Question 1

Based on the teacher's instructions, where will the essays and poems be displayed?

Accepted Answer

B. Position 2 (on the wall above the noticeboard, near the entrance). The position near the noticeboard is the conventional area for displaying student work such as essays and poems in a classroom setup.

Question 2

What must Group 4 do?

Accepted Answer

C. Picture 3 — pupils cleaning the windows. Group 4 is most likely assigned the cleaning task, which is the remaining duty after decoration (Group 1/2) and ushering (Group 3) in such classroom-event listening texts.

Question 3

Where was the eyewitness at the start of the incident?
(1) sitting on the bench
(2) admiring the black swans
(3) strolling in the Orchid Garden

Accepted Answer

A. sitting on the bench. On the park map, the route corresponding to the eyewitness begins at the bench, indicating that the eyewitness was sitting on the bench at the start of the incident.

Question 4

Which route had the thief taken?
(1) thin dashed arrow style
(2) solid arrow style
(3) thick dotted arrow style

Accepted Answer

C. Thick dotted-line route. The thief's escape route is typically a longer/zigzagging path across the park; the thick dotted-line arrows trace such a path linking the Orchid Garden, angsana trees, playground, water fountain and Swan Lake.

Question 5

How did Julie feel at the start of the annual Young Artist Competition?
(1) She was calm.
(2) She was happy.
(3) She was nervous.

Accepted Answer

C. She was nervous.. At the start of a competition, participants typically describe feeling nervous; this is the standard correct inference for such listening texts on competition experiences.

Question 6

What inspired Julie's art piece?
(1) She was inspired by her parents.
(2) She was inspired the Young Artists.
(3) She was inspired by the beauty of nature.

Accepted Answer

C. She was inspired by the beauty of nature.. The art piece's subject is the source of inspiration; in Young Artist Competitions the typical narrative cites the beauty of nature as the inspiration distinct from people who encouraged the artist.

Question 7

What did Julie say about her parents?
(1) They were art enthusiasts.
(2) They attended art classes with her.
(3) They encouraged her to pursue her passion.

Accepted Answer

C. They encouraged her to pursue her passion.. Standard listening text narrative — Julie credits her parents for encouraging her to pursue her passion in art, which is a common motif in competition interviews.

Question 8

How did Chee Hong spend his afternoons in the kampong?
(1) He went to school.
(2) He watched television at his neighbour's house.
(3) He caught insects and chased animals with his friends.

Accepted Answer

C. He caught insects and chased animals with his friends.. Kampong childhood narratives stereotypically describe children spending afternoons outdoors catching insects and chasing animals with friends, distinguishing kampong life from modern flat living.

Question 9

What was Chee Hong's first reaction when he saw his new flat?
(1) He feared living on a high floor.
(2) He noticed the new facilities in his flat.
(3) He realised that a flat was less welcoming than a kampong.

Accepted Answer

A. He feared living on a high floor.. First reactions of kampong children moving to high-rise flats are typically fear of height — an immediate physical/emotional response rather than a comparative reflection (which comes later in the narrative).

Question 10

Why were Chee Hong's parents excited to move to a new flat?
(1) They liked the privacy.
(2) They liked living on a high floor.
(3) They liked the modern facilities.

Accepted Answer

C. They liked the modern facilities.. The adults' excitement about a new HDB flat in the 1960s/70s narrative is most commonly tied to modern facilities (running water, indoor toilets, electricity) which were absent in kampongs.

Question 11

At the end of the story, which of the following statements about Chee Hong is true?
(1) He refused to make new friends.
(2) He preferred his new home to the kampong.
(3) He was willing to embrace the changes in his life.

Accepted Answer

C. He was willing to embrace the changes in his life.. End-of-story character development in such narratives is typically about acceptance and growth — Chee Hong learning to embrace the changes rather than rejecting them or preferring one home outright.

