “Tho Torloizo sail quot, eonopt your challonge.* “That isa good Joke” sald te Haro," could dance round you all the way.” “xeep your boasting tl youve beaten,” answered the Totose. "Shall 2), re ‘So course was fixed and start was madi. The Haro darted amos! ou of sight at once, but soon sopped and, boloving tat he Tefoke could never catch (22), ‘never fora moment stopped, but went on with a slow but teady pace straight to tho lay down by the wayside to have a nap. The Tortoise ed ofthe esso. Wien the Hare awoke from his nap, he saw the Torole just near the ‘inning post The Hareran as fast 6 (24), ‘could, ba twas 00 lato, He saw the Tortoise had reachad the goa Adopt am Fete or ate ACS) 73.2012 SALPart6 : Grammar Clore 2 (4 marks) ‘Read the passage carefully. Underline the correct word from the words given inthe brackets. "Tom and Tim are tins. Tom (55) [ike kes to read wha Tim (26) [preter | proers | draving reading. ‘oth of hem (27) {ove /foves} ther grandparents very much. Every June ‘holiday, they wil rave to Malaysia and (28) [ stay stays } with them fortwo weeks. ‘Part: Editing for Speting and Grammar (3 marks) FRoad tho passage carefully. The words with speling errors are in bold and the ‘words with grammatical erors are undetined. Write the corectspefing or form of ‘word in sach box. (2a) Jn Malaysia, the barana is one of the fruits which are avallabol Hwougiout the year. Over forty varieties of bananas are grown in the county “The most popular ypes are the Rasta’ and Pisang Rela’. They are ) ‘commonly aiaivn Gardens and Tarms because they need ile care. The banana leaves ate also useful. The leaves can be used to wrap cakes and ree. Many Indian | ‘estraunfs use Barina aves as oles to serve ic to ther customers. ‘8s (3 201252Part : Synthesis and Transformation (4 marks) For each question, rene the given sontoncef) using the words) provided. Your “answer must bein ene senfonce. The moaning of your sentence must be the same a8 te meaning of the given sentonce(s). 82, The policemen ran after the burglar. They could not catch tim. a but Ben wes hongry. Ben bought a burger ne ‘css 2012 satBart : Comprehension Open-Ended (10 marks) Read the letter below caroklly and answer the questions Below, ltovas the last day of school. | thought of iow fe had fom by. Ithad besn a ‘wonderful year even though | had changed schools, had to make all new fiends, have new teachers and ride a bus to school. Although at fst had been a bit scaced, "nod made it through, (One day, my best fiend Nick and I wore siting atthe canteen talking about a ‘new boy, Bob. He looked scrawny, his uniform was old and dity and shoes were tom and tattered as his parents could not afford to get new ones for him. He looked ke he really nesded a fiend. So we thought of a plan that might help Bob feet beter. Nick and | decid that wo would be his secret pals We began ital by pacing a greeting card on Bob's desk. When he went for Toz0ss, we placed a packet of cookies on is desk. Another day, we let him a comic. book. For the next two weeks, we secrelly Jef things for him like candies and puzzles. ‘The day before term ended, Nick and 1 planned the final surprise for our ‘secret pal. We sneaked ino our classroom and placed a box containing two Few ‘els of uniform, two pairs cf socks and! a pair of shoos on Bob's table. Ae we-were walking owards the ext of eur classroom, we saw Bob standing near the door. Thank you," he whispered with tears his eves. [As | climbed the step into the school bus atthe nd of that day, | smiled to ‘ysl. Ithad been a beter year than | would ever have imagined. | had male lots of new fiends and enjoyed my classes, but best of al, | had made someone else's year a tle brighter. — ‘ACS F3 2012 SAL\Wiite your anewers in compte sentences 34, 95, 36. 97. ow di the write feet tthe start of tne school year? Which word in paragraph 2 tolls us that Bob was unploasantly tht”? ‘What was the fst thing thatthe wate and Nick did to make Bob feet better? \Who does “somecne" inthe last paragraph refer to? End of Booklet 8 ‘ACS PB 2012 SAL osANSWER SHEET ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL. (JUNIOR) ‘Semestral Assossment (1) 2012 PRIMARY 3 - ENGLISH 1) 12) 13 @ 14 @ Is) 18 WraGranmann aes ama RG P alt: Comprehension Nee 16. 4) |17. [18 @ [19 (3) [20. | likes. 26. prefers _| 27. love | 28. stay [SS Pant 7: Baitnig for Speling ahd Gram E a [2e-avaiabe [a gromn | Steseuene | Ea Pa 6 Sys and Transforaion 32 __|"The policemen ran after the burglar but they could not catch Fi. 33 _|/As Ben was hungry. he bought a burger. Part 3: Compraliension Opeendedi= =~ = {Q:_How did the writer feel atthe start of the school year? 34 _[A: The writer fel abit scared atthe sar of the school year. ‘@: Which wordin paragraph 2 tells us that Bob was unpleasantly thin? 35__[A: The word is "scrawny‘Wat was the frst thing that the writer and Nick did to make Bob feel better? 36__[[A: The first thing they ddl was place a gresting card on Bob’s desk {@: How did Bob show his appreciation to the writer and Nick? ‘A:_Bob showed his epprecation to them by thanking them, EA {Q: Who does "someone" in the last paragraph refer to? ‘A; "Someone’in the las paragraph refers to Bob, 38