P5English Week 52

P5 ENGLISH
Comprehension
Answering questions based on a story
Read the story carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Morton opened the basement door and peered down the dark staircase. His heart was thumping nonstop
as he ran down the steps, two at a time. When he reached the last step, he stopped to catch his breath. Then
slowly, he turned the doorknob.
Morton stepped onto the floor that was the opposite of the hard concrete that he had walked on
previously. Each step he took was slow as his feet sank into the floor. Morton tried his best to hurry. As
he walked, the people began to appear around him. There was Aaron, the one who liked playing shooting
computer games just like Morton did. He was talking to Tom, the one who liked playing football like
Morton did. Then there was Jessica. She was the one with the long flowing auburn hair like the first girl
he liked in kindergarten. Then there was Maurice. A little further on, Jermaine appeared and then Paul. All
had been strangers to Morton at first until he spoke to them. Then he realized how similar each of them
was to him and how well he got along with them.
Morton arrived at the dark brown two-storey building. Like the people, it seemed to just appear as
Morton arrived. He entered the building and walked towards the third door on his left. Pushing open the
door, he nodded at the teacher and other students inside and sat down to begin his first class for the day
– mutant powers. Like everyone around him, Morton wanted to find out how to better harness the energy
in his body to create powers that normal humans would not have.
Taken from SCORE WORKBOOK 5

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P5 ENGLISH
Comprehension
The lesson became more interesting about twenty minutes later when the teacher finally allowed
them to put the skills they had learnt to good use. “Watch out!” Ariel shouted, aiming her fingers in a gun
formation at a target. Bang! Bang! The target collapsed. Ariel burst out laughing and clapped her hands
with glee. Ritz spun around slowly. Then he spun faster and faster and faster. He was nothing but a white
cloud. He flitted among the trees; he flew so high that he disappeared from sight. Then just as suddenly, he
was back on the grass, sneezing uncontrollably from all the dust in the air that had entered his nose.
Morton smiled as he watched his classmates try out their powers. Each of them was very pleased.
Even his teacher was pleased as he stood watching them. Morton saw Chloe, a young girl who had just
developed the power of setting fire to something if she stared hard enough at it. She was smiling but
Morton knew that she was uncertain about her power. Even as she told him that creating fire made her very
powerful, Morton was the only one who could tell that she was anxious to find out if she could change her
power.
“I know you’re unhappy. You can fool anyone else, but not me,” he said with a knowing smile.
Chloe looked surprised at first, then she agreed and nodded.
“I wish I had your power. It’s so much more useful.”
Each day in the other dimension lasted several hours. Morton’s mother always thought that he was
doing his homework, but he was not. Anyway, she was at work and only came back at dinnertime. He
wondered if he would ever dare tell her the truth.

P5 ENGLISH
Comprehension
1 What did Morton like to do?
2 What would a student in the class be learning?
3 What would Ritz’s power allow him to do?
4 What would it be like for a normal human to be near Chloe?
5 When was Morton in the other dimension?
5. He was in the other dimension after school in the afternoon.

did not have. 3. It would allow him to fly and move about very quickly. 4. It would be dangerous as she could create fire and hurt the person. (suggested answer)
Answers: 1. He liked playing shooting computer games and football. 2. He would be learning how to make use of the energy in his body to create powers that other ordinary humans

P5 ENGLISH
Grammar
The present perfect continuous tense
Fill in each blank with the present perfect continuous tense of the verb in the brackets.
1 you (read) any new science fiction

stories?
2 The blue people (protect) this forest for a long time, but the enemies
have just destroyed it.
3 The man (fight) the computer system that is trying to take over the
world.
Answers: 1. Have … been reading 2. have been protecting 3. has been fighting

P5 ENGLISH
Vocabulary
Suffixes – forming nouns (-tion, -ment, -ship, -hood), adjectives (-ic, -ous), adverbs (-ly)
Complete the sentences with words from the box below.
disagreement dangerous explanation mysteriously

hardship adulthood allergic cheerily
1 Once he reached , he hoped to find an for sightings of aliens.
2 There was a lot of among the public about the that people living
on another planet would have to face. Some felt that life would be difficult, but others did not
think so.
3 If you are to moon dust, it would be for you to live on the

planet.
4 He walked as he thought of the good day ahead.
5 People who lived on the planet disappeared after a week.
Answers: 1. adulthood, explanation 2. disagreement, hardship 3. allergic, dangerous 4. cheerily 5. mysteriously

P5 ENGLISH
Vocabulary
Suffixes – forming nouns (-ment), adjectives (-able, -an, -ic, -ish, -less, -y), adverbs (-ly)
Fill in each blank with the correct form of the word in the brackets.
1 There was a (shine) and (wax) layer covering the planet.
2 The (govern) has (constant) encouraged many people to spend
their (retire) on Mars.
3 The (India) girl always gives me an (angel) smile.
4 The boy looks (care) and (fool) but he is in fact very
(rely).
2. government, constantly, retirement 3. Indian, angelic 4. careless, foolish, reliable Answers: 1. shiny, waxy


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slowly, he turned the doorknob.

was to him and how well he got along with them.

Taken from SCORE WORKBOOK 5

Chloe looked surprised at first, then she agreed and nodded.

“I wish I had your power. It’s so much more useful.”

wondered if he would ever dare tell her the truth.

Taken from SCORE WORKBOOK 5

1 What did Morton like to do?

2 What would a student in the class be learning?

3 What would Ritz’s power allow him to do?

4 What would it be like for a normal human to be near Chloe?

5 When was Morton in the other dimension?

5. He was in the other dimension after school in the afternoon.

Taken from SCORE WORKBOOK 5

1 you (read) any new science fiction

Taken from SCORE WORKBOOK 5

Complete the sentences with words from the box below.

disagreement dangerous explanation mysteriously

1 Once he reached , he hoped to find an for sightings of aliens.

3 If you are to moon dust, it would be for you to live on the

4 He walked as he thought of the good day ahead.

5 People who lived on the planet disappeared after a week.

Answers: 1. adulthood, explanation 2. disagreement, hardship 3. allergic, dangerous 4. cheerily 5. mysteriously

Taken from SCORE WORKBOOK 5

1 There was a (shine) and (wax) layer covering the planet.

2 The (govern) has (constant) encouraged many people to spend

their (retire) on Mars.

3 The (India) girl always gives me an (angel) smile.

4 The boy looks (care) and (fool) but he is in fact very

Taken from SCORE WORKBOOK 5

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