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ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE

BASELINE ASSESSMENT TOTAL = 30 MARKS

NAME: GRADE 6 DATE:

INSTRUCTIONS: Read the following passage carefully then answer the questions which
follow:

THE LEAF OF MANY COLOURS

A tree stood in the garden. The wind began
to blow and a little leaf began to shake,
Et fell off the tree. It fell down and down and
down, until it landed on the grass under the tree.
A cat was sitting on the grass. "Hello, little
green leaf," said the cat. "Can I play with you?"
The little leaf was about to say yes, when
the wind began to blow again, Whoosh!
went the wind, and it lifted up the little
leaf, up and up into the sky. The wind took
it a long way. Then it dropped the little leaf
gently at the side of the road.
"Hello, little yellow leaf." said a bird by the side
of the road. "Are you going to stay with me?""
That's funny," said the tittle leaf. "The cat said I
was green. NOW the bird says am yellow. I
wonder what colour I am?"
The leaf was about to ask the bird when the
wind began to blow again. Whoosh! went
the wind, and it lifted the little leaf up and
up into the sky. The wind took it a long
way. Then it dropped the little leaf gently
in a big field.
There were cows in the field, eating the grass.
One of the cows came over to look at the little
leaf. "Moo," said the cow. '*Hello, tittle orange
leaf." "That's funny," said the little leaf. "The cat
said I was green and the bird said I was yellow.
Now the cow says I am orange. I wonder what
colour I am?"
The little leaf was just about to ask the cow
when the wind began to blow again.
Whoosh! went the wind and it lifted the
little leaf up and up into the sky. The wind
took it a long way. Then it dropped the
little leaf gently on the top of a big
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The little leaf lay there for some time. Then a goat came up to lt.
"Hello, little red leaf," said the goat. *'Have you come to live on
the hill with me?" "That's funny," said the little leaf. *'The cat
said I was green and the bird said was yellow and the cow said
was orange. Now the goat says I am red. I wonder what colourl
am?"

The little leaf lay quite still. "Hello, little brown

leaf," said a pig. "l nearly ate you Just now. Did
the wind bring you here?" "That's funny," said the
little leaf. "The cat said I was green, the blrd said
was yellow, the cow said I was orange and the
goat said I was red. Now the pig says I am brown.
I wonder what colour I am?"
Just then a little boy saw the leaf and picked It up. "Look," he said to his
mother. "Look at this little gold leaf. And look at al' the other leaves. They are green
and yellow and orange and red and brown and gold.'" FYes," said his mother."'Now
that summer is over, the leaves are the colours of autumn." i

COMPREHENSION

l . What caused the leaf to fall off the tree? 1

2. How did the leaf move from one animal to the next? 1

3, How many animals spoke to the leaf? 1

4. Why does the writer use the word 'whoosh'? 1

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5. How many colours did the little leaf turn? colours 1

6. Why do you think all the leaves in the story were changing colours? 2

7. What season comes after autumn? 1

8. Do you think the title of the story is appropriate? Why? 2

SUMMARY. Draw a flow chart to summarize the path of the leaf to the little boy in the
space below:

Rubric for summary:

Criteria 1 2 3-4 5
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Ability to Not able to recall Able to Able to Summarizes the
summarize most of the story. summarize some summarize most story successfully.
the story of the story. of the story.
Unable to use full The whole
Use of full sentences. Only some of the Most of the summary uses
sentences summary has full summary uses full full sentences.
All of the sentences. Most sentences. Some All of the
Language language & of the language & of the language & language and
& grammar grammar are grammar are grammar are grammar are
incorrect. Spelling incorrect. Too incorrect. A fèw correct. No
Spelling enot•s make many spelling spelling errors, spelling errors.
summary errors, making but does not affect
illegible. summary difficult the summary.
to read.

Total = 15

LANGUAGE

QUESTION ONE A noun is a naming word. Underline the nouns in the sentence below:

l. A tree in the garden swayed as the wind began to blow and a little leaf began to shake. [41

QUESTION TWO Complete the table below by filling in the required parts of speech:

2. 1 The leaf tèll off the tree. 3

2.2 The bird greeted the leaf. 3

Subject verb Total
2. 1

2.2
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QUESTION THREE Write the following sentences in the past tense:

3. 1 The goat wears a bell around his neck. 1

3.2 The boy sees the leaf and picks it up. 2

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QUESTION FOUR Punctuate the fòllowing sentence

'i wonder what colour am i" ask the leaf

[l mark capital letters; I mark question mark and full stop ]

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Total = 15 marks

Comprehension / 15 + Language /15 = Grand Total = / 30 Marks