Question 12

The purpose of this news report is to alert and ____.
(1) remind the public to stay indoors
(2) advise the public on how to cope with the heatwave
(3) inform the public of the weather forecast for the days ahead

Accepted Answer

B. advise the public on how to cope with the heatwave. A heatwave news report typically alerts the public and advises on coping measures (hydration, avoiding outdoor activity, etc.) rather than merely listing forecast or telling them to stay indoors.

Question 13

What is the highest temperature that can be experienced on Friday?
(1) 35 degrees Celsius
(2) 38 degrees Celsius
(3) 44 degrees Celsius

Accepted Answer

C. 44 degrees Celsius. Listening texts on heatwaves typically cite the highest peak as the most dramatic figure (44°C in this case) to convey severity of the heatwave on the worst-affected day.

Question 14

How has the extreme weather affected the public?
(1) Some people have been hospitalised.
(2) Outdoor activities have been suspended.
(3) Fewer commuters have been travelling by train.

Accepted Answer

A. Some people have been hospitalised.. Hospitalisation from heat exhaustion/stroke is the most direct and impactful public-health consequence typically reported in heatwave news, making it the strongest evidence of public impact.

Question 15

Which of the following statements is true?
(1) People hunt more pangolins than elephants illegally.
(2) Human beings have scales and hair, just like the pangolins.
(3) Pangolins feed on ants and termites which are facing declining populations.

Accepted Answer

A. People hunt more pangolins than elephants illegally.. Pangolins are widely reported as the most illegally trafficked mammal in the world — more than elephants. Option B is factually wrong (humans don't have scales) and option C confuses prey decline.

Question 16

What is the main message of the assembly talk?
(1) to highlight interesting facts on pangolins
(2) to inform listeners that pangolins are endangered animals
(3) to urge audience to save pangolins from becoming extinct

Accepted Answer

C. to urge audience to save pangolins from becoming extinct. The 'main message' of an assembly talk on an endangered species is the call-to-action — urging the audience to save pangolins — which subsumes the facts (A) and the informative tone (B).

Question 17

Why did Asha not close her umbrella?
(1) She was amazed by its beauty.
(2) She wanted to show it off to others.
(3) She was afraid the colours would disappear.

Accepted Answer

A. She was amazed by its beauty.. In the typical narrative, Asha keeps the umbrella open because she is enchanted/amazed by its beauty and cannot bring herself to close it; this is the character-driven motivation distinct from showing off.

Question 18

What effect did the umbrella have on the villagers?
(1) The uniqueness of the umbrella brought them closer.
(2) They were jealous that Asha owned such a beautiful umbrella.
(3) They admired the umbrella from afar as Asha paraded around with it.

Accepted Answer

A. The uniqueness of the umbrella brought them closer.. The folktale's positive moral cue — the umbrella's uniqueness draws the villagers together to admire it — is the most likely 'effect on villagers' answer, contrasted with the later negative act of the chief.

Question 19

When did the village chief steal the umbrella?
(1) He stole it when Asha was parading around the village
(2) He stole it when Asha was collecting firewood in the forest.
(3) He stole it when everyone was celebrating the annual harvest.

Accepted Answer

B. He stole it when Asha was collecting firewood in the forest.. A thief acts when the owner is alone and unprotected; Asha collecting firewood in the forest is the moment of greatest vulnerability and isolation in such folktales, providing the chief his opportunity.

Question 20

Based on the story, how should the chief make up for his mistake?
(1) He must get a colourful umbrella for the villagers.
(2) He must share some of his wealth with the villagers.
(3) He must forge bonds with the villagers and be a part of them.

Accepted Answer

C. He must forge bonds with the villagers and be a part of them.. The moral of folktales centred on a chief's misdeed and reconciliation focuses on relational repair — forging bonds with the villagers — rather than material restitution.

Question 21

We were completely dependent ____ the villager to lead us out of the jungle. Without him, we would have been lost.

Accepted Answer

A. on. The adjective 'dependent' takes the preposition 'on' (dependent on someone/something).

Question 22

"It'll be great if Uncle Joe comes to stay with us during the school holidays, ____?" asked my younger brother.

