2012 Primary 1 English Mid Year Examination 2

Section A

Look at the pictures and fill in the blanks with the helping words given below. Use each word ONCE only.

1.

hurry

egg

nibbles

ride

tunnel

(a) The queen ant _____________ the cookies

(b) The ants _____________ to get food for their Queen.

(c) The train is going through the dark _______________.

(d) I have an _____________ for my breakfast every morning.

(e) Tom can ____________ on a unicycle.

Section B

Choose the correct verb in the brackets.

1.

I am Benny, the worker ant. I live in a dark, dark tunnel. Every day, my friends and I (1) ___________ ( has / have ) to collect food for the Queen and her babies. They (2) ___________ ( is / are ) always hungry! It (3) __________ ( is / are ) hard work looking for sweet food. The Queen (4) ____________ ( has / have ) to work hard too. Her job (5) ___________ ( is / are ) to lay many royal eggs.

Section C

Fill in each blank with the suitable words from the box.

1.

is swinging	are dancing
is climbing	are running
is reading	are skating

(a) Mr and Mrs Lee ___________________ on the ice.

(b) Mr Raja _______________a bedtime story to his children.

(c) Ben and Jon _______________ in a race.

(d) The monkey ________________ from branch to branch.

(e) Mr Tan ________________ up a ladder.

Section D

Read the story carefully and then answer the questions below.

At twelve midnight, Tom hears a noise. He looks out of the window. He is surprised to see a huge spaceship in his garden. Next, two aliens come out from the spaceship. The aliens are purple in colour and have only one eye each. The aliens look around. Suddenly they see Tom and wave at him. They seem friendly. Tom happily goes to his garden to meet them.

1.

The spaceship is in Tom's ______________________.

1. garden
2. pond
3. garage

2.

Tom feels __________________ when he sees a spaceship.

1. scared
2. happy
3. surprised

Section E

Read the story carefully and answer the questions below.

At twelve midnight, Tom hears a noise. He looks out of the window. He is surprised to see a huge spaceship in his garden. Next, two aliens come out from the spaceship. The aliens are purple in colour and have only one eye each. The aliens look around. Suddenly they see Tom and wave at him. They seem friendly. Tom happily goes to his garden to meet them.

1.

Describe the two aliens. How do they look like?

The two aliens _________________________________________________

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2.

What do the aliens do when they see Tom?

They _________________________________________________________

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3.

What does Tom do in the end?

He __________________________________________________________

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