Q1
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1 mark
Jia Mei was very excited to go to school that day. ____ school was organising a singing competition. She had been practicing hard for it.
P4 English SA1 2023 — Methodist Girls
Source: Methodist Girls, 2023
This P4 English SA1 paper from Methodist Girls (2023) contains 27 questions worth 30 marks. Use it as a study reference for English topics typically tested at P4 level in Singapore schools.
Q2
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Jia Mei's teacher and classmates sat down in the school hall while she went backstage to prepare. She waved nervously to ____. She could not wait for the competition to start.
Q3
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1 mark
She glanced over at her friend, Cindy, who looked as cool as a cucumber. "What's ____ secret to being so calm?" Jia Mei asked Cindy. "Why, just think of your favourite things, then (4) ____ won't feel so anxious!" Cindy replied with a smile.
Q4
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1 mark
She glanced over at her friend, Cindy, who looked as cool as a cucumber. "What's (3) ____ secret to being so calm?" Jia Mei asked Cindy. "Why, just think of your favourite things, then ____ won't feel so anxious!" Cindy replied with a smile.
Q5
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1 mark
Giraffes are the tallest living animals in the world. They [ live / lives ] in Africa.
Q6
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1 mark
Giraffes can. [ grow / grows] up to five-metres tall.
Q7
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1 mark
Giraffes [ has / have] long necks that allow them to eat leaves in the tallest part of the trees. They like the leaves on the acacia tree most of all.
Q8
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1 mark
[A/ An] otter has webbed feet and a powerful tail.
Q9
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An otter has webbed feet and a powerful tail. [ This / These] make them strong swimmers in the water.
Q10
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That is one of the reasons why we can find [ many / much) of them in places like rivers and seas.
Q11
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1 mark
Sarah was thrilled to be making frozen yoghurt with her mother over the weekend. Sarah's mother had found a ____ inside an old cookbook that they could follow step by step.
Q12
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1 mark
First, they prepared the ingredients and ____ needed. Sarah placed the yoghurt, fruit, a bowl and a spatula on the tabletop.
Q13
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1 mark
Next, Sarah's mother helped them to ____ out the right amount of yoghurt.
Q14
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1 mark
Then, they ____ the mixture into a pan and popped it into the freezer. They could not wait to taste it!
Q15
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1 mark
Liming sighed. His pet rabbit had been ____ for the past few days and it had not been eating well. It lay very still inside its cage and did not hop around like it usually did.
Q16
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1 mark
Liming ____ the cage door and put his hand in to stroke its fur gently.
Q17
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1 mark
Before leaving, his mother quickly went ____ the list of items that they had to bring along with them to the vet.
Q18
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1 mark
The vet ____ in a gentle voice to soothe Liming's rabbit as it squeaked uncomfortably.
Q19
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1 mark
The vet gave it some ____ so that it could recover soon.
Q20
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1 mark
Liming thanked the vet and promised to take good ____ of his rabbit.
Q21
Open-ended
1 mark
Deer thought that ____ had taken his flowers. [1m]
Q22
Open-ended
1 mark
What does the word "them" in Paragraph 2 refer to? [1m]
Q23
Structured
2 marks
List two clues the culprit left behind as it took the animals' food. [2m]
1.
2.
Q24
Open-ended
1 mark
Which three-word phrase from paragraph 3 shows you that Beaver was very unhappy? [1m]
Q25
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2 marks
(a) How do you think the animals felt when they saw the huge silhouette [1m]
(b) Why did the animals feel this way? [1m]
Q26
Structured
2 marks
(a) Use one adjective to describe the monster's character in the box below. [1m]
(b) What did the monster do that tells us about its character in part (a)? [1m]
Q27
Open-ended
1 mark
What was the monster's plan? [1m]