Question 1

(1) Samad and Ali is
are
was
cleaning the whiteboard.

Accepted Answer

B. are. The subject 'Samad and Ali' is plural. The verb 'cleaning' indicates a continuous action. Therefore, the plural present continuous form 'are cleaning' is correct.

Question 2

(2) Ben eats a
an
the
apple for dinner every day.

Accepted Answer

B. an. The word 'apple' begins with a vowel sound. The indefinite article 'an' is used before words that start with a vowel sound.

Question 3

(3) "Please pour the sugar in
into
through
the jar," said Mrs Lim.

Accepted Answer

B. into. 'Into' is used to express movement towards the inside of something. When pouring sugar, it moves from an external container to the inside of the jar.

Question 4

(4) Fiona fell down or
so
and
hurt her knee.

Accepted Answer

B. so. 'So' is a conjunction used to show a result or consequence. Fiona fell down, and as a result, she hurt her knee.

Question 5

(5) My mother bake
bakes
baked
a cake for me yesterday.

Accepted Answer

C. baked. The keyword 'yesterday' indicates that the action happened in the past. Therefore, the past tense form of the verb 'bake', which is 'baked', should be used.

Question 6

(6) The dogs are barking loudly. It
He
They
are hungry.

Accepted Answer

C. They. The first sentence refers to 'The dogs', which is a plural subject. The pronoun 'They' is used to refer to plural nouns, whether people, animals, or things.

Question 7

Parrot, Goat and Squirrel always played on the hills
in the forest
in the village

Accepted Answer

B. in the forest. The passage states, 'Every morning, Parrot would fly from the hills to meet Squirrel and Goat in the forest to play.' This indicates their meeting and playing location was in the forest.

Question 8

Goat
Parrot
Squirrel
cut the trap with his sharp teeth.

Accepted Answer

C. Squirrel. The passage explicitly states, 'Squirrel shouted, "I'll cut the trap with my sharp teeth!"' indicating that Squirrel was the one who cut the trap.

P1 English 2019