Name Class : Primary $ CHIJ ST NICHOLAS GIRLS’ SCHOOL (Primary) — #@ aan * Primary 5 2010 Continual Assessment‘ 26 February, 2010 English Language _ Paper 2 Booklet A ‘Total Time for Booklets A and B: 1 hour 40 minutes, questions 30 marks ‘Do not open this Bodlet unl jou are fd to-do 80, Follow all instructions careful ‘Answer all question. - This booklet consists of 1 printed pages.ea Fra In conjunction with National Family Day, come on down to Victortia Parts on 23 March 2008 at 11.00am and enjoy a day of 1 7 led activities! = Tighighis vail eee ee Salt : ky DA 2) Sendwich-eating contest 3) Tug-of-wor 4) Dance Performance by The Singapore Youth Club ust register at your Resident Committee Club between 6.00pm and 10,00pm on, weekdays to get a free admission pass. Last Day of registration is 20 March 2008 Contestant forthe sandwich-making contest must bring their own loaves of read. Halal sandvich filings willbe provided by the organiser. ‘To get the best deals, cut aut the coupons below and use thein at the fiesta. Visitors who take use of these coupons also stond a chance to win attractive prizes in the food fare hicky ‘draw, $2,888 worth of peizes are up for grabs! Enjay ether mouth-waterieg dishes such as Beef Pha from Thailand and American Fish and Chips! f >t 1 Stall'No. 194. ; { Bollywood Indian Carry Stall No. 5C e| | Balwiecywatrscraber — |/ AnSomiinchi | AP | ' S uy any pre-packed Kim oe | eres oliead Rares vingsayaee | | Valiony for paces Feil Festa i { Stall No. 10E | Rinko's Sashimi | 'L Buy2 Gett Fro for all Salmon Sashimi Vale Packs {2 SSoffany Sasini-At-Your-Doorstep ord Vail fret Fy Fe Mra herpes you ingaper iapore Jointly by: Maggy Foods Pte Lid & JustJuice Pte Lid 2 (Geena te nat pa08)For each question from 1 to §, four options are given. One of them isthe correct answer. Make your choice (1,2, 3 or 4), Shade the correct oval (1,2, 3 oF 4) on the Optical Answer ‘Sheet (marks) 41 Besides getting discounts at participating stalls, vistors who make use of the coupons at the festa can also, (1) join in the tug-of-war (2) exchange coupons for cash 3). participate in the lucky deave (@)_Use the coupons at other outlets 2 Admission passes (2) will be available unti 20 March 2008, (2)_ will be given out atthe entrance of Vitoria Park {@)_ can only be bought at the Singapore Youth Socioty (8) are available at resident committee clubs from 6.00am to 10.00am 3 Weccan afer that the main aim ofthe festa is to (1) promote farily bonding (@)_ get meals at a good price @)_ encourage heathy eating (4) take partin the various activities 4 One of the organisers for this event is (1) dust Juice Pte Ltd 2) Maggy Foods Pte Lid @) the Singapore Youth Society (4) the Resident Committee Club 5 Which of the following can visitors atthe Family Fiésta expect to sample? (1) Japanese Sushi {@) Indian Fried Fish (@), American Fish and Chips (@)" Korean Kim Chi Sandwich 3 (Go.ento the next pag6)For each question from 6 lo 12, four options are given. One of them is the correct answer ‘Make your choice (1, 2,3 or 4). Shade the correct oval (1, 2, or 4) on the Optical Answer Sheet. (7 marks) 6 The acrobat have been seriously injured from the fall if there were no, safely net. A may ey must (Gy would {4° should 7 Ywonnetike-horfronds, rollerblading atthe park every Sunday. (1) enjoy 2) enjoys @) enjoyed (4) is enjoying 8 Sasha went ___allot of ficulties but managed to graduate from the tmniversty. () by @) down @) under (4) through 9 Myaunt, We all like, wil be taking us tothe funfair. (1) who (2) which @) whom (2) whose: 40 “Have you pony before?’ she asked het mother. (1) tide Q) rode () rides (4) fidden 4 (G0 on tothe next page)" 2 ‘sheep. __often raised fr their meat and wool. a) is (2) ore @) was (4) wero You have to be.consistent and dilgent__ you wal ail the test (1) oe (2) yet () because (@) although 5 (Go onto the next page)For each question from 13 to 15, choose the correct punctuation to complete the passage. Shade the correct oval (1, 2, 3 or 4) on the Optical Answer Sheol (marks) ~—~T suddenly thought of my real home and longed for it 1 thought of] Grandmothers litle herb garden of basil and lemon grass, soaking up the moriing ‘sunshine under her kitchen window. “Oh, Jantu,” 'said (13) "Tm scared.” For a moment Janta kept silent. Picking up a lump of mud, she kneaded it in \* she said slowly (14) “It's a scary world out there cone hand. “Of course you're scare but we're here with you, aren't we?" She started fo rll the lump of clay in her hands. Her voice was as calm and rhythmic as the movement of her fingers, kneading the clay and shaping it into a bal ‘As | watched the clay took shape, bacom! giossier, “Remember that marble | made after Chnay smashed my dols (15) | nodded, remembering how the round clay marble had mado me fool better by Just holding it rounder and smoother, smoother and seston Tener non > 2) [,] comma (3) [7] question mark (4) [1] exclamation mark “8h om BL [7] question mark 4) [1] exclamation mark 15 ‘comma and inverted commas {all stop and inverted commas ‘question mark and inverted commas. ‘exclamation mark and inverted commas ‘ (Go0nte the next page)For each question from 16 to 20, four options are given. One of them is the correct answer. Make your choice (1, 2, 3 or 4). Shade the correct oval (1, 2, 3 or 4) on the: ‘Optical Answer Sheet, (marks) 16 The surgeon could not proceed with the operation because of the ‘that developed in the midst of it (1). confusions 2) computsion (3) convulsions (@) complications 17 _Allthe quests clapped and cheered as the blissful couple walked down the to the altar. 4 aise ®) aley &) route OL runway 18 The cookmade a scrumptious stow with (of lamb for the ravenous siners. racks scraps @) chunks morsels at oat 19° MrHan. the fio in the ftchen with a bucket of wator while waiting for halp 6 arive @) doused (@) dabbed b donited 20 twas. decision for Melissa to be nominated as the class monitor. Everyone agreed that she was the best candidate, (1) choral @) proposed @)_ unanimous — (@) simultaneous! 7 {Go.ento the next page)For each question-from 21 to 25, choose the word(s) closest in meaning to the Lundertined word(s). Shade the correc oval (1, 2, 30F 4) on the Optical Answer Shect. (5 marks Ga 14 Ocober, Gin Pang wanted al from Forse 136 t pressed w Bukit Bidor in the cover ofthe night. Thus began ou long trek up the mountain. Everytime we passed any house, we would make an effet to tiptoe, but dogs managed to pick up even the slightot bit of noise, Their barks would inevitably alert thelr owners who in tum would start eH ‘ling, thinking we were burglars. ‘once when wo chanced upon a shack on the fine of the woods, a pack of wikd boars started screeching and running about. Aor a whl the nolse died down, but wien we: to valk ito the woods again the boars decided to repeat their performance. ion we anived ata sivampland, Weeds were growing everywhore and there was no téling how deep the mud was. Polsenous insects liked among the roting tee branches. A tite rom one of these creatures fl tke a bumin edie plessing under one's skin it would usually sand the vim screaming in pan, e ‘Mae om THEE OF PEACE Ym Arn hp Oxia Cn Ho Fe 21 Y) idoatly 8 nocossaxily ‘unavoidably prohibitively w @ 2 hems see outskits 23° (1) elyded (@) elected @) engaged {@)_ endeavoured, 24 (1) tid 2), loitered @) lingered (4) concealed 25 ¥ stking ig rots penetrating 8 (Go.nto the next page)Blank Page (Go onto the naxt page)Read the passage below and answer questions 26 to 30. Tino and fis wife Joana Wwe wih tha baby Coyeiio and lead a simple family ite