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English Test 1
Multiple Choice
Name...........................................................................................................................................
Primary School....................................................................................................................... .....
Date of Birth............................................................................................................... .................
Today’s Date................................................................................................................. ...............
Read carefully:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Do not open or turn over this paper until you are told to.
You may use the white spaces for working out or ask for rough paper.
Work as carefully and quickly as you can.
If you cannot do a question, go on to the next one. If you have time at the end you
can go back to it.
If you need to alter an answer, make a clear crossing out.
When you have finished each page, turn straight to the next one.
Check to see if there are questions on the back page.
You have 60 minutes to complete this test.
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There are two parts to this test; comprehension and a writing task. Spend 30 minutes on the
comprehension and 30 minutes on the writing task.
Comprehension
Read the comprehension piece carefully and then answer the questions about it.
They got another example of how dangerous the Headmistress could be on the very next
day. During lunch an announcement was made that the whole school should go into the
Assembly Hall and be seated as soon as the meal was over.
When all the two hundred and fifty or so boys and girls were settled down in Assembly, the
Trunchbull marched on to the platform. None of the other teachers came in with her. She
was carrying a riding-crop in her right hand. She stood up there on centre stage in her green
breeches with legs apart and riding-crop in hand, glaring at the sea of upturned faces before
her.
“What’s going to happen?” Lavender whispered.
“I don’t know,” Matilda whispered back.
The whole school waited for what was coming next.
“Bruce Bogtrtter!” the Trunchbull shouted. “And look smart about it!”
An eleven-year-old boy who was decidedly large and round stood up and waddled briskly
forward. He climbed up on to the platform.
“Stand over there!” the Trunchbull ordered, pointing. The boy stood to one side. He looked
nervous. He knew very well he wasn’t up there to be presented with a prize. He was
watching the Headmistress with an exceedingly wary eye and he kept edging farther and
farther away from her with little shuffles of his feet, rather as a rat might edge away from a
terrier that is watching it from across the room. His plump flabby face had turned grey with
fearful apprehension. His stockings hung about his ankles.
“This clot,” boomed the Headmistress, pointing the riding-crop at him like a rapier. “This
black-head, this foul carbuncle, this poisonous pustule that you see before you is none other
than a disgusting criminal, a denizen of the underworld, a member of the Mafia!”
“Who me?” Bruce Bogtrotter said, looking genuinely puzzled.
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“A thief!” the Trunchbull screamed. “A crook! A pirate! A brigand! A rustler!”
“Steady on,” the boy said. “I mean, dash it all, Headmistress.”
“Do you deny it, you miserable little gumboil? Do you plead not guilty?”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he boy said, more puzzled than ever.
“I’ll tell you what I’m talking about, you suppurating little blister!” the Trunchbull shouted.
“Yesterday morning, during break, you sneaked like a serpent into the kitchen and stole a
slice of my private chocolate cake from my tea-tray! That tray had just been prepared for
me personally by the cook! It was my morning snack! And as for the cake, it was my own
private stock! That was not boy’s cake! You don’t think for one minute I’m going to eat the
filth I give you? That cake was made from real butter and real cream! And he, that robberbandit, that safe-cracker, that highwayman standing over there with his socks around his
ankles stole it and ate it!”
“I never did,” the boy exclaimed, turning from grey to white.
“Don’t lie to me, Bogtrotter!” barked the Trunchbull. “The cook saw you! What’s more, she
saw you eating it!”
The Trunchbull paused to wipe a fleck of froth from her lips.
When she spoke again her voice was suddenly softer, quieter, more friendly, and she leaned
towards the boy smiling. “You like my special chocolate cake, don’t you, Bogtrotter? It’s rich
and delicious, isn’t it, Bogtrotter?”
“Very good,” the boy mumbled. The words were out before he could stop himself.
“You’re right,” the Trunchbull said. “It is very good. Therefore, I think you should
congratulate the cook. When a gentleman has had a particularly good meal, Bogtrotter, he
always sends his compliments to the chef. You didn’t know that, dd you, Bogtrotter? But
those who inhabit the criminal underworld are not noted for their good manners.”
