Paper 1: extended task

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1 Paper 1: extended task Level 6 Your grammar, punctuation and vocabulary will be tested in a piece of extended writing. The focus for the task should be on the range of sentence structures and punctuation marks you use to control your writing. Spelling will not be assessed in this task. Try to use a wide range of ambitious vocabulary in your response. You will have 30 minutes for this task. Stop thief! You were walking home from school and you noticed a person loitering outside of the bank. Your attention was drawn to that person because you had never seen them before. They seemed to be anxious and slightly nervous. However, you continued on your way and reached home safely. The next morning you heard on the news that there had been a bank robbery in your very own town, in fact, at the bank you walk past every day on your way home from school. Your thoughts turned to the person you had seen acting suspiciously. You decide to go to the police with your information. Before you go, you decide to write a detailed description of the person that you saw and the way they were acting. The description must include: What the person looked like What drew your attention to the person Key details that might help the police trace them. Your task is to write a description of the person you saw. page 1

2 Paper 2: short answer questions Your grammar, vocabulary and punctuation will be tested in this task. You have 20 minutes to complete this task. Level 6 1 Insert a colon in the appropriate place in the sentence below. I enjoy lots of sports badminton rounders cricket (indoor) and netball. 2 Write a sentence containing a superlative adjective. Underline the superlative adjective in your sentence. 3 A semi-colon can be used to separate two main clauses that are related. Insert a semi-colon in the correct place in the sentence below. On the Saturday, it was sunny and warm we had great fun at the beach! 4 Put a tick in each row to show the type of adverb. Adverb Adverb Adverb of Adverb of manner of time frequency of place elegantly often yesterday nearby page 2

3 5 This sentence is made up of two clauses: a main clause (MC) and a subordinate clause (SC). SC The house, which stood at the top of the hill, was said to be haunted! MC Add a subordinate clause to the sentence below. The popular school,, was oversubscribed for yet another year. 6 Rewrite the sentence below, changing the verbs to the past tense. The children are travelling to the zoo so that they can see all of the animals. 7 A pair of commas can be used to separate words or groups of words and to clarify the meaning of a sentence. Insert a pair of commas to clarify each sentence below. a) Juliette who always worked hard achieved the highest mark in the test. b) The dog stopped sniffed at the pavement and ran on. 2 marks page 3

4 8 Put a tick in each row to show the type of. Abstract Collective Common Proper colony love Peter plate beauty 2 marks 9 Complete the table by inserting a synonym and an antonym. One has been done for you. Word Synonym Antonym common ordinary rare always 10 Write three words that contain the root word medic: 11 Add a suffix to this verb to make a. drive page 4

5 12 Write the singular form of the following words: One has been done for you. babies = baby thieves = dresses = fairies = halves = 13 The sentence below is written in the passive voice. The note was written by the child. Which sentence is the active form of the sentence above? Tick one. The child, who was called Barry, wrote the note. The child wrote the note. The child was written by the note. The note, which was long, was written by the child. 14 This sentence is written in the personal form. I don t enjoy long journeys because I get bored. Write the impersonal form of the sentence: page 5

6 15 This sentence is written in the passive voice: The ducks were fed by the child. Write it in the active voice: 16 Write a contraction to replace the underlined words in each sentence below. a) I must not eat so much cake! eat so much cake! b) They are having lots of fun in the park. having lots of fun in the park. 2 marks 17 Put a tick in each row to show the type of pro underlined in each sentence. Personal pro Relative pro Possessive pro Is his car really that fast? What will you do today? The car, which was a taxi, was yellow. 18 Write a sentence that uses a pair of brackets for parenthis. page 6

7 Paper 3: spelling Your spelling will be tested in this task. Level 6 There are 15 spellings and you will hear each spelling 3 times. This section should take approximately 15 minutes to complete, although you will be allowed as much time as you need. N.B: The answer lines only are given below. You will need to ask someone to read the instructions and sentences out to you. These can be found at the end of the answer booklet called Spelling task administration. 1 A carrot is an orange. 2 The athlete put in an performance to win the gold medal. 3 A necklace is a piece of that is worn around the neck. 4 Fred s idea for world peace sounded. 5 Kim was to have a ride on the Big Dipper. 6 To become an accomplished you need to practise lots. 7 He asked for the information to be on a piece of paper. 8 The list was as it contained every word in the English language! 9 Gemma was happy to the cheque on behalf of the school. 10 Ben was looking forward to becoming a at his next birthday. 11 On the menu was filled with cheese and spinach. 12 I was going to sea for ten weeks, but now I am only going for two. 13 The building was as it was still standing after the earthquake. 14 The teacher could not read the essay as the writing was. 15 pump blood around the body, back to the heart. page 7