Q1
MCQ
1 mark
You ________ so kind when you helped Kate look for her lost kitten.
P4 English SA2 2020 — Raffles Girls
Source: Raffles Girls, 2020
This P4 English SA2 paper from Raffles Girls (2020) covers cloze passage, grammar and vocabulary across 48 questions worth 50 marks. Practise English the way it's tested at P4 level in Singapore, with step-by-step answers on LearnBuddy.
Q2
MCQ
1 mark
"Listen carefully. The principal ________ an important announcement right now," said the prefect.
Q3
MCQ
1 mark
As everyone ________ the stadium, it started to rain.
Q4
MCQ
1 mark
Alex and her classmates went to the zoo ________ an excursion.
Q5
MCQ
1 mark
________ man sitting in the corner over there is my grandfather.
Q6
MCQ
1 mark
Mother bought a new vase ________ she broke the one she had.
Q7
MCQ
1 mark
Yesterday, the students ________ their art pieces to school for the art exhibition.
Q8
MCQ
1 mark
Devi was very busy with work and had ________ time to exercise.
Q9
MCQ
1 mark
My best friend, Sally, decided not to join the queue to buy her favourite burger as there were too ________ pupils in the queue.
Q10
MCQ
1 mark
During her birthday last year, my sister ________ surprised to receive presents from her friends.
Q11
MCQ
1 mark
The devastating tsunami had ________ all the houses in the village and many people lost their homes.
Q12
MCQ
1 mark
Tiffany and Joanne did very well during the presentation because they had all the information at ________.
Q13
MCQ
1 mark
The ________ man jumped into the raging river to save the drowning child.
Q14
MCQ
1 mark
When Jennifer saw the ferocious dog coming towards her, she was so ________ that she ran as fast as her legs could carry her.
Q15
MCQ
1 mark
Mrs Tan added a few drops of strawberry essence to ________ the flavour when she was making the strawberry ice-cream.
Q16
MCQ
1 mark
The band made some changes to their hit song and dedicated it to the frontline ________ of the pandemic.
Q17
Open-ended
1 mark
🖼 Visual
Which word has the same meaning as 'acted'? Circle either (A) or (B). Sentence: 'She lowered her hand and pretended to sweep her bangs out of her eyes.' (A) lowered (B) pretended
Q18
Open-ended
1 mark
🖼 Visual
Read each statement and tick True or False. Refer to paragraph 1 to help you. Statement: Mr Watanabe asked his class if they wanted to go on a field trip.
Q19
Open-ended
1 mark
🖼 Visual
Read each statement and tick True or False. Refer to paragraph 1 to help you. Statement: Junko raised her hand immediately when she heard about the field trip.
Q20
Open-ended
1 mark
🖼 Visual
Read each statement and tick True or False. Refer to paragraph 1 to help you. Statement: Junko was better than all her classmates in gymnastics.
Q21
Open-ended
1 mark
🖼 Visual
Tick your chosen answer. Junko's classmates smirked when she raised her hand because ________. Options: (a) she pretended to sweep her bangs / (b) she enjoyed mountaineering / (c) she was tiny and weak
Q22
Open-ended
1 mark
Write 1, 2 and 3 in the blanks below to show what happened first, next and last in paragraph 2. ____ Junko pretended to sweep her bangs out of her eyes. ____ Mr Watanabe nodded and smiled at Junko. ____ Junko raised her hand again and made herself keep it there.
Q23
Open-ended
2 marks
At the end of the class discussion, what two things did Mr Watanabe say he would do? (i) ________ (ii) ________
Q24
Open-ended
1 mark
🖼 Visual
Vocabulary Cloze — choose the correct word from the box (A–M). Word bank: (A) areas, (B) case, (C) diet, (D) easily, (E) feat, (F) habitat, (G) huge, (H) match, (J) munches, (K) roots, (L) species, (M) success. 'Once faced with the risk of extinction, giant pandas are now protected and no longer an endangered species. This achievement is a result of the (24) ________ of the World Wildlife Conservation programme.'
Q25
Open-ended
1 mark
Vocabulary Cloze blank (25): 'The (25) ________ of the giant panda consists of bamboo shoots and leaves.'
