QUESTION PAPER

PAKISTAN ENGLISH LINGUSITICS CONTEST

JUNIORS (GRADE 5 & 6)

TIME ALLOWED: 90 MINUTES

MAXIMUM MARKS: 90
TOTAL QUESTIONS: 30 MCQS

INSTRUCTIONS
1. DON’T OPEN THIS BOOKLET UNTIL INSTRUCTED.
2. WRITE YOUR NAME, FATHER NAME, SCHOOL ETC AT THE BUBBLE SHEET ONLY.
3. RECORD ALL ANSWERS ON THE BUBBLE SHEET ONLY.
4. SELECT BEST ANSWER FROM THE FOUR GIVEN OPTIONS AND MARK ONLY ONE OPTION IN EACH
QUESTION.
5. USE BLUE / BLACK INK TO FILL UP THE CIRCLES FOR YOUR ANSWERS ON THE BUBBLE SHEET.
6. USE OF ANY HELPING MATERIAL INCLUDING CELL PHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES IS STRICTLY
PROHIBITED.
7. EVERY CORRECT ANSWER EARNS THREE POINTS.
8. ONE POINT WOULD BE DEDUCTED FOR EVERY INCORRECT ANSWER.

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 Read the poem and answer the questions 1-4.

Q1. He thought he say a monster

a. In the house
b. On the bed
c. Underneath the bed
d. Beside the bed

Q2. The eyes’ colour of the monster is

a. Blue
b. Red
c. Green
d. Yellow

Q3. The face of the monster underneath his chair was

a. Purple
b. Pink
c. Green
d. Yellow

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Q4. Why the boy thinks that he should not tell his mother about the monster?
a. She will be sad
b. She will be scared
c. She will be glad
d. She will make fun of him
Read the story and answer the questions 5—10 on the next page.

The Leopard and the Zebra

Q5. The moral of the story is:

a. Kindness never goes unrewarded

b. Tit for tat
c. Goodness is not any good to anyone
d. A barking dog never bites

Q6. What was the favor which zebra wanted from leopard?

a. To help him
b. To give him food
c. To play with him
d. To go away

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Q7. What was favor done by leopard to zebra?

a. He played with him

b. He saved him from lion
c. He warns him from danger
d. He gave him food

Q8. What happened at the end of the story?

a. They became friends

b. They did party in jungle
c. They become friends with animals
d. They shared food

Q9. Zebra and Leopard have dots and strips of _______ color.

a. Brown
b. White
c. Black
d. Red

Q10. The leopard spotted the lion when he was planning to attack

a. the Leopard
b. the Zebra
c. the Elephant
d. the Zebra and Leopard

Grammar / Tenses etc.

Q11. He gave _______ smoking when he realized it is bad habit.

a. Up
b. With
c. In
d. On

Q12. They put _________ the game because of rain.

a. Off
b. On
c. Out
d. In

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Q13. On hearing the sound, the tiger makes ___________ the bush

a. Off
b. For
c. To
d. On

Q14. The store carries _________ business even on Sunday.

a. On
b. To
c. Out
d. In

Q15. Those with poor stamina soon drop _________ in the race.

a. Behind
b. Beside
c. Across
d. Down

Q16. Identify the preposition in the sentence.

The teacher went into the cafeteria.

a. into
b. teacher
c. went
d. cafeteria

Q17. Cafeteria time is a time for the class to eat and have the opportunity to socialize in a
meaningful manner. Students are encouraged to ___________ during this time.

a. speak with a loud voice

b. 6. run around without permission
c. 7. sit, eat and talk in a calm manner
d. 8. make all sorts of noises to look silly

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Q18. Carrie was going to take a big math test. She knew that she had not studied until the
night before. She anxiously tapped her pencil as the teacher passed out the test sheets.
Anxiously means:
a. happily
b. nervously
c. angrily
d. sleepily

Q19. Choose the response that correctly spells the word with its suffix.
a. Dig + ing
b. Diging
c. Digging
d. Digeing

Q20. In the sentence below, choose the correct verb to change the sentence to future tense.
She joined the school choir.
a. joins
b. will joins
c. join
d. will join

Q21. The teacher's face, like a brightly glowing summer day, signalled her feelings of
contentment.
What does CONTENTMENT mean?
a. annoyance
b. happiness
c. fearlessness
d. expression

Q22. Due to their incredible force and unpredictability, floods can cause tremendous damage.
They can ruin houses, roads and buildings. Floods can take down trees and caus e mudslides.
Floods often leave mud, sand and debris behind. It can take months to clean up after a flood.
Based on what you have read, you can INFER or CONCLUDE that:
a. Cleaning up after a flood can be expensive and take time.
b. Floods only occur along the coast.
c. Floods are not that dangerous.
d. After flood waters dry up, the problem is over.

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Q23. "It's raining cats and dogs," is an idiom that means it is raining
a. a lot
b. tomorrow
c. cats and dogs
d. under the bridge

Q24. Which of the following is the correct comparative form of the adjective in parentheses?
That play was (difficult) to understand than the others.
a. difficulter
b. difficultest
c. most difficult
d. more difficult

Q25. Which word best fits in the blank in the sentence below?
Can I go to the party ______ ?
a. to
b. too
c. two
d. tow

Q26. Select the correct pronoun to complete the sentence.

There was no dinner left for John and _______ .
a. I
b. us
c. me
d. they

Q27. Choose the best synonym for “awesome”

a. Wild
b. Bad
c. Amazing
d. Sorry

Q28. Choose the best synonym for “ready”

a. Late
b. Prepared
c. Afraid
d. Lazy

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Q29. Choose the best antonym for “doubtful”

a. Unsure
b. Unlikely
c. Certain
d. Possible

Q30. Choose the best antonym for “loud”

a. Quiet
b. Small
c. Noisy
d. Tight

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