P6 English SA2 2020 — Raffles Girls

P6 English 2020 SA2 80 questions 95 marks

Source: Raffles Girls, 2020

This P6 English SA2 paper from Raffles Girls (2020) contains 80 questions worth 95 marks. Use it as a study reference for English topics typically tested at P6 level in Singapore schools.

Q1 MCQ 1 mark
"Mary, you __________ better start revising your work as your examination is one month away!" hollered Mrs Tan when she saw Mary chatting excessively with her friends.
Q2 MCQ 1 mark
The shopping mall __________ closed recently for renovation.
Q3 MCQ 1 mark
Jenny does not speak English so I __________ to her in Korean when she was in class.
Q4 MCQ 1 mark
Jane does not want to miss the online class and neither __________ Mary, Siti and Devi.
Q5 MCQ 1 mark
John was working on his assignment when he saw Mrs Tan __________ over a brick on the floor.
Q6 MCQ 1 mark
Ashley's father believes in celebrating her success in school. In the recent grammar test, he praised her as she had made __________ mistakes as compared to before.
Q7 MCQ 1 mark
After Jason had tied his shoelaces and __________ his bag, he ran to the bus-stop as fast as he could.
Q8 MCQ 1 mark
As I was unable to get more classes involved, my classmates had to clean the canteen by __________ .
Q9 MCQ 1 mark
Joan refused to turn up for the Talent Time rehearsal __________ Mulan joined her. They had agreed to take part in the competition together.
Q10 MCQ 1 mark
When we stayed home during the Circuit Breaker period, we learnt to be more tolerant __________ our family members.
Q11 MCQ 1 mark
Hoping to stop the pandemic, the authorities had to implement __________ measures to prevent infection on a large scale.
Q12 MCQ 1 mark
Unable to get everybody's agreement, the plan to create an eco-garden in the community centre __________ .
Q13 MCQ 1 mark
John le Carré, is a/an __________ name used by the famous author for his spy thrillers because he was still a spy when he wrote his first few books and could not reveal his identity.
Q14 MCQ 1 mark
Despite countless failures, Sara remained __________ , always willing to take up new challenges.
Q15 MCQ 1 mark
Mother was annoyed when Lisa kept using her mobile phone __________ and interrupting dinner.
Q16 MCQ 1 mark
Read this passage and choose the word closest in meaning to the underlined word 'flourished'. Passage: The Sumerians first invented writing as a means of long distance communication which was made necessary by trade. With the rise of the cities in Mesopotamia, long-distance trade flourished (16) and with it, the need to be able to communicate across the expanses between cities or regions. The earliest form of writing was pictographs which were symbols representing objects. The writing assisted in remembering such things as how many parcels of grain went to which destination or how many sheep were required for events such as ceremonies in the temple. These pictographs were impressed onto wet clay using a sharp marker, known as a stylus. Writing soon evolved as people wanted to express concepts more complex than financial transactions of lists of items.
Q17 MCQ 1 mark
Read this passage and choose the word closest in meaning to the underlined word 'expanses'. Passage: The Sumerians first invented writing as a means of long distance communication which was made necessary by trade. With the rise of the cities in Mesopotamia, long-distance trade flourished and with it, the need to be able to communicate across the expanses (17) between cities or regions.
Q18 MCQ 1 mark
Read this passage and choose the word closest in meaning to the underlined word 'assisted'. Passage: The earliest form of writing was pictographs which were symbols representing objects. The writing assisted (18) in remembering such things as how many parcels of grain went to which destination or how many sheep were required for events such as ceremonies in the temple.
Q19 MCQ 1 mark
Read this passage and choose the word closest in meaning to the underlined word 'impressed'. Passage: These pictographs were impressed (19) onto wet clay using a sharp marker, known as a stylus.
Q20 MCQ 1 mark
Read this passage and choose the word closest in meaning to the underlined word 'complex'. Passage: Writing soon evolved as people wanted to express concepts more complex (20) than financial transactions of lists of items. The Sumerians soon began using a more elaborate writing system using phonograms – symbols representing sounds – which allowed them to easily convey more precise meaning.
