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SAN ĠORĠ PRECA COLLEGE
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Half Yearly Exams 2015
Name: ___________________________ Class: ______________
Year 4 ENGLISH Time: 1 hour 15 minutes Reading Comprehension, Language and Writing
Total Marks
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60
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A. Reading Comprehension (20 marks) Read the following passage carefully. The Pied Piper of Hamelin Hamelin is a town on the banks of River Weser in
North Germany. This town was full of rats. The rats ate all the food, bit
babies and animals and made a lot of noise. The people were tired of the rats
but they could not do anything. Even the cats were not able to kill the rats.
They went to the Mayor and ordered him to do something to kill the rats as
quickly as possible. (Paragraph 1)
One day, a strange fellow wearing bright red and yellow clothes came to
Hamelin town. He was called the Pied Piper. He went to the Mayor and asked
him, “What will you pay me if I kill every single rat?” The Mayor offered him
a large sum of money. (Paragraph 2)
Happily, the Pied Piper started playing his flute. Hearing the soft lovely
music, every rat came out from its hole and followed the Pied Piper to the
River Weser. All the rats drowned in the river. Now the
town was free of the rats and the people were very happy.
(Paragraph 3)
The Pied Piper returned to the Mayor for his money. The
Mayor did not want to pay him and told the Pied Piper,
“Playing a tune on your flute is not worth any money. Get out of Hamelin!”
(Paragraph 4)
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The Pied Piper was angry and wanted to teach the Mayor a lesson. He played
another tune on his flute. Hearing his music, the children came out of their
houses. They started following the Pied Piper as he walked out of the gates
to the mountains. Suddenly, a cave opened in the mountain. The Pied Piper
walked into the mountain followed by the children shouting and dancing
happily. The cave closed behind them and the children were never seen in
Hamelin again. (Paragraph 5)
A 1. Underline the correct answer: a) Where is Hamelin? (½ mark)
In Malta. In Germany. In Weser.
b) Who came to Hamelin to kill the rats? (½ mark)
The Mayor. The cats. The Pied Piper.
c) The rats were led towards (½ mark)
the river. the countryside. the mountains.
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A 2. Put a tick () to show whether the answer is TRUE or FALSE. (6 marks)
TRUE FALSE
a) The Pied Piper came to Hamelin to kill the rats.
b) The cats of Hamelin killed all the rats they found.
c) The Mayor offered the Pied Piper a sum of money.
d) The Pied Piper played his flute and the rats followed him.
e) All the rats drowned in the River Weser.
f) The Mayor paid the Pied Piper more than he promised.
g) The children of Hamelin followed the rats.
h) The children of Hamelin went inside the cave with the Pied Piper.
i) The people of Hamelin did not see their children again.
j) A flute is an instrument which makes music.
k) The Mayor asked the Pied Piper to come every week.
l) In Hamelin there were more rats when the Pied Piper left.
A 3.1 Answer the following questions in short answers: a) Which town was full of rats? (1 mark) _________________________________________________________ b) Who followed the Pied Piper first? (1 mark) _________________________________________________________
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A 3.2 Now answer the following questions in full: c) What was the Pied Piper wearing? (2 mark) _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ d) What did he do to destroy the rats? (2 marks) _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ e) What did the Mayor offer him as a reward for killing the rats? (1 mark) _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ f) Which words show you that the Mayor didn’t keep his promise? (2 marks) _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ g) What were the children doing behind the Pied Piper? (1 mark) _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________
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h) From the story find: (2½ marks) (a) a noun: ___________________________________ (b) a word which means a young man (para 2): ______________________ (c) a word which refers to an amount of money (para 2): _______________ (d) a word which refers to all the rats (para 3): ______________________ (e) a word which means to died in the river (para 3) : _________________
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B.1 Help us catch the letters to form words. (5 marks) Unscramble the letters, writing them in the correct order to form words.
1. b a l l e U m r U ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
2. a l m F i y F ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
3. c o l h S o S ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
4. o D c r t o D ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
5. g n P l y a r o u d P ___ ___ ___ ____ ____ ____ ___ ___ ___
B.2 Fill in with an appropriate adjective (5 marks)
1. slow
2. 3.
4.
5. 6.
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C.1 Fill in this invitation letter. (4 marks)
Dear friend,
You’re invited for ______________________.
Place: _________________.
Date: _________________.
Time: _________________. From Mark.
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C.2 What are these animals saying to each other? (6 marks) Write what they are saying in the speech bubbles in the picture.
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C.3 Composition (20 marks) Write 10 sentences or a paragraph on ONE of the following: 1. Picture Composition: Tiggy the Tiger Look carefully at the pictures and write a story about what happened. a) b)
c) d)
2. My Best Friend. 3. When I met an alien. 4. A rainy day.
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Title Number : __________________ Plan your story in the space below.
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