THERESA NUZZO SCHOOL MARSA

Half-Yearly Exams 2016-2017

GRADE 6
ENGLISH LISTENING COMPREHENSION
PROCEDURE FOR TASK 1 Look at Task One
(Allow 15 seconds pause while students familiarise themselves with the page.)
Listen carefully. You will listen to the passage twice.
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton figured out why objects fall to the ground and why the planets move the way they
do.
Isaac Newton was born in Lincolnshire, England, in 1643. His father died before he was born
but, despite having a difficult childhood, he gained a place at Cambridge University. When the
plague broke out he was forced to stay at home and, with so much free time on his hands,
Newton started to wonder about what made things fall.
Newton said that he was inspired to think about forces when he saw an apple fall from a tree. He
came up with the theory of gravity, an invisible force that pulls all of the objects in the Universe
together, and the reason things don’t float off into the sky.
In 1685, Newton described his Laws of Motion – a mathematical guide to how an object’s
movement is affected by speed and mass. Two years later, Newton published his ideas about
gravity in a book which contains many of the foundations of modern science.
Newton also invented a new kind of telescope called a reflector. It used a mirror to collect light
instead of lenses, and was much more powerful than existing telescopes. He also showed that
white light was made up of all the colours of the rainbow.
Listen carefully to the exercises related to the story. Number 1: Underline the correct word from
the brackets.
a. Isaac Newton found out why objects (move, fall, stick) to the ground.
b. His (mother, father, uncle) died before he was born.
c. Isaac was born in (England, the USA, Newton).
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d. He had (an easy, a comfortable, a difficult) childhood.
e. He was forced to stay at home because (of a punishment, he was ill, of the plague).
f. When Isaac saw (an apple, an orange, a lemon) falling from a tree he started to think about
forces.
g. Isaac published a book about gravity in (1643, 1685, 1687).
h. The kind of telescope that Isaac invented was called (a reflector, a mirror, lenses).
Number 2: Match Column A with Column B to make correct sentences. The first one is done for
you as an example.
a. Isaac Newton was born – this matches with “in 1643.” so I put ‘a’ next to it in Column B. The
sentence now reads, “Isaac Newton was born in 1643.” Now I’ll read the rest of Column A and
then Column B. You write the letters next to Column B.
b. Gravity
c. The Laws of Motion
d. Newton showed that
e. White light
Column B: are a mathematical guide. / is made of all colours of the rainbow. / is an invisible
force. / in 1643. / things don’t float off into the sky.
You will now listen to the story again. Listen carefully.
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton figured out why objects fall to the ground and why the planets move the way they
do.
Isaac Newton was born in Lincolnshire, England, in 1643. His father died before he was born
but, despite having a difficult childhood, he gained a place at Cambridge University. When the
plague broke out he was forced to stay at home and, with so much free time on his hands,
Newton started to wonder about what made things fall.
Newton said that he was inspired to think about forces when he saw an apple fall from a tree. He
came up with the theory of gravity, an invisible force that pulls all of the objects in the Universe
together, and the reason things don’t float off into the sky.
In 1685, Newton described his Laws of Motion – a mathematical guide to how an object’s
movement is affected by speed and mass. Two years later, Newton published his ideas about
gravity in a book which contains many of the foundations of modern science.
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Newton also invented a new kind of telescope called a reflector. It used a mirror to collect light
instead of lenses, and was much more powerful than existing telescopes. He also showed that
white light was made up of all the colours of the rainbow.
Listen carefully to the exercises related to the story. You may finish your exercises as you listen.
Number 1: Underline the correct word from the brackets.
a. Isaac Newton found out why objects (move, fall, stick) to the ground.
b. His (mother, father, uncle) died before he was born.
c. Isaac was born in (England, the USA, Newton).
d. He had (an easy, a comfortable, a difficult) childhood.
e. He was forced to stay at home because (of a punishment, he was ill, of the plague).
f. When Isaac saw (an apple, an orange, a lemon) falling from a tree he started to think about
forces.
g. Isaac published a book about gravity in (1643, 1685, 1687).
h. The kind of telescope that Isaac invented was called (a reflector, a mirror, lenses).
