Q1
MCQ
1 mark
🖼 Visual
According to Entertainment Weekly, "Potter" is the best musical ____.
P6 English SA1 2012 — Raffles Girls
Source: Raffles Girls, 2012
This P6 English SA1 paper from Raffles Girls (2012) covers comprehension, cloze passage, grammar, editing and spelling, vocabulary and sentence synthesis and transformation across 80 questions worth 95 marks. Practise English the way it's tested at P6 level in Singapore, with step-by-step answers on LearnBuddy.
Q2
MCQ
1 mark
🖼 Visual
Ravi would like to find out more about "Potter" the musical. According to the advertisement, he should ____.
Q3
MCQ
1 mark
🖼 Visual
Sally would likely know if she had won the "Watch Potter" contest by ____.
Q4
MCQ
1 mark
🖼 Visual
The main aim of the advertisement is to ____.
Q5
MCQ
1 mark
🖼 Visual
Which one of the following is true of the "Watch Potter" contest?
Q6
MCQ
1 mark
Despite having ____ two litres of water, I was still thirsty.
Q7
MCQ
1 mark
No sooner had Jamie put down the phone ____ it rang again.
Q8
MCQ
1 mark
Ken takes pride ____ his work and he can be trusted to handle major projects.
Q9
MCQ
1 mark
Eleanor Roosevelt once said, "The future belongs to those ____ believe in the beauty of their dreams."
Q10
MCQ
1 mark
Gopal never tells lies, ____?
Q11
MCQ
1 mark
Our coach made us ____ ten kilometres today.
Q12
MCQ
1 mark
Mrs Lim told her, "Lisa, this is the short passage you need to memorise. What ____ is the list of words you need to learn."
Q13
MCQ
1 mark
"Why are you so quick to make fun of my theory ____ retorted Alfie. (Choose the correct punctuation to fill blank 13.)
Q14
MCQ
1 mark
"Well," replied Tash ____ because it is rubbish!" (Choose the correct punctuation to fill blank 14.)
Q15
MCQ
1 mark
Tash had to admit that Alfie was right ____ However, he pursed his lips and kept quiet. (Choose the correct punctuation to fill blank 15.)
Q16
MCQ
1 mark
A terrible disaster was ____ when the villagers sleeping in their huts woke up in time to discover the fire.
Q17
MCQ
1 mark
The man who was accused of theft was ____ and released from prison.
Q18
MCQ
1 mark
He has no ____ about cheating money from the elderly. He has been caught doing it several times.
Q19
MCQ
1 mark
This event is held annually to ____ the founder of the school.
Q20
MCQ
1 mark
Everybody makes mistakes and nobody is ____.
Q21
MCQ
1 mark
Choose the word closest in meaning to the underlined word 'eased' in: '...congested expressways that road pricing does not appear to have eased...'
Q22
MCQ
1 mark
Choose the word closest in meaning to the underlined word 'woes' in: '...a proposed water taxi service could provide the solution to transport woes.'
Q23
MCQ
1 mark
Choose the word closest in meaning to the underlined word 'infrastructure' in: '...the infrastructure needed for such a transport mode is not as exorbitant to build as roads.'
Q24
MCQ
1 mark
Choose the word closest in meaning to the underlined word 'exorbitant' in: '...is not as exorbitant to build as roads.'
Q25
MCQ
1 mark
Choose the word closest in meaning to the underlined word 'feasible' in: 'If found feasible, there is room for ferry services...'
Q26
MCQ
1 mark
Who was the man who opened the door for the writer and her family as they entered the restaurant?
Q27
MCQ
1 mark
Why was the man not allowed in the restaurant?
Q28
MCQ
1 mark
The word "brusque-looking" in line 3 suggests that the man was ____.
Q29
MCQ
1 mark
Based on the passage, which one of the following is true?
Q30
MCQ
1 mark
In line 42, "doing that" refers to the writer ____.
Q31
Open-ended
1 mark
Section G: Structural Cloze. Choose the most suitable word (A–Q) for the blank: '...despite steps taken ____ the Prime Minister to save them.' Word list: (A) and (B) apart (C) aside (D) by (E) each (F) from (G) in (H) of (J) on (K) over (L) for (M) to (N) was (P) were (Q) with.
