Se . End of Unit Test Question ijt Reading: fiction - Read the extract and answer the q in a, after being kidnapped by aki covers the yeti’s babies. in the ground tions- d yeti, Agath where she dis Kido her. Its silly, big feet were She bent down to touch the one nearest to Neh ses eyes an ulled round its plump scomach and when op looked at her, they were 2 deep and lovely ue. sinita se _ ‘Then she tickled the other yeti and it twitched in 1 P too, and its eyes were 4 rich and serious brown. ; o look anxious. Something wasnt rodding and digging and Bur the yeti father had begun © | i ir the babies round, P! right. He began to stir the ide cad on turning them over. And then he pounced, held something out to Agatha. Ic was another baby yeti — but so small and squashed and funny- looking that it might just as well have been an old glove or a tea cosy or arun-over cat. And when it opened its eyes and looked at her, Agatha got a shock. One of its eyes was a bright and piercing blue, the other was a deep and serious brown. “A wall-eyed yeti,” said Agatha in amazement. Later she called him Ambrose. From The Abominables by Eva Ibbotsen Glossary pounced took hold of somethin : ig suddenly. prodding poking. , io cosy a cover for a teapot to keep it warm twitched made small, jerky movements. , underdone not fully cooked , wall-eyed havi 'yed having two eyes that look different to each oth er. Scanned with CamScannercomprehension Give evidence from the extract to support your answers. nat has Agatha discovered? (41 jacanmancnrnennee —— at colour were the second baby yeti’s eyes? 2. wh — —_————————— 3 What did Agatha name the smallest yeti? $$ Give evidence from the extract to support your answers. 4 Why was the father yeti anxious? ————— 2 Findan example of a contraction in the extract, and write itout in full. m eee 3 What shocked Agatha? tt @ Give evidence from the extract to support your answers. rds and phrases where the author 1 Give two examples of wo if he were human. describes the father yeti as i ae 2 yeti, why does the ell have been an old 2 When she describes the smallest baby author use the words: ‘it might just as w glove or a tea cosy ora run-over cat’? eee 1U) 3 Write two sentences or phrases using similes to describe each of the larger baby yetis. oo Ne EES ee Ss i innocent Scanned with CamScannerace the fantastical > writ unit 4 Fantastic journeys ati _Notic writing: ion vominalen character placeding | low from The ja real-life eat the | agatha ; to her every y human tife | plec duces "| Read the extract bel features of the yetis, a” fantasy world of Nanvi Dar) in' jth yeris “ ach all the yetis to talk | wa te even though he was over three to the valley and itis no ourse the children cha did, nat - quite quic k quite 4 thaca The first thing Agal ,, And of ¢ Father learnt to spea! hundred years old by the sime 5° 4 so easy to learn things 4% you get olde Jearnt as easily as they breathed. the things her governess had not burping after ‘Afeer that, Agatha taught them all od manners: avever much one itched, ang taught her, like the import: peaking to one. meals, not scratching under t ing one’s ear lids when h with a sharpened ae peo} between their tect! t-toed, backward-pointing feet in the because smelly feet are not polite, habet and how to sing... Best ofall never clos' She taught them how to clean stick, and how to wash their eight stream after they had been running She taught them sums and their alp she used to tell them stories. From The Abominables by Eva Ibbotsen Glossary armpits the parts underneath the tops of the arms. burping letting wi 1g wind out of the sto! phi dole mach through the m oe girl or woman employed to teach Tech ; pronoun used instead of ‘you’ one tan children. stream a small, narrow river. oe s s alley an area of low land between hill ills, Scanned with CamScannerr write JUrMoy oye <3 | please use a separate sheet of Paper, Organise your story in five eee three characters: SPAS and include at paragraph 1: Describe a real-lif world they find themselves inate re ta the main character? How do they look and a of their name? How do they reach the fantasy ae What's it called? Think of the setting: an enchanted for: What planet, an old castle, etc, Remember: doors, ri secret messages can play an important part, est, a new Ings and Paragraph 2: What strange animals, Creatures or monst does the chief character meet? What do they look like? “ How do they move? Are they friendly or dangerous? Con they talk? Do they have special abilities? How does the main character feel about them? Paragraph 3: What problem has to be resolved? Who or what is in danger? Is the main character feeling scared or adventurous? Paragraph 4: How is the problem solved? Does the character succeed alone, or with the help of someone or something else? Are the main character's human qualities important, or are they given special powers or equipment? Paragraph 5: How does the story come to an end? What has been resolved in the fantasy world? Does the main character return to the real world? What have they brought back with them? Has a moral or life lesson been learned? 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