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Passage A: Birds that cannot fly
Read the passage and answer. There are several species of birds that have wings but cannot fly. They include the African ostrich, the Australian emu, the kiwi, which is found in New Zealand, and the penguin. Ostriches, emus and kiwis walk or run everywhere. Ostriches are the world's largest birds and can run very fast. They can run at a speed of 70 kilometres an hour. Emus can run at a speed of 50 kilometres an hour and they also swim very well. Penguins are strong swimmers and can swim skilfully with their wings, chasing fish in the seas.
Q1. The passage tells us about four birds that cannot fly. Name them. [1 mark]
View Answer & Explanation
Answer: The ostrich, the emu, the kiwi and the penguin.
Teacher's Note:
1. Look at the second sentence of the passage.
2. All four have wings but cannot fly.
Q2. Complete the table: Ostriches live in ________; ________ live in Australia; kiwis live in ________. [1 mark]
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Answer: Ostriches live in Africa; emus live in Australia; kiwis live in New Zealand.
Teacher's Note:
1. The country names are given in the passage.
2. Match each bird to its place.
Q3. Which is the largest bird in the world? [1 mark]
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Answer: The ostrich is the largest bird in the world.
Teacher's Note:
1. The passage says so directly.
2. Do not confuse it with the emu.
Q4. Which runs faster, the emu or the ostrich? [1 mark]
View Answer & Explanation
Answer: The ostrich runs faster, at 70 km an hour, while the emu runs at 50 km an hour.
Teacher's Note:
1. Compare the two speeds given.
2. Ostriches are fast runners.
Q5. Which birds in the passage can swim? [1 mark]
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Answer: Emus swim very well and penguins are strong swimmers.
Teacher's Note:
1. Two birds are described as swimmers.
2. Penguins use their wings to swim.
Q6. How do penguins catch their food? [1 mark]
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Answer: Penguins swim skilfully with their wings and chase fish in the seas.
Teacher's Note:
1. Their wings work like flippers.
2. Fish are their food.
Q7. Identify the word class of each word: several, everywhere, largest, strong, skilfully. [1 mark]
View Answer & Explanation
Answer: several: adjective of quantity; everywhere: adverb of place; largest: superlative adjective; strong: adjective; skilfully: adverb of manner.
Teacher's Note:
1. Adverbs tell how, where or when.
2. Adjectives describe nouns.
Passage B: The king and the beggar
Read the passage and answer. There was once a king who was not content with what he had. He thought himself to be very ill. The court doctor was called, but could do nothing. Other doctors examined the king. Some said this, and some said that, and they gave him all kinds of medicines. But still the king said he felt no better.
At last a doctor came and said: "There is only one cure for His Majesty; and that is to sleep one night in the shirt of a perfectly happy man."
At once messengers were sent all over the kingdom to find a perfectly happy man. But they could not find one. Everyone had something to complain of, and all had sorrows or worries, pains or bad health. The messengers were in despair.
At last they came upon a poor beggar, sitting by the roadside and singing and laughing in his joy. They asked him if he was perfectly happy.
"Happy?" laughed the merry beggar. "I am as happy as the day is long."
"Then you are the very man we want," they said. "The king needs your shirt. Will you lend it for a night? You will be paid well for it."
"My shirt?" shouted the beggar. He laughed aloud. "Why are you laughing?" the messengers asked.
"Why, I haven't got a shirt!" replied the beggar. And he laughed louder.
Q8. Do you think the king was really ill? [1 mark]
View Answer & Explanation
Answer: No, the king was not really ill. He only imagined that he was unwell because he was not satisfied with what he had.
Teacher's Note:
1. The story says he was not content.
2. His real trouble was in the mind.
Q9. What was actually the matter with the king? [1 mark]
View Answer & Explanation
Answer: The king was discontented. He was unhappy with his life, and that made him feel ill.
Teacher's Note:
1. Contentment is a theme of the story.
2. Doctors cannot cure discontent.
Q10. What do you think made the beggar perfectly happy? [1 mark]
View Answer & Explanation
Answer: The beggar was happy because he was content with very little and did not worry about owning things. Having no shirt did not trouble him.
Teacher's Note:
1. Happiness came from his attitude.
2. Possessions did not matter to him.
Q11. What message does the story give? [1 mark]
View Answer & Explanation
Answer: True happiness comes from being content with what we have, not from wealth or possessions.
Teacher's Note:
1. The poor beggar was happier than the king.
2. Contentment is the cure.
Q12. Complete: The last doctor advised the king to ________. [1 mark]
View Answer & Explanation
Answer: The last doctor advised the king to sleep one night in the shirt of a perfectly happy man.
Teacher's Note:
1. Refer to the third paragraph.
2. The advice sends the messengers out.
Q13. Complete: The messengers could not find a perfectly happy man because ________. [1 mark]
View Answer & Explanation
Answer: everyone they met had some sorrow, worry, pain or bad health to complain about.
Teacher's Note:
1. Nobody was fully happy.
2. Only the beggar seemed so.
Q14. Complete: When the beggar was asked to lend his shirt he laughed aloud because ________. [1 mark]
View Answer & Explanation
Answer: he did not have a shirt at all.
Teacher's Note:
1. The request was funny to him.
2. His poverty did not make him sad.
Q15. Find words in the story that mean: (a) satisfied (b) a person who carries a king's message (c) to find fault (d) given money for work. [1 mark]
View Answer & Explanation
Answer: (a) content; (b) messenger; (c) complain; (d) paid.
Teacher's Note:
1. Find each in the passage.
2. Use the context to confirm.
Q16. Change into indirect speech: (a) "I am as happy as the day is long," the beggar said. (b) "Why are you laughing?" the messengers asked. [1 mark]
View Answer & Explanation
Answer: (a) The beggar said that he was as happy as the day is long. (b) The messengers asked him why he was laughing.
Teacher's Note:
1. Present tense becomes past tense.
2. A question becomes a statement order in indirect speech.
Q17. Choose the tense of the sentence "Why, I haven't got a shirt." [1 mark]
(a) present continuous
(b) simple past
(c) present perfect
(d) simple present
View Answer & Explanation
Answer: (c) present perfect. Haven't got is formed with have and a past participle.
Teacher's Note:
1. Have or has plus the past participle is present perfect.
2. Look at the verb form.
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