Number 2: Match Column A with Column B to make correct sentences. The first one is done for
you as an example.
a. Isaac Newton was born – this matches with “in 1643.” so I put ‘a’ next to it in Column B. The
sentence now reads, “Isaac Newton was born in 1643.” Now I’ll read the rest of Column A and
then Column B. You write the letters next to Column B.
b. Gravity
c. The Laws of Motion
d. Newton showed that
e. White light
Column B: are a mathematical guide. / is made of all colours of the rainbow. / is an invisible
force. / in 1643. / things don’t float off into the sky.
You now have some time to check your answers. (30 seconds)
This is the end of Task One.
(Allow a 30 second pause between Task 1 and Task 2.)
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PROCEDURE FOR TASK 2
Look at the exercises for Task 2.
(Allow 50 seconds while the students familiarise themelves with the pages.)
Now listen to this information. If you wish you may start answering the questions as you listen.
A helpful friend
Louisa opened her eyes. It seemed, at first, as if all that had happened since the days when these
objects were familiar to her were the shadows of a dream. But gradually, as the objects became
more real to her sight, the events became more real to her mind.
She could scarcely move her head due to the pain and heaviness. Her eyes were strained and
sore, and she was very weak. The presence of her little sister in the room did not attract her
notice for some time. Even when their eyes had met, and her sister had approached the bed,
Louisa laid for minutes looking at her in silence.
“When was I brought to this room?” asked Louisa. “Last night, Louisa,” replied Jane.
“Who brought me here?” asked Louisa again. “Sophie, I believe.”
“Why do you believe so?”
“Because I found her here this morning,” continued Jane. “She didn't come to my bedside to
wake me, as she always does; and I went to look for her. She was not in her own room either;
and I went looking for her all over the house, until I found her here taking care of you and
cooling your head.”
“The last thing I remembered was cycling down the road to the doctor,” said Louisa as Jane bent
down to kiss her sister.
“You were too weak and you fainted while cycling. Luckily, Sophie was on the other side of the
road and she quickly called the doctor. The doctor came and attended to you, he gave you an
injection and then drove Sophie and you home.”
Louisa was glad she was safely sleeping in her bed now. She was too feeble and needed more
rest. She turned upon her pillow, and heard no more.
Now, listen carefully to the exercises related to passage:
Number 1: Answer these questions by ticking the correct answer.
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a. Louisa could not move her head because she was asleep.
of the pain.
she was trapped under rubble.
b. Louisa was talking to
Sophie. Jane.
herself.
c. In the morning
Sophie went to visit Louisa. Jane did not visit Louisa. Sophie woke up Jane.
d. Louisa had
a day out and was tired. a fight with a friend. an accident.
Number 2: Tick the column T if it’s true, the column F if it’s false or the column NIG if no
information is given.
a. Louisa was ill.
b. Louisa’s eyes were sore.
c. Jane spoke to Louisa straight away.
d. Louisa was Jane’s sister.
e. Louisa was brought to the bedroom at 8:00 p.m.
f. Usually, Sophie wakes up Jane in the morning.
g. Jane kissed her little sister on the forehead.
h. Louisa was running when she fainted.
i. Sophie and Louisa came home by themselves.
j. Loiusa was glad to be in her bed.
Number 3: Tick who: Louisa, Sophie, Jane or the doctor.
a. Was lying in bed.
b. Was very weak.
c. Cooled Louisa’s head.
d. Told Louisa who brought her there.
e. Gave an injection.
f. Called the doctor.
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Now listen to the passage again:
A helpful friend
Louisa opened her eyes. It seemed, at first, as if all that had happened since the days when these
objects were familiar to her were the shadows of a dream. But gradually, as the objects became
more real to her sight, the events became more real to her mind.
She could scarcely move her head due to the pain and heaviness. Her eyes were strained and
sore, and she was very weak. The presence of her little sister in the room did not attract her
notice for some time. Even when their eyes had met, and her sister had approached the bed,
Louisa laid for minutes looking at her in silence.
“When was I brought to this room?” asked Louisa. “Last night, Louisa,” replied Jane.
“Who brought me here?” asked Louisa again. “Sophie, I believe.”
“Why do you believe so?”
“Because I found her here this morning,” continued Jane. “She didn't come to my bedside to
wake me, as she always does; and I went to look for her. She was not in her own room either;
and I went looking for her all over the house, until I found her here taking care of you and
cooling your head.”
“The last thing I remembered was cycling down the road to the doctor,” said Louisa as Jane bent
down to kiss her sister.
