REGION: 2017/2018

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEST

GRADE SIX
Semester One
Second Session

Name

School Class

Write your answers on the Test Paper

Time: 1½ hours Pages: 11

LISTENING 10

GRM/VCB 10

TEST READING 10
SCORES

WRITING 10

TOTAL 40
ENGLISH, GRADE 6, SEMESTER ONE, 2nd SESSION 2017/2018

LISTENING 1 (Items 1–5) (5 marks)

You are going to hear five short texts about some symbols . Match the pictures with the
texts. For each text, shade in the bubble under the correct option.

A. B. C.

D. E. F.

Pictures

Text A B C D E F

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

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LISTENING 2 (Items 6–10) (5 marks)

You are going to hear about Ali talking about his family and sport.
Listen and complete the table with or

(e.g.) (6) (7)

(8) (9) (10)

LISTENING
SCORE
10

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ENGLISH, GRADE 6, SEMESTER ONE, 2nd SESSION 2017/2018

GRAMMAR/VOCABULARY 1 (Items 1–5) (2½ marks)

Match the pictures with the words. For each picture, shade in the bubble under the
correct option.

1. 2. 3.

4. 5.

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1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

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GRAMMAR/VOCABULARY 2 (Items 6–10) (2½ marks)

Complete each sentence with ONE word only.

6. How __________ is your sister? She is 7 years.

7. __________ do you work? In a bank.

8. This basket is made __________ wool.

9. When ______you go to Muscat? Yesterday

10. This house is bigger ________ my house.

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ENGLISH, GRADE 6, SEMESTER ONE, 2nd SESSION 2017/2018

GRAMMAR/VOCABULARY 3 (Items 11–20) (5 marks)

Complete the unfinished words in the text.

Make sure you spell each word correctly.

EXAMPLE:

“Good_ morning! My_ name’s Ahmed Al-Zedjali and_ I’m a student_ at a

school_ in Muscat. I’m in Grade_ Six. My favourite_ subject is Maths.”

TEXT

Speaker A: Hello. This is Fahad. C___ I talk to Salim please?

Speaker B: Sorry. Salim is____ here right now. His fat_______ took him to the hospital.

Speaker A: Oh. Why? Wh________ is the problem?

Speaker B: He w___ cutting an apple with a kn_______ and hurt his finger.

Speaker A: Sorry to hear that. When will th______ come back?

Not sure. Maybe after ha______ an hour. D__ you want to leave a
Speaker B:
massage?

Speaker A: No, th_____you. Bye

GRM/VCB
SCORE
10

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ENGLISH, GRADE 6, SEMESTER ONE, 2nd SESSION 2017/2018

READING 1 (Items 1–5) (5 marks)

For each picture, shade in the bubble next to the correct option.

1.
Sarah is very tired because she walked for an hour.

She feels excited to visit her friends.

The girl is scared because she saw a very big cat.

2.
People like to go to the beach on sunny days.

It is going to rain today.

My city is windy in summer.

3.
I enjoy making tangrams pictures.

Sign language spells words using hands and fingers.

Sand painting is very interesting.

4.
You should do exercises to be strong and fit.

I don’t like to answer any grammar exercises.

It is very important to sleep early to be healthy.

5.
I like to be a pilot to travel around the world.

Teachers are the greatest people on earth.

My brother is an artist who draws pictures.

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ENGLISH, GRADE 6, SEMESTER ONE, 2nd SESSION 2017/2018

READING 2 (Items 6–15) (5 marks)

Read the text. Are the statements True or False?

For each item, shade in the bubble under the correct option.

In a small village in Sohar, a poor man called Rashid lived in a small house with his
family. He had two daughters and a son. He worked hard in different jobs.

In the morning he works as a mechanic. In the evening he drives a taxi. He takes

tourists from the airport to their hotels. Every night, he returns home tired.

One day, Rashid picked up a tourist from the airport. It was around 11 o’clock. He asked
the tourist about his hotel but the tourist couldn’t remember. It was too late, so Rashid
decided to take the man to his house. There is only one room.Rashid asked the tourist to
sleep in that room. So the family had to spend the night on the roof.

In the morning, the tourist was surprised to see the small house and he decided to thank
Rashid’s family by buying the family a big house.

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ENGLISH, GRADE 6, SEMESTER ONE, 2nd SESSION 2017/2018

READING 2 (continued)

Statements True False

6. Rashid is from Oman.

7. Rashid is a rich man.

8. He has three children.

9. He drove a taxi in the morning.

10. At night, he returns home tired.

11. He took the tourist from the airport at ten o’clock

12. Rashid took the tourist to the hotel.

13. Rashid’s family slept on the roof.

14. The family was very nice to the tourist.

15. The tourist gave them a new car.

READING
SCORE
10

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ENGLISH, GRADE 6, SEMESTER ONE, 2nd SESSION 2017/2018

WRITING 1 (2 marks)
Write these two sentences correctly. Put in capital letters and punctuation marks.

