THERESA NUZZO SCHOOL MARSA Half Yearly Exams 2015 2016 GRADE 6 ENGLISH ...

THERESA NUZZO SCHOOL MARSA Half-Yearly Exams 2015 - 2016 GRADE 6 ENGLISH LISTENING COMPREHENSION Monday, 1st February, 2016

Name: ___________________________________ Class: _____________________ Register Number: _____________

Marks

TOTAL

(max. 20 marks)

THERESA NUZZO SCHOOL MARSA

Half-Yearly Exams 2015 - 2016

GRADE 6 ENGLISH LISTENING COMPREHENSION

TASK 1

(8 marks)

1. Underline the correct word from the brackets.

(? mark each)

a. The tortoise first met the (the hippo, the elephant, a crocodile).

b. The elephant called the tortoise (stupid, tiny, weakling).

c. The elephant stepped on the tortoise but did not (crush, hurt, kill) him.

d. The tortoise lived (in a river, under a mountain, on a hill).

e. The tortoise asked the elephant to come to him (that night, the following morning, at once).

f. The hippopotamus was (going back into the water, in the water, sleeping).

g. The rope was provided by the (tortoise, hippopotamus, elephant).

h. To start the game the tortoise, called ("Hey!", "Start", "Go").

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 mark each)

T a Both the hippopotamus and the elephant laughed at the tortoise. b The tortoise and the elephant played a game of tug-of-war. c The hippopotamus feeds during the day. d The tortoise weighed as half as the elephant.

F NIG

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English Half-Yearly Exam (Listening Comprehension) - Grade 6 - Theresa Nuzzo School

TASK 2

1. Answer these questions by ticking the correct answer.

a. Long ago, aircraft were slow and small. big and fast. easy to get to.

(12 marks) (1 mark each)

b. Aircraft in modern airports take off every few hours. every few seconds. every few minutes.

c. An airport is compared to a cruise ship. a small town. a happy village.

d. STOL stands for Shop, Travel, Over, Landing Short Take Off and Landing Short Travel Often Land.

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English Half-Yearly Exam (Listening Comprehension) - Grade 6 - Theresa Nuzzo School

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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.

(? mark each)

T F NIG

In olden days, airports were just a little more than large flat a fields.

b A modern airport can handle 300 tonnes of cargo.

c Aircraft in international airports fly in and out, day and night.

d While waiting for your flight you cannot buy staff.

Each passenger can only take a certain weight of baggage on an e

aeroplane.

f Another name for "runway" is the "apron".

g Baggage is checked by two people at a time.

h Thousands of people work in a modern large airport.

3. Fill in with ONE word from the text.

(1 mark each)

a. Some modern aircraft can take up as many as four hundred ______________.

b. There can be more than 50 thousand passengers every day in a ______________ modern airport.

c. Airports are away from big towns to avoid ______________ of big jet airliners.

d. Some cities have an inner airport for aircraft that can have a ______________ landing.

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END OF THE LISTENING COMPREHENSION

English Half-Yearly Exam (Listening Comprehension) - Grade 6 - Theresa Nuzzo School

THERESA NUZZO SCHOOL MARSA Half-Yearly Exams 2015-2016 GRADE 6 ENGLISH READING COMPREHENSION Monday, 1st February, 2016 Time: 50 mins

Name: ___________________________________ Class: _____________________ Register Number: _____________

Marks

TOTAL

(max. 30 marks)

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