Q21 MCQ 1 mark 🖼 Visual
According to the section on 'Zoos', which of the following statements is not one of the purposes of most zoos?
Q22 MCQ 1 mark 🖼 Visual
According to the flyer, the best way to save endangered animals is to __________ .
Q23 MCQ 1 mark 🖼 Visual
According to the section on 'Wildlife sanctuaries and National Parks', some local farmers do not want to have wildlife sanctuaries because __________ .
Q24 MCQ 1 mark 🖼 Visual
Which one of the following statements about sustainable fishing is true?
Q25 MCQ 1 mark 🖼 Visual
What is the similarity between activities for "Sale of Wildlife Books" and "Temporary Face Tattoo"?
Q26 MCQ 1 mark 🖼 Visual
Mr Ong wants to get a free set of animal keychains. He has to __________ .
Q27 MCQ 1 mark 🖼 Visual
What is the main purpose of the fair?
Q28 MCQ 1 mark 🖼 Visual
According to the flyer, what does The Wildlife Sanctuary look for in a volunteer?
Q29 Open-ended 1 mark
Choose the most suitable word from the word bank for blank (29). Word bank: (A) and, (B) are, (C) before, (D) for, (E) from, (F) in, (G) is, (K) though, (L) thus, (M) to, (N) too, (P) where, (Q) who, (H) of, (J) on. Passage: Many people suffer from lack of sleep. An overwhelming feeling ____(29)____ sleepiness can occur during the mid-afternoon. However, it is common and taking naps ____(30)____ helpful to your well-being as you improve alertness for several hours from waking. According to research, there are many other benefits ____(31)____. Many would assume people who nap are lazy. However, nothing is further ____(32)____ the truth. A group of researchers found that people who take naps are more productive ____(33)____ what they do as they have improved cognitive functioning, reaction times, short-term memory ____(34)____ even mood. Another research group found that motor learning, which is ____(35)____ brain pathways change in response to learning a new skill, is significantly greater following a brief afternoon nap for regular nappers when compared ____(36)____ non-nappers. The amount of time you spend napping really depends ____(37)____ the time you have available, how you want the nap to work ____(38)____ you and your plans for the coming night.
Q30 Open-ended 1 mark
Choose the most suitable word from the word bank for blank (30). Word bank: (A) and, (B) are, (C) before, (D) for, (E) from, (F) in, (G) is, (K) though, (L) thus, (M) to, (N) too, (P) where, (Q) who, (H) of, (J) on. Passage extract: '...it is common and taking naps ____(30)____ helpful to your well-being...'
Q31 Open-ended 1 mark
Choose the most suitable word from the word bank for blank (31). Word bank: (A) and, (B) are, (C) before, (D) for, (E) from, (F) in, (G) is, (K) though, (L) thus, (M) to, (N) too, (P) where, (Q) who, (H) of, (J) on. Passage extract: 'According to research, there are many other benefits ____(31)____.'
Q32 Open-ended 1 mark
Choose the most suitable word from the word bank for blank (32). Word bank: (A) and, (B) are, (C) before, (D) for, (E) from, (F) in, (G) is, (K) though, (L) thus, (M) to, (N) too, (P) where, (Q) who, (H) of, (J) on. Passage extract: 'Many would assume people who nap are lazy. However, nothing is further ____(32)____ the truth.'
Q33 Open-ended 1 mark
Choose the most suitable word from the word bank for blank (33). Word bank: (A) and, (B) are, (C) before, (D) for, (E) from, (F) in, (G) is, (K) though, (L) thus, (M) to, (N) too, (P) where, (Q) who, (H) of, (J) on. Passage extract: '...people who take naps are more productive ____(33)____ what they do...'
