This P6 English SA2 paper from Rosyth (2017) covers editing and spelling, comprehension, grammar, vocabulary, cloze passage and sentence synthesis and transformation across 52 questions worth 67 marks. Practise English the way it's tested at P6 level in Singapore, with step-by-step answers on LearnBuddy.
There are 10 blanks, numbered 29 to 38, in the passage below. From the list of words given, choose the most suitable word for each blank. Write its letter (A to Q) in the blank. The letters (I) and (O) have been omitted to avoid confusion during marking. EACH WORD CAN BE USED ONLY ONCE. Word list: (A) a, (B) most, (C) before, (D) who, (E) off, (F) the, (G) from, (H) at, (J) by, (K) more, (L) whom, (M) after, (N) out, (P) of, (Q) in. The Great Wall of China is a symbol of national pride. It is so eye-catching that it inspired a myth that the Great Wall of China is visible (29)____ the moon.
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Repairs to the two-kilometre section of the wall which were undertaken two years ago came to attention only (33)____ a local newspaper described what had been done in the name of presentation.
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Mr Liu, (34)____ drew public attention to the shoddy work, said officials commissioned the repairs because they were worried for the safety of tourists walking on top of it.
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City dwellers who come to marvel (38)____ the isolated section of the wall in Suizhong Province leave disappointed, wondering why they had bothered to travel so far to see a strip of concrete.
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Each of the underlined words contains either a spelling or grammatical error. Write the correct word in each of the boxes, numbered 39 to 50. (39) Sentence: 'When I was very young, due to my father's work, my family moved to Muar.' [Box 39 corrects the underlined error in this section of the passage.]
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I had a rocking horse once but I cut down his tail, thinking it would grow again but it was a big mistake. [Correct the underlined word 'down' for box (46).]
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When I was about six years old, I went to a nearby primary school run by a Tamil schoolmaster. All I could remember about my lessons was the excitment of learning my ABC. [Correct the underlined word 'excitment' for box (47).]
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In my father's office, he and his colleques spoke English and I began to pick up some English at school. [Correct the underlined word 'colleques' for box (49).]
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For each of the questions 51 to 65, fill in each blank with a suitable word. Lurking in the shallow waters of the beach and inhabiting the depths of the coldest oceans are creeping, crawling sea spiders. Ranging in (51)____ from one millimetre to more than 90 centimetres, these creatures look (52)____ to characters from a science fiction horror movie.
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(57)____ such a way of feeding sounds gross, prey like the sea sponges and sea anemones, which are generally larger (58)____ the spider, will not be harmed most of the time.
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They are not considered true spiders or arachnids as they have a segmented exoskeleton (63)____ makes them arthropods just like insects, crabs and spiders.
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For each of the questions 66 to 70, rewrite the given sentences, using the word(s) provided. Your answer must be in one sentence. The meaning of your sentence must be the same as the meaning of the given sentence(s). Mr Lim's nephew won an award in the recent art competition. Mr Lim gave a speech. ____ whose ____
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Look at the table below. What do the words on the left column refer to in the passage? Write your answers in the column on the right. (3m) Word(s) from the passage: they (line 9); one (line 19); there (line 33).
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Write 1, 2 and 3 in the blanks below to indicate the order in which the events occurred in the story. (1m) ____ Cara dived into the water and pulled Coy up to a bank. ____ Coy took his grandkids to the saltwater pond. ____ Coy was walking unsteadily as they started making their way to the car.
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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. (4m) (a) Coy only went to the saltwater pond in summer. (b) Cara found the saltwater pond deep. (c) Coy was able to slowly make his way to the car all by himself. (d) Esca immediately knew that Coy had suffered a stroke when she reached home.
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From the passage, which two words correctly describe Cara in paragraph 7? (2m) Options to tick: anxious, cautious, confident, hasty, helpless, alarmed.
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