P6 English SA2 2019 — Henry Park | Singapore Past Year Paper

Q: Ahmad enjoys ____ with his grandmother every weekend.

C. interacting. The verb 'enjoys' must be followed by a gerund (-ing form), so 'interacting' is correct.

Q: He is a man ____ opinion I respect.

D. whose. A possessive relative pronoun is needed ('the man's opinion'), so 'whose' is correct.

Q: Last night, an ear-piercing scream ____ by the residents of Ghim Moh.

A. was heard. A simple past passive is needed for a completed event at a stated past time ('last night'), so 'was heard' is correct.

Q: "There is ____ truth in what he said," Mr Lee nodded in agreement.

C. some. 'Truth' is an uncountable noun used positively here, so 'some' is correct; 'few' and 'many' are for countable nouns.

Q: You can go to the playground ____ you finish your homework first.

C. provided. A condition is being set, so 'provided' (meaning 'on condition that') fits the meaning.

Q: The doctor reminded her patient that their next session is scheduled ____ Monday.

C. on. The preposition 'on' is used with days of the week.

Q: The increase in the number of obesity cases among children ____ a cause for concern last year.

C. was. The singular subject 'The increase' takes a singular past-tense verb 'was' (past time signalled by 'last year').

Q: "Do look for me ____ you need any help," Ms Tan told her students.

D. should. 'Should' here means 'if ever', expressing a possible future need for help.

Q: If Richard ____ to his mother, he would not have lost his wallet.

D. had listened. This is a third conditional about the past ('would not have lost'), so the past perfect 'had listened' is required.

Q: "She'd won the race, ____ she?" asked Meena.

D. hadn't. 'She'd won' is past perfect ('had won'), so the negative tag question is 'hadn't she?'.

Q1 MCQ 1 mark

Ahmad enjoys ____ with his grandmother every weekend.

Q2 MCQ 1 mark

He is a man ____ opinion I respect.

Q3 MCQ 1 mark

Last night, an ear-piercing scream ____ by the residents of Ghim Moh.

Q4 MCQ 1 mark

"There is ____ truth in what he said," Mr Lee nodded in agreement.

Q5 MCQ 1 mark

You can go to the playground ____ you finish your homework first.

Q6 MCQ 1 mark

The doctor reminded her patient that their next session is scheduled ____ Monday.

Q7 MCQ 1 mark

The increase in the number of obesity cases among children ____ a cause for concern last year.

Q8 MCQ 1 mark

"Do look for me ____ you need any help," Ms Tan told her students.

Q9 MCQ 1 mark

If Richard ____ to his mother, he would not have lost his wallet.

Q10 MCQ 1 mark

"She'd won the race, ____ she?" asked Meena.

Q11 MCQ 1 mark

The cashier was suspicious of the ____ of the hundred-dollar note which the stranger was trying to use to pay for his groceries.

Q12 MCQ 1 mark

The teacher instructed her students to ____ their answers with those in the answer key after they had finished their practice papers at home.

Q13 MCQ 1 mark

The choir sang in perfect ____ during the performance and earned a standing ovation from the appreciative audience.

Q14 MCQ 1 mark

The director of the company was inconsolable when his multi-million dollar development plan ____ due to a lack of funding.

Q15 MCQ 1 mark

Mr Don's vision is very poor but the optician has informed him that it can be ____ if he wears glasses with prescription lenses.

Q16 MCQ 1 mark

From the passage about Mr Oh: 'During these trips, he tackles muddy gullies and (16) treacherous river crossings regularly.' Choose the word closest in meaning to the underlined word 'treacherous'.

Q17 MCQ 1 mark

From the passage about Mr Oh: 'Being (17) accustomed to cooking outdoors, everybody in the group will take turns to prepare delicious dinners from scratch.' Choose the word(s) closest in meaning to the underlined words 'accustomed to'.

Q18 MCQ 1 mark

From the passage about Mr Oh: 'His badge of honour includes winning the Monster Ultra when he ran the 200km round-island (18) route in 38 hours.' Choose the word closest in meaning to the underlined word 'route'.

Q19 MCQ 1 mark

From the passage about Mr Oh: 'Earlier this year, he finished a 100km race in Hong Kong with a (19) cumulative elevation of 4,800m in the mountainous region of Lantau Island.' Choose the word closest in meaning to the underlined word 'cumulative'.

Q20 MCQ 1 mark

From the passage about Mr Oh: 'an (20) uphill task for any athlete to accomplish.' Choose the word closest in meaning to the underlined word 'uphill'.

Q21 MCQ 1 mark 🖼 Visual

The main purpose of the flyer is to ____.

Q22 MCQ 1 mark 🖼 Visual

Based on the flyer, which is not a reason why learning a new language is useful?

Q23 MCQ 1 mark 🖼 Visual

Mr Azri wants to sign up to for the Italian language course and has some queries. What should he do?

