PRIMARY ENGLISH STAGE 4

Assignment
Primary Stage 4 English - Assignment 3

Name: _____________________________
MARKING
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Additional materials: Ruler
Pencil 2

Colour Pencils 3
Highlighters
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Total out of 50

Instructions for assignment:

• Answer all the questions in the spaces provided on the question paper.
• You should show all your working on the question paper.
• The number of marks is given in the brackets (…) at the end of each question.
• This assignment contains a total of 5 pages.
• The total number of marks for this paper is 50.

Time Allocation: 60 minutes (Recommended)

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Question 1: Reading and comprehension

Read the blurb and look at the picture on the book - Harry's Mad

1.1 What is a blurb? (1)

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1.2 Do you think the blurb makes you feel like you want to read the book? (2)
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1.3 What is the title of the book? (2)

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1.4 Look at the title of the book. Explain what two meanings you think it could have?
Remember… the parrot’s name, Madison, was shortened to Mad too.

Harry’s mad (2)

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Harry’s Mad (2)

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1.5 Who is the author of the book? (2)

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1.6 What other book did this author write? (2)

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1.7 According to the information in the learner book, Harry wanted to inherit
something else from his uncle. What could it have been? (1)
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1.8 What do you think was different about the way Maddison could speak that no other
parrot can do? (2)
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1.9 Write down one contraction used in the blurb. (1)

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1.10. In a few sentences write your own creative ending.

Do you think Harry and Maddison will be reunited or not? (3)
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Question 2: Summary
Read the summary and answer the following questions:

Harry's parents and friends think he's mad because he acts out the fantasies of his 10-
year-old imagination. When his eccentric American uncle, George Holdsworth, dies and
leaves Harry a parrot named Madison (Mad), they're shocked at how talented he is.
Mad is no ordinary parroting parrot; he speaks lots of languages, is a crossword-puzzle
ace, a chess champ, and a lot of other things. Upon the death of the uncle, the parrot
was put into a box and flown to England via Heathrow airport. The family agrees to
keep Mad's fantastic talents secret until a burglar kidnaps the bird. It seems as if Harry's
Mad has been lost forever, but happily, all ends well.

2.1 There are two types of apostrophes. One shows there is a letter (or letters) missing.
The other type shows possession (that an object belongs to somebody or
something). Circle the correct answers.

• Harry's (contraction/possession) parents and friends think he's

(contraction/possession) mad. (2)

• Write out the contraction that you found from the above question. (1)
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2.2 Describe two talents that the parrot had. (2)

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2.3 What do you think “parroting” means? (2)

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2.4 Turn the verbs in brackets into adverbs by adding -ly.

Fill them in the sentences below. (2)

The family agrees to (quiet) ___________________ keep Mad's talents a secret.

They (sad) ___________________ thought Mad was lost forever.

2.5 List two words from the passage that describe the uncle and where he came from:
(2)

_______________________ and _____________________________.

Question 3: Language

3.1 Complete the table by filling in the missing adjectives and adverbs: (4)

Adjective Adverb

solidly

sensible

messy

humbly

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3.2 Rewrite these contractions out in full: (3)

a. mustn’t ______________________________________________

b. shan’t _______________________________________________

c. won’t ________________________________________________

3.3 State whether these are open or closed questions:

a. What is your dog’s name? (1)

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b. Why did you give your dog that name? (1)

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Question 4: News

4.1 When writing or even reading a newspaper report or article there are certain
questions we need to ask. These are known as the 5W’s and the 1H.

What do these 5W’s and 1H stand for: (6)

1. W? ___________________

2. W? ___________________

3. W? ___________________

4. W? ___________________

5. W? ___________________

6. H? ___________________

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4.2 A headlines are very important as they make a large impact. Headlines are also all
around us. Headlines need to be interesting!

Write four of your own catchy headlines about things that have happened at home,
around you or even on a holiday destination. Remember to be creative!
(4)

1. 2.

3. 4.

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