P6 English SA2 2016 — Raffles Girls | Singapore Past Year Paper

Q: My grandmother hardly ever goes out, _____ she?

B. does. A question tag follows the tense and polarity of the main clause. 'Hardly ever goes' is present simple and negative in meaning, so the tag is positive present simple: 'does she?'

Q: While I was walking towards the bus-stop, I saw a man _____ behind the bushes and wondered what he was up to.

B. hide. After verbs of perception like 'saw', the bare infinitive ('hide') is used to describe a completed/witnessed action.

Q: "I expect all your homework to be handed _____ to me by tomorrow," Miss Tan told her pupils.

A. in. The phrasal verb 'hand in' means to submit work to someone in authority, which fits a teacher collecting homework.

Q: "The guest-of-honour, together with the parent volunteers, _____ expected to arrive soon. Please look out for them," said the teacher to her pupils.

A. is. The phrase 'together with the parent volunteers' is an interrupting phrase; the subject remains singular ('guest-of-honour'). 'Expected to arrive soon' indicates present time, so 'is'.

Q: No sooner _____ I left the house _____ my phone rang.

A. had ... than. The fixed construction is 'No sooner had ... than ...' using the past perfect after the inverted 'No sooner had'.

Q: When the hunter saw the huge brown bear, he _____ in fright.

C. backed away. 'Backed away' means to move backwards from something frightening, which fits retreating from a bear in fright.

Q: I _____ for an extended deadline if I had known you were going to be late in submitting your section to me.

D. would have asked. This is a third conditional (unreal past). The main clause takes 'would have + past participle': 'would have asked'.

Q: The farmer asked his son to help him out in the barn as there was _____ work to be done before the storm arrived.

D. much. 'Much' (uncountable quantifier) fits 'work' and gives the sense that a large amount of work needed to be done, justifying asking for help.

Q: As I felt very tired, I decided to _____ on the bed to have a rest.

A. lie. After 'decided to' a base infinitive is needed. The intransitive verb 'to lie' (recline) is correct, not the transitive 'lay'.

Q: _____ the injury he had sustained earlier, the soldier was unable to make it back to his camp and had to spend the night in the forest.

D. Owing to. 'Owing to' introduces a cause/reason followed by a noun phrase; the injury is the reason he could not return, so 'Owing to the injury' is correct.

Q1 MCQ 1 mark

My grandmother hardly ever goes out, _____ she?

Q2 MCQ 1 mark

While I was walking towards the bus-stop, I saw a man _____ behind the bushes and wondered what he was up to.

Q3 MCQ 1 mark

"I expect all your homework to be handed _____ to me by tomorrow," Miss Tan told her pupils.

Q4 MCQ 1 mark

"The guest-of-honour, together with the parent volunteers, _____ expected to arrive soon. Please look out for them," said the teacher to her pupils.

Q5 MCQ 1 mark

No sooner _____ I left the house _____ my phone rang.

Q6 MCQ 1 mark

When the hunter saw the huge brown bear, he _____ in fright.

Q7 MCQ 1 mark

I _____ for an extended deadline if I had known you were going to be late in submitting your section to me.

Q8 MCQ 1 mark

The farmer asked his son to help him out in the barn as there was _____ work to be done before the storm arrived.

Q9 MCQ 1 mark

As I felt very tired, I decided to _____ on the bed to have a rest.

Q10 MCQ 1 mark

_____ the injury he had sustained earlier, the soldier was unable to make it back to his camp and had to spend the night in the forest.

Q11 MCQ 1 mark

The overloaded lorry _____ along the uneven path. It looked like it was going to take a long time to reach its destination.

Q12 MCQ 1 mark

He was prone to seasickness and his stomach felt a little _____ the moment he stepped onto the boat.

Q13 MCQ 1 mark

The _____ was arrested after the real princess appeared at the crowning ceremony.

Q14 MCQ 1 mark

The officer _____ the report because he was too busy to investigate the case.

Q15 MCQ 1 mark

The lady flaunted the jewellery she was wearing and attracted the attention of a few _____ characters nearby.

Q16 MCQ 1 mark

Section C: Vocabulary Cloze. Choose the word closest in meaning to the underlined word(s). However, constantly keeping tabs on them may be a great leap backwards in the minefield of parenting. (16 = keeping tabs on)

Q17 MCQ 1 mark

Section C: Vocabulary Cloze. Choose the word closest in meaning to the underlined word(s). If parents make countless attempts to remove obstacles in their children's path... (17 = obstacles)

Q18 MCQ 1 mark

Section C: Vocabulary Cloze. Choose the word closest in meaning to the underlined word(s). Studies have shown that children who have domineering parents grow up feeling less competent... (18 = domineering)

Q19 MCQ 1 mark

Section C: Vocabulary Cloze. Choose the word closest in meaning to the underlined word(s). ...lack a sense of confidence compared to people of the same age who were not parented this way. (19 = people of the same age)

Q20 MCQ 1 mark

Section C: Vocabulary Cloze. Choose the word closest in meaning to the underlined word(s). ...swoop in to rescue them at the slightest sign of distress. (20 = distress)

Q21 MCQ 1 mark 🖼 Visual

The event SAVE THE FROGS DAY is organised by _____.