The boy remained silent.
“Cook!” the Trunchbull shouted. Turning her head towards the door. “Come here, cook!”
Bogtrotter wishes to tell you how good your chocolate cake is!”
Extract from Matilda by Roald Dahl
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Choose an answer. Circle the letter.
1. Who is the Trunchbull?
a) A fierce animal
b) A child
c) The Headmistress
d) The boy’s father
2. How many children were there in the school?
a) 150
b) 250
c) 350
d) 450
3. In this extract, how many characters are mentioned by name?
a) 4
b) 2
c) 6
d) 3
4. Why does the Trunchbull carry a riding-crop?
a) She loves horses
b) She is going riding after school
c) To hit the children with
d) To intimidate children and staff
5. What does it mean, when it says:
“He was watching the Headmistress with an exceedingly wary eye”
a) He had a squint in his eye
b) He was nervous
c) He had very large eyes
d) He was wearing glasses
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6. Bruce Bogtrotter is described as an animal. Which animal types is he described as?
a) Feline and Dog
b) Rodent and Reptile
c) Reptile and Feline
d) Cattle and Horse
7. Bruce Bogtrotter’s clothing is used to describe him in this scene. Which of the
following is true?
a) He is neatly dressed in his uniform
b) He is being told off because his uniform is scruffy
c) is uniform is used as imagery
d) His uniform is personified
8. What was is the chocolate cake, which would not have been in a cake made for the
children?
a) Cream and butter
b) Whisky and cream
c) Cream and jam
d) Butter and jam
9. Towards the end of this passage, the Trunchbull gets much quieter. Which of the
following is true:
a) She realises that Bruce Bogtrotter didn’t eat the cake.
b) She forgives him for stealing the cake.
c) She has finished telling him off.
d) She is planning some other way to punish him.
10. Is Bruce Bogtrotter in the Mafia?
a) Yes
b) No
11. How old do you think that Bruce Bogtrotter is?
a) 9 years
b) 10 years
c) 11 years
d) 12 years
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12. “suppurating little blister!” in this extract, what is meant by this?
a) Bruce has got a nasty blister
b) Bruce looks like a big blister
c) He is being compared to something poisonous
d) He is pink and fat
13. What are all the other children doing?
a) Watching with upturned faces
b) Watching the upturned face of Bruce Bogtrotter
c) Watching the upturned face of the Trunchbull
d) Chatting and ignoring what is going on
14. Who saw Bruce Bogtrotter eating the cake?
a) The Trunchbull
b) Matilda
c) The Headmistress
d) The cook
15. Why does Bogtrotter thank the cook?
a) He is really grateful for such a lovely cake
b) He is a gentleman and knows that he should thank the cook
c) It was a particularly good meal
d) He only does it because he is forced to
16. Does Bruce Bogtrotter admit to having stolen the chocolate cake?
a) Yes, he is tricked into owning up.
b) Yes, he owns up willingly.
c) No, he doesn’t own up.
d) No, he avoids answering the question.
17. What is dangerous about the Trunchbull?
a) She has very sharp teeth
b) She is unpredictable
c) She has a large dog
d) She is too heavy for the stage and may fall
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18. What was the Trunchbull wearing?
a) It doesn’t say
b) Green skirt
c) Green trousers
d) Black trousers
19. In this extract, Bruce Bogtrotter is described as “this foul carbuncle, this poisonous
pustule”. Is this an example of:
a) Alliteration
b) Metaphor
c) Personification
d) Simile
20. Which one of the following must be true?
a) Bruce Bogtrotter ate the whole cake.
b) Matilda knew that Bruce had eaten the cake.
c) The Trunchbull liked cake.
d) The children were well fed.
Writing Task
Choose one of the following for your writing task. Remember to spend at least 5 minutes
planning what you are going to write. Plan a beginning, middle and end.
1. A newspaper report: The Cat with 9 Lives
2. Story: A medal at the Olympics
3. Recount: My best Holiday
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English Test 1
Multiple Choice
Name...........................................................................................................................................
