A.

Choose the correct answer and write its letter (a, b, c or d) in the brackets
provided.

1. Which pair of words are homophones?

a. tear - tear c. but - bat
b. ant - aunt d. I - my ( )

2. The building was as tall as the mountain. What figure of speech was used in this
sentence?
a. Hyperbole c. Personification
b. Simile d. Alliteration ( )

3. New York is the subject of my latest story. Subject means ______.

a. topic c. exposed
b. told d. authority ( )

4. The well behind the building is maintained well.

The underlined words are a pair of ______.
a. homographs c. homonyms
b. homophones d. holograms ( )

5. While I nodded nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping. What type of figure
speech was used in the given sentence?
a. Simile c. Alliteration
b. Metaphor d. Onomatopoeia ( )

6. “And I was afraid they might be lost or broken if I gave them over.” What point of view
was used in the sentence?
a. First-Person c. Third-Person
b. Second-Person d. Fourth-Person ( )

7. Close your books now. What kind of sentence was used?

a. Statement c. Command
b. Exclamation d. Question ( )
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8. ______ I am terrified of flying, I will travel by plane just to see you.
a. Since c. Wherever
b. Although d. As though ( )

9. I hope tomorrow is clear so we don’t have to cancel our hiking. Clear means ______.
a. easily understood c. cloudless
b. empty d. clean ( )

10. She went back to the small town _____ she was born.
a. where c. while
b. when d. as if ( )

11. Because I cannot wait for the bus, I will walk to school. The underlined is the ______.
a. connector c. main clause
b. subordinate clause d. subordinator ( )

12. A ______ is a person who writes plays.

a. playman c. playscript
b. playright d. playwright ( )

13. There was a long awkward ______ before she spoke.

a. pores c. purs
b. pause d. paws ( )

14. ______ refers to the words actually spoken by the characters.

a. Setting c. Action
b. Characters d. Dialogue ( )

15. _____ you share with me your concerns, I would not be able to help you.
a. But c. Wherever
b. If d. Unless ( )

16. When John heard his cue he boldly stepped onto the stage and began his speech.
a. angrily c. confidently
b. quickly d. comfortably ( )

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17. She is happy ______ she won the competition.
a. because c. though
b. unless d. and ( )

18. We need a longer telephone ______.

a. cawed c. chord
b. cord d. cored ( )

19. Stories about pirates are favourites ______ television screens.

a. in c. with
b. on d. upon ( )

20. Please _____ your name on the _____ corner of the paper.
a. rite, right c. write, right
b. write, rite d. right, rite ( )

21. “You’re standing on my foot and it hurts!” ______ the small boy.
a. cried c. laughed
b. jested d. sniggered ( )

22. “If only I had listened to my mother and stayed at home,” Gulliver ______ regretfully.
a. snarled c. chortled
b. lamented d. bellowed ( )

23. “Watch out! The Man Mountain is going to sneeze!” ______ one of the Lilliputians.
a. sniveled c. shouted
b. guffawed d. wailed ( )

24. “Those arrows are pricking me and will make me bleed!” ______ Gulliver.
a. joked c. sighed
b. jested d. growled ( )

25. The basic ingredients to make a simple cake is _____, sugar and eggs.
a. floor c. flower
b. flour d. flavour ( )

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B. Fill in the blanks
Rewrite each sentence by adding a suitable subordinate clause from the box. Then,
circle the subordinating connector used in the sentence.

⚫ since the audience enjoyed his jokes ⚫ because she enjoys windsurfing
⚫ if you want to get their autographs ⚫ when she was at home

26. They were glad they had hired a clown for the show.
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27. Kathy watched a horror movie.

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28. You have to wait at the stage door.

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29. She likes to go to the beach.

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Turn the following direct speech into an indirect speech.

30. “What is this strange food?” asked Gulliver.

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31. “Will the King ever allow me to go home?” asked Gulliver.

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32. “Dolphins and whales are mammals,” the teacher told his students.
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Turn the following indirect speech into a direct speech.

33. The King asked whether he would be there the next day.
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34. Gulliver said that he hoped to visit his mother who was ill.
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35. The Queen replied that she understood how he felt.

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C. Reading Comprehension
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow in complete sentences.
Your answer must be based on the passage.

Your Amazing Brain

You carry around a three-pound mass of wrinkly material in your head that controls every
single thing you will ever do. From enabling you to think, learn, create, and feel emotions to
controlling every blink, breathe, and heartbeat - this fantastic control centre is your brain. It is
a structure so amazing that a famous scientist once called it “the most complex thing we have
yet discovered in our universe.”

Your brain is faster and more powerful than a supercomputer.

Your kitten is on the kitchen counter. She’s about to step onto a hot stove. You have only
seconds to act. Accessing the signals coming from your eyes, your brain quickly calculates
when, where, and at what speed you will need to dive to intercept her. Then it orders your
muscles to do so. Your timing is perfect and she’s safe. No computer can come close to your
brain’s awesome ability to download, process, and react to the flood of information coming
from your eyes, ears, and other sensory organs.

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Your brain generates enough electricity to power a light bulb.
Your brain contains about 100 billion microscopic cells called neurons - so many it would
take you over 3,000 years to count them all. Whenever you dream, laugh, think, see, or move,
it’s because tiny chemical and electrical signals are racing between these neurons along
billions of tiny neuron highways. Believe it or not, the activity in your brain never stops.
Countless messages zip around inside it every second like a supercharged pinball machine.
Your neurons create and send more messages than all the phones in the entire world.

Neurons send information to your brain at more than 150 miles per hour.
A bee lands on your bare foot. Sensory neurons in your skin relay this information to your
spinal cord and brain at a speed of more than 150 miles per hour. Your brain then uses motor
neurons to transmit the message back through your spinal cord to your foot to shake the bee
off quickly. Motor neurons can relay this information at more than 200 miles per hour.

When you learn, you change the structure of your brain.

Riding a bike seems impossible at first. But soon you master it. How? As you practice, your
brain sends “bike riding” messages along certain pathways of neurons over and over, forming
new connections. In fact, the structure of your brain changes every time you learn, as well as
whenever you have a new thought or memory.

Exercise helps make you smarter.

It is well known that any exercise that makes your heart beat faster, like running or playing
basketball, is great for your body and can even help improve your mood. But scientists have
recently learned that for a period of time after you’ve exercised, your body produces a
chemical that makes your brain more receptive to learning. So if you’re stuck on a homework
problem, go out and play a game of soccer, then try the problem again. You just might
discover that you’re able to solve it.

36. Why do you think exercise helps make one smarter?

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37. What happens every time you learn something new or have a new thought or memory?
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38. How long would it take you to count all the neurons in your brain?
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39. What should you do when you are having a hard time learning?
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40. What does the ‘three-pound mass of wrinkly material’ in paragraph 1 refer to?
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