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Grade 03 Test 01 English
Answer all questions. Total
marks - 50
1. Look at the following words and circle the adjectives and
underline nouns.
[15]
mountain Butterfly book
interesting beautiful office
rabbit young
happy
clever shirt rain
sharp blue computer
2. Match the adjectives on the left with the adjectives on the right
that mean nearly the same thing.
[6]
friendly enthusiastic
happy occupied
kind delighted
busy welcoming
interested considerate
excited engrossed
3.
[5]
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List all the dialogue verbs in the extract that could be replaced
said. [3]
5.
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The Giant Panda
The giant panda, also known as the panda bear or simply the
panda, is a bear that comes from China. The name ‘giant’
panda is used because there is another animal called a panda –
the red panda. Although they are both called pandas, they are
very different.
The giant panda is easily recognised. It has large, black
patches around its eyes and ears and across its body. Adult
pandas are 1.2 to 1.9 metres long. Males can weigh 160
kilograms, but females are much smaller and lighter. Although
scientists are unsure why these animals are black and white,
they think the colouring allows the panda to hide in its snowy
and rocky habitat.
The giant panda’s unusual paws have five fingers and a thumb,
which helps the panda to hold bamboo while eating it.
Although 99% of the panda’s food is bamboo, giant pandas are
omnivores because, in the wild, they will occasionally eat birds
or small mammals. While in zoos, they are also given honey,
eggs, fish, oranges or bananas as well as grasses, such as
bamboo.
The giant panda is found in mountain ranges in China, mainly
in Sichuan province, but also in Shaanxi and Gansu provinces.
As a result of farming and deforestation, the giant panda no
longer inhabits the lowland areas where it once existed.
At the moment, pandas are an endangered species. Scientists
are not sure about the number of pandas living in the wild.
Some believe there are only about 1 600, while other scientists
estimate there may be up to 3 000. Some studies show that the
number of giant pandas in the wild is rising.
Read Text, and answer questions 1–7.
1 Look at the first sentence: ‘The giant panda, also known as the panda bear
or simply the panda, is a bear that comes from China.’ (lines 1–2). What
type of sentence is it? Tick () one box.
a question
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a
Statement
an instruction
an exclamation
[1]
2 Why are some pandas called ‘giant’ pandas?
[1]
3 Look at the second paragraph (lines 5–9).
a Give two pronouns and two prepositions.
pronouns
prepositions
[4]
b Why do scientists think pandas are black and white?
[1]
4 Look at the third paragraph (lines 10–14).
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a Give one word that tells you that pandas eat both plants and meat.
[1]
b Give two examples of things pandas eat in their natural habitat that are not
plants.
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• [2]
5 Why have pandas moved away from lowland areas?
[1]
6 Why do some scientists think the panda will have a good future?
[1]
Match the sub-heading to the correct paragraph.
[4]
First paragraph What is the giant panda’s diet?
Second paragraph Where does the giant panda
live?
Third paragraph What is a giant panda?
Fourth paragraph How many giant pandas are
there?
Fifth paragraph What does the giant panda look
like?
8. Is this text is fiction or nonfiction? ………………………………………………..
[2]
9.
[3]
