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(2) pool (3) spring (4) fountain ( )

2 The toddler is ina

(1) cot (2) bunk (3) pram (4) cradle ( )

4 Thess man gave up his seat

(4) considerate ( )

5 There is d/an —_ coming'

from the dustbin

(1) scent (2) aroma (3) stench (4) fragrance ( )

6 Itisgoodto — your mouth after eating

(1) dig

(2) rinse (3) floss

(4) brush ( )

7 The lonely old lady keeps the dog as her

(1) ally

(2) visitor (3) intruder (4) companion ( )

8 We mustnot the beach with rubbish

(1) bury

(2) throw

(3) sweep (4) pollute ( )

(4) groups ( )

10 The sea was very due to the storm

(1) harsh (2) sharp (3) coarse

(4) choppy (

)

Exercise 2

Underline the correct answers

1 The athlete drank a bottle of water to (quench, mend) his thirst

Reading books about adventure is my favourite

Exercise 3 _

Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the box

Use each word only once

The octopus is a strange-looking sea creature

It has a round body with big (1) _———_— This eight-legged creature lives on the (2) _ floor It is

(3) _——_—_—_tosquids and cuttlefish

Some people (4) _— the octopus the

‘devil fish’ The octopus (5) _——_———_ on crgbs, sndils and fish To escape from its enemies like seals and whales,

the octopus will eject a cloud of dark ink to affect their field

of vision

7 Shellu went_ the street to the supermarket

{) — down —{2)_ for (3) above (4) from ( )

8 The wealthy mdn became poor spending his

10 Mrs Loh wears an apron while cooking _ keep

her clothes clean

(1) at (2) to (3) for (4) from ( )

| 11 We arrived in Penang _ Sunday

(1) at (2) to

(3) on (4 with ( )

12 Mr Pang is very strict his son

(1) by (2) at (3) with (4) from ( )

13 The prefects reached school early _ carru out

their duties

(1) for (2) to

(3) along (4) behind ( )

Underline the correct answers

1 The children like to spread jam (in, on) their bread

2 The thieves stole the money (from, with) that house

3 The gangsters are planning (to, by) attack the rich man

4 The knife is made (of, from) stainless steel

5 Sam earned some money by delivering newspapers

(during, about) the holidays

Exercise 3

Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the box

Use the words only once

clean cleaned toclean cleaning were cleaning

Last Sunday was Mother’s Day The children wanted to surprise their mother by keeping the house

Œ)— ———_— First, they (2) the living

room Then, they bought a cake and invited their relatives

After the party, there was a lot of (3) to

be done The children had (4) _. up the mess in the kitchen As the children 6) ——_— —— the hall, theu

found a bunch of keys They wondered who it belonged to

- Turning, around Ke i Qian saw at man running :

towards her es as dressed i a blu

nd arrested the thief

Cai Qian’s mother wanted to go to Chinatown to

(1) buy some snacks (2) buy some decorations (3) accompany her daughter

(4) _ sell a wide variety of tidbits ( )

Cai Qian and her mother heard someone shouting for help when

(1) they were having their meal (2) they were buying decorations (3) they were looking at the lanterns (4) they were selecting pineapple tarts ( )

The thief fell because (1) Cai Qian hesitated (2) the woman shouted (3) Cai Qian tripped him (4) he was wearing a pair of black trousers ( ) The thief could not move because

(1) Cai Qian caused him to fall

(2) someone had called the police

(3) he was held down by two men

(4) the woman thanked everyone for their help

( )

From the passage, we can tell that Cai Qian is (1) weak

(2) brave (3) courteous (4) hardworking ( )

Exercise 2

Read the passage carefully Answer the questions in complete

sentences

1 Whdat does Uncle Wu usudllu buu for the writer 5 family?

2 What does Uncle Wu enjoy doing at East Coast Park?

3 What is the night life like in Malacca?

4 How did Uncle Wu lose his mobile phone?

5 How would you describe the character of the stailholder

who found the mobile phone?

