SA2_Recap

• ENGLISH
• Primary Education
• Age 9

Term 2

SA 1

Expected Learning Outcomes

I WILL BE ABLE TO:

* answer the questions based on 'Tanka', 'Tsunami', 'Abunuwasi's House', 'The Brave Baby' and 'Animals of the Rainforest'.

* recall the rules pertaining to adjectives, the apostrophe, quantifiers and  homophones, and answer the questions based on the same. 

* answer the questions based on 'word families'.

Read the tanka given below.
My boat bobs gently;
sunlight tickles the wavelets,
and I sun myself
like a sleek, contented cat,
one eye half-open for fish.
In the above lines, 'wavelets' is synonymous to ___________.

1. ripples
2. waterdrops
3. billows
4. snowflakes

My boat bobs gently;
sunlight tickles the wavelets,
and I sun myself
like a sleek, contented cat,
one eye half-open for fish.
In the tanka above, the pair of lines ‘… I sun myself like a sleek, contented cat,’ is an example of a/an _________.

1. Simile
2. Homophone
3. Alliteration
4. Both A and C

Which of the following IS NOT true about a tsunami?

1. A tsunami is a gigantic sea wave.
2. A tsunami is never caused by an earthquake on the sea bed.
3. A tsunami brings floods and damage to many places.
4. The waves of a tsunami can be as high as 35 metres.

The waves can travel as fast as some jet planes.
Which of the following uses the word 'jet' in the same way as used in the above sentence?

1. He had arrived from Mumbai by jet.
2. A jet of boiling water poured over his hand.
3. The Laser Jet printer is out of order.
4. Both A and B

'Abunuwasi told the merchant that he had hired some strong men to destroy it.'
Who were these 'strong men'?

1. Abunuwasi's neighbours
2. Abunuwasi's friends
3. Abunuwasi's relatives
4. Abunuwasi's fellow workers

Choose the option that BEST sequences the events of the story 'The Brave Baby'.
1- Wasso fell asleep. The chief liked the brave baby.
2- The chief began to dance a special dance.
3- The old woman told the chief that she knew someone who was not afraid of him.
4- The chief shouted at Wasso, and Wasso began to cry.

1. 2, 1, 3, 4
2. 4, 3, 2, 1
3. 3, 4, 2, 1
4. 3, 4, 2, 1

Which of the following IS NOT true about the red-eyed tree frog?

1. It has webbed orange feet.
2. Its diet is mainly insects like crickets and moths.
3. It is a not good climber at all.
4. When asleep, it curls up so it appears totally green.

Sloths save their energy by ____________.

1. moving slowly
2. hanging upside down in the trees
3. by eating leaves
4. Both B and C

She didn’t come on time, __________ I had to wait for her.
Choose the correct connective to complete the sentence above.

1. so
2. also
3. because
4. if

SUCCESS CRITERIA
Now, I CAN:
* answer the questions based on 'Tanka', 'Tsunami', 'Abunuwasi's House', 'The Brave Baby' and 'Animals of the Rainforest'.
* recall the rules pertaining to adjectives, the apostrophe, quantifiers and homophones, and answer the questions based on the same.
* answer the questions based on 'word families'.

1. Strongly agree
2. Agree
3. I need some help.