Q34 Open-ended 1 mark
Choose the most suitable word from the word bank for blank (34). Word bank: (A) and, (B) are, (C) before, (D) for, (E) from, (F) in, (G) is, (K) though, (L) thus, (M) to, (N) too, (P) where, (Q) who, (H) of, (J) on. Passage extract: '...improved cognitive functioning, reaction times, short-term memory ____(34)____ even mood.'
Q35 Open-ended 1 mark
Choose the most suitable word from the word bank for blank (35). Word bank: (A) and, (B) are, (C) before, (D) for, (E) from, (F) in, (G) is, (K) though, (L) thus, (M) to, (N) too, (P) where, (Q) who, (H) of, (J) on. Passage extract: '...motor learning, which is ____(35)____ brain pathways change in response to learning a new skill...'
Q36 Open-ended 1 mark
Choose the most suitable word from the word bank for blank (36). Word bank: (A) and, (B) are, (C) before, (D) for, (E) from, (F) in, (G) is, (K) though, (L) thus, (M) to, (N) too, (P) where, (Q) who, (H) of, (J) on. Passage extract: '...significantly greater following a brief afternoon nap for regular nappers when compared ____(36)____ non-nappers.'
Q37 Open-ended 1 mark
Choose the most suitable word from the word bank for blank (37). Word bank: (A) and, (B) are, (C) before, (D) for, (E) from, (F) in, (G) is, (K) though, (L) thus, (M) to, (N) too, (P) where, (Q) who, (H) of, (J) on. Passage extract: 'The amount of time you spend napping really depends ____(37)____ the time you have available...'
Q38 Open-ended 1 mark
Choose the most suitable word from the word bank for blank (38). Word bank: (A) and, (B) are, (C) before, (D) for, (E) from, (F) in, (G) is, (K) though, (L) thus, (M) to, (N) too, (P) where, (Q) who, (H) of, (J) on. Passage extract: '...how you want the nap to work ____(38)____ you and your plans for the coming night.'
Q39 Open-ended 1 mark
Each of the underlined words contains either a spelling or grammatical error. Write the correct word. Sentence: 'Scientists have discovered that koalas get water by their perculiar (39) behavior of licking rain from tree trunks.'
Q40 Open-ended 1 mark
Each of the underlined words contains either a spelling or grammatical error. Write the correct word. Sentence: 'In the past, scientists believe (40) that koalas got all of the liquid they needed from the consume of the leaves of eucalyptus trees.'
Q41 Open-ended 1 mark
Each of the underlined words contains either a spelling or grammatical error. Write the correct word. Sentence: '...scientists believed that koalas got all of the liquid they needed from the consume (41) of the leaves of eucalyptus trees.'
Q42 Open-ended 1 mark
Each of the underlined words contains either a spelling or grammatical error. Write the correct word. Sentence: 'The discovery came (42) as a result of many years of "citizen science" – asking ordinary people to report what they saw.'
Q43 Open-ended 1 mark
Each of the underlined words contains either a spelling or grammatical error. Write the correct word. Sentence: 'Over a span of 12 years, every times (43) someone watched koalas in the rain, they saw the facinating behaviour.'
Q44 Open-ended 1 mark
Each of the underlined words contains either a spelling or grammatical error. Write the correct word. Sentence: '...every time someone watched koalas in the rain, they saw the facinating (44) behaviour.'
Q45 Open-ended 1 mark
Each of the underlined words contains either a spelling or grammatical error. Write the correct word. Sentence: 'One koala was even seen licked (45) a tree for over half an hour.'
Q46 Open-ended 1 mark
Each of the underlined words contains either a spelling or grammatical error. Write the correct word. Sentence: 'In Australia\u2019s recent heatwaves, koalas have been seen vanturing (46) away from their usual sources of water.'
Q47 Open-ended 1 mark
Each of the underlined words contains either a spelling or grammatical error. Write the correct word. Sentence: '...it makes sense that they have to look for a wide verriety (47) of sources of water during long dry periods...'
