MID TERM TWO EXAMINATION

2025
SUBJECT: ENGLISH
GRADE: 6
TIME: 2HRS
NAME DATE.
Use a Blue or black ink.

• Answer all questions.

• Without sufficient working, correct answers may be awarded no marks.

• Answer the questions in the spaces provided

– There may be more space than you need.

• The total mark for this paper is 80.

• The marks for each question are indicated.

– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.

Advice
• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.

• Check your answers if you have time at the end.

FOR TEACHERS USE
TOTAL EXAM MARKS 80

TOTAL STUDENT MARKS

PERCENTAGE MARKS

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SECTION 1
These questions are about The Great Plague, 1664 – 1666 (Pages 1-3)

1. Which was the worst year of the plague? ___________________________

1 mark
2. Look at the paragraph beginning: The plague was terrifying because …
According to this paragraph, the plague caused which two of the following?

1 mark

3. What were the plague orders and how did they help to prevent the spread of
the disease? 2 marks
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4. Which of these do we now know caused the plague?

5. Look at the diagram on page 1. 1 mark

Why is this an effective way of explaining the spread of the plague?
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6. What did the Mayor of London do and how did it make the situation worse?
2 marks
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7. Samuel Pepys wrote his diary at the time of the plague.
Why do you think it is included in an information text? 1 mark
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8. Pepys wrote in the English of his time. Draw a line to show how the words
from Pepys’ diary would be written today. 1 mark

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SECTION 2
These questions are about the story At the Sign of the Sugared Plum (pages 3-5)

9. Choose the best word or group of words to fit the passage and put a ring
around your choice.
This story is about a girl called Hannah who has arrived in London from the
country. At first, she wandered through the streets to a 1 mark

10.There, Hannah saw people selling 1 mark

11.She was fascinated by the 1 mark

12.She watched for a while and moved on. Her walk then took her through a
1 mark

13.where she saw some children 1 mark

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14.Finally, Hannah arrived at her sister’s shop. It was called the ‘Sugared Plum’
and it probably sold 1 mark

15.When Hannah arrived, Sarah was

16.Look at page 3. 2 marks

Why was Hannah in a hurry?
Give two reasons.
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2. ________________________________________________________________

17.Look at the paragraph about the funeral game at the top of page 3. Why are
the words ‘dead’ and ‘body’ written in inverted commas? 1 mark
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18a. What did the author mean when she described Sarah as:
looking very cool? (page 4) 1 mark
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18b.Explain how modern readers might misunderstand that description 1 mark
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19. When Hannah arrived, there was a misunderstanding between her and Sarah.
Explain fully the different reasons why both Hannah and Sarah were upset.

3 marks
20. When Sarah told Hannah that the plague had broken out in London (page 8),
Hannah breathed a sigh of relief. Why? 1 mark
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Look at page 4.
21. How can you tell that Sarah was scared of the plague from how she spoke and
what she did? 2 marks
how she spoke
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22. The inside of Sarah’s shop was very different from the market described at the
beginning of the story. Explain fully the differences between the shop and the
market. 3 marks
Think about:
• what was happening in each place
• the atmosphere
• the words used by the writer

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23. The text ends with these two lines: 1 mark
“Everything is going to be perfectly fine.”
Or so it seemed.
What does the last line suggest about what was going to happen?
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SECTION 3

These questions are about Plague Remedies (page 6)

24. Some of the remedies were thought to cure people of the plague, while
others were thought to prevent people getting the plague.
Put ticks in the table below to show which remedies were thought to cure and
which were thought to prevent the disease. 2 marks

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25. The text tells us: 1 mark
… even tobacco was highly valued as a medicine.
Why is this surprising to us today?

26. People who treated plague victims were sometimes feared. Why?
Give two reasons. 2 marks
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2. ________________________________________________________________

27. Think about what we now know about how the plague spread.
How did the long overcoat really give protection? 1 mark
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GRAMMAR AND PUNCTUATION

1. Choose the correct conjunction for each of the gaps in these sentences, only
use each word once. 3 marks
Although because until

a. __________________ I am short, I can reach the top of my wardrobe.

b. __________________ of the rain, we are staying in today.
c. __________________ I hear the door bell, I am not getting up from my seat.

