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NATIONAL TEST 2010

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
STANDARD ONE
Part 1
Write the correct spelling for the plural of the underlined word.

Example:

one car two cars

1. one clock two__________________

2. one bus two _________________

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Add “– ing” to the words below. Write the answers on the line

Example jump __jumping___

3. ring ________________________________

4. run ________________________________

Part 2

Circle the word that means the same as the underlined word.
Example

Word Means the Same As

fast slow deep quick

Word Means the Same As

5. street road track path

6. leave stay find go

7. soft fluffy hard smooth

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Write a word that is opposite in meaning to the underlined word in each

sentence. Write the new sentence on the line below.

The tall girl wore a red dress

Example:
The short girl wore a red dress

8. The car drove slowly along the road.

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9. The quiet student is at his desk.

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Write on the line the word that best completes the sentence.

Example: We were ___here yesterday

( here, hair )

10. They _____________ bright colours on Sports Day.

(ware, wear )

11. The _______________ chased the man over the hill.

(bear, bare )

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Part 3
Look at the pictures below. They tell a story. Use the pictures to answer the
questions on the next page.

1 2

3 4

5 6

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12. Read each sentence below.

Write in each box the number of the picture that matches each
sentence.

Number 1 is done for you.

Five kittens are playing in their box.

Rex barks at the black dog.

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A black dog is walking slowly along the road.

He stops to look at the kittens but Rex is angry with him.

Rex stays to look after the kittens in their box.

Rex steps in front of the kittens and growls at the black dog

Answer the following questions using complete sentences.

13. What do you think happened to the black dog in Picture 5?
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14. Look at the six pictures and write a title for the story.
My title for the story is________________________________________

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Part 4
Look carefully at the content page of a book shown below. Write the answers
on the lines.

CONTENTS

Chapter Pages

1 Flowers in the Garden 1

2 Animals in the Zoo 5

3 Kite Making 12

4 Playing Football 16

15. To read about Kites, I must go to Chapter ____________________.

16. To read about monkeys, I will read from page _________________.

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Part 5
There is one punctuation mark missing in each sentence below. Write each
sentence on the line. Put in the punctuation mark in each sentence: a full stop
(.) or a comma (,) or a question mark (?) or an apostrophe mark (’s).

Example: Will you come with me

Will you come with me?

17. Jim has a mango tree in his yard

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18. Jane bought plums lemons and bananas.

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19. How long is this test

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20. This is my teachers books.

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21. Mr Khan goes to Arima every Sunday.

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Part 6
Underline the word in each sentence which shows the part of speech in the box
next to the sentence.

Example

Part of Speech Sentence

Noun The ball is on the floor.

Part of Speech Sentence

22. Noun The game was fun.

23. Pronoun Mr. Maraj gave them money.

24. Adjective The tall man was my father.

25. Verb The child runs here every day.

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Part 7
Write a question for the statement below.

Statement My question is

She plays the pan. What does she play?

Statement My question is

26. Lee took the boy’s book. ______________________________________

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In the sentences below, fill in the blanks by adding the correct word from the
brackets.

Example We _walk__ to the mall. ( walk, walks )

27. He _____________ too fast. ( drive, drives)

28. My family ___________ to Tobago last Monday. ( go, went )

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29. Part 8

My Dog and I

The three pictures below show a girl and her dog.

Write about the girl, her dog and what they are doing.

You may use the words below to help you, or use your own words.

playing shampoo feed hungry

bathe soap towel ball

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YOU HAVE REACHED THE END OF THE TEST.

CHECK THAT YOU HAVE ANSWERED ALL QUESTIONS.
WELL DONE!

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