ENGLISH EXAMINATIONS:

GRADE 6
First name……………………….
80 Marks
Middle name…………………….
Last name………………………..

A) Fill in each blank with a suitable word.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, having food

delivered to one's doorstep has become the norm
for many Singaporeans. While this has brought
much convenience to consumers, it came at a (1)
--------------- to the environment.

During the two-month circuit breaker period,

consumers could (2) --------------- longer dine out
like they used to. Instead, many (3) --------------- to
takeaway meals and food delivery services for
their meals. This led to an increase in the use of
plastic items (4) --------------- cutlery and takeaway
containers. Unfortunately, these items are not so
(5) --------------- recyclable. Infact, the process is so
difficult that many of them are discarded as
plastic waste.

Singaporeans were encouraged to use reusable

containers, cups and bags to (6) --------------- down
on plastic waste but the pandemic has put many
Singaporeans (7) --------------- a dilemma. For
example, some Singaporeans felt uncomfortable

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 when they saw personal containers being placed
next to disposable ones at hawker centres (8)
--------------- of hygiene concems. As a result,
single-use plastic items became the preferred (9)
--------------- for many people as they believed
them to be more hygienic.

(10) --------------- to this view, recent research has

shown that well-washed reusable containers are
safe to use as the coronavirus (11) --------------- be
killed with regular dish soap and sanitization.
Spurred (12) --------------- by such assurances,
more people have (13) --------------- using these
reusable containers again. In fact, environmental
activists are hoping that when more people start
to cultivate such habits, using reusable cutlery
and containers would become (14)
--------------- nature for all.

Though some may find it challenging to be

environmentally-friendly, we should (15)
--------------- in mind the harmful effects of plastic
pollution in the long run. Our commitment to
protect the environment must certainly be
steadfast and unwavering.

B) Fill in the blanks:

1. Tim rarely goes to the mall on his own, _____? (

hasn’t he, does he, wouldn’t he)

2. The yenga brothers invented _____ first

workable aeroplane which could fly for _____
hour.(a an, the, an, with a)

3. Ndaya, with _____ I am going to the mall, is

Christian’s sister.( whose, who, whom)

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 4. Lorthas, together with her siblings, _____
badminton every evening.( played, plays, play)

5. You cannot borrow get in the bus ______ you

are a student.( whether, unless, if)

6. The competitive eater is known for his

_________ appetite; he can wolf down fifteen
hot dogs in mere minutes. (malicious,
voracious, suspicious)

7. Makiashi goes to the swimming club __________

than I do because she loves swimming.
(frequently, the most frequently, more
frequently)

8. Karen was aghast when she realized that he

was running _____ Esperance for the lead role
in Spiderman.(away, from, against, beyond)

9. Mrs Marceline _____ in the kitchen when she

heard several rude knocks on the door. (had
been cooking, was cooking, is cooking)

10. Esperance said that he would bring Tim and

Allen to the zoo if they finished the project on
time, _____ she (don’t , didn’t, do).

C) Comprehension

The Woman in Black - extract 1

Then from somewhere, out of that howling darkness, a cry
came to my ears, catapulting me back into the present and
banishing all tranquillity.
I listened hard. Nothing. The tumult of the wind, like a
banshee, and the banging and rattling of the window in its
old, ill-fitting frame. Then yes, again, a cry, that familiar cry

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of desperation and anguish, a cry for help from a child
somewhere out on the marsh.
There was no child. I knew that. How could there be? Yet
how could I lie here and ignore even the crying of some
long-dead ghost?
“Rest in peace,” I thought, but this poor one did not, could
not.
After a few moments, I got up. I would go down into the
kitchen and make myself a drink, stir up the fire a little, and
sit beside it trying, trying to shut out that calling voice for
which I could do nothing, and no one had been able to do
anything for … how many years?
As I went out onto the landing, Spider the dog following me
at once, two things happened together. I had the impression
of someone who had just that very second before gone past
me on their way from the top of the stairs to one of the other
rooms, and, as a tremendous blast of wind hit the house so
that it all but seemed to rock at the impact, the lights went
out. I had not bothered to pick up my torch from the bedside
table and now I stood in the pitch blackness, unsure for a
moment of my bearings.
And the person who had gone by, and who was now in this
house with me? I had seen no one and felt nothing. There
had been no movement, no brush of a sleeve against mine,
no disturbance of the air, I had not even heard a footstep. I
had simply the certain sense of someone just having
passed close to me and gone away down the corridor.
Down the short narrow corridor that led to the nursery
whose door had been so firmly locked and then,
inexplicably, opened.
For a moment I began to conjecture that there was indeed
someone — another human being — living here in this
house, a person who hid themselves away in that
mysterious nursery and came out at night to fetch food and
drink and to take the air. Perhaps it was the woman in
black? Had Mrs. Drablow harbored some reclusive old
sister or retainer, had she left behind her a mad friend that
no one had known about? My brain spanned all manner of

