ENGLISH LANGUAGE CONTEST
Sponsored by:
FOX
2016
International English FOX competition
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Primary school, grades 5 & 6. The duration of the competition is 75 minutes.
The answers must reflect the competitors own work and during the competition, no help is allowed.
Good Luck!
3 point questions
1.
2.
We decorate many eggs …… Easter.
A) from
B) in
4.
5.
D) for
You read ‘g’ the same in …… pairs:
green – girl, gym – gum, giraffe – gipsy, strange – page, good – glue
A) 2
3.
C) on
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5
Lily, Myrtle, Iris, Daisy, Glad are names taken from the names of:
A) animals
C) Christmas dishes
B) flowers
D) Easter dishes
Walking through the jungle … What do I see? I see the loudest (1) …… under a tree.
Walking through the jungle … What do I see? I see the fastest (2) …… zipping by me.
Walking through the jungle … What do I see? I see the strongest (3) …… lifting up a tree.
Walking through the jungle … What do I see? I see the slowest (4) …… and it’s on me!
A) 1 – snake, 2 – elephant, 3 – lizard, 4 - lion
B) 1 – lion, 2 – lizard, 3 – elephant, 4 - snake
C) 1 – elephant, 2 – snake, 3 – lizard, 4 – lion
D) 1 – lion, 2 – elephant, 3 – lizard, 4 – snake
1. Why are you hiding?
2. Why are you laughing?
3. Why is he sleeping?
4. Why are you crying?
a. Because it’s sad.
b. Because I am afraid.
c. Because he is tired.
d. Because it’s funny.
A) 1-b, 2-d, 3-c, 4-a
B) 1-c, 2-d, 3-a, 4-b
C) 1-a, 2-c, 3-b, 4-d
D) 1-b, 2-d, 3-a, 4-c
6.
Jack finishes his protest with:
I want to stay in bed all day. But, I have to go to school today.
I want to meet my friends and play. But, I have to do my homework today.
I want to read comics all day. But, I have to clean my room. …… !
A) OK
B) No way
C) Today
D) Sad
7.
Winnie the Pooh has a …… shirt.
A) blue
B) red
C) black
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D) green
8.
"Hot cross buns, hot cross buns,
one a penny, two a penny, hot cross buns.
If you have …… daughters, …… them …… your sons,
one a penny, two a penny, hot cross buns."
A) some, give, to
C) two, make, for
B) no, give, to
D) any, buy, for
9.
In Gulliver in Lilliput, “We found a big piece of cloth which looks like a carpet.”
The guards found in Gulliver’s pocket:
A) a scarf
B) a handkerchief
C) an apron
D) a tie
10. In Gulliver in Lilliput,
“It’s
at the end of
. It makes
like
.”
A) a watermill, a noise, an engine, a chain C) an engine, a chain, a noise, a watermill
B) an engine, a noise, a chain, a watermill D) a chain, a noise , an engine, a watermill
4 point questions
11. I have …… friends and even …… classmates.
A) much, more
B) many, more
C) more, more
12. There are …… wrongly written words:
footbal, next, oringe, brother, tommorrow, poland
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
13. 1. It’s delicious.
a. tail
2. It’s high.
b. food
3. It’s hard.
c. iron
4. It’s long.
d. mountain
5. It’s smooth.
e. mirror
A) 1-b, 2-d, 3-c, 4-e, 5-a
B) 1-b, 2-d, 3-e, 4-c, 5-a
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D) most, most
D) 4
C) 1-b, 2-d, 3-c, 4-a, 5-e
D) 1-b, 2-a, 3-c, 4-d, 5-e
Owen and Ali are making sponge cakes to sell at the Summer Fair. For one sponge cake they need:
100g margarine
150g sugar
100g flour
2 eggs
A) 18; 500g
They have 18 eggs.
They can make …… sponge cakes, but they need …… sugar.
B) 9; 1350g
C) 9; 850g
D) 8; 1kg
15. I can’t believe the story. It’s too good to be …… .
A) nice
B) fair
C) fine
D) true
16. Tina: Pat, can I borrow your purple paint?
Pat: Sorry, I haven’t got any.
Tina: ……, I can use my red and blue paint.
A) Sorry
B) Never mind
C) Wow!
