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Section A: Reading Teacher’s

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Spend 20 minutes on this section

Read the text in the insert. Then answer questions 1-18

1 Look at lines 5-10

What do these lines tell you about the atmosphere?

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noisy

scary

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2 a) Do you think the headline is catchy? Why? Why not?

Yes

No

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3 How old was Tom Perry?

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4 What were the children doing when they discovered the dragon’s den?

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5 a) This text is a ……………………. Teacher’s
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fantasy story

historical fiction

newspaper report

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b) Mention two features for this type of text.

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6 Complete the sentence below using the correct word from the text.

The find turned out to be the _______________ of a dragon and its treasure hoard.

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7 Where was this text published?

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8 a) Why do you think the police will not be able to return the treasure to its
owners?

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b) Give evidence from the text to support your answer.

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9 Read lines 1-5.
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Pick out one synonym for “strange”. [1]

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10 Read lines 5-10.

Pick out one fact.

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11 “ It was really scary.”

This sentence is __________________________

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a fact

an opinion

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12 Where did this discovery take place?

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13 Number the following events. The first one has been done for you.

- Tom, Hannah and their friends decided to fetch an adult.

- Tom, Hannah and their friends were playing when they saw 1

something odd.
- The area has been closed off while scientists removed the bones

- Tom, Hannah and their friends discovered enormous dragon’s

bones.
- Police don’t think they will be able to return the treasure to its owners.
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14 When did the discovery take place? Teacher’s
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15 Who wrote this report?

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16 Pick out one quotation from the text.

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17 What would you feel if you discovered dragon’s bones?

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18 When was this article published?

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 Section B: Writing

Spend 40 minutes on this section

19 You are asked to write a newspaper report that will be published in Daily
News newspaper. Write a newspaper report about an event that happened in the
school.

Remember to:

• include a catchy headline

• include a byline
• answer the 5ws
• write in paragraphs
• mention the newspaper name
• include facts and opinions
• include quotations
• write in the third person

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