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 wild, incoherent fantasies as I tried desperately to provide a
rational explanation for the presence I had been so aware
of. But then they ceased. There was no living occupant of
Eel Marsh House other than myself and Samuel Daily’s
dog. Whatever was about, whoever I had seen, and heard
rocking, and who had passed me by just now, whoever had
opened the locked door was not “real”. No. But what was
“real”? At that moment I began to doubt my reality.
The first thing I must have was a light and I groped my way
back across to my bed, reached over it and got my hand to
the torch at last, took a step back, stumbled over the dog
who was at my heels, and dropped the torch. It went
spinning away across the floor and fell somewhere by the
window with a crash and the faint sound of breaking glass. I
cursed but managed, by crawling about on my hands and
knees, to find it again and to press the switch. No light
came on. The torch had broken.
For a moment I was as near to weeping tears of despair
and fear, frustration and tension, as I had ever been since
my childhood. But instead of crying I drummed my fists
upon the floorboards, in a burst of violent rage, until they
throbbed.
It was Spider who brought me to my senses by scratching a
little at my arm and then by licking the hand I stretched out
to her. We sat on the floor together and I hugged her warm
body to me, glad of her, thoroughly ashamed of myself,
calmer and relieved, while the wind boomed and roared
without, and again and again I heard that child’s terrible cry
borne on the gusts towards me.

1. How does Arthur respond to breaking his torch?

Ans.
2. What is Arthur's first explanation for the other presence
in the house?

Ans.

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3. Which of the following lines demonstrates Arthur's
attempt to provide his own comfort and reassurance?

Ans.
4. Why does Arthur begin to doubt his own reality?
Ans.
5. Who does Arthur wish would "rest in peace"?
Ans.
6. What effect does the wind have in this passage?
Ans.
7. What brought the Arthur back to his senses?
Ans.
8. Who’s cry did Arthur hear?
Ans.
9. Explain in depth what this story is about
Ans.

10. What is the title of this story?

D. Transformation of sentences:
1. The English book is not mine. The Chinese book is not
mine.

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Ans. Both
……………………………………………………………………………………………
…………..
2.The toddler is three years old. She was playing with her
babysitter.
Ans. ………………………………………………..
who……………………………………………………..
3. The girl is in hospital now. Her brother was in an accident.
Ans.
………………………………………………….whose………………………………
……………………
4. I was talking to a salesperson. He was trying to sell me a
frying pen.
Ans. ………………………………………………….. whom
…………………………………………………
5. I was playing with a girl. She is my new classmate.
Ans. ……………………………………
whom…………………………………………………………….
6. I think the funfair starts today. I think the circus starts
today.
Ans. Either ………………………………………………………. Or
…………………………………
7. I regained my strength after I took a rest.

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 Ans.
Having…………………………………………………………………………………
…….
8. I can wear my red scarf. I can wear my brown scarf.
Ans. …………………………………………………………………..
either…………………………………….or ……………………
9. Victoria ate a chicken wing. She ate a plate of noodles too.
Ans
…………………………………………………..both…………………………………
……..
11. The lady’s handbag was stolen. She is at the police
station now.
Ans. ……………………………………………………whose
…………………………………………..
E: The underlined word in each sentence contains
a spelling error. Type the correct word in each of
the boxes provided.
1. Exauce’s parents own a small --------------- (boutik) that
sells food from Nigeria and Gabon.
2. John is a selfish man who only spends time and effort
on things that are --------------- (benifitial) to him.
3. Our English teacher teaches not only facts, but also
some useful exam --------------- (statergies).
4. How can we tell if this is an --------------- (autentick)
painting by Leonardo da Vinci?
5. The --------------- (rezidants) are organising a party to
love each other.
6. Andy hopes to become a --------------- (proffesional)
teacher one day.

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7. The manager (6) --------------- instintivly knew that
there was no time to lose.
8. That the eyewitness was referring to was an act of
……………..heroic performed by a staff member at a
subway station.
9. While Dengue is not likely to be (12)
--------------- fatalilty
10. The last serious outbreak claimed three lives in one
(4) --------------- neighbour.

11. They also thrive in our urban (2)

--------------- envairement.

12. To get rid of the Aedes mosquitoes, (7)

--------------- frekwent

F. There are 10 blanks, numbered 1-10, in the passage below.

From the list of words given, choose the most suitable word for
each blank. Write its letter (A to Q) in the box. The letters (I) and
(O) have been omitted to avoid confusion during marking. Each
word can be used only once.