A.
i am an english teacher from japan

B. where did sarah go last monday

Marker A Marker B Average

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WRITING 2 (3 marks)
Look at the pictures. Then complete each sentence.

A.

He __________________________________________

B.

This _________________________________________

C.

I ___________________________________________

Marker A Marker B Average

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WRITING 3 (5 marks)
Complete the following task. Write at least 40 words.
Situation: you went on a trip last weekend. Write an e-mail to your friend, Naser/Nasera,
and tell him / her about your trip. Tell him/her things you took and the activities you did.

Your writing should be clear and interesting.

Marker A Marker B Average

WRITING
SCORE
10

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GRADE SIX — ENGLISH LANGUAGE MARKING GUIDE
SEMESTER ONE, 2017/2018, SECOND SESSION TOTAL MARKS: 40
REGION: page 1 of 3
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LISTENING 1 (5 mks) LISTENING 2 (5 mks)

A B C D E F 6. 7.
1. (e.g.)
2.

3. 8. 9. 10.

4.

5.

Notes: One mark each. Responses must be indicated clearly.

GRM/ VCB 1 (2.5 mks)

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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Notes: Half-a-mark each. Responses must be indicated clearly.

GRM/ VCB 2 (2.5 mks) GRM/ VCB 3 (5 mks)

6. old 11. Can 16. knife

Where
7. 12. Isnot 17. they
of
8. 13. father 18. half
did
9. 14. What 19. Do
than
10. 15. was 20. thank

Notes: Half-a-mark each. Spelling must be correct, including grammatical endings.

Grade 6, Sem. 1, 2017/18, 2nd Session: Marking Guide page 2 of 3

READING 1 (5 mks) READING 2 (5 mks)

Sarah is very tired because she walked
1. True False
for an hour.
she feels excited to visit her friends. 6.
The girl is scared because she saw a
7.
very big cat.
People like to go to the beach on sunny
2. 8.
days.
It is going to rain today. 9.
My city is windy in summer. 10.

3. I enjoy making tangrams pictures. 11.

Sign language spells words using hands 12.
and fingers.
Sand painting is very interesting. 13.
You should do exercises to be strong
4. 14.
and fit.
I don’t like to answer any grammar
15.
exercises.
It is very important to sleep early to be
healthy.
I like to be a pilot to travel around the
5.
world.
Teachers are the greatest people on
earth.
My brother is an artist and he draws
pictures.
Notes: One mark each. Responses must be Notes: Half-a-mark each. Responses must be
indicated clearly. indicated clearly.

WRITING 1 (2 mks) Criteria:

2 Very good.
Consider the overall quality of the punctuation and
1.5 Good. use of capital letters in the two sentences as a whole:
1 Adequate. (Just good enough) – Have all the correct punctuation marks and capital
0.5 Inadequate. (Not good enough) letters been inserted in the correct places?
– Have any been inserted that should not be there?
0 No attempt at the task.
Sentence A; I am an English teacher from Japan.
### #########
Sentence B: Where did Sarah go last Monday?
### #########
Grade 6, Sem. 1, 2017/18, 2nd Session: Marking Guide page 3 of 3

WRITING 2 (3 mks) Criteria:

3 Very good.
Consider the overall quality of the three sentences as a
2.5 Good. whole:
– Do the sentences make sense?
2 Quite good. [ Is the meaning clear? ]

– How much relevant information do the sentences

1.5 Adequate. (Just good enough) communicate?
[ Are the sentences extremely simple, or does the student
1 Inadequate. (Not good enough) try to say a little more about the pictures? ]

0.5 A very weak attempt at the task. – Is the language in the sentences correct?
[ Is the grammar/ vocabulary/ spelling/ punctuation(mostly)
0 No attempt at the task. correct? ]

WRITING 3 (5 mks)
– Task achievement is very good.
– Meaning is very clear.
5
– Grammar/ Vocab are correct and appropriate.
– Spelling and punctuation are very good.
– Task achievement is good.
– Meaning is almost always clear.
4
– Grammar/ Vocab are mostly correct and appropriate.
– Spelling and punctuation are good.
– Task achievement is adequate.
– Meaning is clear enough.
3
– Grammar/ Vocab are reasonably correct and appropriate.
– Spelling and punctuation are reasonably good.
– Task achievement is inadequate.
– Meaning is sometimes unclear.
2
– Grammar/ Vocab are quite often incorrect or inappropriate.
– Spelling and punctuation are often inaccurate.
– Task achievement is poor.
– Meaning is often unclear.
1
– Grammar/ Vocab are very often incorrect and inappropriate.
– Spelling and punctuation are very poor.
No attempt at the task: EITHER Irrelevant (Completely unrelated to the task/ instructions)
0 OR Just copied from the Q-paper OR Hardly any writing at all, or not written in English
OR Complete nonsense