“You were too weak and you fainted while cycling. Luckily, Sophie was on the other side of the
road and she quickly called the doctor. The doctor came and attended to you, he gave you an
injection and then drove Sophie and you home.”
Louisa was glad she was safely sleeping in her bed now. She was too feeble and needed more
rest. She turned upon her pillow, and heard no more.
Now, listen again to the exercises related to passage. You may finish any exercises as you listen.
Number 1: Answer these questions by ticking the correct answer.
a. Louisa could not move her head because she was asleep.
of the pain.
she was trapped under rubble.
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b. Louisa was talking to
Sophie. Jane.
herself.
c. In the morning
Sophie went to visit Louisa. Jane did not visit Louisa. Sophie woke up Jane.
d. Louisa had
a day out and was tired. a fight with a friend.
an accident.
Number 2: Tick the column T if it’s true, the column F if it’s false or the column NIG if no
information is given.
a. Louisa was ill.
b. Louisa’s eyes were sore.
c. Jane spoke to Louisa straight away.
d. Louisa was Jane’s sister.
e. Louisa was brought to the bedroom at 8:00 p.m.
f. Usually, Sophie wakes up Jane in the morning.
g. Jane kissed her little sister on the forehead.
h. Louisa was running when she fainted.
i. Sophie and Louisa came home by themselves.
j. Loiusa was glad to be in her bed.
Number 3: Tick who: Louisa, Sophie, Jane or the doctor.
a. Was lying in bed.
b. Was very weak.
c. Cooled Louisa’s head.
d. Told Louisa who brought her there.
e. Gave an injection.
f. Called the doctor.
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THERESA NUZZO SCHOOL MARSA
Half-Yearly Exams 2016-2017
GRADE 6 ENGLISH
LISTENING COMPREHENSION
Name:
Class:
Register Number:
Marks
TOTAL (max. 20 marks)
THERESA NUZZO SCHOOL MARSA Half-Yearly Exams 2016-2017
GRADE 6 ENGLISH LISTENING COMPREHENSION
TASK 1: Isaac Newton (8 marks)
1. Underline the correct word from the brackets. (1/2 mark each)
a. Isaac Newton found out why objects (move, fall, stick) to the ground.
b. His (mother, father, uncle) died before he was born.
c. Isaac was born in (England, the USA, Newton).
d. He had (an easy, a comfortable, a difficult) childhood.
e. He was forced to stay at home because (of a punishment, he was ill, of the plague).
f. When Isaac saw (an apple, an orange, a lemon) falling from a tree he started to
think about forces.
g. Isaac published a book about gravity in (1643, 1685, 1687).
h. The kind of telescope that Isaac invented was called (a reflector, a mirror, lenses).
2. Match column A with Column B to make correct sentences. The first one is done
for you as an example. (1 mark each)
COLUMN A
a Isaac Newton was born
b Gravity
c The Laws of Motion
d Newton showed that
e White light
COLUMN B
are a mathematical guide.
is made up of all colours of the rainbow.
 is an invisible force.
a in 1643.
things don’t float off into the sky.
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TASK 2: A helpful friend (12 marks)
1. Answer these questions by ticking the correct answer. (1 mark each)
a. Louisa could not move her had because she was asleep.
of the pain.
she was trapped under rubble.
b. Louisa was talking to
Sophie. Jane.
herself.
c. In the morning
Sophie went to visit Louisa. Jane did not visit Louisa. Sophie woke up Jane.
d. Louisa had
a day out and was tired. a fight with a friend. an accident.
PLEASE, TURN OVER THE PAGE
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2. Tick the column T if it’s true, the column F if it’s false or the column NIG if no
information is given. (1/2 mark each)
T F NIG
a Louisa was ill.
b Louisa’s eyes were sore.
c Jane spoke to Louisa straight away.
d Louisa was Jane’s sister.
e Louisa was brought to the bedroom at 8:00 p.m.
f Usually, Sophie wakes up Jane in the morning.
g Jane kissed her little sister on the forehead.
h Louisa was running when she fainted.
i Sophie and Louisa came home by themselves.
j Louisa was glad to be in her bed.
3. Tick who: Louisa, Sophie, Jane or the doctor (1/2 mark each)
Louisa Sophie Jane the doctor
a Was lying in bed.
b Was very weak.
c Cooled Louisa’s head.
d Told Louisa who brought her there.
e Gave an injection.
f Called the doctor.
