REVISION PAPER for FINAL TERM EXAM GRADE 5 ENGLISH LANGUAGE Section A Rikki-tikki from The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling (Excerpt) 1. One day, a high summer flood washed him out of the burrow where he lived with his father and mother, and carried him, kicking and clucking, down a roadside ditch. He found a little wisp of grass floating there, and clung to it till he lost his senses. When he revived, he was lying in the hot sun on the middle of a garden path, very draggled indeed, and a small boy was saying, Here s a dead mongoose. Let s have a funeral. 2. No, said his mother, Let s take him in and dry him. Perhaps he isn t really dead. 3. They took him into the house, and a big man picked him up between his finger and thumb and said he was not dead but half chocked. So they wrapped him in cotton wool, and warmed him over a little fire, and he opened his eyes and sneezed. 4. Now, said the big man (he was an Englishman who had just moved into the bungalow), don t frighten a mongoose, because he is eaten up from nose to tail with curiosity. The motto of the mongoose family is Run and find out, and Rikki-tikki was a true mongoose. He looked at the cotton wool, decided that it was not good to eat, ran all around the table, sat up and put his fur in order, scratched himself, and jumped on the small boy s shoulder. 5. Don t be frightened, Teddy, said his father. That s his way of making friends. 6. Ouch! He s tickling under my chin 7. Rikki-tikki looked down between the boy s collar and neck, snuffed at his car, and climbed down to the floor, where he is sat and rubbing his nose. 8. Good gracious, said Teddy s mother, and that s a wild creature! I suppose he s so tame because we ve been kind to him. 9. All mongooses are like that, said her husband. If Teddy doesn t pick him up by the tail, or try to put him in a cage, he ll run in and out of the house all day long. Let s give him something to eat. SECTION A Read the text, Rikki-tikki Tavi from The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. Directions: Choose or write the best answer to each of the following questions using the evidence presented in the passage. When required, list specific words, phrases and sentences to from the story to support your answer. Page 1 of 11
1. In paragraph 1, the author says that Riki-tikki lost his senses. What does this mean? A. He fell asleep. B. He was unconscious. C. He went crazy. D. He lost his way. (Total for Question 1= 1 mark) 2. Why do you think the author means in paragraph 5, when he says a mongoose is eaten up from nose to tail with curiosity? A. He is interested in everything. B. He is afraid of people. C. He is always looking for food. D. He is full of fleas. (Total for Question 2= 1 mark) 3. Why do you think the boy thought the mongoose was dead? Give evidence from the text that best supports your answer. --------------------------- (Total for Question 3= 2 marks) 4. What did Teddy s father think Rikki-tikki was trying to do when he jumped on Teddy s shoulders? Give evidence from the text that supports your answer. Page 2 of 11
--------------------------- --------------------------- (Total for Question 4= 3 marks) 5. Write out the words and phrase from the text which shows writer s description of the setting of the story. a. Word/s -- ----------------------- b. Phrase/s -- ------------------------ marks) (Total for Question 5 = 2 6. Write out the sentence that shows that Teddy s mother think Rikki-tikki was tame? Page 3 of 11
--------------------------- (Total for Question 6= 1 mark) 7. How has the writer used language to build up interest and create tension in the story? Give examples with explanation to support your answer. --------------------------- --------------------------- Text B - Travel Brochure marks) (Total for Question 7 = 3 Algeria Travel Brochure - Pupil book pages 66-67 Answer ALL questions. 8. The statements below are about the travel brochure of Algeria. Put a tick in the box to show whether each statement is True or False. True False Page 4 of 11