Primary School....................................................................................................................... .....
Date of Birth............................................................................................................... .................
Today’s Date................................................................................................................. ...............
Read carefully:
9. Do not open or turn over this paper until you are told to.
10. You may use the white spaces for working out or ask for rough paper.
11. Work as carefully and quickly as you can.
12. If you cannot do a question, go on to the next one. If you have time at the end you
can go back to it.
13. If you need to alter an answer, make a clear crossing out.
14. When you have finished each page, turn straight to the next one.
15. Check to see if there are questions on the back page.
16. You have 60 minutes to complete this test.
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There are two parts to this test; comprehension and a writing task. Spend 30 minutes on the
comprehension and 30 minutes on the writing task.
Comprehension
Read the comprehension piece carefully and then answer the questions about it.
They got another example of how dangerous the Headmistress could be on the very next
day. During lunch an announcement was made that the whole school should go into the
Assembly Hall and be seated as soon as the meal was over.
When all the two hundred and fifty or so boys and girls were settled down in Assembly, the
Trunchbull marched on to the platform. None of the other teachers came in with her. She
was carrying a riding-crop in her right hand. She stood up there on centre stage in her green
breeches with legs apart and riding-crop in hand, glaring at the sea of upturned faces before
her.
“What’s going to happen?” Lavender whispered.
“I don’t know,” Matilda whispered back.
The whole school waited for what was coming next.
“Bruce Bogtrtter!” the Trunchbull shouted. “And look smart about it!”
An eleven-year-old boy who was decidedly large and round stood up and waddled briskly
forward. He climbed up on to the platform.
“Stand over there!” the Trunchbull ordered, pointing. The boy stood to one side. He looked
nervous. He knew very well he wasn’t up there to be presented with a prize. He was
watching the Headmistress with an exceedingly wary eye and he kept edging farther and
farther away from her with little shuffles of his feet, rather as a rat might edge away from a
terrier that is watching it from across the room. His plump flabby face had turned grey with
fearful apprehension. His stockings hung about his ankles.
“This clot,” boomed the Headmistress, pointing the riding-crop at him like a rapier. “This
black-head, this foul carbuncle, this poisonous pustule that you see before you is none other
than a disgusting criminal, a denizen of the underworld, a member of the Mafia!”
“Who me?” Bruce Bogtrotter said, looking genuinely puzzled.
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“A thief!” the Trunchbull screamed. “A crook! A pirate! A brigand! A rustler!”
“Steady on,” the boy said. “I mean, dash it all, Headmistress.”
“Do you deny it, you miserable little gumboil? Do you plead not guilty?”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he boy said, more puzzled than ever.
“I’ll tell you what I’m talking about, you suppurating little blister!” the Trunchbull shouted.
“Yesterday morning, during break, you sneaked like a serpent into the kitchen and stole a
slice of my private chocolate cake from my tea-tray! That tray had just been prepared for
me personally by the cook! It was my morning snack! And as for the cake, it was my own
private stock! That was not boy’s cake! You don’t think for one minute I’m going to eat the
filth I give you? That cake was made from real butter and real cream! And he, that robberbandit, that safe-cracker, that highwayman standing over there with his socks around his
ankles stole it and ate it!”
“I never did,” the boy exclaimed, turning from grey to white.
“Don’t lie to me, Bogtrotter!” barked the Trunchbull. “The cook saw you! What’s more, she
saw you eating it!”
The Trunchbull paused to wipe a fleck of froth from her lips.
When she spoke again her voice was suddenly softer, quieter, more friendly, and she leaned
towards the boy smiling. “You like my special chocolate cake, don’t you, Bogtrotter? It’s rich
and delicious, isn’t it, Bogtrotter?”
“Very good,” the boy mumbled. The words were out before he could stop himself.
“You’re right,” the Trunchbull said. “It is very good. Therefore, I think you should
congratulate the cook. When a gentleman has had a particularly good meal, Bogtrotter, he
always sends his compliments to the chef. You didn’t know that, dd you, Bogtrotter? But
those who inhabit the criminal underworld are not noted for their good manners.”