Q48 Open-ended 1 mark
Each of the underlined words contains either a spelling or grammatical error. Write the correct word. Sentence: '...during long dry periods in order for them to servive (48) and thrive.'
Q49 Open-ended 1 mark
Each of the underlined words contains either a spelling or grammatical error. Write the correct word. Sentence: 'In one of the observations made, they have even takes (49) water from bikers.'
Q50 Open-ended 1 mark
Each of the underlined words contains either a spelling or grammatical error. Write the correct word. Sentence: 'One reason the discovery was not made earlier is abundently (50) clear – people do not like to go out in rainy weather to watch koalas.'
Q51 Open-ended 1 mark
Fill in each blank with a suitable word. Passage: Honey badgers are small members of the weasel family with big attitudes. Scientists have seen them take ____(51)____ animals much bigger than themselves. They are not just bold, they are ____(52)____ to be mean. The honey badgers are invasive and they will ____(53)____ a fight with anything from porcupines, to hyenas and even leopards. Fill in blank (51).
Q52 Open-ended 1 mark
Fill in each blank with a suitable word. Passage extract: 'They are not just bold, they are ____(52)____ to be mean.' Fill in blank (52).
Q53 Open-ended 1 mark
Fill in each blank with a suitable word. Passage extract: 'The honey badgers are invasive and they will ____(53)____ a fight with anything from porcupines, to hyenas and even leopards.' Fill in blank (53).
Q54 Open-ended 1 mark
Fill in each blank with a suitable word. Passage extract: 'First and foremost, the honey badger\u2019s name means "honey eater of The Cape". "The Cape" ____(54)____ to the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa where many of the honey badgers can be found.' Fill in blank (54).
Q55 Open-ended 1 mark
Fill in each blank with a suitable word. Passage extract: 'Honey badgers have also been found to reside in the Middle East, India and Western Asia. ____(55)____ one of their names is ratel, an Afrikaans word that might have been derived from the Dutch word for honeycomb, raat.' Fill in blank (55).
Q56 Open-ended 1 mark
Fill in each blank with a suitable word. Passage extract: 'Another one of their names is ratel, an Afrikaans word ____(56)____ might have been derived from the Dutch word for honeycomb, raat.' Fill in blank (56).
Q57 Open-ended 1 mark
Fill in each blank with a suitable word. Passage extract: 'These voracious animals are named honey badgers because they like to ____(57)____ on honey and honeybee larvae.' Fill in blank (57).
Q58 Open-ended 1 mark
Fill in each blank with a suitable word. Passage extract: 'As omnivores, they also ____(58)____ insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals, as well as roots, bulbs, berries, and fruits.' Fill in blank (58).
Q59 Open-ended 1 mark
Fill in each blank with a suitable word. Passage extract: '____(59)____ they hunt for their own food most of the time, they will happily steal from other carnivores or scavenge the kills of bigger animals when the opportunity arises.' Fill in blank (59).
Q60 Open-ended 1 mark
Fill in each blank with a suitable word. Passage extract: 'Honey badgers can ____(60)____ to a variety of conditions, from warm rain forests to cool mountains.' Fill in blank (60).
Q61 Open-ended 1 mark
Fill in each blank with a suitable word. Passage extract: 'When they are not hibernating in winter, most honey badgers are active throughout the day. ____(61)____, near human settlements, they are usually nocturnal to avoid humans.' Fill in blank (61).
Q62 Open-ended 1 mark
Fill in each blank with a suitable word. Passage extract: 'They are usually unfriendly ____(62)____ who do not like to mix with others of their own kind.' Fill in blank (62).
Q63 Open-ended 1 mark
Fill in each blank with a suitable word. Passage extract: 'Good at ____(63)____ rock crevices and hollowed trees into shelters, honey badgers will also make homes in the abandoned dens of other animals like porcupines and yellow mongooses that have long since left their homes.' Fill in blank (63).
Q64 Open-ended 1 mark
Fill in each blank with a suitable word. Passage extract: 'Though honey badgers are commonly found, they are hunted in certain regions, especially when they come into conflict ____(64)____ farmers and beekeepers.' Fill in blank (64).
