Grade 6 DIAGV2

Subject: English Language Arts Date: ____ / ___ / 20__
Class: Grade 6 Grade Five English Duration: 120 minutes

Diagnostic Assessment
Name: Mark: ______ / 100
Part One: Reading Comprehension ( ____ / 40pts)

Read the story. Then answer questions 1 through 10.
Waiting for the Little Penguins
Bottled-nosed dolphins, green sea turtles, brightly colored fish,
and the coral reef are all part of Australia’s ocean life. Did you know that
the little penguins are too?
At the Phillip Island Nature Park near Melbourne, visitors bundle
up in jackets, scarves, and mittens. They have come to see the little
penguins. After walking along a high boardwalk, they huddle on the
bleachers at Summerland Beach. They keep their eyes glued to the sea,
and they wait.
Behind the waves, the little penguins call one another and group together. After dark, groups
of royal blue and white little penguins appear on the seashore. These groups are called rafts. Little
penguins are safer when they are in rafts; in one raft there can be as few as three or as many as 300
penguins! Many rafts appear scattered along the beach. Within three hours, 26,000 little penguins
come home from the sea!
Once they are on the beach, the little penguins trudge through the bumpy sand to their
separate burrows on the sand dunes. This long, hard trek from the sea to their burrow is a dangerous
one because predators are nearby. Dogs and foxes can smell them. White-breasted sea eagles and
Pacific gulls can spot them. Darkness helps protect them because it is harder to see them.
The little penguins search for their burrows as the visitors walk back on the boardwalk. They
waddle a few feet, stop, look, and plod along again. “Huk, huk!” The little penguins are calling one
another. A penguin colony is a noisy one. Some little penguins are fighting over burrows. Some are
calling their mates.
The penguins at Phillip Island Nature Park were first named fairy penguins. Why has that name
been replaced by little penguin? These penguins (Eudyptula minor) are the smallest penguins in the
world. They stand one foot tall and weigh 2.2 pounds each. These penguins live for six to seven years.
One penguin has been recorded to live 21 years.
Every morning before sunrise, the little penguins hurry across the sand in the opposite
direction of the night before. This time they splash into the cool sea. The little penguin is a quick
swimmer and excellent diver. All day long, it hunts for small fish, squid, and crab larvae. After it
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captures a prey, a few jerks of the penguin’s head can swallow a fish up to 15 centimeters long—
almost half its height! But it must take care in the sea too. It can become a nice meal for a hungry
shark or a leopard seal.
After a long day at sea, the little penguins swim once again towards the seashore, calling one
another. Just before sunset, many bundled visitors gather on the bleachers. They keep their eyes
glued to the sea. They wait for the little penguins again.
Questions
A. Answer the following questions with complete sentences: ( _____ / 13.5pts)
1. “They keep their eyes glued to the sea, and they wait.” ( _____ / 2pt)
They is replacing _____________________________________________________________________
2. Why has the name of fairy penguins been replaced by ‘little penguin’? ( _____ / 2pts)
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3. What do little penguins hunt for? ( _____ / 2pts)

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4. Which animals are considered a penguin’s predators? ( _____ / 2pts)

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5. Every morning before sunrise, the little penguins hurry across the sand in the opposite direction
of the night before. Why do the penguins go in the opposite direction instead of the same
direction? ( _____ / 2.5pts)
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6. What is the genre of the text? Provide evidence to support your answer. ( _____ / 3pts)
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B. Write T if the sentence is true and F if it is false: ( ____ / 3pts)
1. A group of royal blue and white little penguins is called a raft. _________
2. The penguin can swallow a fish up to 15 centimeters long when it shakes its shoulders. _________
3. “Huk, huk!” is the way the little penguins call one another. _________
C. Circle the correct answer: ( _____ / 13.5pts)
1. According to information in the article, why do little penguins gather in rafts? ( _____ / 2pts)
a. to keep safe b. to dig burrows c. to stay warm d. to hunt for fish
2. Why do the little penguins go ashore after sunset? ( _____ / 2.5pts)

a. It is too cold for them in the ocean at night.
b. The sand is cool enough to walk on only at night.
c. They know people on the beach will feed them at night.
d. It is harder for gulls and other birds to hunt them at night.
3. According to information in the article, penguins return to the sea in the morning to..( ___ / 2pts)
a. stay cool b. find their mates
c. look for food d. hide from people
4. Based on information in the article, it is likely that little penguins …… ( _____ / 2.5pts)
a. move quickly on land and in water b. move more easily in water than on land
c. are noisier in the water than on land d. find food easier on land than in the water
5. People most likely want to see these penguins because ….. ( _____ / 2.5pts)
a. they are part of an Australian nature park
b. they are the smallest penguins in the world
c. there are only a few penguins of this type left
d. they make funny sounds when they are fighting
6. Why is a penguin’s colony noisy? ( _____ / 2pts)

a. The little penguins are calling one another.
b. Some little penguins are fighting over burrows.
c. Some are calling their mates.
d. All of the above responses.
Part B: Focus Skill ( ____ / 10pts)
1. Read ‘Waiting for the Little Penguins’ again and use it to complete the chart below with 2 facts.
Then write 2 opinions about Little Penguins: ( ___ / 10)
Facts Opinions
Part Two: Grammar ( ____ / 20)
A. Circle the best answer. ( ____ / 2.5pts)

1. Could you finish your coffee quick/quickly?
2. Her new job is very stressful/stressfully.
3. Tim thanked her polite/ politely when she offered to help him.
4. I didn’t sleep good/well last night.
5. You are very talented, but to succeed you also need to be lucky/luckily.
B. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words in brackets. Use the comparative or
superlative form. ( ____ / 2.5pts)
1. My house is ____________________________ (big) yours.

