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ICAS English Practice Questions Year 2 © EAA 2

Read the text and answer the questions that follow.

The alarm clock buzzed and Tom jumped out of bed. He had been looking forward to the School Sports Day for a long time. Now it had finally arrived.

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1. What is Tom doing in the picture?

(A) opening the curtains (B) drinking some juice (C) jumping on his bed (D) stretching his arms

2. Which option correctly matches the object with its location in the picture?

Object Location(A) jeans bed(B) cap windowsill(C) watch drawer(D) packet of juice bedside table

3. Theword‘finally’,asitisusedinthetext,means

(A) lastly.(B) for ever.(C) at long last.(D) in conclusion.

4. Which of these is a sound?

(A) ‘buzzed’(B) ‘jumped’(C) ‘looking’(D) ‘arrived’

For question 5 choose the CORRECT option to complete the sentence.

5. I love to _______ photographs.

(A) taken(B) take(C) takes(D) taking

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3 ICAS English Practice Questions Year 2 © EAA

1. What is Tom doing in the picture?

(A) opening the curtains (B) drinking some juice (C) jumping on his bed (D) stretching his arms

2. Which option correctly matches the object with its location in the picture?

Object Location(A) jeans bed(B) cap windowsill(C) watch drawer(D) packet of juice bedside table

3. Theword‘finally’,asitisusedinthetext,means

(A) lastly.(B) for ever.(C) at long last.(D) in conclusion.

4. Which of these is a sound?

(A) ‘buzzed’(B) ‘jumped’(C) ‘looking’(D) ‘arrived’

For question 5 choose the CORRECT option to complete the sentence.

5. I love to _______ photographs.

(A) taken(B) take(C) takes(D) taking

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QUESTION KEY KEY REASONING AREA LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY

1 D Identify a character’s action in a visual text with a short introduction TC Easy

2 A Locate an object in a visual text with a short introduction TC Medium

3 C Interpret the meaning of a word in a visual text with a short introduction: finally VOC Medium/Hard

4 A Identify a sound in a visual text with a short introduction WC Easy/Medium

5 B Identify the correct verb to complete the sentence SYN Easy

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Area refers to the particular curriculum area or strand assessed by the question.

TC Text comprehension questions which require students to comprehend information provided in the text as well as to interpret the information and use it to make inferences and predictions

WC Writer’s craft questions which require students to focus on the techniques, devices and choices that writers make to create an effect on the reader

SYN Syntax questions about accuracy and clarity within sentences or texts (e.g. pronoun reference, tense) and the recognition of grammatical terms (e.g. noun, main clause)

VOC Vocabulary questions about the meaning of words or phrases

Level of difficulty refers to the expected level of difficulty for the question.

Easy more than 70% of candidates will choose the correct optionMedium about 50–70% of candidates will choose the correct optionMedium/Hard about 30–50% of candidates will choose the correct optionHard less than 30% of candidates will choose the correct option

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Brunei Primary 2

Egypt Year 2

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Malaysia Standard 2

Middle East3 Class 2

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Singapore Primary 1

Southern Africa5 Grade 2

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