COMPOSITION

Look at the picture carefully Write at least eight sentences

You may use the helping words given

2 There aremany—— on the

bus

(1) riders (2) patrons (3) customers (4) passengers ( )

3 The knight wears a suit of

(1) shield (2) armour (3) defence (4) _ resistance ( )

5 The inconsiderate boy should not

(1) _ litter (2) clutter (3) scatter (4) jumble ( )

My uncle is ———— the old clock as it has stopped working

(1) turning (2) steering

(3) winding (4) swinging ( )

John _ with fear as the bully approached him

(1) shrunk (2) vibrated

9 The nurse some medication on my cut

(1) placed

(2) applied

(3) painted (4) fastened ( )

10 The police hqs _————— the mơn for stealing

(1) placed (2) arrested

(3) grabbed

(4) snatched ( )

Exercise 2

Underline the correct answers

1 The flock of sheep (grazed, glazed) on the hillside

2 The bull (bellowed, neighed) loudly in the pen

3 After she (painted, dyed) her grey hair black, she looked

much younger

4 Paul has no (appetite, hunger) for he has the flu

5 The guests were welcomed with (bouquets, garlands)

around their necks

Exercise 3

Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the box

Use each word only once

Thơt doụ, the old ladụ wœs 2) —— her

pet dog As she wqœs 3) — long the beoch, the bulldog dashed towards her Without any (4) ———_—_, the bulldog pounced on her It

G6)— —————— her grm and refused to let go The

old lady screamed for help Some passers-by came to

her rescue

1 Orlando —_ — blanklụ dat the test paper just now

as he did not study for it

(3) sits (4) was sitting ( )

The teacher._ the pupils now becquse theu did not do their homework

(1) scold (2) scolded (3) is scolding (4) was scolding ( )

Hilary went to the supermarket to _— some apples

(1) buy (2) buys

(3) bought (4) buying ( ) Jolyn is absent from school because she

chickenpox

(1) has (2) had (3) have (4) having ( )

The waiter _ the diners courteously throughout their meal last night

(1) serve (2) served

(3) serves (4) is serving ( )

The rash boy _ a stone at the beehive and was attacked by a swarm of bees

(1) throw (2) threw 3) throws (4) _ is throwing ( )

Sophie _ her old toys to the orphanage last

week

(1) donate (2) donates (3) donated (4) is donating ( )

Nobody knows much about Chandra as he hardly

—_- _ IN class

(1) speak (2) is speaking (3) speaks (4) wasspeaking ( )

Lizzie’s class proudly their play to the school

as they had practised many hours for it

(1) present (2) presents (3) presented (4) was presenting ( )

When Harold saw the condition of his book, he immediately _ lending it to his friend

(1) regret (2) regrets (3) regretted (4) is regretting ( )

The teacher was happy with her pupils for themselves during the excursion

(1) behave (2) behaves (3) behaved (4) behaving ( )

14 Mụ little sister _ — _ mụ hand òs she did not want

to get lost in the crowd

(1) hold (2) held (3) holds (4) is holding ( )

15 Zdc — dll the questions correctly and won a

prize

(1) answer (2) answered (3) answers (4) was answering ( )

Exercise 2

Underline the correct answers

1 Mrs Kang (burnt, burn) her fingers on the hot oven

My sister wishes she can (buy, buys) those sparkling diamonds

Joe (stammers, stammering) whenever he is nervous

His heart started (pound, pounding) quickly when he heard someone following him

Adeline was (tease, teased) for her boyish looks

Exercise 3

Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the box

Use the words only once

My friend, Jill, has a bad habit She (1)

things but forgets to return them Last week, she

(2) a pencil from me but did not return it I

hope she will not (3) _ any more things from

me

Yesterdqu, Jill wanted (4) _—_——_—_—_—— done*s storu

book but Jane refused to lend it to her I wonder why Jill

does not realise that (5) _— œnd not returning

things is not a good habit I hope she changes her ways soon

Exercise 1

Read the passage carefully Choose the correct answer and write its number in the brackets provided

1 A dolphin can move easily in the water because

(1) itis nota fish (2) itis a mammal

(3) it has a blowhole (4) it has smooth skin ( )