The boy remained silent.
“Cook!” the Trunchbull shouted. Turning her head towards the door. “Come here, cook!”
Bogtrotter wishes to tell you how good your chocolate cake is!”
Extract from Matilda by Roald Dahl
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Choose an answer. Circle the letter.
21. Who is the Trunchbull?
e) A fierce animal
f) A child
g) The Headmistress
h) The boy’s father
22. How many children were there in the school?
e) 150
f) 250
g) 350
h) 450
23. In this extract, how many characters are mentioned by name?
e) 4
f) 2
g) 6
h) 3
24. Why does the Trunchbull carry a riding-crop?
e) She loves horses
f) She is going riding after school
g) To hit the children with
h) To intimidate children and staff
25. What does it mean, when it says:
“He was watching the Headmistress with an exceedingly wary eye”
e) He had a squint in his eye
f) He was nervous
g) He had very large eyes
h) He was wearing glasses
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26. Bruce Bogtrotter is described as an animal. Which animal types is he described as?
e) Feline and Dog
f) Rodent and Reptile
g) Reptile and Feline
h) Cattle and Horse
27. Bruce Bogtrotter’s clothing is used to describe him in this scene. Which of the
following is true?
a) He is neatly dressed in his uniform
b) He is being told off because his uniform is scruffy
c) His uniform is used as imagery
d) His uniform is personified
28. What was is the chocolate cake, which would not have been in a cake made for the
children?
e) Cream and butter
f) Whisky and cream
g) Cream and jam
h) Butter and jam
29. Towards the end of this passage, the Trunchbull gets much quieter. Which of the
following is true:
e) She realises that Bruce Bogtrotter didn’t eat the cake.
f) She forgives him for stealing the cake.
g) She has finished telling him off.
h) She is planning some other way to punish him.
30. Is Bruce Bogtrotter in the Mafia?
c) Yes
d) No
31. How old do you think that Bruce Bogtrotter is?
e) 9 years
f) 10 years
g) 11 years
h) 12 years
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32. “suppurating little blister!” in this extract, what is meant by this?
e) Bruce has got a nasty blister
f) Bruce looks like a big blister
g) He is being compared to something poisonous
h) He is pink and fat
33. What are all the other children doing?
e) Watching with upturned faces
f) Watching the upturned face of Bruce Bogtrotter
g) Watching the upturned face of the Trunchbull
h) Chatting and ignoring what is going on
34. Who saw Bruce Bogtrotter eating the cake?
e) The Trunchbull
f) Matilda
g) The Headmistress
h) The cook
35. Why does Bogtrotter thank the cook?
e) He is really grateful for such a lovely cake
f) He is a gentleman and knows that he should thank the cook
g) It was a particularly good meal
h) He only does it because he is forced to
36. Does Bruce Bogtrotter admit to having stolen the chocolate cake?
e) Yes, he is tricked into owning up.
f) Yes, he owns up willingly.
g) No, he doesn’t own up.
h) No, he avoids answering the question.
37. What is dangerous about the Trunchbull?
e) She has very sharp teeth
f) She is unpredictable
g) She has a large dog
h) She is too heavy for the stage and may fall
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38. What was the Trunchbull wearing?
e) It doesn’t say
f) Green skirt
g) Green trousers
h) Black trousers
39. In this extract, Bruce Bogtrotter is described as “this foul carbuncle, this poisonous
pustule”. Is this an example of:
e) Alliteration
f) Metaphor
g) Personification
h) Simile
40. Which one of the following must be true?
e) Bruce Bogtrotter ate the whole cake.
f) Matilda knew that Bruce had eaten the cake.
g) The Trunchbull liked cake.
h) The children were well fed.
Writing Task
Choose one of the following for your writing task. Remember to spend at least 5 minutes
planning what you are going to write. Plan a beginning, middle and end.
1. A newspaper report: The Cat with 9 Lives
2. Story: A medal at the Olympics
3. Recount: My best Holiday
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