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Diagnostic Test Stage 6

The document is a diagnostic check for Cambridge Primary English 6, focusing on reading non-fiction obituaries of Amelia Earhart and Frederick Noonan. It includes questions about text features, tense usage, and vocabulary, as well as a writing prompt for a creative story. The assessment is designed to evaluate reading comprehension and writing skills.

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Diagnostic Test Stage 6

The document is a diagnostic check for Cambridge Primary English 6, focusing on reading non-fiction obituaries of Amelia Earhart and Frederick Noonan. It includes questions about text features, tense usage, and vocabulary, as well as a writing prompt for a creative story. The assessment is designed to evaluate reading comprehension and writing skills.

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CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY ENGLISH 6 DIAGNOSTIC CHECK

Diagnostic check
Part 1: Non-fiction
Reading
Read the obituaries of Amelia Earhart and Frederick Noonan.

Text A: Obituary of Amelia Earhart

Text B: Obituary of Frederick Noonan

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Glossary

obituary: a report, often in a newspaper, announcing someone’s death and a short biography

aviation: flying or making aircraft

navigator: a person who finds the right direction to travel by using maps or other equipment

chart(ed): make a map of an area


commercial: relating to buying and selling things

1 How can you tell the texts are non-fiction? Give two features.

[2]
2 Tick (✓) one box that does not describe them.

information

future

biography

facts [1]
3 What tense are they mainly written in? Why?

[2]
4 What were Amelia and Frederick doing at the time they went missing?
[1]
5 Describe Amelia with a fact and an opinion.
Fact:

Opinion: [2]
6 Identify the following words in the texts:
a proper noun:
a plural noun:
a preposition
an adverb: [4]

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7 Explain the meaning of the word solo using the context of the text as a clue.
[1]
8 Identify the word class of the underlined word in each phrase below:
She was the first woman to fly solo …

She achieved a number of firsts … [2]

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Writing
Write a 5-paragraph story about a girl who was babysitting
and roaming around the house. Suddenly, she found a
secret door in the kitchen and decided to open it.
Use this table to help you plan your story.

Characters • Who was the girl? How was she like? (Personality and
appearance)
• Who did she find/meet?
• Describe him/her/them.
Setting • How was the house like?
• Where did she go after that?
• Describe the place and time.
Plot • What was the problem she encountered?
• How was it solved?
• Did she manage to get back to the house?
• What happened to her at the end?

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Planning
Spend up to five minutes making notes to plan your writing in this box.

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Write the story answer lines. [15]

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Reading /15

Your mark Writing /15

Total /30

What went well

What to improve

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