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

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English Primary 4 — Grammar (Version 4 of 5)

Total Marks: 20
Section A: 12 marks
Section B: 4 marks
Section C: 4 marks

Section A: Grammar MCQ (1–12)

1. (1) is [1 mark]
Teaching note: "The basket of apples" is a singular subject because "of apples" is a prepositional phrase describing the basket. Subject-verb agreement: singular subject takes "is".
Common mistake: choosing "are" because "apples" is plural — but the head noun is "basket".

2. (3) were swimming [1 mark]
Teaching note: "While" shows a past continuous action interrupted by a past simple action ("prepared"). Past continuous = was/were + verb-ing. "Children" is plural → "were swimming".
Common mistake: using simple past "swam".

3. (2) ourselves [1 mark]
Teaching note: Compound subject "My brother and I" is plural first-person → reflexive pronoun "ourselves".
Common mistake: "myself" (only for singular "I").

4. (4) These [1 mark]
Teaching note: "books" is plural and near ("on the shelf near me") → demonstrative "These".
Common mistake: "Those" for far objects.

5. (3) to [1 mark]
Teaching note: "returned … to" is the correct preposition for giving back to a place/person.
Common mistake: "at" or "in".

6. (1) who [1 mark]
Teaching note: "who" is a relative pronoun for people (the students).
Common mistake: "which" for things.

7. (3) beautifully [1 mark]
Teaching note: Adverb modifies verb "sang" → adjective "beautiful" + ly = "beautifully".
Common mistake: using adjective "beautiful".

8. (2) has [1 mark]
Teaching note: "Each of the girls" is singular → "has".
Common mistake: "have" with plural "girls".

9. (2) because [1 mark]
Teaching note: "because" shows reason (feeling unwell caused leaving).
Common mistake: "but" (contrast).

10. (3) A few [1 mark]
Teaching note: "people" is countable plural → "a few" (some). "Little/a little" are for uncountable.
Common mistake: "much" (uncountable).

11. (2) had already started [1 mark]
Teaching note: Past perfect for action before another past action ("arrived"). Form: had + past participle.
Common mistake: present perfect "has".

12. (3) is walked [1 mark]
Teaching note: Passive voice: subject (dog) receives action. Present passive: is/am/are + past participle. "dog" singular → "is walked".
Common mistake: active "walks".

Section B: Grammar Cloze (13–16)

13. on [1 mark]
Teaching note: "sat on the windowsill" — preposition of place.
Common mistake: "at" (used for points, not surfaces).

14. will [1 mark]
Teaching note: First conditional: If + present, will + base verb. "we will cancel".
Common mistake: "would" (second conditional).

15. did (or "completed"/"made") [1 mark]
Teaching note: Past tense compound subject "Mr Lim and Mrs Tan" needs plural past verb. "did" shows action; acceptable "completed".
Marking: any suitable past-tense verb showing joint action.

16. himself [1 mark]
Teaching note: "The boy" singular male → reflexive "himself".
Common mistake: "themselves".

Section C: Sentence Synthesis & Transformation (17–20)

17. The girl who is wearing a red dress is tall. [1 mark]
Teaching note: Combine using relative clause "who" for the girl.
Marking: correct use of "who" + no change of meaning.

18. John ate the cake which he made himself. / John made the cake himself and ate it. [1 mark]
Teaching note: "himself" shows John did both. Acceptable relative or compound.
Marking: "himself" used correctly.

19. If it is sunny, they will go to the park. [1 mark]
Teaching note: "if" conditional: If + present, will + base.
Common mistake: "they will go if it is sunny" also accepted but must use "if".

20. Mary wrote the letter. [1 mark]
Teaching note: Active from passive: subject (Mary) + verb (wrote) + object (the letter).
Common mistake: "Mary was written the letter" (wrong voice).