NAME: ___________________________

KGL Contest in English

2020

A1
Time: 60 minutes

Answer all 40 questions.

Use black ball-point pen on your answer sheet. Do NOT use pencil.
At the end of the test, the supervisor will collect your paper and answer sheet.
Instructions may also be given in your language by your supervisor.

Good luck!
 ▪ Part 1 ▪
Questions 1–5
Omar is talking to his sister Sarah.
Choose A, B or C

The red banana!

1 Omar: There is something wrong with this banana!

Sarah: A) What colour?

B) What’s wrong?
C) Whose banana?

2 Omar: It’s not yellow!

Sarah: A) What colour is it?

B) I don’t like bananas.
C) Of course.

3 Omar: It’s red.

Sarah: A) I think it is red.

B) I cannot eat it.
C) Let me see it.

4 Omar: Can I eat it?

Sarah: A) I know that.

B) No, you must eat.
C) Ask mother first.

5 Omar: No, I don’t want to eat it now.

Sarah: A) No, I don’t.

B) Good idea.
C) Do you want to?

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Questions 6–10
Read the sentences. Choose the correct picture A, B or C

6 The cat is helping the man.

A B C

7 There aren’t any children at the table.

A B C

8 There are two people on one bicycle.

A B C

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9 Some children are on a beach near three trees.

A B C

10 The woman is washing the cat.

A B C

▪ Part 3 ▪
Questions 11–15
Read about Jacob’s school and Rena’s school. Answer the questions.
Choose A, B or C

Jacob’s School
Our school has two floors. There are nine classrooms on the ground floor and ten
classrooms on the first floor. My classroom is upstairs. There are 28 teachers in
our school and also a headmaster. The teachers have a room, but it is not a
classroom because they do not have lessons there. There is also another room
which is the headmaster’s office, but nobody likes to go there. We only go to the
headmaster’s office when our teacher is angry with us. Yes, our school has a lot
of rooms. Most are classrooms, and the other two are the teachers’ room and the
headmaster’s office.

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Rena’s School
My school is in the country. It is near the top of a mountain in a small village.
There are just four classrooms in my school and four teachers. There are also
two small rooms near the classrooms. One is the library and the other is a small
office for the teachers. One of the teachers is also the headmaster. They are all
very nice. My school has a big garden and there are a lot of trees in it, but the
headmaster says we cannot climb the trees.
My cousin Jacob goes to a very big school in the city. I like my small school in
the village better because we are all good friends.

11 How many rooms are there in Rena’s school?

A) four B) six C) seven
12 Rena’s school is ________.
A) in the city B) on a small hill C) in the country
13 Rena likes her school best because ________.
A) it is not in the town B) the teachers are nice C) she has many friends
14 Jacob’s classroom is on the ________.
A) first floor B) ground floor C) downstairs
15 How many classrooms are there in Jacob’s school?
A) eighteen B) nineteen C) twenty-one

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Questions 16–25
Read and choose A, B or C for each gap.

The Best Season

Spring is the (16) _______________ when everything (17) _____________ up.

The cold days of winter leave and the (18) __________________ days of spring
come.

In spring you can see new (19) ___________ on the trees and new

(20) __________ on the ground. Of course, you can also see many different
(21) _______ with many different colours.

You can also see many animals and birds. The birds (22) ________ nests for their
eggs. When the young birds come out of the eggs, mother bird looks for

(23) _______ for the young birds.

I like spring because I know that (24) __________ is coming and school holidays
are near.

What is your favourite (25) __________ of the year?

16 A) time B) day C) hour

17 A) gets B) wakes C) is
18 A) cold B) raining C) warm
19 A) green B) birds C) leaves
20 A) grass B) house C) garden
21 A) buses B) flowers C) cars
22 A) eat B) paint C) build
23 A) cakes B) food C) clothes
24 A) summer B) winter C) Christmas
25 A) spring B) summer C) season

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 ▪ Part 5 ▪
Questions 26-30
Read the email. Answer the questions. Choose A, B or C

From: Mrs Mary Black at the Farm Museum

To: All Students
Subject: Visit to our farm and museum

Hello students,

I am Mrs. Black from the Farm Museum. Mr. Green, your teacher, says that you
would like to visit our farm and the museum. We will be very happy to see you
here.

Here are some things you must know.

Where are we?

We are one kilometer before Dawson village. We are near the new cinema.

When can you visit us?

You can visit us on 11 June 2020. You can also bring your parents and friends.

What time can you visit?

In the summer, the farm is open all day until five o’clock in the evening. We close
at four o’clock in the winter. The farm museum is open until six o’clock in the
summer and five o’clock in the winter.

How much does the museum ticket cost?

The museum ticket costs €5 but if you are under 12 years old it’s free.
If you visit only the farm and not the museum then you do not pay.

Now some things you cannot do.

Please do not bring any animals to the farm or the museum.
And you must not feed the animals.

See you all on Thursday 11th of June.

Mrs. Mary Black

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 A) I don’t know.
26 When does the Farm Museum B) at five o’clock
close on 11th June 2020? C) at six o’clock

A) friends and parents

27 What can the students NOT
B) any food to eat
take to the farm?
C) animals

A it is free for all

28 Who must pay to visit only the
B) only 12 people pay
farm?
C) children over 12

A) visit the museum after four

29 Mrs Black says you o’clock in winter
cannot ________. B) feed the animals
C) see the animals in summer

A) in the cinema
30 Where is the farm and farm
B) in a big town
museum?
C) near a village

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Questions 31–35
Complete the sentences with the word that is the opposite of the underlined word.
Choose A, B or C
Example
An Elephant is big, but a fly is_________
A) short B) thin C) small

31 Every year our team is last, but this year it’s _______.
A) next B) thirdly C) first

32 My mother is young, but my grandmother is ______ _.

A) new B) old C) beautiful

33 The park near our school has only a few flowers but it has _______ trees.
A) much B) some C) many

34 My friend’s house is far from my house, but my cousin lives very ______.
A) for B) too C) near

35 Our house is large, but my room is ______.

A) two B) smaller C) small

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 ▪ Part 7 ▪
Questions 36–40
Complete the sentences with the word that is spelt correctly. Choose A, B or C

36 On ________ we visited my uncle.

A) Sonday B) Sunday C) Sun Day

37 He has a hot-air __________ and takes people up in it.

A) balloon B) baloon C) ballon

38 There are big ________ on the side and a big basket for the people.

A) lettirs B) letterrs C) letters

39 I asked my dad to ________ one for us but he said no.
A) buoy B) buy C) boy

40 He said no; because _______ very expensive.

A) thear B) they’re C) theyar