2 The blowhole of a dolphin is used for

(1) feeding

(2) blowing (3) breathing (4) swimming ( )

3 When a dolphin swims underwater, its blowhole

(1) closes

(2) opens

(3) takes in air (4) blows out stale air ( )

4 Dolphins are able to float because of their

(1) diet (2) skin (3) blowhole (4) light bones ( )

5 Dolphins sleep with their eyes open to

(1) feed on fish

(2) flap their tails

(3) float in the sea (4) protect themselves from sharks ( )

(1) _ tickles (2) strokes (3) brushes (4) smoothes

the cat

Little Sue was so tired that she slept

on her mother’s

(1) (2) (3) (4)

lap legs knees thighs

My father wears a work

(1) (2) (3) (4)

tie

scarf band bow tie

to

4. The bodubuilder has big -

{) skin 2) flesh (3) tissues (4) muscles ( )

5 Jimmy is proud that he is able to

6 Thecook _ _ some sdlt over the potato wedges

(3) _ slashed

(4) scratched ( )

We could not play football as the field was after the heavy rainfall last night

(1) slimu (2) stickụ

(3) soggy (4) bumpy ( )

10 The farmer is going to the field next week

(1) plant (2) grow 3) mend

(4) plough ( )

Exercise 2

Underline the correct answers

1 Leslie used a (calculator, compass) to find his way out

of the forest

| 2 The flowers in the vase (withered, expired) after a week

3 The detective (trailed, sought) the criminal to his hiding

place

4 My mother (forbade, forsook) me from going to the

cinema with my friends

5 Samuel spoke (eloquently, touchingly) during the

Speech Contest and won the first prize

Exercise 3

Fillin the blanks with the correct words from the box

Use each word only once

idea use explain difficult meanings

Gail loves reading Sometimes, she will come across a

(q1) _—_— word She will àsk her mother to 2) it to Her Her mother thinks it will be a

good(@3) _ sto gett her as dictionary

Gail’s mother bought her a dictionary and taught her how to (4) it Now, Gail is able to find out the (5) oof difficult words when she is reading She thinks the dictionary is very useful

GRAMMAR

Exercise 1 Choose the correct answer and write its number in the

l 4 The old woman was so poor that _ had to beg

: for money in the streets

7 That magazine belongs to my brother It is

(1) he (2) him (3) his (4) himself - ( )

8 Luke refused to have his dinner as _— wodnted

to eat the packet of potato chips instead

11 Do_. know thơt Rahul's father came to Singapore

from India at a very young age?

13 Veronica thought her hamster was dead as

did not move at all

(1) it (2) its

(3) her (4) hers ( )

I am having a party to celebrate next week

(1) 1 (2) me (3) my (4) mine

(We, Us) reported the theft to the policeman on duty

at the police post

The shepherd looked after (he, his) master’s sheep

Do you want to join (they, them) for a movie tomorrow?

My uncle does not want to miss (his, him) flight so he

left an hour earlier

The performers (ourselves, themselves) came up with the steps for the dance

Exercise 3

Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the box

Use the words only once

boiling to boil boiled been boiled

Many Singaporeans do not drink water straight from taps Theu usudllụ drink (1) Wwoter Manny people usually (2) _ sa big kettle of water After

(3) _ the water, they will pour it into another

container for drinking

Many people believe that it is important

(4) _ the water as it kills the germs in it It might

not be safe to drink water that has not (5)

The next time you drink water, do check if the water is safe for drinking

Exercise 7

Read the passage carefully Choose the correct answer and

write its number in the brackets provided

The Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated

(4) Mooncakes ( )

Children will gather on the night of the Mid-Autumn

Festival to

(1) colour lanterns (2) design lanterns

(3) become special

(4) walk with their lanterns ( )

Mooncakes in the past had

(1) a soft crust with salty fillings

(2) a thick crust with salty fillings

(3) a thin crust with sweet fillings

(4) a thick crust with sweet fillings ( )

There are newer types of mooncakes because

(1) some people do not like ice cream (2) different people have different tastes

(3) some people like traditional mooncakes (4) people usually eat them in small wedges ( )