TAO NAN SCHOOL Primary 1 End-of-Year English Language Examination 2006 Name: a ) Date: 12 October 2006 Class: Pr 1¢ }) Time : 1.40 pin - 2.55 p.m Parent's Signature: Marks: —/50 Section A (10 x im) Look at the pictures carefully. Fill in each blank with a correct word from the box. Use each word only ONCE. cone” spread ormy terrified gently jzard hive apms worries whistle hair blow Q) Please __ some jam on the bread for me. 2) The appeared from the magic lamp.@) are too long for (4) i" There isa hanging from the tree branch. 6) Tom likes to when he is happy. Mary is -_ of the old haunted house. She always runs quickly past it.(9) Jack wes when his parents were late io pick him up. The dancers dance on stage. The of ants is crawling towards the sweets. A horse has a on its neck.Section B (10 x 1m) Tick the correct answer in the box. (11) Little Red Riding Hood stopped and | picks some. picked flowers, is picking (12) Aladdin | come to the rich man's house and asked for came comes some food. (13) The Emperor | do not know that he is naked did does as he waves to the crowd. (14) Everybody | is ready to leave the room. are have (15) | Who can help me with the dishes? Why Where.(16) (17) (18) (9) (20) it | is waiting for Mother at the bus He. | She ani] stop by herself. There |is a monster in my closet! are were Mr. Harris has two daughters. {We are You They very much alike. A pineapple is | heavy than an orange. heavier heaviest The giraffe isas | tall as the tree. taller tallestSection C (5 x 1 mark) Each of the underlined words coritains either a spelling or grammatical mistake. A wrong or missing punctuation mark is indicated by a circle, Put the correct punctuation mark or word in each box. One late afternoon, Aileen and Meimei were fast asleep in their bed. (aly (22) They felt tired after shoping in town. There is no one else at home. 7 ee aye window curtain caught fire. The fire spread very quickly. Smoke began to fill the bedroom. (24) The girls smelled something burning. (t)hey woke up and were shocked to see their bed on fire. Both sisters got up and run out of the house where the blaze could not reach them.Section D (5 x 1m) Fill in each blank with the most suitable word in the brackets, One day, a fox went to well to drink water. He fell in. He could not get (26)__ (in, behind, out) because the walls of the well were too high. Not long after, a goat came along to drink water. When he saw the fox, he asked (27) (you, him, his) why he was there. “I (28)__________(am, was, were) enjoying the cool, pure water," replied the fox. “Would you like to join me?" Without Seti to think) the foolish goat (29) (jump, jumps, jumped) down. The cunning fox leapt on his back (30) (or, and, but) scrambled to the top. He laughed loudly as he walked away. ‘Aesop Fables (adapted)Section E (5 x 1m) Read the advertisement carefully. Then answer the questions that follow. TOY FAIR at Yakka Shopping Centre Friday, 2 Tune 2006 to Sunday, 11 June 2006. Showtimes Mon to Fri 2 p.m., 4 p.m., 6 p.m. Sesame Street 12 noon and 7 p.m. Barbie Sat and Sun 12 noon and 4 p.m. Sesame Street 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. Power Rangers 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Thomas and Friends FREE poster of Thomas and Friends when you buy $50 worth of Thomas and Friends items. * Limited to first 30 customers per day. Special Buys Z FREE pencil when you spend at least $20 on these special items. ‘Mango Shortcake Bag Dokemon Watch Now $20 Now $12Fill in the blanks with the correct answers . Your answers must be based on the advertisement. (31) The toy fair is held at (32) The show is held at two different | times on Mondays. (33).The Sesame Street show is at 4 p.m. and on weekends, (34) Ican watch the show at 2 p.m on 3 June. (35) Mr Lee spent $50 on Thomas and Friends items. He was the 29" customer for the day. He got a freeSection F (5 x 1m) Complete the poet by filling in theblanks with the most’ suitable word from the box. Use each word only ONCE. sink how hupgrier shorfer AY No More Water Both my parents told me not to, but I did it anyway. Now our water tank is empty, and the well ran (36) today. Not a drop is in the reservoir. The lake's completely dry. Everybody's getting (37) and I'm the reason (38) All the rivers are dry. All the streams no (39) flow. All the water animals try but find no place to go. No, there isn't any water, not a drop is left to drink, cause I left the tap running, and it all went down the (40) Kenn Nesbitt (adapted)Section & (4 x 1m) Read the passage carefully. Then answer questions 41 to 47. Your ‘answers must be based on the passage. Once upon a time, there lived a king who had enormous feet. They were so big that no:shoes could fit them. Shoemakers could never find:enough leather to make the shoes. The poor king was tired of walking around in his bare feet. He ordered that whoever could make shoes to fit his feet would be rewarded with one hundred pieces of gold. Nobody had any idea what to do about the king's feet except for a woodcutter. He quickly set to work. A week later, the woodcutter was ready. He pulled along a large heavy box on wheels. No one could see inside the box because it was above eye level. The woodcutter pulled the box to the palace. The anxious king expected | the shoes to be small and tight like all the others. When the shoes were taken out, everyone was shocked, for it was a pair of wooden shoes! The king was surprised. The wooden shoes were a perfect fit and the king smiled for he was very pleased with them. He asked the woodcutter, “These shoes fit so perfectly that I need not wear socks with them. What do you call these wooden shoes?" “Lmade+hem out of ...." said the woodcutter. He wanted to say “logs” but he was so nervous that he said "clogs". From then on, those types of shoes were known.as clogs.Tick | | the correct answer in the box. —— (41) The king's problem was his | heavy feet. huge so, { bare (42) The reward was one hundred pieces of | leather. ; wood. gold. (43) The woodcutter's box was | tall. small. perfect. (44) Pick out the word which shows that the king did not want to wear small shoes anymore. [eee surprised tiredSection H (3 x 2m) Answer the following questions in complete sentences. (45) Why did the king walk around without shoes? (46) Why did the woodcutter say “clogs” instead of “logs”? (47) Why did the king like the wooden shoes? Have you checked your answers? 1i) 6) 1) 16) 24) 26) 31) 34) 37) 41) 45. Q46. Q47. Answer Sheets Tao Nan Pri 1 SA2/2006 English spread 2) genie 3) sleeves #),shive ~=—5)—whistle terrified 7) worried 8) gracefully 9) army 10) mane picked 12) came 13) does = 14) ig 13) Who She 1) is 18) They 19) heavier 20) tall shopping 22) was 2B, 24) They 25) ran out 27) him 28) am 29) jumped 30) and Takka shopping centre 32) Barbie —33):12 noon Power Rengers 35) poster 36) dry thirstier 38) why 39) longer 40) sink huge 2) gold = 43) tall 44) tined . The king has enormous feet that no shoes could fit them. The woodcutter said “clog” instead of logs because he was so nervous. They could fit perfectly on the king's feet and he doesn't need to wear socks. Page Lor