Q32
Open-ended
1 mark
Section G: Structural Cloze. Choose the most suitable word (A–Q) for the blank: 'A project that he initiated five years ago to provide them ____ a sanctuary in three "elephant provinces" by the year 2010 failed to get underway...'
Q33
Open-ended
1 mark
Section G: Structural Cloze. Choose the most suitable word (A–Q) for the blank: '...the number of wild elephants fell from as many as 2,000 in 1975 ____ only 100 in 2006.'
Q34
Open-ended
1 mark
Section G: Structural Cloze. Choose the most suitable word (A–Q) for the blank: 'The provinces were told to set ____ wilderness areas for them...'
Q35
Open-ended
1 mark
Section G: Structural Cloze. Choose the most suitable word (A–Q) for the blank: '...and survey elephant populations in ____ area.'
Q36
Open-ended
1 mark
Section G: Structural Cloze. Choose the most suitable word (A–Q) for the blank: '...and stop poachers ____ killing them and trading their tusks, tails and meat.'
Q37
Open-ended
1 mark
Section G: Structural Cloze. Choose the most suitable word (A–Q) for the blank: 'The project got underway in two provinces and research on their reproduction rates ____ gathered.'
Q38
Open-ended
1 mark
Section G: Structural Cloze. Choose the most suitable word (A–Q) for the blank: 'Training courses were set up to train people ____ caring for them.'
Q39
Open-ended
1 mark
Section G: Structural Cloze. Choose the most suitable word (A–Q) for the blank: 'Recently, farmers took over forest land for cultivation, restricting their living ____ feeding areas.'
Q40
Open-ended
1 mark
Section G: Structural Cloze. Choose the most suitable word (A–Q) for the blank: '...the hungry elephants which started feeding ____ farmers' crops, particularly at night, destroying the crops in the process.'
Q41
Open-ended
1 mark
Section H: Editing. Correct the bold (spelling) word: '...my father was working on a magic act for the enual Christmas show at the senior centre...'
Q42
Open-ended
1 mark
Section H: Editing. Correct the underlined (grammar) word: '...false eyelashes as thick like spiders...'
Q43
Open-ended
1 mark
Section H: Editing. Correct the bold (spelling) word: '...I still believed that my father trooly could pull coins out of my ear...'
Q44
Open-ended
1 mark
Section H: Editing. Correct the bold (spelling) word: '...and find a bookay of flowers in the folds of Mrs Kleban's chenille housecoat.'
Q45
Open-ended
1 mark
Section H: Editing. Correct the bold (spelling) word: 'He did these little tricks all the time for airrowbics or watch old black-and-white movies with soundtracks...'
Q46
Open-ended
1 mark
Section H: Editing. Correct the underlined (grammar) word: 'I know some parts of the act were fake, for example, his fiddlehead moustache and the coin with two heads.'
Q47
Open-ended
1 mark
Section H: Editing. Correct the underlined (grammar) word: 'One night of the Christmas show, the residents in our town braved a cold and arrived at the senior centre.'
Q48
Open-ended
1 mark
Section H: Editing. Correct the underlined (grammar) word: 'They sat in a semicircle watched my father while I waited backstage.'
Q49
Open-ended
1 mark
Section H: Editing. Correct the bold (spelling) word: 'When my father uhnownced my name, I stepped out proudly...'
Q50
Open-ended
1 mark
Section H: Editing. Correct the underlined (grammar) word: 'That night, I learnt the more important lesson of my life...'
Q51
Open-ended
1 mark
Section I: Comprehension Cloze. Fill in the blank with a suitable word: 'Fifty children illegally locked up in a seventh-floor classroom in a Chinese city to ____ their summer vacation learning the complex principles of a Mathematical Olympiad were discovered...'
Q52
Open-ended
1 mark
Section I: Comprehension Cloze. Fill in the blank with a suitable word: '...were discovered ____ passers-by had picked up paper planes with messages pleading for...'
Q53
Open-ended
1 mark
Section I: Comprehension Cloze. Fill in the blank with a suitable word: '...had picked up paper planes with messages pleading for ____.'
Q54
Open-ended
1 mark
Section I: Comprehension Cloze. Fill in the blank with a suitable word: 'The children were sent to the unlicensed private class by their parents in the ____ that they would beat their peers in school mathematics examinations...'
Q55
Open-ended
1 mark
Section I: Comprehension Cloze. Fill in the blank with a suitable word: '...or at least not ____ behind their classmates.'
