Keystone International Education Córdoba

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

5° “B” Mediterranean Sea

FIRST TERM EXAM - ENGLISH

Student’s name: ___________________________________ Grade: ______ Group: _________

Date: __________________________ Points: _____ / 40

I. Answer the following content questions by choosing from the options below. _______ / 10
1. Read the following sentence. “Our teacher told us that The Iliad was a classic.” The suffix -ic helps the
reader determine that the word classic means —
A) a room where students meet B) the process of joining a class
C) a thing that does not have class D) something associated with historical value

2. Which suffix can be added to the word defense to make it mean “doing something to defend”?
A) –ic B) –ive C) –ism D) –able

3. The meaning of the root chron in the word chronological is —

A) light B) changing C) time D) measure

4. The meaning of the root geo in the word geology is —

A) life B) Earth C) study of D) measure of

5. Find and circle the word in the sentence that contains a vowel team pronounced as a short e (bed).
Early that morning, we were already at the beach preparing for a great day by the
ocean.

6. Which of the following pairs of words has vowel teams that are pronounced the same?
A) break/instead B) yellow/down C) choir/voyage D) believe/retreat

7. The suffix in the word uncomfortable is —

A) un B) com C) fort D) able

8. The following base words can be changed to adjectives by adding a suffix that means “can be done.”
On the lines below, write the three new words that are formed by adding -ible to the base words.
break ________________
digest ________________
collect ________________
response ________________

9. Which two words contain a VCe syllable pattern?

A) absence B) continue C) escape D) people
E) amuse F) distance

10 The vowel sound in the last syllable of the word microphone is a —

 A) long i B) short i C) long o D) short o

II. Conventions. Choose the best answer to the questions. _______ / 10

1. Which sentence is correct?

A) Thought we were in trouble. B) Where the classroom?
C) The principal spoke to the students. D) Surprise, was awarded teacher of the year.

2. Which of the following is an interrogative sentence?

A) A Greek poet named Homer. B) Why is Homer’s work so popular?
C) Homer was the most famous Greek poet! D) A Greek poet named Homer wrote poems.

3. Which of the following is an independent clause?

A) after the sun sets B) because my father told me
C) she arrives on tomorrow’s train D) when we get up tomorrow morning

4. Read the following sentences. Circle the two underlined phrases that are dependent clauses.
When I get home from school, I usually do my homework. I have a snack, and
then I get started. Since my brother gets home before my parents, I also make a
snack for him.

5. Which sentence best combines the two sentences below?

Raul took the bus. Susie walked to school.
A) Raul took the bus Susie walked to school.
B) Raul took the bus or Susie walked to school.
C) Raul took the bus, for Susie walked to school.
D) Raul took the bus, but Susie walked to school.

6. Place an “X” next to the two sentences that contain both a dependent and an independent clause.
__ After school got out, the teachers held a meeting.
__ While the teachers met, the school board talked with the principal.
__ The board members voted to build a new library.
__ The parents were excited, but the students were very happy.
__ The principal made the announcement, and he told the newspapers about the new library.

7. Which of the following words is a collective noun?

A) team B) coach C) players D) trainers

8. Find and underline the word that is a proper noun and should be capitalized.
Today our teacher showed us amazing photographs of the rings of saturn taken by the space probe.

9. Which of the following nouns is irregular when it is plural?

A) hoof B) galaxy C) athlete D) dessert

10. What change needs to be made in the sentence below?

The weather is getting cooler, and the leaf are beginning to fall from the trees.
A) Change weather to weathers B) Change leaf to leaves
C) Change beginning to begin D) Change fall to falling
III. Read the selection then answer the questions. _______ / 10

1. This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B.
Part A- Who is the narrator of the selection?
A) Dad B) David C) Aunt Claudia D) Dad’s cousin

Part B- Which sentence from the selection supports your answer in Part A?
A) I looked over at my dad and he looked thoughtful...
B) “I didn’t even know we had any family in Portugal.”
C) “Oh, yes, David,” he replied.
D) Then, he began to tell stories I had never heard before...

2. Read this sentence from paragraph 6. Circle two words that show that the selection is written in first
person.
Then, he began to tell stories I had never heard before—about my great aunt and
her family in Lisbon’s central neighborhood.

3. In the father’s poem, the simile “sunsets like fire” means —

A) the temperature is hot B) the sky is the color of flames
C) he can see fire in the distance D) the sunsets are difficult to watch

4. The rhyming words fast and last in the poem emphasize that —
A) the poet wants the sun to stay up longer B) the poet is impatient for the summer to end
C) the poet knows he’ll never return D) the poet does not want his time in Lisbon to end
IV. Read the instructions and write a personal narrative. _______ / 10

Write a personal narrative about an experience when you visited a family member or a friend. Use the
passages to help you write using the first-person point of view and to help you develop specific sensory
details to describe your visit.

Manage your time carefully so that you can

• read the passages;
• plan your response;
• write your response; and
• revise and edit your response.
Be sure to include
• an introduction;
• specific details about the setting and sequence of events; and
• a conclusion that summarizes the personal narrative.

Your response should be a narrative with multiple paragraphs.

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