SECONDARY SCHOOLS

HALF-YEARLY EXAMINATIONS
2016/2017

English Language
FORM 4 Time: 1hr 30 min
Teacher’s paper

Name:___________________________________________ Class:__________________

LEVEL
CCP
Question Speaking Listening Reading Writing Total

Mark

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

 THIS PAPER CARRIES A TOTAL OF 100 Marks

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Task 1 10 marks

Look at the pictures of two places. The examiner will ask you some questions
about them.

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Look at the pictures several hobbies. The examiner will ask you some questions
about them.

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SPEAKING

Task 1

1. What can you see in picture 1?

2. What can you see in picture 2?
3. What can you see in picture 3?
4. What can you see in picture 4?
5. Which picture shows a fantasy place? Why?
6. Which pictures show touristic places? Why?
7. Which picture do you prefer and why?

Task 2

1. Describe what you can see in the pictures?

2. Of the four pictures which hobbies would you practice?
3. What hobbies do you have?
4. What hobbies or sports would you like to do?

Task 3

Likes and dislikes according to pictures

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LISTENING

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Listening 25 marks

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Reading

The kids were outside playing catch. They heard a rumble in the sky. They didn’t want to
stop playing, but they knew it wasn’t safe to be out in the storm, also they did not want to get
wet. They decided to go inside and play a board game. They loved listening to the thunder as
they played their board game. The kids went outside again, after the storm had passed . They
saw a rainbow.

Questions

1. What were the kids playing outside?

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2. What did they hear?
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3. Where did they go?
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4. What did they play inside?
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5. When did they go out again?
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Passage 2 Summer Nights

It is night time in the summer. Luke Jake and Connor look up at the sky. They see the Milky
Way.
Luke points to the moon, it is half a moon. Connor looks up at the bright stars in the sky.

After they study the sky they collect fireflies in a jar. They hear an owl hoot loudly from a
nearby tree.

The boys love being outside on nice summer nights. The sleep in a tent so they can stay out
all night. When they are ready to go to bed, they climb into the tent and use fireflies as a
nightlight.

They let the fireflies go in the morning, so they can catch them again the next time they sleep
outside.

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 1. At what do Luke Jake and Connor look?
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2. What does Luke point in the sky?
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3. What do the boys collet in a jar?
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4. What do they hear from a tree?
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5. Where do they sleep?
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6. When do they let the fireflies go?
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Passage 3

Anna and her family love doing puzzles. Anna is best at doing little puzzles. Anna and her
brother work on medium size puzzles together. Anna’s brother likes to do puzzles with cars
in them. When the whole family, does a puzzle, they do really big puzzles. It can take them a
week to finish a really big puzzle. Last year they did a puzzle with 500 pieces. Anna tries to
finish one small puzzle everyday by herself. Her puzzles have about 50 pieces. They all glue
their favourite puzzles together and frame them. The puzzles look so nice on the wall.

1. What do Anna and her family like to do?

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2. What puzzles is Anna best at?
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3. What puzzles does she do with her brother?
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4. Which puzzles does her brother like to do?
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5. How long does it take her family to finish a really big puzzle?
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6. How many puzzles does Anna do everyday?
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7. How big was the puzzle they did last year?
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8. What do they do with their favourite puzzles?
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9. How do the puzzles look on the wall?
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Passage 4

My Family Just adopted a puppy and a kitten from the animal shelter. They

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were so young, they did not have name yet. We had to think of good names for them. The
puppy likes to jump up. The kitten likes to curl up in our laps.

“What do you want to name them?” asked mum.

My sister said “Pounce for the puppy and cuddles for the kitten.”

We all thought the names were perfect!

1. What animals did they adopt?

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2. What does the dog like to do?
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3. What does the cat like to do?
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4. What is the puppy’s name going to be?
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5. Who thought the names were perfect?
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Writing (25 marks)

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 (10 marks)

1) Where does the scene take place? It…..

2) How many people are in the picture? There are….

3) How many are in the foreground?

4) When does the scene take place? Refer to the season and time of the day.
Mention what the weather is like.

5) Describe the path. (On the left or in the middle…. Straight or winding…)

6) What are the two boys in the foreground doing?

7) How do they look? (miserable or happy)

8) What is happening in the pond and beside the pond?

9) Who is under the tree and what are they doing?

10) There are two people on the path. What is each one doing?

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(15 marks)

Look at the picture and write what you can see in the park.

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