ENGLISH LANGUAGE CONTEST
Sponsored by:
FOX
2014
International English FOX competition
KITTENS
Primary school, grades 3 & 4. The duration of the competition is 75 minutes.
The answers must reflect the competito rs own work and during the competition, no help is allowed.
Good Luck!
3 point questions
1.
A) There’s a bed in the bedroom.
B) There’s bed in the bedroom.
C) There’re a bed in the bedroom.
D) There’re a beds in the bedroom.
2.
When red and yellow are mixed together they make:
A) green
B) orange
C) grey
D) silver
3.
A) it’s nonsense!
B) that’s right.
C) it’s my mum.
D) I’m not sure.
4.
Pussy cat, pussy cat
Where have you been?
I’ve been to London
To visit…
A) the King
B) the Queen
C) James Bond
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D) the Prince
5.
In The Wishing Fish,
A) Your wish is granted.
C) Your wish comes true.
B) Your wish will be made.
D) Your wish is done.
4 point questions
6.
The correct ones are:
1. a - I have eight years.
b - I am eight.
2. a - They are boxs.
b - They are boxes.
3. a - It’s half past nine.
b - It’s half to nine.
4. a - John can to play football.
b - John can play football.
5. Do you like reading?
a - Yes, I do.
b - Yes, I am.
A) 1a, 2b, 3a, 4a, 5a
C) 1b, 2b, 3a, 4b, 5a
B) 1b, 2b, 3b, 4b, 5a
D) 1a, 2a, 3a, 4b, 5b
7.
A) There are two stones in the left
top corner.
B) The pond is in the background.
C) You can see three hills in the
background.
D) There is a little cottage in the left
bottom corner.
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8.
9.
10.
”All day, she cooked and scrubbed; at night, she had to sleep on a straw mat by the kitchen fire
among the cinders.”
A) Snow White
C) The Princess and the Frog
B) Cinderella
D) Sleeping Beauty
The name of the famous ship that went down under water in 1912 was:
A) the Apollo
C) the Queen Mary
B) the Titanic
D) the Black Pearl
The Wishing Fish starts with:
A) Once, long ago, there lived a boy called Omar.
B) Once a little boy called Omar met the Wishing Fish.
C) Once upon a time there lived a boy called Omar.
D) Long time ago, there lived a boy called Omar.
5 point questions
11.
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13.
14.
….. bike is that?
A) Who
C) Who’s
B) Whose
D) Which
Match:
1. scissors
a. drawing
2. brush
b. cut-out
3. pencil
c. pot
4. clay
d. glue
5. paper
e. carving
6. wood
f. painting
A) 1b, 2e, 3d, 4f, 5c, 6a
C) 1f, 2a, 3c, 4b, 5d, 6e
B) 1a, 2d, 3b, 4e, 5f, 6c
D) 1b, 2f, 3a, 4c, 5d, 6e
Tomcat is:
A) a cat called Tom
C) a big cat
B) a ‘he’ cat
D) a kitten
The Statue of Liberty is in:
A) London
B) New York
C) Washington
D) Toronto
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15.
In The Wishing Fish,
SPLEASENAFAULTKSTUPIDECHANYTHINGARMSHEEPEFOODR
cross out the letters you need for the words in the sentences:
1. ….., let me go!
2. This is all my ….. .
3. ….. fish!
4. ….. you want.
5. Make all the ….. disappear.
6. Now, this money is for ….. .
The word you have now is:
A) a man who knows magic
B) a dangerous animal
C) a place where Omar lived
D) an animal that helps shepherds
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