The official language of Algeria is French. Algeria has hundreds of years of history to explore. The capital of Algeria is Algiers. Algiers is known as White City because of lights. Algeria has well preserved Roman cities. marks) (Total mark for question 8 = 2 9. What is the maximum temperature of North Algeria? A. 30 C B. 16 C C. 50 C (Total mark for Question 9 = 1 mark) 10. In South Algeria the highest rainfall is? 2 mm 3003 mm 700 mm (Total mark for Question 10 = 1 mark) 11. What can a holiday in Algeria offer you? -- -------------------------------------- (Total mark for Question 11 = 1 mark) 12. What sort of history would you expect to find in Jamaica? Refer to the words and phrases given Page 5 of 11
in the text. -- -- (Total mark for Question 12 = 2 marks) 13. Select one fact and one opinion from the Travel Brochure - Algeria. Fact: -- Opinion: -- Page 6 of 11
(Total mark for Question 13 = 2 marks) 14. In the Travel Brochure of Algeria, how has the writer used the language and structural features to persuade the readers? Support your answer with relevant textual details. -- -- -- -- ------------------------------------- (Total mark for Question 14 = 3 marks) (TOTAL FOR SECTION A = 25 MARKS) SECTION B Page 7 of 11
Grammar and punctuation Answer ALL questions. 15. Join the underlined word to the correct part of speech. One has been done for you. Sentences Let s give him something to eat That s his way of making friend. He was not dead but half chocked. He ll run in and out of the house all day long I suppose he s so tame. He was lying in the hot sun on the middle of a garden path. A big man picked him up gently. Parts of Speech verb adverb preposition adjective pronoun noun conjunction 2 marks) (Total for Question 15 = 16. Join each pair of simple sentences together to create a complex sentence Using only the following connectives: and because but 1) I scored 60% in the exams. Anita scored 7% more than me this year. 2) He was fond of playing basketball. It was his father s favourite game. 3) Jai saw a dog on the road. He decided to adopt the dog Page 8 of 11
(Total mark for Question 16 = 3 marks) 17. Which of the following sentences contain a prepositional phrase? A A high summer flood washed him out of the burrow. B He found the book on the table. C Don t be frightened. D Rikki-tikki liked it immensely. (Total mark for Question 17 = 1 mark) 18. Underline the sentence which contains a subordinate clause. A. Ali was going for swimming. B. Because they had eight legs, Kerry does not like spiders. C. Jenny went to the market to buy orange juice. (Total mark for Question 18 = 1 marks) 19. Change the following direct speech to indirect speech. Remember to use the correct verb tense. He said, The show was already underway when the chief guest arrived. --- (Total mark for Question 19 = 1 mark) 20. Change this sentence from the past to the present tense. Page 9 of 11
He arrived from the airport at 8:00, checked into the hotel at 9:00, and met the others at 10:00. --- (Total mark for Question 20 = 1 mark) 21. Identify and write if the Comparative or Superlative form of the given adjective will suit best in the space below. The Pacific Ocean is than the Arctic Ocean. deeper deepest (Total mark for Question 21 = 1 mark) (TOTAL FOR SECTION B = 10 MARKS) _ Page 10 of 11
A) Shorter Writing Task SECTION C Writing Complete the task below. You will be assessed on spelling, punctuation and grammar. Convince your parents to let you have a friend spend the weekend at your house. Ask them to allow you do it through a letter. Give several reasons and support your ideas with details and examples. provide readers with information that will support the purpose of the task use a style of writing appropriate for the task use a style of writing appropriate for the audience marks) B) Longer Writing task Total mark for Question 22 = 12 The beginning of the story is given for you, continue the story by interesting opening, add more details and events and a satisfying ending. Give a suitable title to the story. A family went on holiday to a cabin up in the mountains. On the night they arrived a wild storm was raging. The rain poured down, thunder crashed and lightning split the sky. Mum, Dad, Jimmy and Sara dashed from the car into the cabin. Write what would happen next in the form of a story. Conclude your story with a suitable ending. Make sure to: provide readers with events that will support the purpose of the task use a style of writing appropriate for a story use a style of writing appropriate for the audience Total mark for Question 23 = 13 marks) Page 11 of 11