D) Me too
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17. Camelot is:
A) a castle
B) a dragon
C) a king
D) a horse
18. 1. What is the Sunday before Easter called?
a. The Easter eggs.
2. When is Holy Week?
b. Yes, they are.
3. Are chocolate eggs popular in Britain?
c. That Jesus died on the Cross.
4. What’s the name of the period
d. Palm Sunday.
of forty days before Easter?
e. Lent.
5. What do Christians remember on Good Friday?
f. On Good Friday
6. When are hot cross buns popular?
g. The week before Easter.
7. What does the Easter Bunny bring?
A) 1-d, 2-g, 3-b, 4-e, 5-c, 6-f, 7-a
C) 1-e, 2-g, 3-b, 4-d, 5-c, 6-f, 7-a
B) 1-e, 2-f, 3-a, 4-c, 5-b, 6-d, 7-g
D) 1-d, 2-c, 3-b, 4-e, 5-a, 6-f, 7-g
19. Gulliver in Gulliver in Lilliput, wasn’t called:
A) Man Mountain
C) Gulliver
B) Skyresh Bolgolam
D) Quinbus Flestrin
Dear King of ……,
The King of …… has invited me to
20. In Gulliver in Lilliput:
A) Lilliput, Blefuscu, Blefuscu
B) Blefuscu, Lilliput, Lilliput
C) Blefuscu, Lillipu, Blefuscu
D) Lilliput, Blefuscu, Lilliput
visit his country.
I’m going to …… today. I will see
you when I return.
Yours sincerely,
Gulliver
5 point questions
21. There are ….. verbs in the list that use –ied in past tense:
try, stay, play, enjoy, worry, carry, destroy, cry
A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5
22. There are …… correct forms of the words to describe music. Music can be …… .
beautiful, slowly, sad, old, loudly,
A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5
23. The shape that is in the wrong place is:
has 4 sides
sides have equal
length
A)
sides do not have
equal length
C)
does not have 4 sides
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B)
D)
24. 1) ……, can you pass me the book?
2) ……, let’s go swimming.
3) ……, the grass is too tall.
4) ……, I want some cake.
5) ……, how far is it to Manchester?
6) ……, where is the bird?
7) ……, what do we sing today?
8) ……, it’s very hot today.
9) ……, where are you going on holiday?
10) ……, how often do you play tennis?
a. Mr. Cage
b. Ms Coast
c. Mr. Coach
d. Ms Storm
e. Mr. Mower
f. Ms Page
g. Ms Bakers
h. Mr. Champion
i. Mr. Pool
j. Ms Chant
A) 1-f, 2-i, 3-e, 4-g, 5-c, 6-a, 7-j, 8-d, 9-b, 10-h
B) 1-c, 2-i, 3-d, 4-g, 5-h, 6-a, 7-e, 8-j, 9-b, 10-f
C) 1-h, 2-d, 3-b, 4-a, 5-c, 6-e, 7-i, 8-g, 9-j, 10-f
D) 1-h, 2-a, 3-i, 4-b, 5-j, 6-c, 7-g, 8-d, 9-f, 10-e
25. “Many happy returns of your ……!”
A) holidays
B) exams
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C) Easter
D) birthday
Teacher: “WHO DID THIS?!?!?!?! I WANT NAAAAMES!!!”
“……” Frank, who did it, to his friend.
A) Wow!
B) Hm.
C) Funny.
27. The name of Queen Elisabeth’s great grandson is:
A) George
B) William
D) Tee hee…
C) Harry
D) Charles
28. Maundy Money, which is a very famous U.K. Easter tradition, is /are …… on Maundy Thursday.
A) special coins which the Queen gives to poor people
B) the money which children get on Easter Monday
C) the money people collect for animals
D) the ceremony at Westminster Abbey
29. In Gulliver in Lilliput,
Gulliver had (3)…… .
He (1)…… and won a war
But what he (2)…… wanted
was to see England’s (4) …… .
You need it/them to:
A) throw
B) sail
1.
2.
3.
4.
C) fight
30. In Gulliver in Lilliput, Lilliput was at war with Blefuscu because:
A) Blefuscu broke their boiled eggs at the big end.
B) Blefuscu didn’t eat eggs broken at both end.
C) Blefuscu broke their boiled eggs at the small end.
D) Blefuscu stopped eating boiled eggs.
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