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 atastrophe at and answer questions to 8. atastrophe at atastrophe at ives in our house he doesnt mind dogs he wont chase a mouse. he sleeps all day long f theres nobody there ut when we come home he gets quite a scare. at skates on the table nd breaks all the dishes he scratches the couch nd knocks over the fishes. he hangs off the curtains hen skids on the floor randma moves quickly s at thumps the door. y mum likes to pat at ut at wont sit still. he hides in the cupboard aiting until um gets the sausages eady for tea hen atastrophe swipes them nd leaves none for me. he waits in the hallway utside ads door nd she starts to wail hen he starts to snore. oud think ad would learn ut he chases the cat he moves so swiftly e trips on the mat. nd all through the house e hear eeeeow and www hat cat is a nuisance et rid of it now! ut despite all the mess he noise and the strife e all love our at hes part of our life. heryl ersson nglish ractice uestions aper

3 . hat does atastrophe at do when the family is not home? () () () () chase mice sleep all day scare the fish hang off the curtains. atastrophe at likes to hide in the cupboard so she can () () () () see where ad is. catch some mice. steal the sausages. get away from the noise.. hy did ad chase atastrophe at? () () () () she stole his food she interrupted his sleep they were playing a game he fell over her in the hallway 4. hich option shows who made the sound www and why? ho said www? hy? () ad e fell over chasing at. () um he hurt herself cooking. () the poet at stole her sausages. () atastrophe at ad caught her. 5. hen ad says that atastrophe at is a nuisance, he means that she is () () () () annoying. secretive. energetic. dangerous. 6. he cat was named atastrophe because she () () () () was loved by the family. liked to fight with the dog. often caused trouble in the house. was usually left alone during the day. nglish ractice uestions aper

4 7. nomatopoeia is when a word sounds like the noise it is describing. hich of the following is an example of onomatopoeia? () () () () skids thumps swipes trips 8. he poem has a rhyme scheme. hich lines in each stanza rhyme? () () () () the first line and the third line the first line and the second line the second line and the third line the second line and the fourth line or questions 9 and choose the option. 9. hoose the best word to complete the following sentence. aul knew he was almost home he saw the lights of his farmhouse ahead. () () () () however when but although. hich statement is punctuated correctly? () () () () ave you done your homework, asked ue? ave you done your homework, asked ue? ave you done your homework? asked ue. ave you done your homework? sked ue. nglish ractice uestions aper 4

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9 U ocate information in a poem asy dentify the reason for an action in a poem asy U dentify the reason for a characters action in a poem edium 4 nterpret character interaction in a poem ediumard 5 dentify the meaning of a word in a poem: nuisance asy 6 nterpret the meaning of a word from context in a poem: catastrophe edium 7 dentify an example of onomatopoeia in a poem: thumps ard 8 dentify the rhyme scheme of a poem asy 9 dentify the correct connective to complete a sentence edium dentify the correct use of a question mark and speech punctuation ediumard 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