Q22 MCQ 1 mark 🖼 Visual

The main purpose of this event is to _____.

Q23 MCQ 1 mark 🖼 Visual

Frogs are dying rapidly because _____.

Q24 MCQ 1 mark 🖼 Visual

Look at the heading 'Frogs are disappearing!' Why is an exclamation mark used at the end of the heading?

Q25 MCQ 1 mark 🖼 Visual

The person who started the organisation 'Save The Frogs! Society' is _____.

Q26 MCQ 1 mark 🖼 Visual

Save The Frogs! Education Centre included a 'Press Hour' in its schedule of activities. Its main aim for scheduling a 'Press Hour' is to _____.

Q27 MCQ 1 mark 🖼 Visual

Which one of the following statements is true?

Q28 MCQ 1 mark 🖼 Visual

Tim is 9 years old. He will get free entry to _____ when he attends the events on Save The Frog Day.

Q29 Open-ended 1 mark

Section E: Grammar Cloze. From the word list [(A) at, (B) and, (C) can, (D) could, (E) for, (F) if, (G) most, (H) of, (J) on, (K) or, (L) over, (M) this, (N) under, (P) unless, (Q) within], choose the most suitable word. It can be studied on many levels. ____ the highest level, you can look at all the different species on the Earth.

Q30 Open-ended 1 mark

Section E: Grammar Cloze. ...you can look at all the different species ____ the Earth.

Q31 Open-ended 1 mark

Section E: Grammar Cloze. Identifying ____ understanding the relationships between all the life on Earth are some of the greatest challenges in science.

Q32 Open-ended 1 mark

Section E: Grammar Cloze. ____ people recognise biodiversity by species.

Q33 Open-ended 1 mark

Section E: Grammar Cloze. Biodiversity includes the full range ____ species that live in an area.

Q34 Open-ended 1 mark

Section E: Grammar Cloze. At first glance, we ____ identify different plants, including cattails and water lilies.

Q35 Open-ended 1 mark

Section E: Grammar Cloze. ____ we wait a while, we may be able to spot a garter snake, a bullfrog or maybe a red-winged blackbird.

Q36 Open-ended 1 mark

Section E: Grammar Cloze. With a closer look, you can see invertebrates and worms ____ leaves, on grasses and in the pond water.

Q37 Open-ended 1 mark

Section E: Grammar Cloze. Using a microscope, you will be able to see hundreds ____ even thousands of different bacteria that inhabit the pond water.

Q38 Open-ended 1 mark

Section E: Grammar Cloze. They are all part of the species biodiversity of ____ small ecosystem!

Q39 Open-ended 1 mark

Section F: Editing for Spelling and Grammar. Each underlined word has a spelling or grammatical error; write the correct word. 'This year, my family and me decided take a trip to Australia.' (underlined: me)

Q40 Open-ended 1 mark

Section F: Editing. 'When we arrived, the cold bite winter wind greeted me.' (underlined: bite)

Q41 Open-ended 1 mark

Section F: Editing. 'I shivered uncontrolably and zipped up my jacket.' (underlined: uncontrolably)

Q42 Open-ended 1 mark

Section F: Editing. 'The air is crisp and fresh but I was feeling rather lethargic after my long flight.' (underlined: is)

Q43 Open-ended 1 mark

Section F: Editing. 'I was feeling rather latargic after my long flight.' (underlined: latargic)

Q44 Open-ended 1 mark

Section F: Editing. 'I was excited and could barely contain my enthusiastic.' (underlined: enthusiastic)

Q45 Open-ended 1 mark

Section F: Editing. 'I grabbed my luggage and trot behind my parents.' (underlined: trot)

Q46 Open-ended 1 mark

Section F: Editing. '...taking in the sights, sounds and smells who were so foreign to me.' (underlined: who)

Q47 Open-ended 1 mark

Section F: Editing. 'However, the calm and tranquil seenery more than compensated the long and tiring ride.' (underlined: seenery)

Q48 Open-ended 1 mark

Section F: Editing. '...with farm animals grazing in the green pastures.' (underlined: in)

Q49 Open-ended 1 mark

Section F: Editing. 'When we arrived at our resort, I was completely awestruck by their beauty.' (underlined: their)

Q50 Open-ended 1 mark

Section F: Editing. 'When I opened the bellcony door leading to the pool outside, I dipped my fingers into the icy waters.' (underlined: bellcony)

Q51 Open-ended 1 mark

Section G: Comprehension Cloze. Fill in each blank with a suitable word. They would study for hours, ____ other dine-in customers of a table.

