Section E: Form Filling (5 marks)

Read the following information and complete the application form by filling in the
blanks numbered 21 to 25.

You are Janice Tan, a 12-year-old student, and you would like to volunteer at Smiley
Old Folks Home on weekends. You are presently living at Block 21, Helpful Road,
#03-87, Singapore 467098. Complete the registration form below.

Volunteer Form

REGISTRATION FORM

21 Full Name: ____________________________________________

(in BLOCK LETTERS)

22 Gender: Male / Female*

23 Age: _______________

24 Address: _____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

Singapore ( ____________________ )

25 Please tick ✓ the appropriate box:

Weekdays (10am – noon)

Weekdays (3pm – 5pm)

Weekends (10am – 3pm)

*Please delete accordingly.

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Section F: Editing for Grammar (6 marks)

Each of the underlined words contains a grammatical error. Write the correct word in
each of the boxes.

Once upon a time, a man and his wife had a good fortune to have a goose
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which laid a golden egg every day. They soon began to thought that they were not
(27)
getting rich fast enough.

They imagine that if the bird must be able to lay golden eggs, its insides
(28)

must be make of gold. They thought that if they could get all the precious metal
(29)

at once, they will get mighty rich very soon. So, the man and his wife decided
(30)

to kill the bird.

However, upon cut the goose open, they were shocked to find that its
(31)

innards were like any other goose!

Adapted from: http://www.kidsworldfun.com/shortstories_goosewithgoldeneggs.php

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Section G: Editing for Spelling (6 marks)

Each of the underlined words contains a spelling error. Write the correct spelling of
the word in each of the boxes.

Once there were two parrots. Their parents brought them up and tourt them
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well. They lernt how to fly and how to take care of themselves. One day, while their
(33)

parents were out looking for food, a hunter corht the young parrots. The young

(34)

parrots strahggled and one of them managed to escape from the hunter. The other

(35)

was kept in a cage and taken to the hunter’s house.

The parrot which escaped tried looking for his brother. He flew to many

places and finally after a few years, the keptured parrot was finally freed when his
(36)

brother sayved him. Their parents were so glad to have their children back with them.
(37)

Adapted from: http://www.english-for-students.com/Good-Company-and-Bad-Company.html

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Section H: Comprehension - Completion of Sentences (5 marks)

Read the following advertisement and use the information to complete the sentences
in questions 38 to 42.

Come and join us for our grand opening!

30th June 2016
10am – 6pm

Love Reading and

want to get your
hands on the latest
books?
All are welcome!
*children below the age of 7 years old must be
accompanied by their parents You can borrow up to
8 books that day!
10 am Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Twice the amount!
11am Light Refreshments
1pm Bookmark Competition
3pm Book Jacket Competition
5pm Storytelling Competition

Be a Volunteer Librarian
Please call Miss Mimi Ann at 6348 7834 to enquire
and sign up at Joo Koon Public Library
35, Joo Koon Road, Singapore 234975

PROUDLY ORGANISED BY NATIONAL LIBRARY BOARD

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Based on the information given on page 5, complete each sentence with a suitable
word or words.

38 The grand opening is organized by ____________________________

________________________________________________________.

39 The grand opening is held at _________________________________

________________________________________________________.

40 Everyone can borrow ___________________ books on that day.

41 If you would like to have some food before taking part in the

competition, you must be at Joo Koon library at _________________.

42 To find out more about being a volunteer librarian, you can _________

________________________________________________________.

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Section I: Synthesis (3 marks)

For each of the questions 43 to 45, combine the sentences to make one sentence
using the word(s) given. The meaning of the sentence must be the same as the
sentences given.

43 I went to the cinema. I wanted to watch a movie.

__________________________________________________________ as

____________________________________________________________.

44 You can chose to wear the white shirt. You can choose to wear the blue shirt.

________________________________ either _______________________

or __________________________________________________________.

45 James likes cooking. Annie likes cooking too.

Both ________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________.

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Section J: Comprehension Cloze (5 marks)

Read the passage and fill in each black with a suitable word.

I stepped inside the school toilet during recess and I heard someone crying

in the cubicle. I was __________________ and decided to find out who it was and
(46)

why she was crying.

“Are you alright? Do you need any help? I asked while ________________
(47)

on the cubicle door. My hands hurt because I had to knock for quite some time. She

finally opened the door when she realized that I was not going to stop.

I know the girl. We are in the same class. She is my ________________.

(48)

She told me that she had ________________ to bring her book and she was
(49)

worried that her teacher would scold her.

I promised to be with her when she explains her situation to the teacher. She

finally agreed to come out of the cubicle and we walked to the Teachers’ Staff Room

___________________.
(50)

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 Section K: Comprehension – Passage A (4 marks)

Read passages A and B carefully and answer questions 51 to 53.

Passage A

In 1876,
i2 the Dewey Decimal System was invented by Melville Dewey. He was an
American librarian and educator. This Decimal system is used to organize resources in
most school libraries. The Dewy Decimal System organizes information into 10 main
subject areas using number from 000-900.

Each book is then given a ‘Call Number’. This

acts like the book’s address on the shelves.
The first row is the number in the Dewey
Decimal system and the second row are the
first three letters of the author’s surname. The
books are arranged on the shelves in number
order, according to their topic. This allows
people to look for books in the library quickly
and easily.

Adapted from http://kidcyber.com.au/tag/dewey-decimal-system-for-kids retrieved on 30 January 2016

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 Based on Passage A on page 9, answer question 51 to 53.

51 In the first paragraph, what does “He” in bold refer to? [1m]

52 As described in the second paragraph, what is needed to give a book a

‘Call Number’? Fill in (a) and (b) below.
[2m]

Call Number

(a) (b)

53. The Dewey Decimal system was invented so long ago. Why do people still use
it now? [1m]

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________.

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 Section L: Comprehension – Passage B (6 marks)

Passage B

Matilda is a young girl who is often ill-treated and neglected by her father and
mother. She learnt to take care of herself at a very young age as no one would take
care of her.

Every day after her parents had gone off to work, she would go to the library to
read during her free time. She loves reading very much. She loves imagining about the
characters she has read in the books as it helps her forget about her sad
circumstances. By four years old, she had read all the children storybooks in the library
and she was ready to read the adult books.

The librarian saw her coming to the library to read every day. She told Matilda
that she could borrow books with a library card. The library card would allow her to
borrow the books she wanted and she would only need to go to the library to borrow
and return books. Matilda was delighted. Now, she can read books in her own home.

Adapted from Matilda by Roald Dahl

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Based on Passage B on pg 11, answer questions 54 to 57.

54 (a) What did Matilda learn to do at a young age?

Put a tick  in the box beside your chosen answer. [1m]

She learnt to be a librarian.

She learnt to ill-treat others.

She learnt to take care of herself.

She learnt to behave like her parents.

(b) What is Matilda’s hobby? [1]

_____________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________

55 Pick one word from the third paragraph that shows how Matilda feels about
borrowing books. [1m]

56 From what you have read, give an adjective to describe Matilda. Explain your
answer. [2m]

___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________.

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57 Write 1, 2 and 3 in the boxes below to indicate the order in which the
events occurred in the story. [1m]

Matilda borrows books from the library.

Matilda goes to the library to read.

Matilda read all of the children books in the library.

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