This year's Cultural Day Parade was open to the public. Almost
every seat at the Yvemarcel school was filled on 9 August. Cultural
day 2022 was a big difference (1) --------------- the previous two
years, which had been drastically reduced (2) --------------- size to
adapt to the safe management measures. this years' celebrations
were comparable (3) --------------- those pre-COVID-19, involving as
many students and parents (4) --------------- the school.
Themed 'self-confidence,'2022 Coincided (5) --------------- the 21st
anniversary of the Yvemarcel school. On 9 August, there
(6) --------------- a combined land, air, and sea Total Defense Display

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at the school. the organizing committee had also brought back
crowd favorites (7) --------------- the Red Lions conducting freefall
jumps. During the grand finale, simultaneous firework displays were
set (8) --------------- in the heartland areas.
The organizing committee also gave this year's celebrations a
heartland twist. (9) --------------- the weekend of 6 and 7 August,
there were exhibitions, carnivals, and other performances in five
venues (10) --------------- the country, including displays of military
and police vehicles. What a spectacular even.

F. Comprehension .You are going to read an

extract from A Christmas Carol by Charles
Dickens. Choose the answer that you think fits
best according to the text.
A Christmas Carol
They went on, invisible, as they had been before, into
the suburbs of the town. It was a remarkable quality of
the Ghost (which Scrooge had observed at the baker’s),
that notwithstanding his gigantic size, he could
accommodate himself to any place with ease; and that
he stood beneath a low roof quite as gracefully and as a
supernatural creature, as it was possible he could have
done in any lofty hall.
And perhaps it was the pleasure the good Spirit had in
showing off this power of his, or else it was his own kind,
generous, hearty nature, and his sympathy with all poor
men, that led him straight to Scrooge’s clerk; for there
he went, and took Scrooge with him, holding to his robe;
and on the threshold of the door the Spirit smiled, and
stopped to bless Bob Cratchit’s dwelling with the
sprinklings of his torch. Think of that! Bob had but
fifteen “Bob” a week himself; he pocketed on Saturdays
but fifteen copies of his Christian name; and yet the
Ghost of Christmas Present blessed his four-roomed
house!
Then up rose Mrs. Cratchit, Cratchit’s wife, dressed out
but poorly in a twice-turned gown, but brave in ribbons,

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which are cheap and make a goodly show for sixpence;
and she laid the cloth, assisted by Belinda Cratchit,
second of her daughters, also brave in ribbons; while
Master Peter Cratchit plunged a fork into the saucepan
of potatoes, and getting the corners of his monstrous
shirt collar (Bob’s private property, conferred upon his
son and heir in honor of the day) into his mouth, rejoiced
to find himself so gallantly attired, and yearned to show
his linen in the fashionable Parks. And now two smaller
Cratchits, boy and girl, came tearing in, screaming that
outside the baker’s they had smelt the goose, and
known it for their own; and basking in luxurious
thoughts of sage-and-onion, these young Cratchits
danced about the table, and exalted Master Peter
Cratchit to the skies, while he (not proud, although his
collars near choked him) blew the fire, until the slow
potatoes bubbling up, knocked loudly at the saucepan-
lid to be let out and peeled.
“What has ever got your precious father then?” said
Mrs. Cratchit. “And your brother, Tiny Tim! And Martha
wasn’t as late last Christmas Day by half an hour!”
“Here’s Martha's mother,” said a girl, appearing as she
spoke.
“Here’s Martha, mother!” cried the two young Cratchits.
“Hurrah! There’s such a goose Martha!”
“Why bless your heart alive, my dear, how late you are!”
said Mrs. Cratchit, kissing her a dozen times, and taking
off her shawl and bonnet for her with officious zeal.
“We’d a deal of work to finish up last night,” replied the
girl, “and had to clear away this morning, Mother!”
“Well! Never mind so long as you are come,” said Mrs.
Cratchit.
1. What is this story about?
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2. What does the narrator suggest as the reason for
the Spirit of Christmas Present choosing to visit
the Cratchit household?
Ans.
What does the narrator suggest as the reason for
the Spirit of Christmas Present choosing to visit
the Cratchit household?
Ans.
3. Why are the young Cratchits excited outside the bakers?
Ans.
4. How does Mrs Cratchit respond to Martha's late arrival?
Ans.
5. What is the significance of Peter's shirt collar?
Ans.
6. Who is Belinda Cratchit?
Ans.
7. What is the first paragraph talking about?
Ans.
8. “What has ever got your precious father then?” the word
precious is it a verb, noun, adjective, adverb or a quality?
Ans.
9. What is the title of this story?
Ans.
10.Identify the verbs in this phrase “And perhaps it was the
pleasure the good Spirit had in showing off this power of
his,”
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