FORM 1 ENGLISH LANGUAGE

DIAGNOSTIC TEST 2018

NAME : _________________________
NRIC : ________________

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 SECTION A: GRAMMAR
[30 MARKS]
Questions 1- 10
Arrange the words to make correct sentences. Write the sentences with the correct punctuation in
the spaces provided.

1. enjoys climbing he rock

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2. the party up for everybody dresses

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3. jokes same the tells the mayor every year

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4. the highest mount everest the world in is mountain

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5. situated is the to south johor of singapore

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6. celebrate national day 31st august on malaysians the

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7. yusof at the town i met library

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8. does not tuna like sam sandwiches

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9. english does not speak fluent my uncle

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10. sweets eat children often like to

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( 20 marks)

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Questions 11-20
The following sentences contain one error which is underlined; write the correct word in the boxes.

11. Hazim and Harazz likes cooking very much.

12. The boys was in the classroom yesterday.

13. I thinks the crow dragged out the rubbish.

14. Nigel is mine roommate.

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15. We ate three meals a day.

16. We send his to camp once a year

17. The mailbox are red in color.

18. We needs to find the last clue.

19. These fruits comes from Indonesia.

20. These are the new books that Ahmad buys last month.

( 10 marks)

SECTION B : VOCABULARY
[20 MARKS]
Questions 21-25
Fill in the boxes with the correct names of occupations

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( 5 marks)

Questions 26-30
Fill in the boxes with the correct names of hobbies.

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( 5 marks)

Questions 31-50

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31. He stole a student's _____________ .

32. The books are at the _____________ of the cupboard.
33. The dog ran along the river ____________ .
34. We came _____________ to school after the holidays.
35. I brought a _____________ of flowers to my mother.
36. They dropped ____________ -skins on the field.
37. She swims _____________.
38. They behaved _____________ at school.
39. You need a good hot ____________ .
40. She kicked a _____________ through a window.
41. I _____________ you to get to bed early tonight.
42. We all _____________ the new laws.
43. He enjoys the _____________ on television.
44. We have _________ twenty-five people in our class.
45. _________ speak louder than words.
46. On Saturday _____________ we went to a festival.
47. The street _____________ of our school is 1 Kauri Glen Rd.
48. She boils the water then _____________ the rice.
49. Who will _____________ the part of the king in the play?
50. He was hurt in an ____________.

Questions 51-60
Read the text and choose the correct answer. Write the correct answer in the space provided.

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Many people say that schooldays are the best days of their (51) __________ ( life, live, lives ). A lot of
us Form 1 students may not agree with this but I know one(52) __________ (think, thing, things) –
school today is much more fun than it was in the past.

Yesterday I visited an exciting Web (53)__________ ( sit, site, side ) on the internet I
read all about schools in England a long time ago. Did you know that the school day began at 6.00
a.m in summer and at 7.00 am in the winter? The students had fifteen (54) __________ ( minutes,
minute, mynutes) off for breakfast and a break for (55) _________ dinner , supper, lunch ). After that,
it was all work and no play until 5.30 p.m.

The students studied in wooden classroom that had poor (56)__________ (light
,lightning, lighting ) . The subjects they studied were grammar and religious knowledge. Instead of
pens, they used goose quills to (57) __________ (write, writes,writing). Because they had to dip their
quills into ink pots, their pages were filled with ink blotches.

The teachers seemed horrible (58)__________ (to, too, toe). They made the poor
students copy passages from books like Aesop’s fables. Then, they made them learn these passages
by heart. Students who could not (59) __________ (memory, memories, memorize ) the passages
were beaten with a big stick!

Furthermore, not everyone went to school. Girls and children from poor
(60)__________ (family, familys, families ) often did not go to school.

Aren’t we lucky we live in the twenty century and our education system is so different?

( 10 marks)

SECTION C : INFORMATION TRANSFER

[20 MARKS]

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Read the following text. Then, answer questions (61) – (70).

IT’S BACK!
EVENTS LINED-UP HAVE FUN IN THE SUN
at the 2015 ANNUAL BEACH FAIR

The Annual Beach Fair is BACK with more exciting,

challenging, fun-filled activities and games for everyone to
enjoy.

 Live Concert Performances  Mini Beach Olympics

 Local Delicacy Fair  Sand Sculpting
 Beachwear Contest

If you love the sand and sun – you will have a lot of FUN
COME AND JOIN US!
This year it’s at Pantai Remis, Perak, Pantai Cenang, Langkawi, and Blue Lagoon, Port
Dickson.
Date: 27th November 2015
Time: 8.30 a.m. to 12 midnight
Join thousands of beach-lovers and explore the beautiful beaches in Malaysia

Organised by the Ministry of Tourism, Malaysia

Complete the following graphic organizer using the information from the text.

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 Date: Time: Organizer:

(61) (62) (63)

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Venues: Events:

(64) (67)

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(65) (68)

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(66) (69)

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(70)

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Mini Beach Olympics

Questions 71-80

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Read the information on the student leaders of SMK Sentosa and complete the table
with information about them and yourself. Then, read out your information to your
friends.

Chong Wei Liang, 5 Bestari Maria bte Awang, 4 Gigih

Chong Wei Liang is a brilliant Having problems with your

student. His favourite subject is Bahasa Melayu and too shy to ask
Biology. He aspires to be a for help? Don’t worry! Approach
doctor. He wants to help to reduce Maria. Don’t let her strong and
the suffering of patients. He is tall powerful physique frighten you
and lanky and is always caring away! She is patient and has a
and concerned about his fellow love of imparting knowledge.
students. If you have any What’s her mission in life? The
problems, studies or otherwise, answer is obvious! Her dream is
you can be sure he will give you a to be a teacher and to mould the
helping hand. future generation.
(71) (72)
NAME

(73) (74)
PHYSICAL
DESCRIPTION

(75) (76)
FAVOURITE
SUBJECT

(77) (78)
AMBITION

(79) (80)
MISSION IN LIFE

SECTION D : LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS

[10 MARKS]

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Questions 81-90

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A. No, they aren’t
B. You can have one
C. Why don’t you buy it?
D. Yes. Would you like to buy one?

A. I always talk a lot every day.

B. Do you need more information?
C. You can call me whenever you want.
D. I hope the pupils will benefit from it.

A. What is this?
B. Don’t touch it.
C. It is a magazine.
D. Yes, I must have dropped it.

A. You are so lazy.

B. It is not your brother’s fault.
C. I won’t as you have tried your best
D. I don’t know whether you deserve
this present

A. Who told you about it?

B. Great! That’s a good idea.
C. Are you one of the singers?
D. Are you sure about going to Bukit
Jalil?

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