na humble hut They is, eal a simp breakfast and tond tothe baby ‘ull one fateful morning when they spotted a Scorpion cxawing on the ropes that ‘Secured the baby cot tothe root Kino approachod the scorpion cautiously. His body gfided quietly across ‘the oom, noiselssly and smoothly. He stretched out his hands, paims down, and his eyes were fixad on the scorpion. Beneath the ropes, Coyolio laughed and reached up his hand towards the scorpion. It seasod danger whon Kino was fiost within reach off stopped, and it tll rage up over ts back nto jars fn the curved thor on the t's end gstened. 10 Kino's hand went forward very slowly and at that moment, the laughing {Coyotto shook the rope and the scorpon fll Kino's hand leaped to catch f, butt fall past hi fingers and onto the baby's shoulder, and stuck. Than snating, Kino had itn his fingers, Uwew it down and beat Wino the earth floor with Fis fst. ‘Coyotto screamed in pin nbs cot wile Kino beat snd stamped the enemy unt 15 {twas only a fragment Juana had the baby inher ams now. She found the puncture with redness foeming around I. She put her Ups down over the puncture and sucked har and pal and sucked again whie Coyetio screamed. Kino havered, feeling helpless suana slopped sucking the punclue for 8 moment. The file hole was slightly 20 ‘enlarjed and ts edges whitened ffor the sueting. But th pain was subsiding. CCoyotto's sereams tured to moans. immediately, Juana said, “The doctor. Go and got the doctor” ‘To got the doctor would be a remarkable thing. The doctor had never ‘come tothe cluster of brush houses as he had more than he could do taking care 25 ‘of tho rch people who ved in the stone and plaster houses of the town “The doctor would not come,” Kino said to Juana. She looked up at him, her eyes as cold as the eyes of a lioness. Cayotto meant everything to Juana “Then we will goto Rim,” Juana sald, Soon they came to a place where the brush hotsos stopped and the cly of stone and plastr began. 30 ‘They cama to the’ big gate, Kino raed Kis sght hand to the iron ting knocker. The lon ring pounded against the gate. Whan the gale opened 2 few inches, an aseltant greoted thom. Kino explained what happened and requested to S00 the doctor. The assistant went inside and told the doctor. Upon the doctors order, the doctors assistant demanded, “Have you any 95 ‘money o pay for the treatment? Kino shook his head and bowed down. ‘The assistant bey consuted the doctor and then came out and said, “The doctor has gone out. He was called to a serous case. And he shut the gate quickly out of shame. For a tong time Kino stood in font of the gato with ‘loana boside him. Then, without warning, he struck a crushing biow tothe gate, 40 ‘th i et, apd a Th Poy Stn tbo 10 (Go.onto the next page)For each question from 26 to 30, four options are given. One of them is the correct anewer. Make your choice (1, 2, 3 or 4). Shade the correct oval (1, 2,3 0F ‘4}on the Optical Answer Shoot marks) 6 28 29 30 How did the scorpion land on Coyott’s shoulder? (1) Coyotite shook the ropes. (2) Coyotito reached up forthe scorpion. @)_ Kino fet the scorpion fal past his fingers. (4) The scomion fell off when Kino tied to catch it (What was causing the rednoss to form on Coyotito? (1) Kino had punctured the child with his fist (2) Juana had sucked on the wound too hard. {@) The scorpion had fallen onthe baby with great force. (@) The poison that was injected into the skin was taking effec. ‘Why do you think Kino sald the doctor would not come? Kino had no money o pay the doctor. ‘The doctor could only help the wealthy “The doctor was biased against the poor. “The doctor had to attend to a sorious case. ‘Why do you think the assistant “shut the gate quickly” (ine 38)? (1) He ftt ashamed of himself (2) -He did not want to koop Kino