Q24 MCQ 1 mark 🖼 Visual

Siti is interested to sign up for a Level 2 class after 25 July. She can only afford to pay $650 for the course. Which of the following language classes can she choose from?

Q25 MCQ 1 mark 🖼 Visual

Which of the following individuals will enjoy the best discount rates on the course fees?

Q26 MCQ 1 mark

The words '30% off Course Fees for all Students and Senior Citizens' and 'Early Bird Special for all' are printed in bold to ____.

Q27 MCQ 1 mark 🖼 Visual

Language Learning Institute pairs its students up with other students who can speak the language well because it ____.

Q28 MCQ 1 mark 🖼 Visual

Amanda is interested to apply for a job in France and would like to learn the language before her job interview. Which of the following will not be a reason for her to sign up with Language Learning Institute?

Q29 Structured 1 mark

Grammar cloze: choose the most suitable word from the list (A) a, (B) about, (C) around, (D) before, (E) but, (F) by, (G) during, (H) how, (J) however, (K) is, (L) onto, (M) the, (N) when, (P) where, (Q) with. Each word can be used only once. 'Research has shown that ____ (29) average user on the Internet spends only fifteen seconds on a website'.

Q30 Structured 1 mark

Grammar cloze (blank 30): '____ (30) moving to another website.' (preceding context: the average user spends only fifteen seconds on a website ____ moving to another website.)

Q31 Structured 1 mark

Grammar cloze (blank 31): 'Visitors are expected to slow down a little when they are in museums full of great artworks, ____ (31), several studies have shown that the average time spent looking at an artwork in a museum is twenty seconds.'

Q32 Structured 1 mark

Grammar cloze (blank 32): '____ (32) this short period of time, the visitors are also managing one other thing – taking photographs.'

Q33 Structured 1 mark

Grammar cloze (blank 33): 'In recent years, museums ____ (33) the world have developed strategies to influence visitors' viewing behaviour.'

Q34 Structured 1 mark

Grammar cloze (blank 34): 'One such strategy ____ (34) celebrating "Slow Art Day".'

Q35 Structured 1 mark

Grammar cloze (blank 35): 'they are able to notice details ____ (35) the work which they would otherwise miss'.

Q36 Structured 1 mark

Grammar cloze (blank 36): '____ (36) just one quick glance.' (preceding context: details ... which they would otherwise miss ____ just one quick glance.)

Q37 Structured 1 mark

Grammar cloze (blank 37): 'visitors would be able to have ____ (37) better understanding of the artists' ideas'.

Q38 Structured 1 mark

Grammar cloze (blank 38): 'and ____ (38) they get their inspiration from to create the work.'

Q39 Open-ended 1 mark

Editing for spelling and grammar: each underlined word contains either a spelling or grammatical error. Write the correct word. 'Each cell in an animal has a uneeque purpose.' (underlined: uneeque) (39)

Q40 Open-ended 1 mark

Editing (40): 'An animal cannot live without their heart, brain or lungs.' (underlined: their)

Q41 Open-ended 1 mark

Editing (41): 'As they are unable to move independantly, they have to adapt to their enviroment.' (underlined: independantly) (41)

Q42 Open-ended 1 mark

Editing (42): 'As they are unable to move independantly, they have to adapt to their enviroment.' (underlined: enviroment) (42)

Q43 Open-ended 1 mark

Editing (43): 'As opposed to animals with a fixed set of cells and organs, plants evolving as the conditions change.' (underlined: evolving)

Q44 Open-ended 1 mark

Editing (44): 'Signals from the leaves, stem and roots based on light, tempreture, water and nutrient conditions...' (underlined: tempreture)

Q45 Open-ended 1 mark

Editing (45): 'determine if the plant grows deeper roots or large leaves.' (underlined: large)

Q46 Open-ended 1 mark

Editing (46): 'However, these mutate cells are restricted to one part of the plant...' (underlined: mutate)

Q47 Open-ended 1 mark

Editing (47): 'are restricted to one part of the plant thanks for their cell wall.' (underlined: for)

Q48 Open-ended 1 mark

Editing (48): 'Since all plant cells have the capasity to create any new cell...' (underlined: capasity)

Q49 Open-ended 1 mark

Editing (49): 'such tumours are generally not fatel.' (underlined: fatel)

Q50 Open-ended 1 mark

Editing (50): 'This is why new plants can grow by what was once a stem or leaf.' (underlined: by)

Q51 Open-ended 1 mark

Comprehension cloze: fill in each blank with a suitable word. 'The Bermuda Triangle cannot be found on a map as it does not have (51) ____ exact geographic location.'

Q52 Open-ended 1 mark

Comprehension cloze (52): 'Thus, the name, Bermuda Triangle, is given (52) ____ this area that lies in the Atlantic Ocean...'

