ENGLISH LANGUAGE EXAM PAPER

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Duration – 1 hour and 30 minutes

Each correct answer is worth 1 mark out of a total of 100, unless stated otherwise.

SECTION 1 – SPELLING (25 Marks)

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SPELLING BANK

SECTION 2 – PUNCTUATION (25 marks)

51. Listen carefully to the teacher who will dictate to you a short dialogue.

You are specifically being tested on punctuation in this section – you will lose half a mark for every punctuation mistake.

Also watch your spelling – you will lose a quarter of a mark for every spelling mistake.

SECTION 3 – GRAMMAR (25 marks)

52. Place each of the following words in 1 of the labelled boxes below.
Note – Some words can be nouns, adjectives and verbs – try to find 10 words for each section. (15 marks)

also      although      and      animal      answer      anyway      as      atbecause      besides      but      by      cloud      collecting      computer
dictionary     everyone     excitedly     feels     flute     for     funnily  galaxy     gathering     happily     he     her     him     however     I     if
in     insane     into     keyboard     lamp     love     magical     often     old on     purple     questions     quietly     really     rush     she     singing    sky
smoothly     soft     someone     soon     strange     suddenly     television    the      them      then      therefore      they      think      thoroughly      to
uncomfortable       very       with       wonderful       write       you

51. Change the following singular words into plurals. (3 marks)

SINGULAR                                    PLURAL

box                                               ________________

head                                              ________________

witch                                             ________________

body                                              ________________

mouse                                            ________________

tooth                                              ________________

baby                                               ________________

sheep                                             ________________

calf                                                ________________

52. Prefixes can change the meaning of a word.

They always appear at the beginning of a word.

Add a prefix to each of the following words. (4 marks)

_______ allow

_______ market

_______ real

_______ appoint

_______ believable

_______ credible

_______ equal

_______ comfortable

_______ satisfied

_______ ordinary

53. Suffixes change the grammar of a word, e.g. from noun to verb, noun to adjective, verb to adverb or present to past tense.

Suffixes appear at the end of a word.

Add a suffix to the end of the following words. (3 marks)

Sudden ______

Sad _________

Wonder ______

Play _________

Wish ________

Gradual ______

Fry _________

Proper ______

Hand _______

SECTION 4 – HANDWRITING (10 marks)

55. In your finest and clearest handwriting, please rewrite the two paragraphs below in the box provided.

Remember to keep your letters properly placed on the line – also not too big and not too small.

Ensure that you always leave a space between each word.

You may write in either print or cursive (joined up).

You will be deducted marks for any spelling or punctuation mistakes. (10 marks)

Ronia followed the path straight into the wildest woods and came to the lake. Matt had told her that she must not go further than that. The lake lay there, black among the dark pines. Only the water lilies floating on its surface gleamed white. Ronia did not know that they were water lilies, but she looked at them for a long time and laughed silently because water lilies were there.
She stayed by the lake all day and did many things there that she has never tried before. She threw pinecones into the water and tried to see if she could make them bob away just by splashing with her feet. She had never had so much fun before. Her feet felt so glad and free when she made them splash, and happier still when she made them climb.

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SECTION 5 – READING (15 Marks)

56. Read a page from a book of your choice and a page from a book from school.

You will be tested on 3 areas of reading –

1. Reading of words
2. Correct pronunciation and emphasis of words
3. Understanding of the text

For area 3 you will be asked a couple of questions about the text to see if you fully understand what you are reading.

You will be asked to read the two texts to the teacher at individual times during the English test, outside of the classroom.

1.  Chosen text – reading of words (3 marks)

2.  Chosen text – pronunciation and emphasis (2 marks)

3. Chosen text – understanding of text (2 marks)

4.  School text – reading of words (3 marks)

5.  School text – pronunciation and emphasis (2 marks)

6. School text – understanding of text (3 marks)

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