waiting. (G) There was a patient in the doctors room. (@) He was embarrassed about the doctors attitude. ‘Which adjective best deseribes Kino? (1) aloof & Q) humble @) stubborn (4) courageous "Name Class : Primary 5, CHIJ ST NICHOLAS GIRLS’ SCHOOL (Primary) Primary 5 2010 Continual Assessment 1 26 February, 2010 English Language Paper 2 Booklet B “oial Time for Booklots A and 8: hour 40 minutos 35 questions aomarts Booklet A Do not open this béokot un you are told iodo so. | Fellow al insrutions careful Booklet B. ‘Answer all quosions. Total Parent’ Signature: __ “This booklet consists of 7 printed pages‘There are 10 blanks, numbered 31 fo 40, in the passage below. From the list of ‘words given, choose the mast suitable word for each blank, Write its letter (A to Q) in the blank. The letters (() and (0) have been omitted to avoid confusion uring marking. (10 marks) EACH WORD CAN BE USED ONLY ONCE. (A) and (0) every (G) on 1) them (N) where (®) any — (E) how (H) or (they —P) while, (C)_during _(F)_of () the (Ma) this (Q)_ wy In ny day a an undractever, | vomties weridered how and where ary asceeet lacerts fad dive ee roton to Grieh thie omer, oF sudy thou 8 tt. cout hay stay for lang hos, ven on weekend, ging wp stop ns ad fa? Thy is ____ ae vry ony rep gpd rent __ & 4) the est of at wore fod asta by T., vdeo games, going to parte a other {omplatons. We could ever imagine sacrificing our precious freedom ‘study. What was the socret these high CH $8) ‘achiovers? Where did thoy find the motivation to work so hard”? Let me share this secret with you. All cuccessful studsnts have compeling goals that give the power to overcome both laziness or aay distractions. Yes, goals have the power to drive us to work throughout the day ‘and night. empower us. The goals you have drive you and direct how you lve your ite at fnonent. Therefore, there is.no oy, such thing as a lazy student, only ono-who does nt have a clear'goall ‘gn am tn wou Hom Hoo 2 (Goontothe next pags)Correct each word in bold for speling and each undetined word for grammar. ‘Wie the correct answer in the relevant box. (Go marks) ‘The whales floated on the surface, sucking in huge breaths of air to 2) replenish their oxygen-depleted bodies. They were exausted They had swum far and fast fo escape the harpoons. The humpback they had lost was @ young female. (a2) “A hapoon plunged into her back She struggled adiinst the water, weak {| with fatigue end blood oss. The Saior@ HB @ Pops 6 her tal and winched her on wd board. She was gang ra, sobbed Melon, the eagle. (45) 1 was tft Tor young whales to survive to adulthood. New mothers were 4) ‘weak TF Hak of food and could not wean the smelt ones. There were many q@{_| ‘duspurate PREGGO food in the ooeans grew scarce. Whales, especially the co)l__] ‘babies Wig did not Row how to look out for man-made taps, got entangled in (9) deep sea nets. Ta lat @ healthy young femal who fad overcome all the ce) ‘obsticles fo caach maturity, was a bt blow tothe pod. dis a To Sen ay Sa Pt a (Goonto the next page)inthe blank withle Jultable word. (10 marks) (On Sunday night, Grandima blow up, [hed aver seen her so ‘She stormed out of the room, shouting,“ Who took my photo album? Loft Did you take ‘trom eny sett Her fury vs. @ “where is 7 bellowed Granyjma with hor st Grandma's 6 lweaswed photo album was “That Ahote album hed family 7 photographs of Grandpa and Grandma, whon Grandpa was sti 1 now how much she missed him and looking atthe photographs meant ath to her. tt ‘also contained the black and white photos of Grandpa and Grandma when they were Fe “its there, Grandma," replied calmly 1 walked across the hall and picked up the photo album from thé floor beside Grandma's rocking chair. Suddenly, | felt sting sreston on yin, ran sl hat my chek lily bt the