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Primary 4 English Semestral Assessment 2 (End of Year) Paper 3
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Answer Key — SA2 Practice Paper (Version 3) Primary 4 English Grammar
Total Marks: 20
Level: Primary 4
Topic: Grammar
Section A: Grammar MCQ (10 × 1 mark)
1. (2) sang
Teaching note: Compound subject “The principal and the music teacher” is plural, so we use plural verb. “yesterday” shows past tense → “sang”. Common mistake: using “sings” (singular present).
2. (3) were swimming
Teaching note: “While” + past continuous action interrupted by past simple (“blew”). Past continuous = was/were + verb-ing. Subject “children” plural → “were swimming”.
3. (2) ourselves
Teaching note: Compound subject “My brother and I” = plural first person → reflexive “ourselves”. “myself” is only for “I”.
4. (3) These
Teaching note: “books” is plural and near (“on the table near me”) → demonstrative “These”. “That/This” singular; “Those” far plural.
5. (3) to
Teaching note: “returned … to” is the correct preposition for giving back to a place/person. Not “at/in/on”.
6. (2) pitched
Teaching note: Past action “before the rain started” → simple past “pitched”. Subject “troop” treated as plural here (members).
7. (3) little
Teaching note: “water” is uncountable; “only little” = not much (negative shade). “a little” = some (positive). “few/a few” for countable.
8. (2) who
Teaching note: Relative pronoun for people as subject → “who”. “which” for things; “whom” object; “whose” possession.
9. (3) because
Teaching note: Shows reason (bus broke down → late). “but” contrast; “and” addition; “or” choice.
10. (2) when
Teaching note: “when” = at the time something happened. The dog barked at the time it heard noise.
Section B: Grammar Cloze (5 × 1 mark)
11. takes (or “checked”) — present habit “every morning” → “takes”.
12. noticed — past event “yesterday” → past tense.
13. who — relative pronoun for “pupils” (people).
14. are — plural subject “We” + present state.
15. another — “one another” = mutual help phrase.
(Accept any grammatically correct alternatives; mark 1 each.)
Section C: Sentence Synthesis & Transformation (5 marks)
16. The boy who trained every day won the race. (1 mark)
Note: “who” joins; main clause kept. Common error: wrong word order.
17. Before the bell rang, the students had eaten their lunch. (1 mark)
Note: Past perfect = had + eaten. Shows action before another past.
18. The whiteboard was wiped by the cleaner. (1 mark)
Note: Passive = object becomes subject + was/were + past participle.
19. It was dark because we switched on the lights. (1 mark)
Note: “because” gives reason. Accept reversed: We switched on the lights because it was dark.
20. itself (1 mark)
Note: “The cat” singular animal → reflexive “itself”.