P6 English SA1 2019 — Rosyth | Singapore Past Year Paper

Q: 1. Jeff would have won the tournament if he ____ harder.

(3) had trained. The main clause "would have won" indicates a past conditional, requiring the past perfect tense "had trained" in the 'if' clause for a hypothetical past event.

Q: 2. Mr Tan told his wife that the man they had met earlier was a classmate of ____ from primary school.

(2) his. The sentence requires a possessive pronoun to indicate that the classmate belongs to Mr Tan, hence 'his classmate'.

Q: 3. As Arun walked into the hall, he felt uneasy ____ his lack of preparation for the examination.

(1) due to. "Due to" correctly expresses the reason or cause for Arun feeling uneasy, which is his lack of preparation.

Q: 4. "You brought your homework today, ____ you?" Mr Tong asked Samuel.

(3) didn't. The main verb "brought" is in the past simple tense and is positive. The question tag should be negative and use the auxiliary verb 'did', hence 'didn't'.

Q: 5. Kelly received ____ sympathy from her classmates when she was crying as they knew they were crocodile tears.

(2) little. "Sympathy" is an uncountable noun. "Crocodile tears" implies insincere crying, so Kelly would receive very little or hardly any sympathy. "Little" is used for small amounts of uncountable nouns.

Q: 6. There ____ huge disappointment among the audience when the singer suddenly fell ill and had to end the concert early.

(3) was. The subject is "huge disappointment," which is singular. The event described took place in the past ("fell ill", "had to end"), so the past tense singular verb "was" is appropriate.

Q: 7. Johan gave his parents an update ____ what had happened in school when he reached home.

(4) on. The idiomatic expression for providing information about something is "an update on something."

Q: 8. The nurse ____ the doctor praised was rewarded for providing good service to her patients.

(3) whom. "Whom" is used as the object of a verb or preposition. Here, "the doctor praised whom" – "whom" is the object of the verb "praised."

Q: 9. Mr Ahmad was shocked when he heard his daughter ____ so he rushed into her room.

(1) cry. The structure "heard + object + base form of verb" is used to describe an action that was perceived. Mr Ahmad heard his daughter perform the act of "cry."

Q: 10. Neither Becky nor her sisters ____ the performance later this evening.

(2) are attending. With "neither...nor," the verb agrees with the noun or pronoun closest to it. "Her sisters" is plural, and the phrase "later this evening" indicates a future action, hence "are attending."

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1. Jeff would have won the tournament if he ____ harder.

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2. Mr Tan told his wife that the man they had met earlier was a classmate of ____ from primary school.

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3. As Arun walked into the hall, he felt uneasy ____ his lack of preparation for the examination.

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4. "You brought your homework today, ____ you?" Mr Tong asked Samuel.

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5. Kelly received ____ sympathy from her classmates when she was crying as they knew they were crocodile tears.

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6. There ____ huge disappointment among the audience when the singer suddenly fell ill and had to end the concert early.

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7. Johan gave his parents an update ____ what had happened in school when he reached home.

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8. The nurse ____ the doctor praised was rewarded for providing good service to her patients.

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9. Mr Ahmad was shocked when he heard his daughter ____ so he rushed into her room.

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10. Neither Becky nor her sisters ____ the performance later this evening.

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11. The team was ____ from the competition as it had played poorly and had lost all its matches.

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12. The doctor advised Mr Ng to ____ the amount of sugar in his diet to stay healthy.

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13. The neighbourhood was ____ into darkness when there was a power failure last night.

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14. Ricky was not ____ by the uphill task and overcame many obstacles. He managed to successfully complete his project on time.

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15. A special queue was set up at the entrance of the exhibition to give ____ to the elderly to enter before the other visitors.

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Recent reports have stated that Singaporeans will experience warmer days ahead. The daily highest temperature is forecast to exceed 34 degrees Celsius on ____ more days in the future, said the Meteorological Service Singapore.

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Singapore's annual temperature has been steadily increasing over the past ____ 25 years.

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Therefore, it is predicted that with global warming, there is a greater prospect of more extreme heat. Experts have warned that Singapore will face more ____ extreme weather conditions due to climate change.

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This includes higher temperatures, prolonged dry spells and more intense rainfall. ____ In February this year, the weather was drier and warmer than normal because of stronger solar heating of land areas and less cloudiness.

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In February this year, the weather was drier and warmer than normal because of stronger solar heating of land areas and less cloudiness. ____ February is usually the driest month of the year, while the warmest months are April, May and June.

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21. The main purpose of building the National Children's Garden is to ____

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22. Harry is wondering whether to become a member of the National Children's Garden. According to the flyer, he should do so if he wants to ____

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23. To celebrate the opening of National Children's Garden, ____

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24. Based on the information from the flyer, which of the following statement about National Children's Garden is TRUE?

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25. The Grand Opening Carnival from 1 to 9 June 2019 ____

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26. Harry is interested to attend the June holiday events. Which activity should he participate in if he wants to express his creativity?