Q56
Open-ended
1 mark
Section I: Comprehension Cloze. Fill in the blank with a suitable word: 'The class discovered on Monday usually had lessons ____ in a locked room six floors above a computer store.'
Q57
Open-ended
1 mark
Section I: Comprehension Cloze. Fill in the blank with a suitable word: 'When educational officials tried to gain ____ to the seventh floor, they found a locked-up iron gate...'
Q58
Open-ended
1 mark
Section I: Comprehension Cloze. Fill in the blank with a suitable word: '...which the caretaker of the building said he could not ____ as he had no key...'
Q59
Open-ended
1 mark
Section I: Comprehension Cloze. Fill in the blank with a suitable word: 'The caretaker, when interviewed, claimed that he had no ____ that such activities were taking place.'
Q60
Open-ended
1 mark
Section I: Comprehension Cloze. Fill in the blank with a suitable word: 'However, the ____ heard the hubbub of children leaving the building by a concealed exit...'
Q61
Open-ended
1 mark
Section I: Comprehension Cloze. Fill in the blank with a suitable word: '...and when they got to them, their teacher was nowhere to be ____.'
Q62
Open-ended
1 mark
Section I: Comprehension Cloze. Fill in the blank with a suitable word: 'Although illegal, many parents tried to get their children ____ in the classes, believing they were a passport to academic...'
Q63
Open-ended
1 mark
Section I: Comprehension Cloze. Fill in the blank with a suitable word: '...believing they were a passport to academic ____.'
Q64
Open-ended
1 mark
Section I: Comprehension Cloze. Fill in the blank with a suitable word: '"It's sad that many of our children, ____ of having fun somewhere during the summer vacation, are now forced to stay..."'
Q65
Open-ended
1 mark
Section I: Comprehension Cloze. Fill in the blank with a suitable word: '...are now forced to stay ____ to learn some dry mathematical principles," commented the Orient Today newspaper.'
Q66
Open-ended
2 marks
Section J: Synthesis and Transformation. Rewrite as one sentence using the word given. 'The child must be given a sweet. Only then will she take the bitter medicine.' ____ unless ____.
Q67
Open-ended
2 marks
Section J: Synthesis and Transformation. Rewrite as one sentence beginning with the words given. '"Johnny went to the zoo last week," Mary said.' Mary said ____.
Q68
Open-ended
2 marks
Section J: Synthesis and Transformation. Rewrite as one sentence using the word given. 'The sweets were put into bags in order to be distributed easily.' ____ for ____.
Q69
Open-ended
2 marks
Section J: Synthesis and Transformation. Rewrite as one sentence beginning with the words given. 'Everyone says that Roald Dahl is the best children's book author of all time.' Roald Dahl ____.
Q70
Open-ended
2 marks
Section J: Synthesis and Transformation. Rewrite as one sentence using the word given. 'It was raining but Jerry continued to play in the field.' Despite ____.
Q71
Open-ended
2 marks
Section K: Comprehension Open-Ended. How was Della related to Jim?
Q72
Open-ended
2 marks
Section K: Comprehension Open-Ended. Della managed to save money by "bulldozing the grocer" (line 2). What did she do?
Q73
Open-ended
2 marks
Section K: Comprehension Open-Ended. Which sentence in paragraph 2 tells you that the Dillinghams were not wealthy?
Q74
Open-ended
2 marks
Section K: Comprehension Open-Ended. What were the Dillinghams' two most precious possessions?
Q75
Open-ended
2 marks
Section K: Comprehension Open-Ended. What was the "idea" Della had in line 13?
Q76
Open-ended
2 marks
Section K: Comprehension Open-Ended. Why did Della's happiness give way a little to anxiety (line 18) when she reached home?
Q77
Open-ended
2 marks
Section K: Comprehension Open-Ended. Jim explained that "I don't think there's anything in the way of a haircut that could make me like my girl any less" (lines 23–24). What does this sentence suggest about his love for Della?
Q78
Open-ended
2 marks
Section K: Comprehension Open-Ended. Why was Della screaming with joy initially but wailing later when she saw her present?
Q79
Open-ended
2 marks
Section K: Comprehension Open-Ended. How did Jim have enough money to buy Della a present?
Q80
Open-ended
2 marks
Section K: Comprehension Open-Ended. Which word has the same meaning as "muttered" in the passage?