pain my heat was. woe, That was to ti at ran a sn wa oy aon aback Feet gy = et un eat se ene in vented er aoe on. rad vas gue cre parson yet sb was stuck by tis dot can tat tee (59) The conrston between rma an sloped fr wo wha dye took tm thator ofr cold to Gena aga, Ae for Grind, ha sama o have no recollection ofthe She was back to her serene self. oo) rt a Whe Gianna Chm LW. 4 (Goonto the next page)Blank PageRead the passage and answer questions 61 t0 65 (10 marks) itis st surprise to me that | could have bean so easy town away at such an ‘age, was a heallty boy f tan, quick and eager to eam. Yet there | was, brought tothe dill word of bot factor. {was tft to work, day in day outwith ter boys who could hardly rea. For endless hours on end, we washed empty battles, pasted labels on fl ones, ft corks to them, put Seals on the corks or loaded th finished botles oto wagons. eamed to save my money, oI would have nothing to ea a the end ofthe week. “There wes one | coud not resist the pases. I had no maney lt for dinner that day. { did nothing but work and wander the sleet, Invening stores about the people vio pasced by me, [No words can expres the seoret agony of niy soul as | sank into this ie. fe my ‘earlier dream of growing ilo learned man stip away from me litle by fille, never to be brought back again. | thought fondly of my time at schoo. At least I had pieked up some ‘crumbs of knowedge in my shot slay there, ‘And then, an idea occured to ma. | could run sway. I would run awaly tothe only amy had inthe word; to my aut, Mise Baty. I romembered my mother’s stoy about her, and that she ved someunere in Dove. twas very easy for me to run ay. No one was watching out for ma, so | just dd not go to work one-day. naead, I headed inthe rect of Dover. I sold my coat | ‘ould buy some food. Naver shal orga the lonely fecing of ving down forthe rst ime fnmy Ko without a roof ever my head. ‘Alter many days of wandering, |My found Dover, aid thin Miss Betsy's house. ‘When t saw her working inthe garden, I went up to her and touchod hee quit on the shoulder with my finger. “tfyou please, ma‘am.*I began, ‘She loked up. “Go away! No boyshere” “you please aunt” cee “yu paso, dnt. am your ridphow.” “oh, Lox aid my aunt { was brought int the fuse, and sent upstairs tobe wasted: Ti room {slept in that night was pleasant one, Iva on lp of he house and overookng the sea, afer | tad sad ny prayers, (sat losing att meonght onthe war. was asf cou hope to see my mother coming from Reaven along th shlong path | prayed that I might never be homeless agaln,and that might never forget the homeless either dren Oe ey en ions 10 6 2 6 (Goento the next page)ALL ANSWERS MUST BE IN COMPLETE SENTENCES 61 What the author think he should have been doing instead of working? 62. Explain clearly why the author had to go hungry an one occasion” 63 Howdid the author plan his escape? 64 Which sentence in the passage tells you thatthe author was a resburcetut person? 65 "What made Miss Betsy change her mind about the author? ———END-OF PAPER——Gi [ez TOsT oH os [ois For 2ist2t2tstels we as 23 | G30] ORI [a2 GH [OH] “3 l4[sljle (935 | 036 [57 [a38 | O39 [OH c altro Atjexhausted 42)in43)tied~—44)gasping —45)tough 46)from A7desperate —48)which —«49)lose-—SO)obstades Si)angry S2)shocked 53)elenched S4)lost_ —SS)alive ‘S6)married 57)first Ss)guilty _59)changed —_6)incident (61)He should have been studying instead of working. {62)He spent all his money on pastries and thus, he had no money to buy his. dinner. (63)He knew he had an aunt in Dover, so he planned not to go to work one day and instead headed for his aunt's house. (64)The sentence is “I sold my coat so I could buy some food.” 65)The author told her that he was her nephew, and so Miss Betsy changed her mind about chasing him off.