KBTC International School

Primary-6 (Pre-Mid Exam Revision)

Question Format (Total 25 marks)

I. Reading Comprehension

II. MCQ

III. Editing or Matching

IV. Transformation

I. Read the passage (Unseen) (10 marks)

II. MCQ (Unit 1,2,3.3) (5 marks)

III. Editing or Matching (5 marks)

Editing (Skim & Scan)

1. East
2. Neddy (1 & 2)
3. Voices in the museum
4. News Headlines
5. Poorna Malavath
6. Tenzing Norgay
(or)
Matching (Unit 1,2)

IV. Grammar (Unit 1,2,3.3) (5 marks)

1. Hyphen vs Dashes
2. Sentence Types (word class pattern)
3. Homographs
4. Standard English
5. Relative Pronoun
6. Direct Speech … Reported Speech
7. Simile , Metaphor , Personification , Alliteration , Onomatopoeia

Book Unit Page No. Contents

Learner’s 1 12,13 East (Prologue)
Book

17 Language Focus (Sentence Types)

24 1(b,c) Reorder the words

27 Language Focus (Sentence types)

28,29 1(c-e),2 Word class pattern, Homographs

35,36 Voices in the Museum

37,38 2(a-d) Standard English

44 Check your progress

Workbook 1 7,8,11 2,3,4 What is a prologue?

3,4 Challenge

12,13 1,2,3 Focus on technique

17,19 1,1 White bears, Short and long sentences

21,22,23 1,2,3 Focus , Practice , Challenge

1,3 Focus , Challenge

Unit Page No. Contents

Learner’s 2 46,47 2(a-d) Language Focus (Headlines)
Book

49,50 2(a-e) News Headlines

52 Language Focus (Structure of news report)

56 a-f Poorna Malavath

57 2(a-f) Portmanteau

58,59 1(a,b,c) Language Focus(relative pronouns)

64,65,66 1(a) Tenzing Norgay

67,68 1,2 Language Focus(Direct Indirect Speech)

71 Check your progress

Unit Page No. Contents

Workbook 2 34 2,3 Fact and opinion , Challenge
 42 1 Language Focus

45 1,2 Another Life

49, 50 1,2 Direct , Indirect Speech

57 2(a-f) Portmanteau

58,59 1(a,b,c) Language Focus(relative pronouns)

Unit Page No. Contents

Learner’s 3 73,74,75 1,2 The River
Book

Workbook 3 54,55 1,2 Personification

56,57 1 Moods

60,61 3 Alliteration , Onomatopoeia

*Sample Question*

EDITING (5 marks)
There are 5 blank numbers 1 to 5 in the passage below. Each underlined word contains
either a spelling or grammatical error. A wrong or missing punctuation is denoted by a circle.
Put the correct punctuation mark or word(in terms of usage, spelling, and form) in each of
the boxes.
(26)_________
soleRebels Footwear includes sendels, flip flops and shoes with soles made
(27)_________ (28)_________
from recycling car tyres. Her designs use recycled and sustainable materials with handspun
(29)______
organic cotton fabrics, and natural fibers including pure Abyssinian Koba . “We took this
(30)_______
wonderful indigenous age-old recycling tradition but fused it with fantastic Ethiopian crafts.”

Unit 1

1. runes any ot the letters of an ancient alphabet cut into stone or wood in the past by the
 people of northern Europe, or any similar mark with a secret meaning

2. logs full, written records to a trip, a period of time, or an event

3. skeins length of wool or thread collected together into the shape of a loose ring

4. sheaves numbers of things, especially pieces of paper or plant stems, that are held or tied
together

5. prologue introductory passage at the beginning of a literary work

6. prefix word part added to a beginning of the word to create a new meaning

7. reluctance an unwillingness to do something

8. hilarity a situation in which people laugh very loudly and think something is very funny

9. wistfulness a feeling of sadness because you are thinking about something that is impossible or
in the past

10. incredulity the feeling of not wanting or not being able to believe something

11. curiosity an eager which to know or learn about something

12. hyphen a short line that links words together to create one idea

13. peddler especially in the past, a person who travelled to different places to sell small goods,
usually by going from house to house

14. Saaami indigenous people native to parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia

15. isbjorn polar bear in Norwegian

16. blizzard severe snowstorm with strong winds

17. doe the female of animals such as the deer or rabbits

18. wind rose a graphic tool usedby meterologists to show wind speed and direction in a particular

19. register style of language, grammar and words used in particular situitions

20. ellipsis three dots that take the place of missing words

21. tone what authors want us to feel

22. kiosk small building with a window where things like tickets, magazines snacks and cool
drink are sold

23. chronological arranged in the order in which events happened

Unit 2

1. headline a heading at the top of a news article aimed to get the reader’s attention
2. summarise to give a brief version of something, focusing on key points only

3. key words words that are important to the meaning of a sentence or text

4. current relating to the present time

5. summit the top of a mountain

6. avalanche a large amount of snow that falls down the side of a mountain

7. scaling to climb something that is high or steep

8. homage to show your respect for someone, especially by praising them in public

9. fact simple statement used to inform or make an argument

10. opinion useful to persuade, but demand evidence to back them up

11. journalist a person who writes articles for a newspaper

12. inverted turned upside down

13. lead the opening paragraph of an article or chapter, gives the maing idea of the body
text

14. biography an account of a person’s life, written by a different person

15. abrupt sudden and not expected

16. portmanteau a word that blends the sounds and meanings of two other words.

17. nationality to be a member of a particular country

18. classify arrange into groups according to similar characteristics or features

19. culmination the point at which an event or series of events ends, having developed until it
reaches this point

20. lama a Tibetan spiritual leader

21. bier a frame on which a dead body is carried before a funeral