END OF THE LISTENING COMPREHENSION
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Half-Yearly Exams 2016-2017
GRADE 6 ENGLISH
READING COMPREHENSION
Time: 50 mins
Name:
Class:
Register Number:
Marks
TOTAL (max. 30 marks)
THERESA NUZZO SCHOOL MARSA Half-Yearly Exams 2016-2017
GRADE 5 ENGLISH READING COMPREHENSION 1
Look at the information about the SKELETON. (6 marks)
The framework of bones in the human body is called the skeleton. The bones provide support for
the whole body and they also give protection for important organs such as the brain, heart and
lungs. The bones in our arms and legs operate with our muscles so that we can move about.
The main bones in the head are joined together to form the skull. The skull is connected to the
backbone, which itself is made up of smaller bones. Each of these bones in the back is called a
vertebra. The plural of vertebra is vertebrae. If you move your hand up and down the centre of
your back you can feel a column of lumps. These are the vertebrae.
The ribs are long curved bones that are joined on to the vertebrae in the upper part of the body.
They form the framework of the chest, making a protective cage around the heart and lungs.
The bone that forms the upper part of the arm is called the humerus. The two bones of the lower
arm the radius and the ulna, meet the humerus at the elbow and are joined to the hand at the
wrist. The hand and fingers have lots of bones.
The upper part of each leg also has only one bone, called the femur. The lower part of the leg has
two bones, the tibia and fibula, which meet the femur at the knee. The bone at the front of the
knee is called the patella but is commonly referred to as the kneecap. The tibia and fibula are
joined to the foot at the ankle. Like the hand, the foot has a lot of bones.
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A. Use the underlined words from the text to label this diagram. Some of them have
been done for you. (1/2 mark each)
B. Fill in each blank with ONE word. (1 mark each)
1. The plural of vertebra is .
2. The hand and the foot have a of bones.
fibula
radius
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GRADE 6 ENGLISH READING COMPREHENSION 2
SECTION 1 (10 marks)
VICTORIAN TIMES
The following passage is about a young boy called Robbie who has managed to travel back in
time to the year 1875, although he does not realise this yet. He has met a girl called Mary who is
showing him round the garden of her rather grand home where she lives with her parents. Robbie
has visited the house and the gardens on another occasion. (paragraph 1)
They walked on slowly, along a tidy gravel driveway, until Robbie heard the rumble of wheels
and the sound of hooves as a horse-drawn carriage charged up behind them. They had to step off
the driveway on to the lawn to avoid being run over. (paragraph 2)
“Wow!” said Robbie. “That’s impressive. Where are the cameras?”
“What cameras?” asked Mary, then continued, “My mother has a friend called Mrs Cameron.
She has a camera. Mother thinks it is very strange for a woman to have a new invention like that.
But Mrs Cameron is coming to make a picture of me soon. She makes a portrait without using
paints. Do you know how a camera works? It’s very clever.” (paragraph 3)
“No, I don’t actually,” replied Robbie, thinking briefly of his own digital camera at home. But
his thoughts didn’t linger on this; instead his mind was whirring like a dozen computers. He had
stubbornly held on to the idea that this was a film set but the evidence was building up against
this. (paragraph 4)
A. Find: (1/2 mark each)
1. A word in paragraph 1 that means big:
2. A simile from paragraph 4:
.
.
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B. Tick: True (T), False (F) or No Information Given (NIG) (1/2 mark each)
T F NIG
1 Mary’s friend was called Mrs Cameron.
2 Mary thinks that it is strange for a woman to have a camera.
3 Mrs Cameron will take a picture of Mary.
4 Robbie knows what a camera is.
5 Robbie’s camera was black.
6 Robbie thought that he was on a film set.
C. Underline the correct answer. (1/2 mark each)
1. Robbie travelled (back, forward, right) in time.
2. The driveway was made of (tarmac, concrete, gravel).
3. To avoid being run over Robbie and Mary had to step on the (lawn, gravel, road).
4. Mrs Cameron was a friend of (Mary, Mary’s mum, Robbie).
5. Mary’s mum thought that it was (strange, good, clever) for women to own cameras.
6. In Mary’s time, a camera was (a new, a clever, an old) invention.
7. Robbie (knew, did not know, told Mary) how a camera works.
8. Robbie thought about his camera (for a long time, for a short time, quickly).
D. Answer these questions (1/2 mark each)
1. What made Robbie and Mary know that a carriage was coming?
2. What did Robbie find impressive?
3. What makes you think that Mary knows how a camera works?
4. Against what idea Robbie was seeing a lot of evidence?
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SECTION 2 (14 marks)
VICTORIAN TIMES (continued)
Suddenly his doubts became even stronger. They had reached the old stables. He recognised the
outside of them from the last time he came here with Mum and Erica and they had had a cream
tea. But as soon as he and Mary passed through the gateway everything was so different.