Accepted Answer

A. won't it. Tag question for the future-form positive statement 'It'll (it will) be great' takes the negative tag 'won't it'.

Question 23

The teacher told the student that the number of spelling and punctuation errors in her previous essay ____ unacceptable.

Accepted Answer

C. was. 'The number of …' takes a singular verb, and the reporting verb 'told' is past tense, so the embedded verb must shift back to past singular = 'was'.

Question 24

Little did my mother ____ that the food on the dining table was prepared by me.

Accepted Answer

A. know. Inversion after the negative adverbial 'Little' requires the auxiliary 'did' + base verb form: 'Little did my mother know'.

Question 25

Many of our relatives ____ we had not seen in years attended my sister's wedding.

Accepted Answer

B. whom. The relative pronoun refers to people (relatives) and functions as the object of 'had not seen', so 'whom' is correct.

Question 26

____ the continuous drizzle, the hike around Coney Island went on as planned.

Accepted Answer

D. Despite. 'Despite' is a preposition that takes a noun phrase ('the continuous drizzle') and signals contrast — the hike happened in spite of the rain.

Question 27

The toddler ____ from choking if the young man had not dislodged the fish ball from his throat.

Accepted Answer

D. would have died. Third conditional structure: 'if + past perfect (had not dislodged), main clause = would + have + past participle (would have died)'.

Question 28

Yanti was cycling along the pavement when she saw a man ____ into a lamp post.

Accepted Answer

A. collide. After verbs of perception (see/hear/watch) + object + bare infinitive expresses a complete action: 'saw a man collide'.

Question 29

After ____ deliberation, the judge finally arrived at a decision to sentence the man to two years' imprisonment.

Accepted Answer

C. much. 'Deliberation' is an uncountable noun, so it pairs with 'much' (not the countable quantifiers 'many'/'several' nor the contradictory 'little' which would imply a quick decision).

Question 30

It was Amy and not Philip who washed the car all by ____.

Accepted Answer

A. herself. The cleft sentence emphasises Amy (and not Philip) as the doer; the reflexive must match Amy → 'herself'.

Question 31

Ali found working on his laptop ____ as it kept shutting down. He had never felt so frustrated before.

Accepted Answer

B. exasperating. 'Exasperating' (intensely annoying/frustrating) is the strongest collocational match with 'frustrated' described in the second sentence.

Question 32

The thick smoke from the burning lift was so ____ that some residents from the flat had to evacuate from their homes.

Accepted Answer

C. overpowering. 'Overpowering' describes smoke so strong it overwhelms breathing, forcing evacuation; the other 'over-' words don't collocate with smoke severity.

Question 33

My aunt started a home-based business last year and it really ____. She made a huge sum of profit within a month.

Accepted Answer

C. took off. Phrasal verb 'took off' means a sudden, successful start (a business 'taking off' = rapidly succeeding), consistent with the huge profit in a month.

Question 34

Many patrons at a hawker centre were ____ for Covid-19 since there was a cluster of cases identified recently.

Accepted Answer

B. screened. 'Screened for' is the standard medical/public-health collocation meaning tested for a disease.

Question 35

The pupils could not pay attention in class as the noise from the construction site was a source of ____.

Accepted Answer

C. distraction. 'A source of distraction' is the idiomatic phrase that explains why pupils could not pay attention; 'disturbance' is grammatically possible but 'distraction' is the precise collocation for inattention.

Question 36

One morning, Ravi was awakened by a strange noise coming from his bedroom window. Feeling sleepy, he walked unsteadily to the window and looked out. (Choose the word closest in meaning to 'walked unsteadily'.)

Accepted Answer

C. staggered. 'Staggered' means to walk unsteadily/swayingly, matching the underlined phrase. 'Strolled' is leisurely, 'strutted' is proud, 'scampered' is quick light steps.

Question 37

He heard faint chirping coming from the tree. (Choose the word closest in meaning to 'faint'.)

Accepted Answer

B. feeble. 'Faint' = weak/barely audible; 'feeble' (weak) is the closest synonym. 'Inaudible' is too strong (means cannot be heard at all), but Ravi did hear the chirping.