Q52 Open-ended 1 mark

Section G: Comprehension Cloze. Many cafes and fast-food joints are still facing the issue of seat-hogging by students, ____ years of measures to discourage them from doing so.

Q53 Open-ended 1 mark

Section G: Comprehension Cloze. ____ subtle hints such as cleaning the empty dishes on their table to not-so-subtle requests for them to leave, eateries... have taken various steps.

Q54 Open-ended 1 mark

Section G: Comprehension Cloze. ...eateries popular with ____ have taken various steps to deal with the phenomenon.

Q55 Open-ended 1 mark

Section G: Comprehension Cloze. Starbucks and doughnut chain, Krispy Kreme, have signs stating that studying is ____ while McDonald's has signs to remind students to be considerate to other customers.

Q56 Open-ended 1 mark

Section G: Comprehension Cloze. Some of them take ____ of our free flow of drinks and hog seats for up ____ eight hours.

Q57 Open-ended 1 mark

Section G: Comprehension Cloze. ...hog seats for up ____ eight hours.

Q58 Open-ended 1 mark

Section G: Comprehension Cloze. Ms. Neo stressed that students are welcome to study on their ____ during non-peak hours.

Q59 Open-ended 1 mark

Section G: Comprehension Cloze. However, when they linger during the peak periods of breakfast, lunch and dinner, it eats ____ the profits of the eatery.

Q60 Open-ended 1 mark

Section G: Comprehension Cloze. When they hog seats, ____ customers can dine in.

Q61 Open-ended 1 mark

Section G: Comprehension Cloze. To deal with the problem, eateries have also ____ to solutions that are more accommodating.

Q62 Open-ended 1 mark

Section G: Comprehension Cloze. ...seat-hoggers are encouraged to ____ space with other customers.

Q63 Open-ended 1 mark

Section G: Comprehension Cloze. Not all eateries, though, are able to do that due to space ____.

Q64 Open-ended 1 mark

Section G: Comprehension Cloze. The problem has led to the emergence of cafes that cater to those who stay for ____ periods of time.

Q65 Open-ended 1 mark

Section G: Comprehension Cloze. Its outlets in Suntec City and Clarke Quay ____ free Internet access, games, magazines and space for customers to do their work.

Q66 Open-ended 2 marks

Section H: Transformation / Synthesis. Rewrite using the word(s) provided; keep the same meaning, in one sentence. In our school's track and field team, Siti can run the fastest. Siti is the _______________________________________

Q67 Open-ended 2 marks

Section H: Transformation / Synthesis. Father could not believe that Peter came in first in the race. Much to Father's _______________________________________

Q68 Open-ended 2 marks

Section H: Transformation / Synthesis. Everyone does not like ice-cream. Only Ken does. All but _______________________________________

Q69 Open-ended 2 marks

Section H: Transformation / Synthesis. Jason and his expedition guide check the supplies before scaling the mountain. Together with _______________________________________

Q70 Open-ended 2 marks

Section H: Transformation / Synthesis. "Did you go to the concert yesterday?" Paul asked Lucy. Paul asked Lucy _______________________________________

Q71 Open-ended 2 marks

Section I: Comprehension (Open-ended). How did the author get lost in the rainforest in paragraph 1? [2m]

Q72 Open-ended 1 mark

Section I: Comprehension. Which word in the passage from lines 3-12 has the same meaning as 'major achievement'? [1m]

Q73 Open-ended 1 mark

Section I: Comprehension. Explain what formed the 'shimmering metallic blue pool' that the author saw in line 13. [1m]

Q74 Open-ended 2 marks

Section I: Comprehension. What do the words 'It paid off' in line 17 tell you about the author's attempts to find his bearings? [2m]

Q75 Open-ended 2 marks

Section I: Comprehension. Based on the passage, state whether each statement in the table below is True or False, then give one reason why you think so. [2m] (a) It was the first time the author was looking for the maroon leaf monkey. (b) The author was afraid of the orang utan at first when he spotted her.

Q76 Open-ended 2 marks

Section I: Comprehension. Why was the orang utan able to lead the author back to where he wanted to go? [2m]

Q77 Open-ended 1 mark

Section I: Comprehension. Which 3-word phrase in the passage tells you that the author's experience of being lost in the rainforest happened a long time ago? [1m]

Q78 Open-ended 6 marks

Section I: Comprehension. The author experienced different emotions in various parts of the passage. For each emotion, explain clearly why he was feeling that way. [6m] (a) Nervous (line 9) (b) Glad (line 12) (c) Terrified (line 18)

Q79 Open-ended 1 mark

Section I: Comprehension. Write 1, 2 and 3 in the blanks below to indicate the order in which the events occurred in the passage. [1m] ( ) The author met an orang utan. ( ) The author went off the trail. ( ) The author found himself lost in the rainforest.

Q80 Open-ended 2 marks

Section I: Comprehension. Do you think the author would want to go look for the maroon leaf monkey in the rainforest again? Support your answer with evidence in the passage. [2m]

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