PAKISTAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, JEDDAH – ENGLISH SECTION

Academic Year Subject ID: Section Date

2022– 2023 English Name: Y5-______ ____/ /2022

Mid-Term Non-Fiction Review Practice Paper 1

Text A

Tiger spotting

If you want to try to see tigers in the jungle, it is worth learning some basic tracking and
observation techniques.

Always look for fresh tracks, which are clean with no dust or debris, and follow them if you can.
Tigers have sensitive paws, so they prefer using jungle trails rather than the alternative that they
sometimes have to do of blasting their way through thick, thorny undergrowth. If the paw prints 5
are on top of a wheel mark, then they are obviously recent.

The territories of tigers and leopards often overlap, and their tracks can easily be confused.
An adult tiger’s print is at least 7.5 centimetres wide, but a leopard is not more than 6
centimetres, and the male’s print is wider than the female’s print.

Tigers are betrayed by the alarm calls they provoke in other animals. Spotted deer give a short, 10
high pitched ‘woo’ when alarmed, while the bellow of a sambar, which is the largest of the
deer family and the tiger’s ultimate dish, really does mean tiger and nothing else.

Tigers are mostly nocturnal (active at night), but in reserves where they are confident of
protection, they move and even hunt by day. Nevertheless, early mornings and evenings are
ideal times to see them. 15

Each season has its advantages. From October to December, the parks are beautiful and lush
after the rains. In February and March, the vegetation has often been burned or deliberately
cut back, which improves visibility, but animals are easily disturbed. April to June is hitting up
towards the monsoon, and water becomes scarce. So, waterholes are the best place to look.

Travel by elephant if you get the chance. You can cover rough terrain, get off the beaten 20
track, and most elephant drivers are good at following tigers. Elephants often rumble when a
tiger is around and sometimes trumpet when close to one.

Glossary:

debris: scattered pieces of rubbish or remains

scarce: insufficient for the demand

bellow: roar
 Section A: Reading

Spend 30 minutes on this section.

Read Text A and answer questions 1–10.

1 What do you need to learn to see a tiger in the jungle?

…………………………………………………………………………………………… [1]

2 Give one word from paragraph 2 which means ‘substitute’. (Line 1- 5)

[1]

3 How can people judge about tiger’s print if they are recent?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………..
[1]

4 What does the word blasting (line 5) tell the reader about the way that tigers
move through the jungle?

[1]

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5(a) Look at the fifth paragraph and find one connective. 

………………………………………………………………………………………… [1]

(b) What is the purpose of the connective you selected in 5a?

………………………………………………………………………………………… .[1]

6 Which word is the opposite of ‘difficult’ in paragraph 3? (Line 7-9)

………………………………………………………………………………………….. [1]
7 Add a suffix to the following word:

prefer ……………………… [1]

8 (a)Are early mornings or evenings favourable time to see the tiger? (Line 13- 15)

a. Yes

b. No

(b)Give evidence to support your answer:

……………………………………………………………………………………..[1]

9 What is the main purpose of text A?

……………………………………………………………………………………….[1]

10a. Identify the genre of the Text A:

i. Letter

ii. Informative text

iii. Newspaper report

b. Write down two features of the genre chosen in 10 a.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………………………[2]

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 Text B

Chicago Changes

Long ago, Chicago was just a small town. Families settled here, and everyone knew everyone else. Residents
worked hard to get what they needed, and even children worked, too. People had to work every single day. At
that time, there were no schools. They had to get wood to make their houses, and they had to get wood to heat
them in winter, as well.

Then, more people moved to Chicago with their families. They wanted to have a school, so they built one 5
themselves. All the children in the city went to school in that one place. The teacher instructed them on reading
and writing, and the students learned math, too. Then, after school they would go home and help out their families.

People constructed more and more homes. They built streets out of wood, and they rode the streets on horseback.
Some people had wagons and horses would pull them. At night it was difficult to see, so the wagons had lanterns. 10
A lantern is a type of light that uses a candle or oil to illuminate. Sometimes the lanterns would fall off the wagons.
Then they might set the street on fire, since the street was made of wood. So, people carried buckets of water in
their wagons just in case.

When more people moved to Chicago, they opened businesses. They opened a blacksmith shop, where a worker
would fix wagon wheels made of metal. The blacksmith would make horseshoes, too. There was a carpenter 15
shop, also, and workers there would build furniture for homes.

After many years, there were more people here and several changes. The streets were paved and lined with
streetlights. People could shop for clothes, and they could buy furniture that was already made.

Chicago was in a good place for traveling. People built railroad tracks, which allowed trains to come to the city. It
was both on a river and on a lake. Chicago was becoming a large city. Every day, more people came to live here. 20
Businesses opened and people started a newspaper. It was a changing place.

Glossary

blacksmith: a person who makes and repair things in iron by hand

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 Read Text B and answer questions 11–16.

11 What is a lantern? Write down its one disadvantage mentioned in the text.
(Line 10- 13)

………………………………………………………………………………………..

………………………………………………………………………………………..

……………………………………………………………………………………….. [2]
12 Tick (√) three boxes, which are true statements about the given text:

a. After school children go home and help their families.

b. They had to get wood to heat them in autumn.

c. Chicago was in a good place for travelling.

d. People built streets out of wood, and they rode the streets on horseback.
[3]

13 Tick (√) the best description of the text ‘Chicago’.

a. It contains facts only.

b. It contains facts and opinions.

c. It contains only opinions

[1]

14 Which type of business is opened in Chicago? Give two evidences to support your

answer. (Line 14- 16)

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..………………………………………………………………………………………… [2]

15 Identify any two adjectives from the first paragraph.

..…………………………………………

………………………………………….
[2]

16 Identify the part of speech of the following words:

a. constructed ……………………………..

b. wagons …………………………………

c. largely ………………………………… [3]

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 Writing Skills

1. Write an Informative text on the topic ‘Importance of Water’. [ /25]

Don’t forget to:
 use present tense
 write in third person narrative
 use sub-headings
 use linking adverbs
 use formal language
 mention only facts
Planning
Spend up to five minutes making notes in the box to plan your writing.

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