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27. In order to find out more about the Environment Talks, anyone interested should ____

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28. Visitors to the National Children's Garden in June will be able to ____

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This plant has been much overharvested ____ its high demand.

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Similarly, the rosy periwinkle, ____ is native to the island of Madagascar is also facing the same fate.

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These are two examples of species of flora in danger of disappearing, ____ the earth forever.

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Human beings have been using plants ____ medicine for as long as we have existed.

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The increased use of medicinal plants has unfortunately led to heavy pressure ____ these indigenous plants when they are collected from the wild.

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In some cases, the overharvesting of these particular herbs ____ even led to their endangerment.

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Awareness of ____ problem is very important in order to prevent their extinction.

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We can help endangered medicinal plants by purchasing them ____ from companies that do not obtain them from the wild.

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____ herb companies grow such plants on farms to avoid overharvesting them.

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We can ____ learn to grow many medicinal plants ourselves.

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Two of its species are no longer at a high risk in extinction.

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The internasionale Red List of Threatened Species has changed the status of these birds.

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For being "endangered", they are upgraded to "vulnareble" due to a steady increase in their population.

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upgraded to "vulnareble" due to a steady increase in their population.

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This marks more than 25 years of sucesfull efforts by not only the New Zealand government

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but also comiunity groups.

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The main threats to the two species come from habitat lose and predators like dogs and wild cats which killed the chicks in the nest.

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The main threats to the two species come from habitat lose and predators like dogs and wild cats which killed the chicks in the nest.

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The Rowi population, at 160 in 1995, was original categorised as "endangered" but now the number has sicnifikently grown to 450 adults today.

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but now the number has sicnifikently grown to 450 adults today.

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Meanwhile, Northern Brown populations have staibelised after decades of decline.

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Experts expect them to start increase soon if conservation efforts continue.

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Elisa's teenage son, Bob, was with the group watching three cheetahs on the hunt ____ one of them noticed their vehicle and came nearer for a close look.

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"We noticed the cheetahs became curious of our vehicle," said Bob "But it was ____ late to drive quickly away.

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You don't want to startle the animals because that's when things usually ____ wrong."

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Bob said they ____ focusing on one cheetah which had jumped onto the hood of their jeep.

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It wanted to sniff them and make sure that ____ were not a threat.

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Bob credits his guide, Alex, for ____ him overcome the terrifying moment.

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Alex kept him calm and made sure he never made eye ____ nor startled the cheetah.

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By doing so, the ____ explained that this allowed the animal to see if it could trust them.

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The tourists had been advised before the trip how to react and slow ____ their breathing to keep the curious cheetah at ease until it was done exploring.

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to keep the curious cheetah at ____ until it was done exploring.

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"Honestly, that was probably one of the scariest moments in my ____ life. I knew that I had to clear my mind of any frightening thoughts as predators can sense fear or any sort of discomfort and they will turn aggressive," said Bob.

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I knew that I had to clear my mind of any frightening ____ as predators can sense fear or any sort of discomfort and they will turn aggressive," said Bob.

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"I wanted to be ____ still as possible to avoid a bad outcome."

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Bob ____ not even tell his mother about the close encounter because he was worried that his mum would immediately force him to discontinue his tour.

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he was worried that his mum would immediately ____ him to discontinue his tour.

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"When did you see Matilda, Tom?" Mrs Lim asked. Mrs Lim asked ____

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I will write to the organisers if I need more information about this event. Should ____

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Neither the dresses nor this handbag is for sale. Both ____

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Johan insisted that he had completed all his homework but his mother did not believe him. Despite his ____

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Jane fell asleep. Then, the telephone rang. No sooner ____

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Which 3-word phrase in the first paragraph tells us that Yossi's health was affected after he got lost in the Amazon jungle? [1m]

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How can you tell from the first paragraph that the author could not forget his experience? [2m]

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What were the two lies that Karl had told the other members in his group? [2m] (i) (ii)

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From lines 18-25, explain what the pair's worst nightmare was. [2m]

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Write 1, 2 and 3 in the blanks below to indicate the order in which the events occurred in the passage. [1m] Yossi and Kevin were separated. Yossi thought of the monkeys as food.. Yossi's foot became infected.

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Based on the story, state whether each statement in the table below is True or False, then give one reason why you think so. [3m] Yossi and Marcus started off as strangers. The fishermen helped Kevin to look for Yossi. Yossi ate monkey meat to keep up his protein intake

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What alerted Kevin and the forest rangers to Yossi which eventually helped them to rescue him? [2m]

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"Yossi wanted to throw in the towel many times but believed he would be rescued one day." Which two of the following words correctly describe how Yossi felt in the above sentence. Put a tick() in the box beside each of your answers. [2m]

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Look at the table below. What do the words in the left column refer to in the passage? Write your answers in the column on the right. The first one has been done for you. [3m] Word(s) from the passage that (line 12) It (line 25) the party (line 39)

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What do you think happened to Karl and Marcus in the end. How do you know? [2m]

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