UPSR T5&6 [18] [ENGLISH L13]

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Full Name: _______________________________ Date: ____________
Read the passage and answer the questions.

The hippopotamus is an animal found in Africa. The people there

called it ‘river horse’.

This animal lives in the river. It feeds only on

plants found along the riverside. It swims about with its whole body
under water. But it keeps its eyes and nostrils which are on the upper
part of its head above the water at all times. It does this so that it can
breathe and look around while it is swimming.
Do you know that the hippopotamus has the biggest
mouth among all land animals? When the mouth is open, it is
quite frightening to look at. You see it has very huge teeth – its
molars are as big as a man’s fist!
The skin or hide of a hippopotamus is very thick. No animal can ever
bite through it. That is why the hippopotamus is not afraid of other
animals. Yet primitive people were able to kill the animals by using
spears.
How did they do it? Well, they struck the animal at the points
where the skin was thinnest. Sometimes they spread it through its
wide open jaws.
Just how big is a hippopotamus? It can weigh from three to four
tons. The animal has a long life too. Usually, it lives from thirty to forty
years.
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Page 2 [reading]
Mark [√] the correct answer.
1. What do the people of Africa call 2. How did the primitive people kill
the hippopotamus? the animals?
By using spears.
River boss. By using nets.
River horse. By using guns.
River rose. By using sharp objects and
River animal. stone.

3. Why does it keep its eyes and nostrils above water at all times?

4. Why is the hippopotamus not afraid of other animals?

5. How heavy is the animal and how long can it live?

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Page 3 [text completion]
Choose the correct word to fill in the blanks.

One Saturday morning, Puan Zaitun took her three __ [1], Farouk,
Rizal and Hana shopping. They spent almost three hours __ [2] the
shopping centre. Farouk __ [3] four story books while Rizal bought a
toy car. Hana could not decide what to buy, __ [4] she bought a Barbie
doll. They __ [5] pizza for lunch and went home in the evening.
1. [a] teachers [b] daughters [c] children [d] sons
2. [a] on [b] in [c] up [d] under
3. [a] buy [b] buys [c] bought [d] buying
4 [a] so [b] or [c] but [d] because
5 [a] has [b] had [c] have [d] having

6. They enjoyed their trip to __ mountains.

[ a / the / an ]

7. Is there __ water left in the jug?

[ many / any / a few ]

8. The thief climbed __ the wall.

[ over / through / in ]
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Page 4 [social expressions]
Give the correct answers in full sentences. Write your
answers in the space provided.

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