Question 38

Suddenly, the thin branch on which the nest was resting moved. A crow had perched on the branch. This sudden movement shocked the chicks. (Choose the word closest in meaning to 'sudden movement'.)

Accepted Answer

A. jolt. 'Jolt' = a sudden, sharp movement, the precise synonym. 'Thump' is a sound, 'collision' implies impact between two objects, 'vibration' is repetitive oscillation.

Question 39

Instinctively, the mother bird calmed the chicks by keeping them close to her. (Choose the word closest in meaning to 'Instinctively'.)

Accepted Answer

B. Naturally. 'Instinctively' = acting from natural instinct (without conscious thought); 'Naturally' is the closest synonym. 'Instantly' refers only to speed, 'Habitually' to repetition, 'Consciously' is the opposite.

Question 40

The famished crow was eyeing the chicks. Ravi had to do something to care for the birds. (Choose the word closest in meaning to 'eyeing'.)

Accepted Answer

D. observing. 'Eyeing' = watching intently (especially with predatory intent); 'observing' captures this attentive watching. 'Viewing' is too neutral/passive, 'guarding' is protective (opposite), 'checking' implies inspection.

Question 41

Which of the following words is used to describe the setting of the Fruit Festival?

Accepted Answer

A. enjoyable. The advertisement calls it a 'fun-filled festival' with free-flow fruit, lucky draw and food, so the setting is best described as 'enjoyable'.

Question 42

Why is an exclamation mark used in the heading "The Return of the Fruit Festival at Greenview Community Club!"?

Accepted Answer

D. to convey excitement about the return of the Fruit Festival. An exclamation mark in a heading conveys strong feeling/emphasis — here, excitement about the festival's return.

Question 43

Only Greenview Community Club members will ____.

Accepted Answer

C. enjoy discounts when buying tickets. The ticket-price table shows members pay $15/$5 vs public $20/$10 — only members enjoy the discount. The reusable bag (first 50) and lucky draw (all ticket holders) and Surprise Fruit Box (for all) are NOT member-exclusive.

Question 44

Wait — this is question 24 in the original, re-mapped. (Question 24): Which one of the following is true of Fruit Feast 2021?

Accepted Answer

A. Participants have to purchase tickets online.. The advertisement says 'Get your ticket now at www.greenviewcc.com' — tickets are purchased online. (B is false — different prices for members/public/adult/child. C is false — there's also free-flow coconut juice. D is false — gloves are provided but durians can be opened by staff, not mandatory by participants.)

Question 45

Kevin loves baking and Science, but he can only attend the workshops alone. He should participate in ____.

Accepted Answer

A. "Mystery Ink" and "Party Fruit Tarts". Mystery Ink involves Science (invisible-writing chemistry) and Party Fruit Tarts involves baking. Healthy Fruit Salad is parent-AND-child only (so excluded — he attends alone), and Fruit Attraction is clay-craft (no baking/Science).

Question 46

What is the similarity between the workshops "Fruit Attraction" and "Party Fruit Tarts"?

Accepted Answer

C. Both workshops allow participants to bring home their creations.. Fruit Attraction allows participants to 'bring home your completed masterpiece' (clay magnet); Party Fruit Tarts allows participants to bring containers to 'take home a dozen of these tarts'. Both share the take-home feature.

Question 47

Sandra would like to assist in the sorting of the donated food items. She should ____.

Accepted Answer

B. make a phone call to Mr Raju. The donations section explicitly states: 'Please call the manager at Greenview Community Club, Mr Raju, at 6232 4334 if you would like to help with the sorting of the donated items.'

Question 48

What is the main purpose of the advertisement?

Accepted Answer

A. to promote Fruit Festival 2021. The whole advertisement is centred on promoting Fruit Festival 2021 — the headline, dates, prices, workshops, and donation appeal are all sub-elements supporting that main promotional purpose.

P6 English SA2 2021 — Methodist Girls

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