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ce: 22/02/2024 Maximum MarkS: 40
Subject: English
ade: 5 Term 2 Assessment Time: 1 Hour 30 minutes

Instructions
Answers to this Paper must be written on the paper provided separately.
You will not be allowed to write during the first 10 minutes.
This time is to be spent in reading the question paper.
The time given at the head of this Paper is the time allowed for writing the answers.

The paper has two sections.

Section A and Bare compulsory - All questions in Section Iand 2 must be answered.
The intended marks for questions or part of questions are given in brackets IJ:

SECTION 1: LANGUAGE

estion 1 [8]
o not spend more than 15 minutes on this question.)
tempt any one of the following:

Imagine asurprise visit from a close relative to your home. Write a personal narrative
within 150-200words sharing how you felt when they arrived unexpectedly, what
activities you enjoyed together, and any special memories created.
(Rememnber to apply at least one of the writing strategies to make your narrative even
better)
OR

Write a personal narrative of 150 -200words about a time when you made a mistake.
Describe how youfelt, what youdid to apologise or fix the mistake, and what you learned
from the situation.
(Remember to apply at least one of the writing strategies to make your narrative even
better)
estion 2
-ad the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.
It was a sunny, clear day when two siblings Rohan and Riya went out on the boat to
catch some fish. They jumped on the boat with fishing rods in their hands. This was their
fifth excursion on a boat. They had no clue a huge disaster was about to occur. They

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 were sitting in the boat out on the water when huge, dark grey clouds began to cover th
sky and it started to pour. Lightning lit up the sky and loUd roars of thunder were heardfe
around them. The water started to rock the boat and the siblings kept falling off their
They held onto the boat and shut their eyes. The boat kept rocking. the lighining kept
flashing and the thunder kept booming. Then, allof a sudden..nothing! The huge, dar.
grey clouds left the sky. The drops of rain stopped faling. The lightning stopped flashin.
andthe thunder stopped booming. The boys opened their eyesand saw that the storm
was over. They were safe!
1
For each word given below choose the correct meaning(according tothe passage) fror
the options provided
i) siblings
a. maternal coUsins
b. paternal cousins
C. brother and sister
d. best friends

ii) excursIon
a. short journey or trip
b. vacation
C. camping
d. weekend
2. Why were the sitblings out on the boat?
3. How do you think the siblings felt when the boat was rocking? How do you think they fe
at the end of the story? Why?
4. Give a go00 title to this text, andgive a reason why you think it is the best title.

Question 3
Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in
brackets. Do not copy the entire text but write in correct serial order the word
appropriate to the blank space.
Example:
(A)Rikki-tikki (know)better than to wasle Ume starnng
Answer: (A)knew
Rikki-ikki was angry. He sat back on his tal and hind legs, ang
(A) (l00k) all round him, (B) (chater) with rage

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uestion4
Ilintheblanks with the correct degree of comparison given in brackets.

the
Mount Everest is mountain in the world. (tall)
Hariis than Ravi. (hardworking)
uestion5
Choose the correct
ointhefollowing sentences to make one complete sentence.
ption.

I bought a newlaptop. My
old one was no longer working.
a lbought anew laptop, for my old one was no longer working.
h. lbought a newW laptop, and my old one was no longer working
C. lbought a new laptop, nor my old one was no longer working.
d. Ibought a new laptop, yet my old one was no longer working.
well.
She stayed home. She was not feeling
well.
She stayed home though she was not feeling
feeling well.
b. She stayed home nor she was not
was not feeling well.
C. She stayed home yet she
she was not feeling well.
d. She stayed home because
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Question 6
Do as directed

identify the type of adverb.

Read the sentence and
babies.
Mothers look gently at their
a. adverb of time
b. adverb of manner
C. adverb of place
d. adverb of frequency
of Adverb of Frequency.
write the sentence that is not an example
) ldentify and
held annually.
a. The showcase is meetings.
She always arrives early for the
D.
spoke softly during the presentation. class.
C. She treats for the entire
occasionallv brings
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 SECTION 2: Literature

SectionA -Attempt all questions from this section.

Question 7
Read the followingquestions and choose the most appropriate options:
(Please do not copy the question - simply write out in correct serial order tha
appropriate word or phrase.)
i) What did Ivan say about humans?
a. "| suppose you think gorillas cant understand you."
b. "Humans waste words. They toss them like banana peels and leave them
C. "Iused to be awild gorilla, and| still look the part." to rot:
d. "Humans can surprise you
ii) What poetic device is best demonstrated by this line of a poem?
"My brain was pop-pop-popping"
a. personification
b. metaphor
C. simile
d. onomatopoeia

ii) In the poem "Love That Dog," what is the main message the author wants us to
understand?
a. The importance of owning a dog as a pet.
b. The joy and friendship that can come from loving and appreciating a pet.
C. The challenges of writing poetry.
d. The significance of attending school.
iv) "Sometimes I wish the glass was not there."
Why does lvan say this statement?
a. van wishes the glasS was not there because he wants to
escape from the mall.
b. lvan is frustrated with the glass barrier as it
prevents him from intéracting with
other animals.
c lvan desires freedomn and feels
confined by the glass in his enclosure.
d lvan wants to break the glass to prove his
strength and dominance.
Section B- (Attempt any 2 from this section)
Question 8
Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.
uTheythink gorillas don't have imaginations. They think we don't
nderour futures.Come to think of It, I remember our pasts of
.bot i not what could be. suppose they have a point. Mostly Ithink aboul
Tve iearned not to get my hopes up.

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 Whydoesntlvan use his imagination? What does it tell us about lvan?

I'velearned not to get my hopes up." Why does lvan say this? What did Ivan feel when
[2]
hesaidthis?

Ruestion9
Ceadtheextract given below and answer the following questions.

SBella nods, a smallgesture that makes her wince. "If she Could have alife that's.
diferentfrom mine. She needs asafe place, lvan. Not"
"Not here,"/say.
t wouldbe easier to promise to stop eating, to stop breathing, to stop being a gorilla.
Ypromise, Stella," Isay. "I promise it on my word as asilverback."

What promise did van make? Whom did he make the promise to? (2]
lvan want a heart made of ice right now? [2)
) Why does
Ruestion 10
ead the extract given below and answer the following questions.
He is the Ivan on the billboard.
Istare at the One and Only Ivan, at the faded picture of Stella, and Irermember George
and Mack on their ladders, adding the picture of Ruby to bring new visitors to the Exit 8
Big Top Mall and Video Arcade.
Compare and contrast lvan on the billboard from the original lvan. [2]
i) Provide two examples from the novel of how humans can be surprising. [2]

Section C- (Attempt any 2 from this section)

Question 11
Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.
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not to read it
out loud?
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i) What has Miss Stretchberry asked Jackto do? [1]
ii) Why do you think Jack believes that 'boys dont write poetry' in his first journal entry, and (2]

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 expectations?
this idea reveal about his perspective or
what might
questions.
Question 12
below and answer the following
Read the extract given
so much depends
upon 2
ared wheel
barrow
do you know?
i) What is this poem about? How
write about a red wheelbarrow? How does the ro
Whydo youthink the poet chose to
ii) imagine it in your mind?
wheelbarrowmake you feel when you

Question 13
following questions.
Read the extract given below and answer the
Whose woods these are Ithinklknow.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

i) What is the main idea of the poem?

Where does the speaker in the poem stop? Why does he stop
there?
ii)