| PRACTICE 3 Vocabulary (15 marks) Choose the most suitable answer and write its number in the brackets provided. (15*1=15 marks) ( ) 1. The piglets loved the dirty ___________. A. kennel B. cage C. sty D. coop | 
| ( ) 2. She strung the __________ into a beautiful necklace. A. marbles B. beads C. balls D. counters | ( ) 3. Mr Tan's __________ is driving him to his office. A. chauffeur B. caddie C. housewife D. clerk ( ) 4. Zebras have __________ to hide from enemies. A. dots B. stripes C. lines D. strips | 
| ( ) 5. Adrian plays the ___________ very well. A. piano B. violin C. flute D. trumpet | ( ) 6. The cake which was left in the oven was ___________. A. ashes B. burnt C. black D. sooty ( ) 7. The girl cried __________ when she lost her pen. A. happily B. sadly C. joyously D. curiously | 
| ( ) 8. Mrs Selvi looks fabulous in her _________. A. uniform B. sari C. qipao D. pyjamas | A. uniform B. sari C. qipao D. pyjamas ( ) 9. The dough has to be _________ to make the bread. A. beaten B. kneaded C. pressed D. changed ( ) 10. The __________ arrested the burglar. A. policeman B. fireman C. chef D. officer ( ) 11. Still water is breeding grounds for ________. A. lizards B. mosquitoes C. birds D. tadpoles ( ) 12. Charles woke up at dawn to see the _________. A. sunrise B. sunset C. dusk D. clouds ( ) 13. Tim dived into the river to ________ the drowning boy. A. flap B. rescue C. push D. flip ( ) 14. The ________ is especially round tonight. A. sun B. stars C. moon D. planet ( ) 15. The frogs __________ from the rocks into the pond. A. push B. leap C. run D. glide Grammar (35 marks) Underline the correct word in each of the brackets. (15*1=15 marks) 16. Reptiles ( is, are, was ) cold-blooded vertebrates. 17. ( Which, When, Who ) movie do you prefer, 'Holy Man' or 'Prince of Egypt'? 18. Mandy alerted the police when she ( see, sees, saw ) the burglar at her neighbour's house. 19. Jackson ( is, are, was ) praised by the teacher yesterday. 20. The two boys always ( dress, dresses, dressing ) alike. 21. We should ( learn, learns, learnt ) to be independent at a young age. 22. The bait ( is, are, am ) for attracting the fish. 23. Weiming ( hear, hears, heard ) the cries of his brother and ran to the kitchen. 24. The leaves rustle when the wind ( blow, blows, blowing ). 25. The actors put ( up, on, in ) their make-up behind the stage. 26. Irene likes the story ( onto, in, about ) the fox and the cow. 27. The culprits have not been ( arrest, arrests, arrested ) yet. 28. Would you mind ( pass, passes, passing ) me the sugar, please? 29. The baby will cry if you take his toy ( in, off, away ). 30. She went to the doctor ( as, in, on ) she was ill. Rearrange the words to form correct sentences and end each sentence with a full-stop. (10*2 = 20marks) 31. returned have in They just from a holiday London ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 32. picture the Look at on wall beautiful the ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 33. because forgive an You should him it was mistake unintentional ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 34. aching are the My bones after exercise strenuous ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 35. accompanied to Doreen me yesterday the bookshop ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 36. noodles awful plate tastes of that ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 37. was the Tony water bottle of he so thirsty finished that ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 38. eat the to monkey bananas loves ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 39. lives a hard in snail shell a ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 40. its young kangaroo its pouch carries the in ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Vocabulary Cloze (10 marks) Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the box. | tired | slipped | upset | dark | way | | twisted | avoid | broken | injured | journey | | | John and Mary took a big step to (41) __________ the muddy ground as they made their (42) __________ home. The sky was very (43) ___________ as it was a starless night. 'Plod!' Mary (44) __________ and fell. She suffered a (45) ___________ ankle. Suspecting that Mary might have (46) __________ her ankle, John put a bandage on her leg. Though (47) __________, John decided to carry Mary for the remaining (48) _________. When they reached home, their parents were (49) __________ to learn that Mary had (50) __________ herself. Comprehension MCQ (10 marks) Read the passage carefully. Then choose the correct answer and write its number (A,B,C or D) in the brackets. I was nicknamed 'dreamer' since childhood days. Oblivious to the happenings, surroundings and people, I lived in my own small world. 