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1 ICAS English Practice Questions Year 2 © EAA Educational Assessment Australia eaa.unsw.edu.au ICAS International Competitions and Assessments for Schools DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOKLET UNTIL INSTRUCTED. STUDENT’S NAME: Read the instructions on the ANSWER SHEET and fill in your NAME, SCHOOL and OTHER INFORMATION. Use a 2B or B pencil. Do NOT use a pen. Rub out any mistakes completely. You MUST record your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. ENGLISH Mark only ONE answer for each question. Your score will be the number of correct answers. Marks are NOT deducted for incorrect answers. Use the information provided to choose the BEST answer from the four possible options. On your ANSWER SHEET fill in the oval that matches your answer. Questions may sometimes be placed next to each other. Make sure you read ACROSS the page and answer the questions in the correct order. You are NOT allowed to use a dictionary or an electronic translator. 2 YEAR Practice Questions

ICAS English Practice Questions Year 2 © EAA 2 Read Tom’s morning and answer questions 1 to 4. The alarm clock buzzed and Tom jumped out of bed. He had been looking fo\ rward to the School Sports Day for a long time. Now it had finally arrived.

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 pictu\ re? Object Location (A) jeans bed (B) cap windowsill (C) watch drawer (D) packet of juice bedside table 3. The word ‘finally’, as it is used in the text, 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

ICAS English Practice Questions Year 2 © EAA 1 Acknowledgment Copyright in this booklet is owned by Educational Assessment Australia, \ UNSW Global Pty Limited, unless otherwise indicated. Every effort has been made to trace and ackn\ owledge copyright. Educational Assessment Australia apologises for any accidental infringement and welcomes information to redress the situation. Educational Assessment Australia eaa.unsw.edu.au © 2013 Educational Assessment Australia. EAA is an education group of UNSW Global Pty Limited, a not-for-profit provider of education, training and advisory services and a wholly owned enterprise of the University of New South Wales. ABN 62 086 418 582 Sources Pages 2–3 “Tom’s morning” text and images © EAA 2012. YEAR 2 The following year levels should sit THIS Paper: A ustralia Year 2

ICAS English Practice Questions Year 2 © EAA 4 TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS Example: Choose the option that best completes the sentence. Y ou should take an umbrella it might rain. (A) but (B) because (C) when (D) if The answer is because B, as shown. D C B A D C B A D C B A D C B A D C B A D C B A Y our pri vac y is assured as EAA fully complies with appropriate Austr alian pri vac y legislation. Visit www .eaa.unsw.edu.au for more details. E In te rn atio nal C om petit io ns a nd A sse ssm ents f or S ch o ols I C A S YEAR 2

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LEGEND Area refers to the particular cur riculum area or strand assessed by the question. RL R eading – Literary questions which r equire students to compr ehend and interpret texts such as stories, poems, extracts fr om novels, r eviews, plays RF R eading – F actual questions which r equire students to understand and interpr et information and a rgument te xts, including te xts which incorporate diagrams, tables and images fr om a range of cur riculum areas, e.g. reports, editorials, advertisements, explanations TD T extual devices questions which require students to r ecognise and to interpr et textual devices which include fig urative and rhetorical language (e.g. metaphor , r hetorical question, pun) and te xt conventions (e.g. use of differ ent font sizes and types, captions) SYN Syntax questions about accuracy and clarity within sentences or te xts (e.g. pronoun r efer ence, tense) and t he r ecognition of grammatical terms (e.g. noun, main clause) V OC V ocabulary questions about the meaning of wor ds or phrases Level of difficulty refers to the e xpected level of difficulty for the question. Easy more than 70% of candidates will choose the cor rect option Medium about 50–70% of candidates will choose the cor rect option Medium/Har d about 30–50% of candi dates will choose the cor rect option Har d less than 30% of candidates will choose the cor rect option QUESTION KEYDESCRIPTION OF SKILL AREALEVEL OF DIFFICUL TY 1 DIdentify a character’s action in a visual te xt with a short introduction RL Easy 2 ALocate an object in a visual te xt with a short introduction RL Medium 3 CInterp ret the meaning of a wor d in a visual text with a short introduction : finally V OC Medium/Har d 4 AIdentify a sound in a visual t ext with a short introduction TD Easy/Medium 5 BIdentify the cor rect verb to complete the sentence SYN Easy