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Primary 5 English Semestral Assessment 2 (End of Year) Paper 2
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TuitionGoWhere Practice Paper - English Primary 5
SA2 Practice Paper — Grammar Focus (Version 2 of 5): Answer Key
Total Marks: 40
Section A: Grammar Multiple-Choice (Questions 1–10) — 2 marks each
| Q | Answer | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | B) has | "Neither of" takes a singular verb. |
| 2 | C) had washed | Past perfect for an action completed before another past action. |
| 3 | A) is | Verb agrees with the main subject "the teacher", not the phrase after "together with". |
| 4 | C) must | Expresses obligation required by law. |
| 5 | C) better | Comparative form of "well". |
| 6 | C) had started | Past perfect for the earlier of two past events. |
| 7 | B) receives | "Each of" takes a singular verb. |
| 8 | A) out of | Shows movement away from inside the nest. |
| 9 | A | Question mark goes inside the closing quotation mark; reporting clause follows correctly. |
| 10 | A) had he arrived | Inversion after "hardly"; auxiliary before subject. |
Section B: Grammar Cloze Passage (Questions 11–15) — 2 marks each
| Q | Answer | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | was | Singular past continuous agreeing with "it". |
| 12 | were | Plural verb agreeing with plural subject "the stalls". |
| 13 | ourselves | Reflexive pronoun matching "my classmates and I". |
| 14 | which / that | Relative pronoun referring to "the magic show". |
| 15 | most | Superlative needed with "of the year". |
Section C: Sentence Transformation (Questions 16–20) — 2 marks each
16. The box was so heavy that Tom could not lift it. (Award 1 mark for correct use of "so ... that"; 1 mark for accurate meaning.)
17. She stayed at home because she was feeling unwell. (Accept: Because she was feeling unwell, she stayed at home.)
18. A delicious meal was prepared by the chef. (Award 1 mark for correct passive structure; 1 mark for retaining all information.)
19. Ali told Sara that he would call her that night. (Award 1 mark for tense/pronoun changes; 1 mark for time-word change "tonight" → "that night".)
20. Neither John nor his brother likes durians. (Award 1 mark for "Neither ... nor"; 1 mark for singular verb agreement with the nearer subject.)
Marking Notes
- Section A: Award full marks only for the exact option circled.
- Sections B and C: Accept grammatically equivalent alternatives where meaning is preserved.
- Deduct ½ mark per spelling error in Sections B and C if the intended word is recognisable.
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