PRIMARY FIVE TERM 1 WEEK 15

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Grammar Multiple Choice /15

Vocabulary Cloze /5

Comprehension Cloze /15

Synthesis & Transformation /10

Total /45

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Grammar Multiple-Choice Questions (15 marks) Four options are provided for each question from questions 1 to 15. Select the correct answer and write 1, 2, 3 or 4 in the brackets provided.

1. Alfred __________ Star Wars toys since he was a toddler. He currently has about two hundred figurines.

1) amasses 2) amassed

3) had amassed 4) has been amassing ( )

2. He used to be an alcoholic but __________since __________the habit.

1) was……kick 2) have……kicked

3) has……kicked 4) had……kick ( )

3. All the children except Bala __________their breakfast.

1) is finishing 2) have finished

3) has finished 4) finishes ( )

4. Are you sure __________ shopping bag can take the weight of all these

groceries? Maybe you should use that one instead.

1) this 2) these

3) that 4) those ( )

5. Kensey __________ at the Victoria Theatre next week.

1) performs 2) is performing

3) performed 4) has performed ( )

6. How many years __________ it been since we last spoke?

1) is 2) have

3) are 4) has ( )

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7. __________you __________ about the company’s financial difficulties all along?

1) Do……know 2) Have……known

3) Did……known 4) Could……known ( )

8. __________I help you with your homework?

1) Shall 2) Would

3) Ought 4) Will ( )

9. __________ a broken leg, Mr Foo also sustained chest injuries from the car accident.

1) Although 2) In addition to

3) Not only 4) As well as ( )

10. Why is Connie ________stingy__________ a miser, when in actual fact she is one of the

richest in the class? 1) as……as 2) so……as

3) as……like 4) so……for ( )

11. __________their best efforts, the students did not win the relay competition.

1) Even though 2) Although

3) Unless 4) Despite ( )

12. You look very tired. __________ I come back later after you have taken a nap?

1) Shall 2) Ought to

3) Might 4) Will ( )

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13. I __________ here for my mother. She will be angry if I leave without her.

1) should waiting 2) must wait

3) has been waiting 4) was waiting ( )

14. If the policemen had not rescued Mrs. Chong in time, she __________ been killed by the

kidnappers. 1) would 2) should have

3) would have 4) will have ( )

15. My secretary said that she __________ search for the file I need urgently once she returned

to the office.

1) should 2) might

3) would 4) must ( )

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Vocabulary Cloze (5 marks) For each question from 16 to 20, choose a word with the closest in meaning to the underlined words. Make your choice and write 1, 2, 3 or 4 in the brackets provided.

Beauty is not the goal of competitive sports, but high-level sports are a (16) prime

venue for the expression of human beauty. The relation is roughly that of courage to war.

The human beauty we’re talking about here is beauty of a particular type; it might be called

kinetic beauty. Its power and appeal are (17) universal. It has nothing to do with sex or

cultural norms. What it seems to have to do with, really, is human beings’ (18)

reconciliation with the fact of having a body.

Of course, in men’s sports no one ever talks about beauty or grace or the body. Men

may (19) profess their “love” of sports, but that love must always be cast and enacted in the

symbology of war: elimination vs. advance, hierarchy of rank and standing, obsessive

statistics, technical analysis, tribal and nationalist (20) fervour, uniforms, mass noise,

banners, chest-thumping, face-painting, etc. For reasons that are not well understood,

war’s codes are safer for most of us than love’s.

16. (1) chief 17. (1) unique

(2) major (2) exclusive

(3) ripe (3) widespread

(4) ready ( ) (4) ample ( )

18. (1) compromise 19. (1) concede

(2) ceasefire (2) declare

(3) understanding (3) divulge

(4) isolation ( ) (4) identify ( )

20. (1) passion

(2) craze

(3) dedication

(4) devotion ( )

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Comprehension Cloze (15 marks) Fill in each blank with a suitable word.

The small, well-equipped classroom in Karachi is filled with colour and life. A group of

four-year-olds, dressed in matching green uniforms, (21) __________ attentively as a young

teacher gives a lesson on shapes. When she asks a question, hands shoot in the (22)

__________.

Welcome to The Garage School (TGS). As the name suggests, it resides in the (23)

__________ of a bungalow, located in the upmarket residential area of Clifton. But none of

the students are (24) __________. They come from the nearby slums of Shah Rasool Colony

and Neelum Colony. If not for the free education provided by TGS, most of these kids would

probably (25) __________ up as child labourers. TGS was born of tragedy. In 1971 Shabina

Mustafa was widowed at the age of 20, and for the next 32 years she (26) __________ as a

reservations agent at Saudi Arabian Airlines and raised her son Syed Zain Mustafa. But she

never forgot the dream of her (27) __________ husband Syed Safi Mustafa, who often talked

about one day opening a school for underprivileged students. Finally the opportunity (28)

__________ itself in November 1999 when Sobia Riyasat, the daughter of Shabina’s maid,

was refused (29) __________ to a sewing school because she could not read or write.

Shabina took on the (30) __________. “I decided to teach her myself. Every person has the

right to education and one should not be denied due to lack of funds.”