2. This flower is______________________ (pretty) that one.
3. Non-smokers usually live ________________________ (long) smokers.
4. Who is ______________________ (rich) woman on earth?
5. He was ______________________ (clever) thief of all.
C. Choose the correct answer to complete the sentences. ( ____ / 2.5pts)
1. I ____________ tired after the party.

a. didn’t b. wasn’t c. didn’t use
2. What ____________ when I saw you in town on Saturday?

a. did you do b. were you c. were you doing
3. Why ____________ at school yesterday.

a. Jane was b. did Jane c. wasn’t Jane
4. Tom ____________ to like football when he was little.

a. wasn’t used b. didn’t use c. didn’t used
5. ____________ you watching the match when I phoned?

a. Was b. Did c. Were
D. Complete the sentences with the simple past or the past continuous form of the verbs.
( ____ / 2.5pts)
1. While we _____________________ (play) football, they _____________________ (study)

English.
2. He _____________________ (listen) to music, while he _____________________ (run).
3. While they _____________________ (paint) the chairs, Tom _____________________
(plant) some trees.
4. What _____________________ (you, do) when Sam _____________________ (steal) the
money?
5. Kelly _____________________ (cross) the road when she _____________________ (drop)
her phone.
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E. Complete the sentences with the present perfect form of the verbs in the box. ( __ / 5pts)
buy forget go see take
1. I __________________ some new shoes. Do you want to see them?

2. “Where is Liz?” “She _________________________ out.”
3. I am looking for Paula. ____________ you _____________ her?
4. I know that woman but I ______________________ her name.
5. I can’t find my umbrella. Somebody __________________________ it.
F. Use ‘will’ or ‘be going to’ with the verbs below to complete the sentences. ( ____ / 2.5pts)
1. I hope that the sun _______________________ (shine) tomorrow.

2. Look at the clouds! It _______________________ (rain) soon.
3. I think my mother _______________________ (like) this CD.
4. Just a moment. I _______________________ (help) you with the bags.
5. Marvin _______________________ (throw) a party next week.
G. Write the plural form of the following words. ( ____ / 2.5pts)

1. army: ___________________ 2. bus: _____________________
3. tomato: _________________ 4. hoof: ___________________
Part C: Writing ( ___ /40)

Select one of the following prompts:
Prompt 1: Think of a character who is very, very forgetful and who is going on vacation with
the family. It is up to you to decide where they are going and what happens when they get
there. Write a short story in which your character prepares for the trip and gets in trouble
when they arrive because of his or her forgetfulness.
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 Start with an interesting topic sentence to grab your audience’s attention.
 Introduce the characters and setting and set the stage for the central conflict.
 Describe your characters, plot and setting with enough details.
 Make sure you include natural dialogue between your characters.
 Provide a conclusion that resolves the conflict.
Prompt 2: Special adventure: All of us have had a special time or adventure in our lives. It
could be a camping adventure, a trip with your school or family, or a dangerous game you
played. However, on your adventure something went wrong. Write a personal
narrative paragraph about a special time you went on an adventure and
something went wrong. Give enough details in your paragraph to show what your
adventure was, what went wrong, and how you solved the problem or the problem
was resolved.
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Subject: English Language Arts Date: ____ / ___ / 20__

Class: Grade 6 Grade Five English Duration: 120 minutes

Part One: Reading Comprehension ( ____ / 40pts)

A. Answer the following questions with complete sentences: ( _____ / 13.5pts)

3. What do little penguins hunt for? ( _____ / 2pts)

4. Which animals are considered a penguin’s predators? ( _____ / 2pts)

C. Circle the correct answer: ( _____ / 13.5pts)

2. Why do the little penguins go ashore after sunset? ( _____ / 2.5pts)

6. Why is a penguin’s colony noisy? ( _____ / 2pts)

Part Two: Grammar ( ____ / 20)

A. Circle the best answer. ( ____ / 2.5pts)

1. My house is ____________________________ (big) yours.

1. I ____________ tired after the party.

2. What ____________ when I saw you in town on Saturday?

3. Why ____________ at school yesterday.

4. Tom ____________ to like football when he was little.

5. ____________ you watching the match when I phoned?

1. While we _____________________ (play) football, they _____________________ (study)

1. I __________________ some new shoes. Do you want to see them?

1. I hope that the sun _______________________ (shine) tomorrow.

G. Write the plural form of the following words. ( ____ / 2.5pts)

Part C: Writing ( ___ /40)

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