CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY ENGLISH 6 MID-POINT TEST ANSWERS

Mid-point test answers

Mid-point test and answers have been written by the authors. These may not fully reflect
the approach of Cambridge Assessment International Education.

Part 1
Reading
1 Award 1 mark for: news report or news article [1]
2 Award 1 mark for: Third-person narrator. [1]
3 Award 1 mark for: autobiography or personal account [1]
4 Award 1 mark for: First-person narrator. [1]
5 Award 1 mark each for any sensible answers. For example: [2]
a Purpose: Text 1 aims to inform the public about recent events in the
news; Text 2 aims to inform readers about an event from a personal
point of view.
b Layout: Text 1 is set out as a news report with a headline and lead
paragraph; Text 2 is set out as a book with chapters and chapter titles.
6 Award 1 mark each for: a) department store; b) vacate [2]
7 Award 1 mark each for: a definition 3; b angry. [2]
8 Award 2 marks for giving two reasons, for example: Text 1 says she was tired
from work; Text 2 says she was tired from giving in to white people. [2]
9 Award 1 mark for any reasonable answer based on the texts. [1]
10 Award 1 mark for the main clause (underlined) and 1 mark for the
connective (circled): [2]
Two policemen were called to the scene by the bus driver who accused
the woman of being disorderly and defiant.

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Writing
Text structure and organisation [4]
Content [5]
Correct grammar and punctuation [2]
Spelling [2]
Presentation [2]

Part 2
Reading
1 Award 1 mark for: at the beginning. [1]
2 Award 2 marks for any two sensible clues, for example: live in burrows;
mother’s milk; nestling in their chambers; the ancient enemies being fox;
heron and weasel. [2]
3 Award 1 mark each for any acceptable answers:
a Award 1 mark for: because it is being treated as a proper noun – their
name is ‘the Folk’. [1]
b Award 1 mark for: the colony of animals that live along the river. [1]
4 Award 1 mark each for any acceptable answers:
a Award 1 mark for: the fox, heron and weasel. [1]
b Award 1 mark for: because they have always been the enemies of the
river folk – predators ever since they existed. [1]
5 Award 2 marks for: yes; the males scent the breeze
more carefully before going out; the mothers watch their young and sleep
more lightly. [2]
6 Award 1 mark for either menace or foreboding. Either is fine. [1]
7 Award 1 mark for: It is spoken by an all-knowing narrator
who gives hints of things the characters cannot know. [1]
8 Award 1 mark for any two of: someone describing looking in from outside;
narrator can know things characters may not know; third-person
pronouns – he, she, they, etc. (except in dialogue); one character does not
have to be present in all scenes; narrator foreshadows things to come later. [1]
9 Award 1 mark for ticking were thriving and living well and
happily. [1]

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10 Award 1 mark for getting both sentences correct: Award 1 mark for:
a) Foxes live in underground dens; b) Sylvan began his adventure in the river. [1]
11 Learners’ own responses – accept all sensible answers as long as they include
are two phrases. [1]

Writing
Content – matching what Sylvan does and says [2]
Descriptive detail [3]
Spelling [2]
Text structure and organisation [2]
Dialogue, punctuation and grammar [3]
Dialogue – style of speaking (among arguing siblings and his mother’s words) [1]
Sentence structure [2]

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