Primary 4 English Semestral Assessment 2 (End of Year) Paper 2

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TuitionGoWhere Exam Practice (AI) — Primary 4 English SA2 Practice Paper

Subject: English
Level: Primary 4
Paper: SA2 Practice (Version 2 of 5)
Duration: 50 minutes
Total Marks: 40
Name: ______________________
Class: _________
Date: ____________

Instructions:
This paper tests Grammar only. There are 20 questions. Each question is worth 2 marks. Choose the correct answer or fill in the blank as instructed. Section marks add up to 40.

Section A: Grammar Multiple-Choice (Questions 1–12, 24 marks)

Choose the correct option for each question.

1. The principal and the music teacher _______ the concert rehearsal yesterday.
   (1) attends (2) attend (3) attended (4) attending

2. While the children _______ in the pool, the lifeguard blew the whistle.
   (1) swim (2) swam (3) were swimming (4) swims

3. My brother and I prepared the poster _______ before the exhibition.
   (1) myself (2) ourselves (3) themselves (4) himself

4. _______ books on the near table belong to the library.
   (1) This (2) That (3) These (4) Those

5. We have only _______ minutes before the bus leaves, so hurry.
   (1) little (2) a little (3) few (4) a few

6. The boy returned the borrowed ruler _______ his classmate.
   (1) at (2) on (3) to (4) in

7. She was sad _______ her pet goldfish had died.
   (1) but (2) because (3) and (4) or

8. The _______ child smiled at the clown. (Choose the word form: adjective)
   (1) happiness (2) happy (3) happily (4) hap

9. One of the girls _______ the longest jump in the contest.
   (1) win (2) wins (3) won (4) winning

10. The students who _______ late were asked to see the teacher.
    (1) is (2) was (3) were (4) be

11. The baker _______ the cakes carefully now.
    (1) decorate (2) decorates (3) is decorating (4) decorated

12. They cooked the meal _______ without any help from adults.
    (1) them (2) their (3) themselves (4) they

Section B: Grammar Cloze (Questions 13–16, 8 marks)

Fill in each blank with one suitable word.

13. The cat sat _______ the warm windowsill and watched the birds.

14. If it rains tomorrow, we _______ cancel the picnic.

15. The pupils _______ finished their homework before the bell rang. (use past perfect: had/has)

16. This is the boy _______ won the storytelling competition.

Section C: Sentence Synthesis & Transformation (Questions 17–20, 8 marks)

Rewrite each sentence using the word given in brackets.

17. The dog barked. The postman came. (while)
    → ________________________________________________________

18. Mary drew the card. She did it alone. (herself)
    → ________________________________________________________

19. The boys are playing football. The girls are playing badminton. (and)
    → ________________________________________________________

20. He did not study. He failed the test. (because)
    → ________________________________________________________

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Answer Key — Primary 4 English SA2 Practice Paper (Version 2)

Subject: English | Level: Primary 4 | Paper: SA2 Practice | Total Marks: 40

Section A: Grammar MCQ (24 marks)

1. (3) attended [2]
   Teaching note: Compound subject "principal and music teacher" = plural, past time "yesterday" needs simple past. Common mistake: using "attend" (present).

2. (3) were swimming [2]
   "While" + past continuous for background action; whistle rang = interrupt. Mistake: "swam" (simple past) misses continuous aspect.

3. (2) ourselves [2]
   Compound subject "My brother and I" = plural first person → ourselves. Mistake: myself (singular).

4. (3) These [2]
   "books" plural + near ("on the near table") → these. Mistake: those (far).

5. (4) a few [2]
   "minutes" countable, positive "only a few" = some. "few" = almost none (negative). Mistake: little (uncountable).

6. (3) to [2]
   "returned ... to" shows direction back. Mistake: at/in (place only).

7. (2) because [2]
   Shows reason for sadness. Mistake: and/but (no contrast/cause).

8. (2) happy [2]
   Adjective modifies child. happiness = noun, happily = adverb.

9. (2) wins [2]
   "One of the girls" = singular → wins (present). If past context, "won" but no past marker here. Mistake: win (plural).

10. (3) were [2]
    Relative clause "who were late" refers to plural students. Mistake: was (singular).

11. (3) is decorating [2]
    "now" → present continuous. Mistake: decorates (habit).

12. (3) themselves [2]
    Plural "They" → themselves. Mistake: them (object not reflexive).

Section B: Grammar Cloze (8 marks)

13. on [2]
    Preposition of place: on the windowsill.

14. will [2]
    First conditional: If + present, will + base. "If it rains, we will cancel."

15. had [2]
    Past perfect: "had finished" before bell (past). "has" is present perfect wrong tense.

16. who (or that) [2]
    Relative pronoun for person as subject.

Section C: Sentence Synthesis (8 marks)

17. The dog barked while the postman came. OR While the postman came, the dog barked. [2]
    Marking: use "while" to link simultaneous past actions (1 mark), correct clause order (1 mark).

18. Mary drew the card herself. [2]
    Reflexive pronoun "herself" emphasizes alone (1 mark), correct placement (1 mark).

19. The boys are playing football and the girls are playing badminton. [2]
    "and" joins two statements (1 mark), no change of tense (1 mark).

20. He failed the test because he did not study. [2]
    "because" gives reason (1 mark), both facts retained (1 mark).

Total: 40 marks. All questions syllabus-aligned to P4 Grammar (tenses, pronouns, prepositions, connectors, relatives, cloze, synthesis).