English Revision Set 1

Vocabulary MCQ1

1. 2
2. 4
3. 2
4. 1
5. 4
6. 1
7. 2
8. 3
9. 2
10. 1

Vocabulary MCQ2

1. 2
2. 4
3. 3
4. 1
5. 4
6. 3
7. 1
8. 1
9. 4
10. 2

Editing

1. rational
2. into
3. on
4. especially
5. judgments
6. squabble
7. amicably
8. panic
9. calmly
10. anyone's

Punctuation

1. 3
2. 4
3. 3

Comprehension Cloze

1. about
2. restrain/stop
3. hard/difficult
4. within
5. parts
6. produce
7. moving/involved
8. feet
9. people
10. when
11. funny/happy
12. able
13. interact/communicate
14. different
15. itself

Grammar Cloze

1. B
2. J
3. E
4. D
5. C
6. Q
7. K
8. L
9. N
10. F

Grammar MCQ 1

1. 4
2. 1
3. 2
4. 4
5. 2
6. 3
7. 3
8. 1
9. 1
10. 2

Grammar MCQ 2

1. 1
2. 2
3. 2
4. 4
5. 4
6. 2
7. 2
8. 3
9. 4
10. 1

Graphic Stimulus

1. 1
2. 3
3. 2
4. 4
5. 3

Comprehension MCQ

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4
5. 2

Comprehension OE

1. It gives off an unpleasant smell and spoils any food it crawls over.
2. It favours starchy or sweet food.
3. Its flat and smooth body enables a cockroach to slip easily into narrow cracks.
4. The antennae bend easily and reach forward to feel.
5. We can find them under floors, behind skirting boards and in sinks and water-pipes.
6. I get rid of cockroaches by closing up all the cracks in the walls and spraying insecticides in their haunts.
7. They are all insects.
8. They shudder with fear.
9. A cockroach that has not yet fully developed is a nymph.
10. A young cockroach runs whereas an adult cockroach flies.
    

Christian Brothers' Schools P5 Second Semestral Examination 2006

Answer Key

1. 4
2. 4
3. 3
4. 4
5. 1
6. 1
7. 3
8. 4
9. 3
10. 2
11. 1
12. 3
13. 3
14. 2
15. 4
16. 3
17. 1
18. 2
19. 4
20. 3
21. 3
22. 2
23. 4
24. 2
25. 3
26. 4
27. 2
28. 1
29. 1
30. 4
31. L
32. N
33. G
34. Q
35. K
36. F
37. A
38. P
39. E
40. M
41. hesistant
42. whipped
43. through
44. startled
45. into
46. recognition
47. stomach
48. eaten
49. piece
50. a
51. remaining/existing/surviving
52. facing/nearing
53. much
54. acts/functions/serves
55. hide
56. send/transmit
57. instance/example
58. temperature
59. appearance/face
60. explanation
61. save/rescue
62. instead
63. realised/knew/heard
64. grief/sorrow/guilt
65. block/muffle
66. The last part of the movie was censored as it might offend some viewers.
67. Not only does Siva speak highly of his school, (but) he also speaks highly of his teachers. / Not only does Siva speak highly of his teachers, (but) he also speaks highly of his school.
68. Joel will not give up even though he has been rejected by the Singapore Idol judges several times.
69. I left my mobile phone, which was my birthday present, in the taxi. / The mobile phone, which I left in the taxi, was my birthday present.
70. Matthew wanted to know if/whether Eugene had gone to Sweden during his holidays.
71. He was afraid that the guests might be disappointed with how his family hosted the dinner. / He was embarrassed about how his family hosted the dinner.
72. He pretended not to care about Robert’s presence at his home. / He pretended Robert was not worthy of existence. / He did not acknowledge Robert’s presence. / He ignored Robert.
73. The word is 'clamour'.
74. In Chinese households, diners help themselves to the food that is spread on the table, while in American households, they wait for the dish to be passed to them before serving them onto their plates.
75. He dug out the fish cheeks using his chopsticks. / He belched/burped at the end of the meal.
76. He grimaced when the steamed fish was brought to the dinner table. / His face reddened with embarrassment when Qijian's father belched.
77. The sentence is “The minister managed to muster up a quiet burp.”
78. She gave him a baseball cap and bat.
79. She advised her son to be proud of his Chinese roots. / She advised her son to be proud that he was Chinese.
80. He was a stubborn child. /He was too young to understand his mother's advice. /He is much older now.
    

Grammar: Phrasal Verbs

What are phrasal verbs?

• A phrasal verb is a verb plus a preposition or adverb which creates a meaning different from the original verb.

Example:I ran into my teacher at the movies last night. run + into = meet

He ran away when he was 15. run + away = leave home

• Some phrasal verbs are intransitive. An intransitive verb cannot be followed by an object.

Example:He suddenly showed up. "show up" cannot take an object

• Some phrasal verbs are transitive. A transitive verb can be followed by an object.

Example:I made up the story. "story" is the object of "make up"

• Some transitive phrasal verbs are separable. The object is placed between the verb and the preposition.

Example:I talked my mother into letting me borrow the car.She looked the phone number up.

• Some transitive phrasal verbs are inseparable. The object is placed after the preposition.

Example:I ran into an old friend yesterday.They are looking into the problem.

• Some transitive phrasal verbs can take an object in both places. Example:I looked the number up in the phone book.I looked up the number in the phone book.

• Although many phrasal verbs can take an object in both places, you must put the object between the verb and the preposition if the object is a pronoun.

Example:I looked the number up in the phone book.

-I looked up the number in the phone book.

-I looked it up in the phone book. (correct)

-I looked up it in the phone book. (incorrect)

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