'She is very quiet'. that's what my primary school teachers wrote on my report card. Indeed, I never talked in class. I always kept to myself. While my sister and brother played and skipped with other children, I dreamt of being an actress. My time was spent in acting out roles I imagined myself to be in. Sometimes my mother would see me talking to the empty air. She would stop at the door and ask, "Are you alright May?" Feeling sheepish, I would pretend to sing 'lala Iorli mama...' My brother often laughed at my self-invented songs. "Stop that! It's horrible. Do you know what you're singsing?" he would complain and skip away. ( ) 51. The writer was nicknamed 'dreamer' because ____________. A. she always dreamed at night B. she always had nightmares C. she liked dreams D. she liked to daydream ( ) 52. In primary school, the writer ___________. A. was noisy B. daydreamt a lot C. was very talkative D. was very quiet ( ) 53. Which of the following is false? A. The writer did not notice what happened around her. B. The writer spent her time acting roles she imagined herself to be in. C. The Writer sang well. D. The writer did not play with her sister and brother. ( ) 54. The writer pretended to sing because ____________. A. she imagined herself to be a sheep B. she felt embarrassed C. her mother asked her to sing D. she liked to scare her mother ( ) 55. The writer's brother asked her to stop singing because _________. A. he could sing better B. she sang too softly C. her singing was horrible D. her singing was good Comprehension OE (10 marks) Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. It was Tina's birthday. Tina and her friends wanted to have a good lunch. They went to a restaurant named 'The Flintstones'. After they were given the menu by the waiter, they asked for cold water. The waiter came with the glasses, but toppled a glass as he served the group. He did not apologise for what he had done. He merely wiped the spilled water on the table with a cloth. As he stood waiting for Tina and her friends' orders, his face was without a smile. Tina and her friends were offended by his rudeness. After a short while, the group placed their orders. They asked for fish and chips which was the cheapest on the menu. They could not afford the other delicacies on the menu. The waiter gave them a disgusted look. He then went off with the orders without a word. 56. Why did Tina and her friends go to 'The Flintstones'? __________________________________________________________________________ 57. Why should the waiter apologise to the group? __________________________________________________________________________ 58. In what way had the waiter offended Tina and her friends? __________________________________________________________________________ 59. Why did Tina and her friends order the same food? __________________________________________________________________________ 60. What was the waiter's reaction to their order of fish and chips? __________________________________________________________________________ Guided Writing (20 marks) Write a story based on the pictures below. You may use the words and phrases in the box. Story-telling Competition 
| excited | practised | nervous | | stage fright | audience | forgot the story | | embarrassed | sad | comforted | | | ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ANSWERS Primary 2 English Practice 3 | 1.C | 2.B | 3.A | 4.B | 5.C | | 6.B | 7.B | 8.B | 9.B | 10.A | | 11.B | 12.A | 13.B | 14.C | 15.B | | 16.are | 17.Which | 18.saw | 19.was | 20.dress | | 21.learn | 22.is | 23.heard | 24.blows | 25.on | | 26.about | 27.arrested | 28.passing | 29.away | 30.as | 31. They have just returned from a holiday in London. 32. Look at the beautiful picture on the wall. 33. You should forgive him because it was an unintentional mistake. 34. My bones are aching after the strenuous exercise. 35. Doreen accompanied me to the bookshop yesterday. 36. That plate of noodles tastes awful. 37. Tony was so thirsty that he finished the bottle of water. 38. The monkey loves to eat bananas. 39. A snail lives in a hard shell. 40. The kangaroo carries its young in its pouch. | 41. avoid | 42. way | 43. dark | 44. slipped | 45. twisted | | 46. broken | 47. tired | 48. journey | 49. upset | 50. injured | | 51. D | 52. D | 53. C | 54. B | 55. C | 56. They wanted to have a good lunch. 57. He had spilled a glass of water onto the table. 58. His rudeness offended them. 59. They ordered the same food because it was the cheapest on the menu. 60. He gave them a disgusted look and walked away with the orders without a word. |