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English
Reading
1. Read the following poem and answer the questions. (5 marks)

My Short Sunflower

The first day of the project was here. Does talking to plants help them grow
Last night, I was awake with excitement tall?
and fear. I had nothing to lose. She was so small.
“Who can grow the tallest sunflower?” I read her a book, sang her a song.
Said Mrs. Finn. We played a quiz. Lots of her answers
I was up for the challenge and I wanted were wrong.
to win. ***
*** Three months later, the stem had
I chose the red pot and I wore gardening grown high,
gloves. Green and waving towards the sky.
I painted my seed with care and love. The petals were golden like the sun.
Carefully, I covered it with soli from my I felt happy. At this rate, I had won.
spade. ***
I moved the pot so that it was out for I brought Val into year three.
the shade. I felt confident. The challenge was
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I gave her a name. I called her Val. I looked around and my face began to
She became my friend, my buddy, my fall.
pal. She was the shortest sunflower of them
Every day, she would be fed drops of all.
water
over her head.
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It took ages to see the leaves sprout.
This made me angry. I started to shout.
“Val seems to be growing so slow.

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How did Jack get his beanstalk to grow?”

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1. What colour is the pot?

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2. What is the name of the sunflower?

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3. What did the child do when they felt angry?

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4. Does talking to plants help them grow tall?

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5. What were golden like the sun?

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Grammar
1. Write two synonyms with the same meaning for each word. (5 marks)

a. Big = ___________ ___________

b. Good = ___________ ___________

c. Said = ___________ ___________

d. Tiny = ___________ ___________

2. Write the contraction for each word. (5 marks)

a. Cannot = _________________
b. They are = _________________
c. I am = _________________
d. It is = _________________
e. Do not = _________________

3. Write down what types of sentences these are? (5 marks)

(exclamatory, question, statement, command)

a. I met Kim at the party. _____________________

b. What are you doing in the backyard? _____________________
c. Wow! What a tall building! _____________________
d. Please listen to the teacher. _____________________
e. Would you like another slice of cake? _____________________

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4. Look at the pictures and write the noun phrases for each picture. (5 marks)

1. 2.

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3. 4.

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5.

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5. Fill in the blanks with the Simple Past verbs. (5 marks)

1. The boys (eat) ____________ their supper without a complaint.

2. The girls (hear) __________ a weird noise outside their house.
3. Fanny (throw) __________ the ball over the fence.
4. The students (write) __________ their names at the top of the page.
5. Last summer, we (swim) __________ at the lake.

6. Add -ing to the end of each word. (5 marks)

a. Skate = ___________
b. Jump = ___________
c. Dance = ___________
d. Scare = ___________
e. Walk = ___________

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Writing

1. Label the following letter by using the words in the box. (5 marks)

Writer’s address and date Body Closing Greeting Recipient’s address

No. (204), Sittaung Street, (29)

Wards, Yangon.
2. __________________ 5th September, 2023

No. (45), Greenland Street, 1. __________________

(5) Wards, Yangon.

Dear Susan, 3. __________________

I am in Paris which is a place in France. I have been eating some of the yummy
food. They have the best cakes and pastries here. My favourites are chocolate
croissants.
Today I went to the Lovure Museum. It is enormous! I saw some very famous
paintings and some big sculptures there.

What painting might you like to see if you visited the Lovure?

4. __________________
Love,
Glory 5. __________________

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1. Write a story by looking at the picture below. (10 marks)

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