Working in her spare time, Shabina began (31) __________ the 11-year-old Sobia in a

space set up in her garage. When parents from Sobia’s neighbourhood heard about this new

school, they started sending their children there as well. (32) __________ Shabina worked

alone, but when the number of students grew to 40, she asked teachers she knew to

volunteer their (33) __________ at the school. “In the initial days, Ghazala Nizami, principal

of Happy Home School, sent me all the used leftover pencils, exercise books with few unused

pages and tiffin boxes. Other (34) __________ also sent newspapers which we sold to buy

erasers and pencils,” Shabina says.

“When people see that someone is genuinely (35) __________, they try to be a part of

it too.”

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Synthesis and Transformation (10 marks) Rewrite the given sentence(s) using the word(s) provided. Your answer must be in one sentence. The meaning of your sentence must be the same as the meaning of the given sentence(s). 36. The trespasser was apprehended by Mr Ong, the security guard. He was on duty at the gate yesterday. ______________________________________________________ while _________________ ____________________________________________________________________________. 37. All the elderly in the Old Folks’ Home were given red packets during Chinese New Year. Each ________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________. 38. You must have your reason for storming out of the company meeting. I cannot comprehend why you did it unless you tell me. Provided ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________. 39. Gertrude plays the piano. She started at an early age. ________________________________________________________ from ______________ ___________________________________________________________________________. 40. Rob snuck in through the back door of the classroom as he was tardy. As a result of _______________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________.

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Supplementary worksheet

Conjunctions

What are Conjunctions? It is a word that joins words or groups of words like phrases,

clauses and sentences. It allows us to write about more than

one thing in a sentence.

Without Using Conjunctions

I would love to watch a movie with you. I would love to watch

a movie with John. I would love to have dinner with you. I

would love to have dinner with John. My mother says that I

can't. My mother says that I have to finish my homework. My

mother says I have to clean up my room.

Using Conjunctions

I would love to watch a movie AND have dinner with you AND

John, BUT my mother says that I can't AS NOT ONLY do I have to

finish my homework, BUT I ALSO have to clean up my room.

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What do they do? Examples

Coordinating

Conjunctions

Connects words or word groups that

perform the same function in a sentence.

But (joins two contrasting ideas)

Or (offers a choice between two or

more people, things or ideas)

Yet (means but)

For (means because)

And (means in addition to)

So (shows that the second idea is the

result of the first)

Correlative

Conjunctions

Connects words or word groups, but they

appear in pairs and are more forceful

than coordinating conjunctions.

Either…or

Neither…nor

Not…but

Not only…but also

Both…and

Although…yet

Whether…or

So…that

Such…..that

No sooner…than

Subordinating

Conjunctions

Connects subordinate clauses and main

clauses to form complex sentences.

After

Once

When

As

Till

Whenever

Before TIME

Until

While

As soon as

Before

As if

If

Unless

As though Stating a

Provided that Condition

How

Where

Wherever

In order to

Although

Than, That Compare Though

&

Despite Contrast

In spite of

Prefer…to

Because Cause &

Since Effect

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Supplementary exercise

Re-write the given sentence(s) using the conjunctions provided. Your answer must be in

one sentence. The meaning of your sentence must be the same as the meaning of the

given sentence(s).

1. Jennifer must promise to complete her chores later. Her mother will allow her to

watch some television now.

_____________________________________________________ as

long as __________________________________________________.

2. Hanson was running a temperature. He went for the mountain hike anyway.

_________________________________________________ despite

________________________________________________________.

3. When Grandpa wakes up every morning, he is extremely grouchy and refuses to eat

any breakfast Grandma has prepared.

Not only _________________________________________________

also ____________________________________________________.

4. You cannot fill in this form correctly unless you read the instructions thoroughly

first.

__________________________________________________ without

________________________________________________________.

5. I had just reached home. It started to rain.

No sooner ________________________________________________

than ____________________________________________________.

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6. The reporter was persistent to get an interview with the Director of the ailing bank.

She scored a major scoop.

As a result of ______________________________________________

________________________________________________________.

7. Mrs Lim is a very good cook. Everyone enjoys whatever she prepares.

Such ____________________________________________________

________________________________________________________.

8. Kendra was embarrassed. She was punished in front of the class for cheating in the

test.

__________________________________________________ owing to

________________________________________________________.

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Grammar MCQ

1. 4 6. 4 11. 4

2. 3 7. 2 12. 1

3. 2 8. 1 13. 2

4. 1 9. 2 14. 3

5. 2 10.1 15. 3

Vocabulary Cloze

16. 1

17. 3

18. 3

19. 2

20. 1

SECTION G: Comprehension Cloze (15m)

21. listens 26. worked 31. teaching

22. air 27. deceased 32. Initially

23. garage 28. presented 33. time

24. rich 29. entrance 34. donors

25. end 30. job 35. sincere

Synthesis & Transformation

36. The trespasser was apprehended by Mr Ong, the security guard, while he was on duty at the gate the previous day.

37. Each elderly in the Old Folks’ Home was given red packets during Chinese New Year.

38. Provided you have a reason, I cannot comprehend why you stormed out of the company meeting unless you tell me.

39. Gertrude plays the piano from an early age.

40. As a result of being tardy, Rob had to sneak in through the back door of the

classroom.