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Grade 5
Assessment test
Subject: English Time: 1 hr.
Paper 2
Student’s Name: ___________________________________________

Answer all questions in the spaces provided on the question paper.

You should pay attention to punctuation, spelling and handwriting.

The number of marks is given in brackets at the end of each question or

part question. The total number of marks for this paper is 50.
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Read this passage from The Boy Who Biked the World and then answer the below.

Sitting at his desk at school, Tom used to stare out of the window and dream of
adventure. He didn’t want to be at school. He wanted to be an explorer! He daydreamed
about the wonderful places in the world that he had read about in books or on the
internet. How exciting it would be to stand on the Great Wall of
China and stare out towards the wilds of Mongolia. It would be brilliant to watch 5
grizzly bears fishing for salmon in Alaskan rivers. He wanted to eat Chinese food in
China, noisily slurping noodles with chopsticks.

Think of a country in the world – any country – and you can be sure that Tom had
dreamed about it. Tom wanted to go to every single country in the world.
And, as there are around 200 countries in the world, he knew that he had to get 10
started soon.

Tom was gazing out of the classroom window. He could hear birds singing and he
could no longer hear the teacher. How lovely! Undisturbed dreaming.
Gradually, Tom noticed that the room had gone quiet. Too quiet. With a burst of
embarrassment, he realised the whole class was looking at him. He jumped in 15
his seat. No longer was he battling through the rainforest. He was back in his maths
lesson. And the teacher was waiting for an answer. Oh dear! Tom didn’t even know what
the question was. So he definitely didn’t know the answer.

‘Erm ... I don’t know,’ Tom mumbled.

‘You don’t even know what the question was, Tom, do you?’ demanded Tom’s 20
teacher. He was fed up with Tom’s daydreaming.

‘No, I don’t know what the question was. Sorry!’ apologised Tom.

He liked Mr Field and didn’t want to make him angry. It wasn’t Mr Field’s fault that
Tom was a daydreamer.

‘So, where in the world were you dreaming of this time?’ asked Mr Field, his 25
voice rising and his face turning pink with annoyance. ‘Timbuktu? The North Pole?’
Some of the class sniggered. Mr Field continued, waving his hands in the
air in frustration.
‘I am sick and tired of having to repeat everything I say to you because you are
thousands of miles away in the Amazon jungle. You’re on long distance quests when 30
you should be doing your long division questions!’

Tom blushed. The children at the front of the classroom were enjoying this. Watching
the teacher turn as red as a beetroot was more fun than doing their work. Every minute
Mr Field spent shouting at Tom was one minute closer to the end of the lesson.
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And then it happened. He had certainly not planned it. He didn’t know what made him
do it, but suddenly Tom heard himself saying out loud, ‘I’m going to be an explorer! I
am going to go round the world.’

Even old Mr Field laughed.

At that moment the lunch bell rang, saving Tom from further embarrassment.
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1 Read the statements below about Tom.

Tick () two boxes that we know are true from the passage.

Tom wanted to learn about different kinds of wildlife.

Tom enjoyed most of his lessons at school.

Tom was unsure about what he wanted to do in the future.

Tom had found out how people in far-away places live.

Tom was only interested in eating food he was used to.

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2 Where did Tom get his information about different places from?

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3 What place was Tom daydreaming about when the teacher asked him a
question?

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4 What time of day does the story take place?

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5 Why could Tom ‘hear birds singing’?

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6 ‘So, where in the world were you dreaming of this time? Timbuktu? The North
Pole?’ (Lines 25-27) Explain why Mr Field asked Tom this.

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7 (a) What was Tom’s attitude towards Mr Field and his lessons?

Use words and phrases from the text to explain your answer.

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(b) Why was Mr Field irritated by Tom’s behaviour?

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8 Why did Tom blush when Mr Field spoke to him?

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9 Has Tom been caught daydreaming before?

Yes

No
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Select evidence from the text to support your answer.

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10 From whose point of view is this story being told?

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Explain how you know.

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These sentences describe some of Mr Field’s reactions to Tom’s

daydreaming.

11 (a) Underline the metaphor.

‘I am sick and tired of having to repeat everything I say to you because you
are thousands of miles away in the Amazon jungle.’

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(b) Look at this sentence. Underline the simile.

Watching the teacher turn as red as a beetroot was more fun than doing their
work. [1]

(c) What do you think the word ‘frustration’ means in this sentence?

Mr Field continued, waving his hands in the air in frustration.

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12 (a) The passage is a short extract from the book The Boy Who Biked The
World.

From the evidence in this extract, which genre do you think the story is? Tick

() the correct answer.

adventure

biography

legend

science fiction

traditional tale [1]

(b) Explain your answer by giving one quote from Tom.

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13 Do you think this passage was taken from the beginning, the middle or the end of
the story?

Tick () one box.

Beginning
Middle

End

Explain your answer.

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Section B: Writing

14 You have read a passage from The Boy Who Biked The World.

Imagine that you are Tom and it is now several years later. Write a story to describe your first
trip as an explorer to a faraway place.

Use these ideas to help you plan your story.

How did you feel during the trip?

Characters
Did you travel with anyone?
If so, who?
Setting Where did you travel to?
How did you travel to this place?
What kinds of things did you see and hear there? How
Plot
long did you stay?
What kind of people did you meet?

Remember to include as much detail as you can in your story. Try to make your story
exciting, so that people reading it will want to read on to find out what happens.

PLANNING

Spend up to five minutes making notes in the box to plan your story.
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Write your story here.
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Content [5] Punctuation [4]

Audience [4] Vocabulary [3]

Text Structure [5] Spelling [4]

Sentence Structure [5]