TEXT 1 (39 marks)

Read Text 1 and answer questions 1-14.

1. What is the personality of Ms Lee?

2. Read paragraphs 1-2 and decide if the following statements are True (T), False (F), or the information is
Not Given (NG). Blacken the correct circle. (4 marks)

T F NG

(i) Ms Lee wears glasses.   

(ii) Sarah’s Dad gets up before her on 1 Sept.   

(iii) Ms Lee teaches English.   

(iv) Ms Lee likes looking after flowers and plants.   

3. Which colour do you think is Ms Lee’s favourite? Why? (2 marks)

4. What activity do Sarah and her best friends join every Tuesday?

5. Which THREE places at school are mentioned in the text? Circle them.

Teacher’s Room Art Room canteen

covered playground sports hall rooftop garden

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6. Sarah has to write about Kitty for a homework assignment. Help her complete the following

passage she is working on. Fill in each blank with ONE word. The word MAY or MAY NOT

appear in the text. (5 marks)

Kitty is one of my best (a) . We spend a lot of time together. We are very

much alike. We both don’t have any (b) or sisters, and we were born

in (c) . Our favourite (d) is table tennis. We also enjoy

singing (e) and playing online games.

7. What does the expression ‘John is very bookish’ (line 19) mean?

It means John likes .

8. Here are some drawings of Ben and Stella on duty. Specify the times they carry out their duties and
briefly describe what they are doing. (6 marks)

(i) When?    (e.g.) before class at 8 a.m.               (ii) When?                                                             

        
 

   

   

   

What to do?  What to do? 

 checks students’ (e.g.) uniforms  collects

(iii) When?                                                                (iv) When?                                                             

           

   

   

   

What to do?  What to do? 

 cleans 
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9. What or who does ‘they’ (line 32) refer to?

10. You are at Sarah’s house after school. Sarah is creating her personal profile for the school website. Help
Sarah complete the information required below. (7 marks)

Name:      Sarah Ko                 

    (a)         boy       girl 

Form:        S.1                         

Number of brothers: (e)             
Class: (b)                             

Number of sisters: (f)             
Class teacher: (c)                             
Favourite subjects:   

(g)                                                                        
Birthday: (d)                                             

_____________________________________   
 

11. Which of the following event does not take place on Monkey Days?

A. school picnic

B. drawing lesson

C. PE lesson A B C D

D. computer lesson    

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Answer the following questions in complete sentences.

*12. Do you think Sarah is a sporty person? Give ONE reason from the text to support your answer. (2 marks)

_________________________________________________________________________________

*13. Do you think Ben and Stella are popular in class? Give ONE reason to support your answer. (2 marks)

________________________________________________________________________________

*14. Which of the three students, Sarah, Kitty or John, do you want to make friends with? Give

TWO reasons to support your choice. (3 marks)

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

*Language accuracy 0 1 2

End of Questions for Text 1

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TEXT 2 (26 marks)

Read Text 2 and answer questions 15-27.

15. How old is Billy?

16. Read paragraphs 1-2 and decide if the following statements are True (T), False (F), or the information is
Not Given (NG). Blacken the correct circle. (3 marks)

T F NG

i) Billy is older than Peter.   

ii) Peter held his birthday party in his house.   

iii) Billy enjoyed the ‘Musical Chairs’.   

17. What does the expression ‘just a piece of cake’ (line 5) mean?

It means the game of ‘Musical Chairs’ was for Billy.

18. What happened to Billy as a result of tying his feet with strings?

19. Why didn’t the kids use pins in the ‘Pin the Tail on the Donkey’ game?

20. What does ‘they’ (line 12) refer to?

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21. Arrange the following events in the correct order (1 – 4). Put a ‘X’ in the box for the event that did not
take place. (4 marks)

(e.g.) 1  played ‘Musical Chairs’

   blew out birthday candles

   sang the birthday song

   made the birthday wish

   played Pin the ‘Tail on the Donkey’

22. In which game did Billy fall on the floor? Put a ‘’ in the correct box.

  

23. Billy is telling his classmate about the birthday party. Fill in the blanks with ONE word. The word MAY
or MAY NOT appear in the text. (5 marks)

‘I went to my cousin’s birthday party last Saturday

(a) . All his (b) were younger

than me. I played two (c) in the party but

I didn’t enjoy them. I (d) too much and

Billy 
I was sick when I got home. I won’t (e)

such a party!’

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Answer the following questions in complete sentences.

*24. How old is Peter?

*25. How many friends did Peter invite to the party?

*26. Did Billy enjoy the party? Give ONE reason from the text to support your answer. (2 marks)

*27. If you were invited to Peter’s party, would you enjoy it? Give ONE reason to support your answer.
(2 marks)

*Language accuracy 0 1 2

End of Questions for Text 2

END OF QUESTION-ANSWER BOOK

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