PAPER. Practice Questions ENGLISH. International Competitions and Assessments for Schools STUDENT S NAME: DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOKLET UNTIL INSTRUCTED.

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1 ractice uestions nternational ompetitions and ssessments for chools U U. U : ead the instructions on the and fill in your, and. Use a or pencil. o use a pen. ub out any mistakes completely. ou U record your answers on the. ark only answer for each question. our score will be the number of correct answers. arks are deducted for incorrect answers. Use the information provided to choose the answer from the four possible options. n your fill in the oval that matches your answer. uestions may sometimes be placed next to each other. ake sure you read the page and answer the questions in the correct order. ou are allowed to use a dictionary or an electronic translator.

2 ead ld inger uts oliday and answer questions to 8. ld inger uts oliday ere am at the farm. ne ree arm angaroo alley his is ubbles. ear um onday hen you left me at randads cried. randad said, ome on, ld inger ut. ry those tears and lets see if unty rene has got our tea ready. dont like being called ld inger ut! want to come home. uesday ubbles made such a fuss and licked me all over. unty rene told me not to cuddle him as he had fleas. randad said, few fleas never hurt anybody. dont want to get fleas. wish was at home. ednesday hen was helping unty rene collect eggs found a rats nest. randad said, otten pests, theyre a rotten nuisance! d like a pet rat when get home. hursday randad took me fishing in the creek this afternoon but we didnt catch any fish. randad kept saying, ell have a fish as big as a whale in a minute. unty rene cooked fish fingers for tea. wish we had a creek at home. riday e had a picnic today. ll we could hear were bees buzzing. randad said, ts going to be a lot quieter next week without you buzzing around! unty rene says d better post this letter today; otherwise ll beat it home. ots of love from ld inger ut... let me stay here a little longer. dont want to come home yet. nglish ractice uestions aper

3 . ho wrote this letter? () () () () randad unty rene ld inger ut ld inger uts mum. he word pests is used to describe things which are () () () () ugly. dirty. dangerous. troublesome.. hen ld inger ut says d like a pet rat, the contraction d is made up of the words () () () () did. had. could. would. 4. hen randad says, ts going to be a lot quieter here next week without you buzzing around!, he means () () () () our constant noise keeps me as busy as a bee. ll miss you when youre not here next week. oure so noisy cant wait for you to go home. ll be able to work harder on the farm when you go. 5. n which day does the reader first notice a change in ld inger uts feelings about staying with his grandfather? () () () () onday uesday ednesday riday 6. hy are the words onday to riday written in? () () () () hey are days of the week. hey are subheadings in the letter. ld inger ut is angry with his mother. he writer wants to highlight important information. nglish ractice uestions aper

4 7. ut these pictures into the correct order to show what ld inger ut did during the week. he correct order for the pictures is () 4,,, (), 4,, (),,, 4 (),, 4, 8. f ld inger ut wrote a story about his holiday, the best title would be () () () () olidays with um. elping unty rene. ishing with randad. y ime at randads. or questions 9 and choose the best option. 9. hoose the sentence which is UU. () () () () he shaggy brown dog chased ichaels cat up into the tree. he shaggy brown, dog chased ichaels cat up into the tree. he shaggy brown dog chased ichaels cat up into the tree. he shaggy, brown, dog chased ichaels cat up into the tree.. ynette is very caring. he always thinks about other people. hich of the following words describes ynette? () () () () patient reliable considerate independent nglish ractice uestions aper 4

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6 cknowledgment opyright in this booklet is owned by ducational ssessment ustralia, U lobal ty imited, unless otherwise indicated. very effort has been made to trace and acknowledge copyright. ducational ssessment ustralia apologises for any accidental infringement and welcomes information to redress the situation. ources ld inger uts oliday text, images and graphics 6. he following year levels should sit aper: ustralia ear runei rimary ong ong rimary ndonesia ear 4 alaysia tandard ew ealand ear 4 acific ear ingapore rimary outh frica rade U U ducational ssessment ustralia eaa.unsw.edu.au ducational ssessment ustralia. is an education group of U lobal ty imited, a not-for-profit provider of education, training and consulting services and a wholly owned enterprise of the University of ew outh ales

7 to appear on certificate to appear on certificate re you male or female? ale emale oes anyone in your home usually speak a language other than nglish? es o chool name: own suburb: odays date: ostcode: ay onth ear (optional) U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U : ub out all mistakes completely. rint your details clearly in the boxes provided. ake sure you fill in only one oval in each column. : ebbie ach : han i eng : amal bin bas U U aper a *46* nternational ompetitions and ssessments for chools U

8 U xample: hoose the word that is closest in meaning to the underlined word. want you to give this important matter prompt attention. () quiet mmediate is the word closest in meaning to prompt in this () careful sentence, so you would fill in the oval, as shown. () immediate () deliberate our privacy is assured as fully complies with appropriate ustralian privacy legislation. isit for more details. aper a nternational ompetitions and ssessments for chools

9 U nterpret information in a personal recount to identify the writer U nfer the meaning of a word: pests edium dentify the parts of contraction in a personal recount asy asy 4 nterpret the meaning of an idiomatic expression in a personal recount edium 5 dentify the change in the writers tone in a personal recount ediumard 6 dentify the use of capital letters for subheadings asy 7 ynthesise a personal recount to sequence a set of illustrations ediumard 8 dentify the theme of a personal recount edium 9 dentify the correct use of list commas and the possessive apostrophe edium ynthesise a description to identify a character trait edium rea refers to the particular curriculum area or strand assessed by the question. eading iterary eading actual extual devices yntax ocabulary questions which require students to comprehend and interpret texts such as stories, poems, extracts from novels, reviews, plays questions which require students to understand and interpret information and argument texts, including texts which incorporate diagrams, tables and images from a range of curriculum areas, e.g. reports, editorials, advertisements, explanations questions which require students to recognise and to interpret textual devices which include figurative and rhetorical language (e.g. metaphor, rhetorical question, pun) and text conventions (e.g. use of different font sizes and types, captions) questions about accuracy and clarity within sentences or texts (e.g. pronoun reference, tense) and the recognition of grammatical terms (e.g. noun, main clause) questions about the meaning of words or phrases nglish ractice uestions aper

10 evel of difficulty refers to the expected level of difficulty for the question. asy edium ediumard ard more than 7% of candidates will choose the correct option about 57% of candidates will choose the correct option about 5% of candidates will choose the correct option less than % of candidates will choose the correct option nglish ractice uestions aper