Q65 Open-ended 1 mark
Fill in each blank with a suitable word. Passage extract: '...people believe eating them can ____(65)____ them brave and tenacious too.' Fill in blank (65).
Q66 Open-ended 2 marks
Rewrite the given sentence(s) using the word(s) provided. Your answer must be in one sentence and have the same meaning. Given: 'I opened my front gate. My pet dog ran out immediately.'
Q67 Open-ended 2 marks
Rewrite the given sentence(s) using the word(s) provided. Your answer must be in one sentence and have the same meaning. Given: 'Ali peeked into the unclaimed bag left on the table. He was a curious boy.' Start with: 'Out of ...'
Q68 Open-ended 2 marks
Rewrite the given sentence(s) using the word(s) provided. Your answer must be in one sentence and have the same meaning. Given: 'All the students do not know who has taken the laptop.' Start with: 'Nobody ...'
Q69 Open-ended 2 marks
Rewrite the given sentence(s) using the word(s) provided. Your answer must be in one sentence and have the same meaning. Given: 'Mr Tan had just hung out his washed clothes to dry. It started to rain.' Start with: 'No sooner ...'
Q70 Open-ended 2 marks
Rewrite the given sentence(s) using the word(s) provided. Your answer must be in one sentence and have the same meaning. Given: '"Don\u2019t tell me what to do as I want to figure this out by myself," Chloe told her friend.' Start with: 'Chloe told her friend ...'
Q71 Open-ended 1 mark
Read the passage and answer the question. Passage 'My Story' by Richard Whitaker: I have had a successful career. Unlike most people, I am fortunate that my career was my hobby. I am often asked, "What got you interested in the weather?" My answer is always the same, "I had a sign from above." It was a long time ago now – a summer\u2019s morning in 1959 – when I was an 11-year-old boy living in the outer suburbs of Melbourne. The area located over our family\u2019s back fence was a large stretch of apple and pear orchards and this formed an ideal playground for the neighbourhood boys. There were three of us in our little gang, all of similar age and small for our size. We spent many hours roaming free in the orchards and most importantly, without any interference from adults. We had made friends with the local fruit farmer and struck a deal with him. In exchange for us patrolling the area and keeping the other children out, we could help ourselves to all the apples and pears we wanted. We were his unofficial security force and revelled in the authority this gave us. Thankfully, none of the bigger boys in the area challenged us as we would almost certainly have come off the worse for wear. On one particular summer\u2019s morning, we were wandering along one of the long rows of pear trees when we saw something very strange. Draped over a tree was a large plastic parachute and this was tied to a cardboard box, about the size of two loaves of bread. This interested us greatly. Watching a parachute display at a fair had sparked our interest earlier and our little gang had already spent many hours of spare time making our own, using weighted handkerchiefs and dropping them from a large tree in our backyard. We were enthralled with the way they fell and how far they travelled before hitting the ground. So, on finding this object, an immediate inspection was called for and we discovered from a written message on the box that the mysterious objects were the remnants of a Bureau of Meteorology weather balloon that had, by pure chance, fallen close to our back fence after a long journey high in the sky across Melbourne. A printed note on the balloon asked the finder to take it to the nearest post office from where it would be returned, free of charge, to the Bureau of Meteorology. I was amazed by this find and could not stop thinking or reading up about it– my father photographed the three of us holding it as a souvenir – and for a time, we were all the talk of the neighbourhood. The local newspaper even wrote an article about us and what we had found. The following week, I proudly went to the post office accompanied by my parents to do my duty, where a disinterested postal official took possession of it. It disappeared back into the sorting room where we assumed it belonged. I never saw it again, but the events of that golden summer morning would last for the rest of my life. Right there and then, I decided to become a meteorologist and much of my early life became directed with this aim in mind. From then on, I knew what I wanted to be. After earning a degree in Science from the university, I joined the Bureau of Meteorology and spent the next 31 years with the organisation. It was an amazing period of phenomenal progress with weather satellites, automatic weather stations and computers. And it all started with "a sign from above". Question: Which sentence in paragraph 1 tells you that for the narrator, his career was enjoyable for him?