2. Which sentence is a command? Tick one. 1 mark

I just love doughnuts.
Will you be coming round for tea later?
Pick up that piece of paper.
Yorkshire is in the north of England.

3. Tick a synonym for the word ‘depressing’. Tick one. 1 mark

Decreasing gloomy
Lowering pushing

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4. Complete the table by writing an antonym for the following words.

word antonym

approve

Guilty

dawn

5. Decide whether these sentences are formal or informal. Circle the correct
answer.
a. Thank you for your enquiry. We will get back to you shortly.
Formal / Informal
b. They’re such good friends. They’re really cool!
Formal / Informal
c. When applying for the job, please include a copy of your CV.
Formal / Informal
6. Circle all the informal words in the list below.
yeah yes cannot can’t hi hello fabulous fab

7. Change the two verbs in this sentence into the past tense. 1 mark
Dave runs for the bus when he is late for work.

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8. Match each of the words below with its synonym. One has been done for you.

3 marks

9. Change the sentence below from the active voice to the passive voice.5 marks
1. The boy flew the kite.
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2. The Browns have built the large house.
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3. They gave her a nice present.
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4. Jane is singing the new song.
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5. The storm destroyed the house.
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10. Circle the correct alternative 5 marks
1. A prefix is a collection of letters that comes at the ------------ of a word.

a. end b. middle c. beginning

2. Cindy felt her mom’s punishment was unfair. The word unfair means-------------.
a. not fair b. fair again c. before fair
3. The prefix re- in replay means ------------.
a. not b. again c. before
4. The suffix -less in fearless means------------.
a. full of b. without c. with 6. The word 5.
5. unbreakable has ------------.
a. a suffix b. a prefix c. a suffix and a prefix

11.Below are sentences that contain a metaphor or a simile. In the blank

provided, identify which is used in each sentence by writing metaphor or
simile. 2 marks

1) The sky was the color of the calm Pacific thousands of miles from land.
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2) I am as hungry as a bear recently awakened from hibernation.
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3) She was a kite, floating above the confusion around her.
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4) Like a silent thief, the dog crept into the kitchen
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12.Go through the sentences provided below and identify the type of tenses.3
marks

1. Damon drinks coffee every morning. _______________________________

2. The boy got up late and missed the bus. _____________________________

3. My brother was praying in the mosque. ____________________________

4. The team is playing very well. ____________________________________

5. The school will be closed for winter break. __________________________

6. Leonard graduated from college last year. ___________________________

13.Label each word with the correct letter. 3 marks

A - Noun B - Verb C - Pronoun D – Determiner E - Adverb

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SHORT WRITING TASK
Choose either question 1 or 2
Instruction Leaflet 10 marks

When Joe’s special boots arrived he wasn’t sure how to use them. He looked into
the box and found the instruction leaflet. What kind of things do you think would
be written on it? Write the instructions that came with Joe’s boots.

Think about

• what Joe needs to know to make them work

• what could go wrong if he doesn’t use them properly

• what he has to do to make sure they don’t get damaged

Write your information under the three headings:

- How to use these boots

- Warnings and safety information
- How to care for your boots

OR
Write a notice for the school notice board informing the students about the visit
of the Prime Minister in your school on 20th November, 2025. Write the notice in
not more than 50 words asking the students to maintain punctuality, cleanliness
and discipline.

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LONG WRITING TASK

Choose either 1 or 2. 20 marks

Write between 150 and 200 words.
1. Write a letter to your friend who just had an accident informing him/her about
his/her speedy recovery in a consoling tone. You are Hanan/Ahmed.

OR
2. Are you educated? Do you think education is a waste of time? Write an article
for your school magazine to express your opinion. Give reasons to support
your point of view.
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END OF EXAMINATION

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