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YEAR 6 ASSESSMENT 2022

ENGLISH PAPER 1

SECTION A (20 MARKS)

Circle the correct answer.

1. We can see a a lot of ancient things in a ____________ .

a. castle
b. museum
c. zoo
d. park

2. ‘’ Aaagh! He ______ when he saw the shark.

a. whispered
b.screamed
c.laughed
d.cried

3. _________ is a large machine that we use to cook food.

a. Heater
b. Freezer
c. Cooker
d. Blender

4. ______ is a person who works in the army.

a. Fire fighter
b. Photographer
c. Baker
d. Soldier

5. The beach is a good place to try water sport but make sure you have a good
______________.

a. swimming suit
b. safety equipment
c. Waterproof clock
d. colourful lifebuoy
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Read the text and fill in the blanks correctly.

Last Sunday, my family and I (6) ___________ (go) to the

beach. There (7) _________ (are) many visitors when we went there.

We (8) _________ (do) lots of activities like snorkelling, building a

sandcastle and island hopping. My sisters and I also (9) _____________

(collect) many seashells. We (10) ____________(eat) ice cream in the

afternoon. I had a lot of fun.

6. a. going b. went c. was going

7. a. were b. are c. was

8. a. does b. did c. doing

9. a. collects b. collecting c. collected

10. a. ate b.was eating c. were eating

Circle the correct answer.

11. Choose the sentence with the correct punctuation.

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a. I’d like a pizza, please?

b. I’d like a pizza, please.
c. I’d like a pizza please.
d. I d like a pizza please!

12. Choose the word that has the opposite meaning as the underlined word.

We have a good cooling system.

a. heating

b. burning

c. Freezing

d. Cooking

Questions 13 to 15

Identify the following words ar nouns or verb.

13. My mother bought a new dining table.

a. nouns b. verb

14. The cat jumps over the big rock.

a. nouns b. verb

15. The car stopped in front of my house last night.

a. nouns b. verb

Questions 16-20

FRIDAY, 26th May,

What a day!! I was late for a school and we had a school trip to the zoo (I forgot).
They had to wait for me and Mrs Tarrant was angry. She gave me extra
homework- she used to be my favourite teacher.
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The zoo was fun. We fed the monkeys and a cute baby m0nkey stole Joe’s ht.
Ha1 Ha! ha! It was awesome! But then we went to the snake house.Yuck! I
HATE snake.

Later, I was watching TV when Mum shouted, “GEMMA,HOMEWORK!!”.

Arghhhhhh, we didn’t uSe to get so much homework. Tomorrow I can stay I bed
because it’s SATURDAY!!

16. Emma went to the school trip on __________.

a. Tuesday b.morning c. Saturday d.Friday

17. Where did she go?

a. zoo b. museum c. school d.bee farm

18. The baby monkey stole Joe’s ____________ .

a. cap b. bat c, hat d. mat

19. Gemma fed the monkeys with _________

a. banana b. orange c. avocado d. durian

20. “ Yuck!” means Gemma express her strong______ towards the snake.

a. happiness b. disgust c. yummy d. earnest

SECTION B (30MARKS)

21. Complete the text with the correct form of verbs.

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We were rehearsing (rehearse) for the school concert last night

when an embarassing thing happened(happen). the alarm

_______________________ (ring) while we ___________________

(sing)the last song. Everyone ___________________________ (wear)

their character costumes when we _____________________ (go)

outside to the playground. A group of young children

___________________ (arrive) while we _______________________

(wait) for the firefighters to come. They couldn’t stop laughing.

We looked really funny.

(6 marks)

22. Read Samuel’s diary and answer the following questions. (8 marks)

In 1666, Samuel Pepys, a writer and government administrator

in Great Britain, wrote a famous diary.
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Wednesday, 7th February

Most people haven’t got a clock or a watch because they are

very expensive. Last night, the cat woke me up. I didn’t know
what time it was. Then, I heard the night watchman shouting,
“one o clock on a cold and windy night!”. This morning, I bought
my very first watch, so I always know the time.

Sunday, 2nd September

The servants woke me up early in the morning.-there’s a great

fire in the city of London! It was an emergency, so I rode my
horse into the city to speak to the king. They used to build
houses here with stone. Now they used wood, so the fire
growing very quickly. Soldiers are pulling down houses in front
of the fire, but it’s still moving very fast.

Tick (√ ) to the correct answer.

A. Samuel lives in _____________. (1mark)

Japan
Great Britain
Italy

B. What was the weather at 1 o’ clock in the morning? (1mark)

hot and windy

cloudy
cold and windy

C. Why didn’t Samuel know the time when he woke up? (2 marks)

D. Why did the fire grow so quickly? (2 marks)

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E. Change the verbs below into present tense. (2 marks)

Bought = _______________

Wrote = _______________

23. Read the articles and answer the following questions. (7 marks)

Hi mum,
I’m having a great holiday. Yesterday, we went to the beach. We did lot of
activities like swimming and sailing. Then, we went mountain biking. We rode
our bikes to the top of the hill-the view was fantastic. But, I didn’t take a photo
because I forgot my camera.

We found a lovely place to have a picnic.it stared to rain, but we sat under a tree
so we were not wet. We bought some fruit at the greengrocer’ and a nice cake at
the bakery. It was a great day. We had a lot of fun.

Bye,
Iman

A. Who wrote this message? (1 mark)

Iman
Mum
Picnic

B. List 3 other activities that we can do at the beach? (3marks)

1. _______________________________

2. _______________________________

3. _______________________________

C. Match the phrase correctly. (3 marks)

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was amazing.
The bought
The vie at the top of the a lot of fun at the beach.
mountain

Iman had some fruit at the grocery

shop.

Read the following text and answer the questions.

On Saturday night, there was an emergency at the city zoo. A fire started in the
zoo’s cafe. A neighbour phone the fire brigade at 12 a’ clock when the fire alarm
rang.

After ten minutes, a fire engine arrived. The animals were making strange noises
when the firefighters went into the zoo. It was dark because there wasn’t any
electricity. The firefighters were carrying torches.

They tried to stop the fire and the thick black smoke. They took water from the
small lake in front of the cafe. Suddenly, an elephant appeared. It started to take
water from the lake with its trunk and helped the firefighters. Doug MIller, a
firefighter said, “It was amazing. The elephant started to help us while we were
working.it’s a hero!”

At 12.00 p.m. Fire Officer Mckenzie reported, “ The fire is out now. The kitchen
is a mess but all animals are safe”.

24. Fill in the blanks correctly.

A. The fire stated from _____________________________________ (2 marks).

B. The zoo was dark because ________________________________ (2marks)

C. A brave ____________ helped to take water from the lake. (1 mark)

25. Answer the following questions.

A. What had happened to the city zoo? (2 marks)

_____________________________________________________________________
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B.Do you thick a firefighter is a noble job? Why? (2marks)