Q72 Open-ended 2 marks
Refer to the passage 'My Story' by Richard Whitaker (see ____). Based on lines 4\u20139, give two reasons why the area located over the narrator\u2019s back fence was an ideal playground for the narrator and his friends. Relevant lines: 'It was a long time ago now – a summer\u2019s morning in 1959 – when I was an 11-year-old boy living in the outer suburbs of Melbourne. The area located over our family\u2019s back fence was a large stretch of apple and pear orchards and this formed an ideal playground for the neighbourhood boys. There were three of us in our little gang, all of similar age and small for our size. We spent many hours roaming free in the orchards and most importantly, without any interference from adults.'
Q73 Open-ended 2 marks
Refer to the passage 'My Story' by Richard Whitaker (see ____). Describe the unexpected benefit that came with the agreement the narrator and his friends had with the local fruit farmer. Relevant lines: 'We had made friends with the local fruit farmer and struck a deal with him. In exchange for us patrolling the area and keeping the other children out, we could help ourselves to all the apples and pears we wanted. We were his unofficial security force and revelled in the authority this gave us.'
Q74 Open-ended 2 marks
Refer to the passage 'My Story' by Richard Whitaker (see ____). Fill in the following table by identifying the correct word(s) from the passage. (a) Which two-word phrase in paragraph 2 tells us the narrator and his friends were all around 11 years old? (b) Which word in paragraph 3 tells us that the boys took great pleasure in their job?
Q75 Open-ended 2 marks
Refer to the passage 'My Story' by Richard Whitaker (see ____). Based on lines 7\u201314, explain clearly what the narrator meant when he said that he and his friends would have "come off worse for wear". Relevant lines: 'There were three of us in our little gang, all of similar age and small for our size... Thankfully, none of the bigger boys in the area challenged us as we would almost certainly have come off the worse for wear.'
Q76 Structured 3 marks
Refer to the passage 'My Story' by Richard Whitaker (see ____). Based on the story, state whether each statement below is true or false, then give one reason why you think so. (a) The narrator was alone when he found the large object in the pear tree. (b) The narrator and his friends had never seen a parachute before. (c) The narrator kept a physical reminder of what they had found.
Q77 Structured 3 marks
Refer to the passage 'My Story' by Richard Whitaker (see ____). What do the following words from the passage refer to? (a) 'this' (line 17) (b) 'us' (line 30) (c) 'my duty' (line 31)
Q78 Open-ended 1 mark
Refer to the passage 'My Story' by Richard Whitaker (see ____). Write 1, 2 and 3 in the blanks below to indicate the order in which the events occurred in the story. ____ The post office official received the box from the narrator. ____ The mysterious objects fell close to the narrator\u2019s back fence. ____ The narrator and his friends examined what they had found.
Q79 Open-ended 2 marks
Refer to the passage 'My Story' by Richard Whitaker (see ____). Which two of the following words correctly describe the narrator\u2019s character in lines 34\u201340? Put a tick beside each of your answers (do not tick more than two). Options: Positive, Indifferent, Trusting, Forgetful, Determined, Witty. Relevant lines: 'I never saw it again, but the events of that golden summer morning would last for the rest of my life. Right there and then, I decided to become a meteorologist and much of my early life became directed with this aim in mind. From then on, I knew what I wanted to be. After earning a degree in Science from the university, I joined the Bureau of Meteorology and spent the next 31 years with the organisation. It was an amazing period of phenomenal progress...'
Q80 Open-ended 2 marks
Refer to the passage 'My Story' by Richard Whitaker (see ____). How did the narrator\u2019s and his friends\u2019 lives change after finding the remnants of the weather balloon? Support your answer with evidence from the passage.