2012 Primary 2 English End Year Examination 5

Section A

Look at the pictures. Choose the correct answer.
Make your choice (1, 2, 3 or 4).

1.

Mike had a terrible stomachache. He is ______________ in pain.

1. laughing
2. groaning
3. bursting
4. sneering

2.

When the hungry owl saw a mouse, it ______________ down immediately to catch it.

1. fell
2. slid
3. swooped
4. jumped

3.

I could heard my neighbour's dog ______________ in the middle of the night.

1. howling
2. roaring
3. whistling
4. screaming

4.

Jack fainted after hearing the bad news. He was too ______________.

1. delighted
2. excited
3. shocked
4. tired

5.

Tom and Sue quarrelled last night. They were ______________ with each other.

1. contented
2. satisfied
3. pleased
4. furious

Section B

Choose the most suitable answer for each question.

1.

That poisonous snake ______________ quickly and disappears into the bush.

1. slithers
2. crawls
3. trots
4. hops

2.

James was happy because he was going to meet the famous ______________ who wrote these books.

1. illustrator
2. character
3. poet
4. author

3.

The little boy could not carry the ______________ watermelon all by himself as it was too heavy.

1. unripe
2. bulky
3. enormous
4. delicious

4.

Jane could not stop ______________ when she heard the joke.

1. frowning
2. giggling
3. arguing
4. quivering

5.

The angry giant ______________ and chased the little children away.

1. bellowed
2. chattered
3. whispered
4. laughed

Section C

Read the passage carefully. Fill each blank with the correct word from the box.
Use each word ONCE only.

1.

disagreed	care	surprise	happiness	nodded
complained	patience	heard	worry	wriggled

The sun was shining and the flowers were blooming in the fields. Cappi (1) ______________ out of her skin for the last time. Then she spun a silken cover around herself and went to sleep.

Hutch, the rabbit, was very sad when he came back and could not find Cappi. The other caterpillars told him not to (2) ______________ at all.

"Cappi has spun a cocoon around herself. She has gone to sleep and we'll be joining her too!" they cried.

Hutch could not believe what he had (3) ______________, why was Cappi sleeping suddenly at that time?

"Cappi's in the pupa stage now," whispered Father Butterfly.

Mother Butterfly (4) ______________ and said, "She will sleep for some weeks in the pupa stage. Watch out for Cappi when she comes out - you won't be able to recognise her! Let's wait for her to wake up."

Then, one day, their (5) ______________ was rewarded. The pupa shook and broke open. Out came a beautiful and colourful butterfly.

Section D

Choose the most suitable answer for each question.

1.

My brother and I ____________ to the beach next week.

1. goes
2. went
3. are going
4. has gone

2.

Luke always ____________ a glass of milk every morning.

1. drink
2. drank
3. is drinking
4. drinks

3.

Miss Tan took my friends and ____________ to the beach yesterday.

1. I
2. me
3. myself
4. mine

4.

"Wow! You look ____________ than you usually do!" exclaimed Billy.

1. happiest
2. happy
3. happier
4. as happy as

5.

____________ are Luke and John whispering? They should keep quiet.

1. Who
2. When
3. Why
4. Where

6.

____________ the bells always ring at this time of the day?

1. Do
2. Does
3. Have
4. Has

7.

____________ Suping had spent all her pocket money on food, she was still hungry.

1. If
2. As
3. Although
4. Unless

8.

The burglar climbed into the house ____________ the window.

1. through
2. under
3. along
4. beyond

9.

You ____________ catch a cold if you don't put on a sweater.

1. should
2. may
3. must
4. shall

10.

The dog slept ____________ in the basket.

1. comfortable
2. more comfortable
3. comfortably
4. most comfortable

Section E

Fill in the blanks with the correct answers, using the words provided in the box.

USE EACH WORD ONCE ONLY.

1.

under	he	hide	they	can
quickly	hid	into	could	quicker

The cool evening breeze blew gently. Toots, the tortoise, slid quietly (1) _______________ the fence. He had to find a place to (2) _______________ as he did not want the other tortoises to find him.

Toots plodded on as fast as he (3) _______________. He was so busy looking for a good hiding place that he did not notice where he was going.

Suddenly, Toots stopped and looked around him in alarm. He was right in the midst of a group of strange creatures. He shut his eyes in fright and withdrew (4) _______________ into his shell. He knew exactly who these strange creatures were.

All of a sudden, the strange creatures flapped their wings and shrieked in fright at the sight of Toots. (5) _______________ flew helter-skelter all over the farm. Toots stood there quietly and wondered why these creatures were behaving strangely.

Section F

Re-arrange the words to form meaningful sentences. Begin each sentence with a capital letter and end it with a full stop (.) or question mark (?).

1.

likes

she

talk

about

to

her pet

_________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

2.

an

in

busy working

man

the garden

was

old

_________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

3.

did

your sister

the wall

what

this morning

draw

on

_________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

4.

had found

ring

gave

Jane

Mark

that she

the silver

_________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

5.

he

his room

Henry

straight

reached

the moment

to

went

home

_________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

Section G

Read the passage carefully. Then, choose the most suitable answer for each question.

"Too boring," Patrick complained. Patrick never did his homework. He played baseball, basketball and Nintendo instead. He just dislikes homework. Then one day, Patrick's pet cat came home with a little doll in her mouth. Patrick took the doll and had a closer look. To his surprise,it was an elf. The tiny elf yelled, "Save me! Don't give me back to that cat. I'll grant you a wish." Patrick could not believe his ears. Immediately, he said, "If you do all my homework until the end of the semester, I shall set you free." "Oh, how unlucky! But I'll do it," grumbled the elf. The little elf began to do Patrick's homework. "Help me! Help me! I don't know the meaning of this word," he said. Patrick had to check the dictionary and look up the word. When it came to Mathematics, Patrick had to think of the solutions to the problem sums. He was working harder than ever, staying up till very late at night. Finally, the last day of school arrived. Patrick did very well for all his subjects. His classmates were amazed and his teachers were full of praises for him. They were proud of him.

1.

Patrick hated homework because he ________________________.

1. did not know how to do it
2. disliked staying up at night to do it
3. felt that his homework was too difficult
4. felt that doing homework was an uninteresting chore

2.

Patrick was shocked when _____________________________.

1. his pet cat changed into an elf
2. his pet cat brought home an elf
3. the elf wanted to play with his pet cat
4. the elf promised to play games with him

3.

Patrick wished that ____________________________________.

1. he could do all the homework by himself
2. he would do very well for all his subjects
3. the doll would be changed into an elf
4. the elf would do all his homework for him

4.

The elf 'grumbled' when he was asked to do Patrick's homework.
This showed that he ____________________________________.

1. did not know how to do the homework
2. wanted to do the homework quickly
3. was unwillingly to do the homework
4. needed help to do the homework

5.

Which of the following statements is true?

1. The elf did all the homework for Patrick without any help.
2. In the end, Patrick did all the homework by himself.
3. Patrick did very well in all his subjects because the elf helped him.
4. Patrick's classmates knew that the elf had helped him do all his homework.