P5 3rd term (2020 – 2021)

Mock Paper 1

A. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the given verbs.
Mrs. Wong is very helpful. She often helps people.

One evening, Mrs. Wong __________________ (fry) some potatoes for dinner
when she heard a loud scream. “Help! Help!” the voice ____________ (shout) again.
The noise gave Mrs. Wong a shock and she _____________ (burn) her hand. She
looked out of the window and saw a lady lying on the floor. It was Cindy who worked
at the nearby bakery. Mrs. Wong ____________ (go) there to buy bread every day.
Mrs. Wong quickly phoned for help. She couldn’t let the robber _____________
(escape).

“How ________ the robbery _________ (happen)?” Mrs. Wong asked Cindy. “I
was talking on the phone while a man ____________________ (ride) a motorbike
towards me. All of a sudden, he grabbed my bag and drove off. I fell over when I tried
_____________ (chase) him,” Cindy answered.

At this time, the police arrived. “What property have you lost?” the policeman
asked. “My leather purse is in the bag. There are two credit cards and $3000,” sighed
Cindy. “________ you _________ (report) the lost cards to the card centre yet?” asked
the policeman. “Not yet. I ______________ (call) the credit card lost hotline soon,”
said Cindy.
B. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions.

Yesterday Peter and Mary went _______ shopping _____ Wing Wing Plaza.
There are some counters are promoting walkathon. Peter participated ______ charity
walk before. It is sponsored ______ World Vision. He walked ________ the Bowen
Road. Apart from charity walk, he gave _______ his old toys and clothes to the poor.
He was also responsible _______ doing promotion work. He donated a bookshelf
which is made ________ wood and is used _______ displaying the books to the
children. Mary said,” Although I am not joining the walk, I always give _____ my seat
to the person in need and take care _______ them all of the time.”

______ Saturday morning, Mary walk ________ back streets alone when it is
late at night. She saw a robbery _____ American Bank _____ 4:45pm. Two men _____
guns broke ______ the bank. One of the men held the gun ____ the counter and asked
______ money. They ran _____with bags of money.

The police patrolled the street and caught the robber. The police asked them to
put ______ their guns, put ______ their hands and turned __________. They are
involved ______ robbery.
C. Alex is chatting with his classmates at recess. Fill in the blanks with the correct
pronouns.
Alex bought some new stationery yesterday. He showed ________ stationery
to _______ classmate, Patty, “Look at the new gel pen. It’s __________,” said Alex.
“Your pen is so beautiful. ______ pen is already out of ink. I have to buy a new one,”
said Patty. Alex had two gel pens so he decided to give one to Patty. “Thank you, Alex!
You’re generous!” said Patty.

“I want to give these new pencils to Jeff and Mabel. ____________ are already
very short,” said Alex. Patty took out ________ new pencils too. “I have some new
pencils, too. I can give ______ to them. You can keep _________ to yourself,” said
Patty. “Thanks, Patty!” said Alex.

“There’s a ruler on the floor. Whose ruler, is it? Asked Patty. “I think it is Sally’s.
________ is pink,” said Alex.

D. Alex is doing his classwork. Put the words in the correct order and write the
correct sentences.

1. Chinese / tall / boy / is / 8-year-old / a / Jack

_________________________________________________________________

2. an / is / silver / mirror / it / round / old

_________________________________________________________________
E. Alex is telling Patty about his pet after school. Fil in the blanks with the correct
form of the given words in the box.

good happy messy impatient fast quiet late

My dog’s name is Rocky. He’s a cute dog. When I go out, he waits

______________ for me to come home. When he sees me again, he wags his tail
______________. Rocky is quite heavy. He weighs the same as me but he can run
_______. I often have to clean up after him because he eats _____________. He
usually behaves ________________, but he snores loudly when he sleeps. When I am
sad, he sits beside me _____________. I am glad to have him as my friend.

F. Alex is reading an article about eating healthy food. Fill in the blanks with the
correct words in the box. You can use the words once only.

and so but although because then

Most fat children have poor eating habits. ______________ they know eating
too much sweet food is bad for their health, they still can’t stop eating sweets and
chocolate. They like buying soft drinks instead of water __________ they think that
water is tasteless.

Dr Lai encourages children to have a healthy diet. “Children are growing fast
________ they surely need enough nutritious food to help with their growth. They
should know which food is good for their growth ___________ they often choose
sugary food such as sweets and cakes. Children should eat different kinds of foods such
as vegetables and fish. I hope they will keep on having good eating habits. _______
they can keep healthy.” Says Dr Lai.
G. Fill in each blank with the most appropriate word.

A ________ happened in the Ritesville town art gallery on a Friday morning.

Someone ________ a painting from the gallery room. The painting was cut out with
knife from its __________. The police found that there were two people in the gallery
when the crime happened. When the police officer arrived, he asked them questions.
Each of them had to write a ______________.

The police suspected that Larry White was the _____________. He said he was
cleaning when the security guard left the room. There was nobody with him after the
security left. When he was cleaning the window alone, his mum ________ him to tell
him that her leg was hurt accidentally. He left the gallery in a hurry and got into a taxi.
However, _________________ television was not working and therefore could not
record it.

At last, the police _____________ Harry Black outside the rooming house and
found the _____________ painting. Janey finally received a ____________from the
police for helping them to catch Harry.

After checking the record, Harry was a good student when he was 12 years old.
He liked doing ____________ work when he was in Secondary School. He went on a
walkthon and make a __________.He also bought __________ tickets and visited the
__________ in the old people’s home. It was so surprised he was also the _________
who carried the gun and took away a million-dollar jewellery last month.
H. One day Sue wrote her diary but made some mistakes. Underline the mistakes
and write down the correct answers in the space provide.

Last friday, I experienced anything that I would e.g. ___something____

not forget. After school, I went home on foot and see 1. ________________

a man push a old lady. She fell down on the road. 2. ________________

She hurt her knees badly and could not got up at all. 3. ________________

On that time, a car came very fast. I did not have time 4. ________________

to think and I ran out to stop a car. Someone called the 5. ________________

police. Luckily the police arrived in a few minute. 6. ________________

Then they asked me some questions above the accident. 7. ________________

The ambulance came and then take the poor old 8. ________________

lady from the nearest hospital. 9. ________________