ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEST

GRADE FIVE
Academic Year -2024/2025
Semester One-First Session

GOVERNORATE:

Name

School Class

Write your answers on the Test Paper

Time: 1½ hours Pages: 8

Marks Signature with Name

ELEMENT
In Numbers In Words First Marker Second Marker

LISTENING 10

GRM/VCB 10

READING 10

WRITING 10

TOTAL 40
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LISTENING 1 (Items 1–5) (5 marks)

You are going to hear five short dialogues about friends. Match the pictures with the
dialogues. 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 a dialogue between Jack and Mark.

Listen, and shade in the bubble next to the correct option.

6. Jack is doing a ___________ for his school.

homework project presentation

7. Jack goes fishing ___________.

at the weekends on Sundays on Saturdays

8.
Mark goes swimming with his ___________.
brother dad friend

9. Mark says swimming is ___________.

boring easy hard

10. Mark likes to _____________ with his mom.

bake a cake do experiments make pizza

LISTENING
SCORE
10

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VOCABULARY (Items 1–5) (5 marks)

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

1. 2. 3.

4. 5.

planet wallet mean CD player lazy butcher`s

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

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GRAMMAR (Items 6–10) (5 marks)

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

6. Maryam is good ________ playing tennis.

on at

7. Last Friday, my family and I __________ to the park.

go went

8. He __________ got short black hair.

has have

9. When I was five I could walk, but I __________ swim.

couldn’t could

10. The Earth is the planet _________ we live.

who where

GRM/VCB
SCORE
10

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READING 1 (Items 1–5) (5 marks)

Match the texts with the pictures. For each text, shade in the bubble under the
correct option.
A. B. C.

D. E.

Pictures

Texts A B C D E
1. Sarah sang her favourite song on
stage. People clapped loudly. She
smiled and bowed happily.
2. A girl helped an old man cross the
road. The man smiled and said,
“Thank you, kind girl.”
3. We saw an old sword and shiny coins
in the museum. That was so
interesting.
4. The moon looks bright in the night
sky. Astronauts walked there. It is far
from Earth.
5. The children ran on the beach. They
built a sandcastle and played with a
ball. It was sunny.

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READING 2 (Items 6–10) (5 marks)

Read the text. Are the statements True or False?

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

Fatma is a very kind girl. She loved to visit her grandmother’s house every
weekend. The house was old and small, but there was a big garden with many
flowers. Every Saturday morning, Fatma and her grandmother sat in the
garden, talked and drank tea. They also loved gardening and watching the birds
in the garden. One day, Fatma saw a bird for the first time in her life. It was a
beautiful blue bird with bright feathers. She was so happy and excited. Her
grandmother said that this bird only comes once a year, and they were lucky to
see it. Fatma sat in the garden watching the bird all day until it flew away in the
evening. She enjoyed her day with her grandmother.

Statements True False

6. Fatma visited her grandmother’s house during school days.

7. The house was big and the garden was small.

8. Fatma and her grandmother enjoyed watching the birds.

9. Fatma saw a beautiful blue bird with bright feathers.

10. The blue bird flew away before night came.

READING
SCORE
10

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WRITING 1 (5 marks)
Write a descriptive text of at least 40 words on the following topic:
“Your little brother”
What does he look like? What does he like? What does he like doing? What is he
good or terrible at?

Your writing should be clear and organized.

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WRITING 2 (5 marks)
Complete the following task. Write at least 40 words.
Situation: Your friend Sami/ Samia lives in another country. Write an e-mail to your friend
about the shops to visit in Oman. Where can he/she go? Which shops should he/she
visit? What special things can he/she buy there?

Your writing should be clear and organized.

WRITING
SCORE
10
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LISTENING SCRIPT 1

1. Dialogue 1: Answer: E

Friend 1: "I was just joking, why are you so sad?"

Friend 2: "Because you’re so rude to me today. You didn’t even say

sorry."

2. Dialogue 2: Answer: B

Friend 1: "I love juggling! It’s so fun and easy!"

Friend 2: "Me too! Let’s keep practicing, we're getting better!"

3. Dialogue 3: Answer: A

Friend 1: Look, Tom! We both have short straight hair!

Friend 2: Yeah, but I’m wearing a cap, and you’re not!

4. Dialogue 4: Answer: D

Friend 1: "I’m eating my favourite breakfast! Come over and join me, it’s
so delicious!"

Friend: "I’d love too ! I’m coming right now!"

5. Dialogue 5: Answer: F

Friend 1: "It’s 10 am, and I love playing chess with you!"

Friend 2: "Me too, it’s fun and we always talk and laugh!"

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LISTENING SCRIPT 2

Mark: Hi Jake. How are you?

Jake: Hi Mark. I`m fine. Thank you. What`s new?

Mark: I am doing a project about kids` free time activities.

Can you tell me what do you like doing in your free time?

Jake: Wow. This seems interesting. For me, I really like to go fishing with my
dad. It`s really fun.

Mark: That`s nice. Do you go fishing every day?

Jake: No, I go every Saturday. What about you?

Mark: There are many things I like doing, but the most exciting activity for
me is when I go swimming with my brother. We go to the sea.

Jake: That sounds nice. Is swimming hard?

Mark: No, it`s easy. You just need to be patient.

Jake: I should try it one day. Do you do anything else?

Mark: Yes, I like to make pizza with my mom.

Jake: Wow. That`s a good hobby. I want to learn too.

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FIVE — ENGLISH LANGUAGE

MARKING GUIDE

SEMESTER ONE, 2024/2025, FIRST SESSION TOTAL MARKS: 40

GOVERNORATE: page 1 of 3
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LISTENING 1 (5 mks)
A B C D E F
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

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

LISTENING 2 (5 mks)

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

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

VOCABULARY (5 mks)
planet wallet mean CD player lazy butcher`s

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

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

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Grade 5, Sem. 1, 2024/2025, 1st Session: Marking Guide page 2 of 3

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GRAMMAR (5 mks)

1. on at

2. go went

3. has have

4. couldn’t could

5. who where

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

READING 1 (5 mks)

A B C D E

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

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

READING 2 (5 mks)

True False

6.

7.

8.

9.
10
Notes: One mark each. Responses must be indicated clearly.

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Grade 5, Sem. 1, 2024/2025, 1st Session: Marking Guide page 3 of 3

WRITING 1 (5 mks)
– Presents all the information, fully and clearly.
5
– Writing is well-organised and coherent, with only minor language errors.
– Presents most of the information, clearly enough.
4 – Writing contains some noticeable language errors and sometimes lacks coherence.
– Manages to present only some of the information; important points are missing or unclear.
3 – Language contains frequent errors, some of which obscure meaning.
– Attempts to present information, but the results are obviously inadequate.
2
– Writing is poorly-structured, and often unclear with frequent errors.
– A very feeble attempt at the task, presenting very little information.
1 – Language used is extremely limited and/or seriously distorted.
No attempt at the task: EITHER Irrelevant (Completely unrelated to the topic/ information
0 provided) OR Just copied from the Q-paper OR Hardly any writing at all, OR Not written in
English OR Complete nonsense
WRITING2 (5 mks)
– Task achievement is very good.
– Meaning is very clear.
5 – Grammar/ Vocabulary 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

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