(paragraph 5)
There were no big glass doors; instead there were big wooden doors swung open to reveal three
shining carriages. There were no wooden picnic tables; where they had been when Robbie had
last visited, the carriage that had driven past them was now standing and luggage was being
lifted from it. There was no gift shop; there were tack rooms with leather reins and saddles and
shining brasses. There were no public toilets; there were stables, with rows of horses’ heads
showing above the half-doors. Four horses were being rubbed down in the yard by four men
wearing leather aprons. These were obviously the horses that had just pulled the carriage up the
long gravel drive. (paragraph 6)
Robbie looked around very carefully: at the ground, at the walls and up to the roofs. There were
no cameras to be seen anywhere. “What year is this?” he asked Mary. (paragraph 7)
“Robert Vincent Smith, do you not know anything?” she responded.
“What year is this?” he asked, unable to conceal the desperation in his voice. “Eighteen seventy-
five, of course,” replied Mary. (paragraph 8)
E. Find: (1/2 mark each)
1. An adverb from paragraph 7:
2. A word from paragraph 8 that means answered:

.
.
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F. Write short answers to these questions: (1h mark each)
1. Who was with Robbie when he visited the stables the first time?
2. What were the men rubbing the horses wearing?
3. “Robbie looked around very carefully.” (paragraph 6) What was Robbie looking
for?
4. What year was it when this story happened? .
G. Tick the correct column. The first one was done for you. (1h mark each)
Mary’s time Robbie’s time
1 Robbie visited the stables for the first time. 
2 There were big wooden doors in the stables.
3 There were no public toilets in the stables.
4 There was a gift shop.
5 There were cameras on the walls.
6 The stables were not used as such anymore.
7 There were no picnic tables.
H. Answer these questions.
1. What were the stables used as in Robbie’s time? How do you know? (1 mark)
2. What was instead of the picnic tables? (1h mark)
3. Why does Mary say “of course” (paragraph 8) when she gives Robbie the year? (1h mark)
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NOW, ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS ABOUT BOTH SECTIONS
I. Tick who. The first one was done for you. You must tick more than one person for
every question. (1/2 marks each)
Who ...
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ar
M
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bi
ob
R ü
m
Ca
rs
M
s
y’
ar
M
e’s
bi
ob
R ü

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Er ü
1 ... had cream tea?
2 ... owns a camera?
3 ... lived in a big house?
4 ... visited the stables?
J. Answer these questions
1. Why do you think that Mary describes the picture of a camera “a portrait without
using paints” (paragraph 3)? (1 mark)
2. How many horses were driving the carriage that drove past Mary and Robbie?
Write the sentence from the text that shows you so? (1 mark)
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Half-Yearly Exams 2016 - 2017
GRADE 6 ENGLISH
WRITING
Time: 1 hour
Name:
Class:
Register Number:
Marks
Short Writing task (max. 10 marks)
Long Writing task (max. 20 marks)
TOTAL (max. 30 marks)
THERESA NUZZO SCHOOL MARSA Half-Yearly Exams 2016 - 2017
GRADE 6 ENGLISH SHORT WRITING TASK
(10 marks)
Your friend Mark has invited you to his birthday party but you cannot go because you
have another important family gathering.
Your task is to write a note to EXPLAIN to your friend why you cannot go. Write about 50-60
words.
Plan here. (This plan is NOT marked.) What is the family gathering you have?
Phrases you can use to explain:
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GRADE 6 ENGLISH LONG WRITING TASK
STORY (20 marks)
Choose 1 or 2
1. You and your friend find yourselves in the middle of a storm while on a walk in the
countryside.
2. Two children walk into an abandoned house they come across while on a trip in the
countryside.
Choose one situation from above and write a story what happens. Think of the characters and the
setting.
YOUR TASK IS TO WRITE A STORY
Write between 150 - 200 words.
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Plan here. (You can get 2 marks for this planning. Plan carefully.)
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Number:
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