Q26
Open-ended
1 mark
Vocabulary Cloze blank (26): 'Human activities have destroyed much of its natural (26) ________ and its favourite source of food.'
Q27
Open-ended
1 mark
Vocabulary Cloze blank (27): 'Like toddlers at snack time, the panda sits with its legs stretched out in front of it and (27) ________ its food.'
Q28
Open-ended
1 mark
Vocabulary Cloze blank (28): 'The tough bamboo is no (28) ________ for the panda's powerful jaws...'
Q29
Open-ended
1 mark
Vocabulary Cloze blank (29): '...and crushing power of its (29) ________ molars which are three times larger than those of a human.'
Q30
Open-ended
1 mark
Vocabulary Cloze blank (30): 'In a day, each giant panda can eat about thirty kilogrammes of bamboo as (30) ________ as we eat carrot sticks.'
Q31
Open-ended
1 mark
Vocabulary Cloze blank (31): 'Bamboo is a grass that grows well in the highland (31) ________ of China.'
Q32
Open-ended
1 mark
🖼 Visual
Grammar Cloze 1 — choose the correct word from the box (A–F). Word bank: (A) he, (B) my, (C) our, (D) them, (E) they, (F) us. 'Last week, my mother and I visited the zoo. My father decided that (32) ________ would not join us.'
Q33
Open-ended
1 mark
Grammar Cloze 1 blank (33): 'At the enclosure, we met Mindy and her mother. They were excited to see (33) ________ at the zoo too.'
Q34
Open-ended
1 mark
Grammar Cloze 1 blank (34): 'I wanted to have lunch with (34) ________ but they were leaving soon.'
Q35
Open-ended
1 mark
Grammar Cloze 1 blank (35): 'However, (35) ________ mother had a better suggestion and asked, "Why don't you join us for breakfast tomorrow?"'
Q36
Open-ended
1 mark
Grammar Cloze 2 — underline the correct word in the brackets. 'Liza loves words. She loves the sounds that words (36) [ make / makes ]...'
Q37
Open-ended
1 mark
Grammar Cloze 2 blank (37): 'Some of her favourite words (37) [ is / are ] lollipop, balloon and purple.'
Q38
Open-ended
1 mark
Grammar Cloze 2 blank (38): 'When Liza (38) [ has / have ] free time at school, she likes to write down words...'
Q39
Open-ended
1 mark
Grammar Cloze 2 blank (39): 'Sometimes, her classmates, Sue and Ellie, (39) [ join / joins ] in the fun too.'
Q40
Open-ended
1 mark
🖼 Visual
Tick (✓) your chosen answer. In paragraph 2, which word has the same meaning as 'having no limits'? Options: attempt / endless / variety
Q41
Open-ended
1 mark
According to the text, how much pizza can a person eat on average in a year?
Q42
Open-ended
1 mark
🖼 Visual
Read the statement, tick (✓) True or False and give a reason for your answer. Refer to paragraph 2. Statement: There are many types of pizza today.
Q43
Open-ended
1 mark
🖼 Visual
Read the statement, tick (✓) True or False and give a reason for your answer. Refer to paragraph 2. Statement: It is easy to understand exactly how the pizza originated.
Q44
Open-ended
1 mark
🖼 Visual
Read the statement, tick (✓) True or False and give a reason for your answer. Refer to paragraph 2. Statement: Pizza, if eaten in the correct manner, enables consumers to feel a sense of happiness.
Q45
Open-ended
1 mark
In paragraph 3, which sentence tells us that tomatoes are a must-have for pizza?
Q46
Open-ended
1 mark
Refer to paragraph 3, what does the word 'they' in bold refer to?
Q47
Open-ended
1 mark
🖼 Visual
According to paragraph 3, what did the Italians discover about the tomato plant? Put a tick (✓) in the box beside your answer. DO NOT TICK MORE THAN ONE BOX. Options: (a) The tomato plant was grown only in England. (b) The tomato plant was harmless and delicious. (c) The tomato plant had fruit that were pungent.
Q48
Open-ended
2 marks
Refer to paragraph 4 and write your answer in a complete sentence. Give 2 reasons why tomatoes were used in pizza by Italians.