Q53 Open-ended 1 mark

Comprehension cloze (53): 'On 5 December 1945, five US Navy Avenger bombers mysteriously vanished (53) ____ a routine training session known as Flight 19.'

Q54 Open-ended 1 mark

Comprehension cloze (54): 'The flight was led (54) ____ Lieutenant Charles Taylor, who kept in contact with the control tower...'

Q55 Open-ended 1 mark

Comprehension cloze (55): 'who kept in contact with the control tower through the radio until nothing could be (55) ____ from him.'

Q56 Open-ended 1 mark

Comprehension cloze (56): 'The rescue plane (56) ____ was sent to search for the survivors of Flight 19 never made it back either.'

Q57 Open-ended 1 mark

Comprehension cloze (57): 'Six planes and twenty-seven men vanished without a (57) ____ or so it seemed.'

Q58 Open-ended 1 mark

Comprehension cloze (58): 'Did the five bombers simply crash into the Atlantic Ocean or did (58) ____ more mysteriously happen?'

Q59 Open-ended 1 mark

Comprehension cloze (59): 'three passenger planes which had radioed that "All's well", meaning things (59) ____ fine, vanished.'

Q60 Open-ended 1 mark

Comprehension cloze (60): 'When the abandoned ship was sighted, the personal belongings of the captain and his (60) ____ were intact.'

Q61 Open-ended 1 mark

Comprehension cloze (61): 'What was baffling was that they were (61) ____ to be found.'

Q62 Open-ended 1 mark

Comprehension cloze (62): '(62) ____ are there so many mysterious disappearances?'

Q63 Open-ended 1 mark

Comprehension cloze (63): 'Over the past centuries, some people have put the (63) ____ on aliens while others think...'

Q64 Open-ended 1 mark

Comprehension cloze (64): 'while others think that (64) ____ can be attributed to sea monsters, pirates or a physical force.'

Q65 Open-ended 1 mark

Comprehension cloze (65): 'There is no single theory that can (65) ____ all these incidents of the mysterious disappearances.'

Q66 Structured 2 marks

Synthesis/Transformation: rewrite the given sentence(s) using the word(s) provided, keeping the same meaning in one sentence. 'Jenny is going for the learning journey to the Science Centre. Her classmates are also going for the learning journey.' ____ as well as ____.

Q67 Structured 2 marks

Synthesis (67): '"Will you be going to the ceremony tonight?" Ahmad asked his sister.' Ahmad asked ____.

Q68 Structured 2 marks

Synthesis (68): 'Mr Heng's missing briefcase was found. Mr Heng was very relieved.' Much to ____.

Q69 Structured 2 marks

Synthesis (69): 'The security guard appeared at the meeting and caught us by surprise.' The sudden ____.

Q70 Structured 2 marks

Synthesis (70): 'Raja enjoys reading a book at home. However, he is more interested in taking a stroll in the park.' ____ would rather ____.

Q71 Open-ended 1 mark

Read the passage 'My Greatest Ambition' (Booklet B). Pick out a five-word phrase from the second paragraph that tells us that the narrator did not think very highly of his classmates. (1m)

Q72 Structured 3 marks 🖼 Visual

Based on lines 1–16, state whether each statement in the table below is true or false, then give one reason why you think so. (3m) (a) Everyone was against the narrator about his desire to become a comics artist. (b) The narrator's aim of completing his first full-length comic strip was for his own pleasure. (c) The narrator was thorough in checking his comic strip.

Q73 Structured 1 mark

Write 1, 2, 3 in the blanks below to indicate the order in which the events occurred in the story. (1m) ____ The narrator made an appointment to meet with the editor. ____ The narrator was convinced by Michael Lazarus to publish his comic strip. ____ The narrator made up his mind to mail off his comic strip.

Q74 Structured 3 marks 🖼 Visual

Look at the table below. What do the words in the left column refer to in the passage? Write the answers in the column on the right. (3m) the idea (line 14) it (line 29) her (line 36)

Q75 Open-ended 2 marks

Why did the narrator dislike the magazine recommended by Michael Lazarus? (2m)

Q76 Open-ended 2 marks

What do you think the narrator meant by saying "…did he change his tune? Not one bit." (line 25)? (2m)

Q77 Structured 2 marks 🖼 Visual

After the narrator got off the telephone with Miss Gordon, what were his parents' concerns? (2m) Father → ____ Mother → ____

Q78 Open-ended 2 marks

What were the two problems that the narrator realised he had to deal with after he had set up the appointment with the editor? (2m)

Q79 Open-ended 2 marks 🖼 Visual

Which two of the following words best describe how the narrator felt about his appointment with the editor from lines 35–47? (2m) DO NOT TICK MORE THAN TWO BOXES. Options: angry, discouraged, excited, impatient, puzzled, relieved.

Q80 Open-ended 2 marks

Did the narrator believe that he was being offered a job? Support your answer with evidence from the passage. (2m)

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