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ICAS English Practice Questions Paper A © EAA 2 Read Old Ginger Nut’s Holiday and answer questions 1 to 8. Old Ginger Nut ’s Holiday One Tree Farm Kangaroo Valley Dear Mum M OND ay When you left me at Grandad ’s I cried. Grandad said, ‘Come on, Old Ginger Nut. Dry those tears and let’s see if a unty Irene has got our tea ready. ’ I don’t like being called ‘Old Ginger Nut’! I want to come home. Tues D ay Bubbles made such a fuss and licked me all over. a unty Irene told me not to cuddle him as he had fleas. Grandad said, ‘ a few fleas never hurt anybody.’ I don ’t want to get fleas. I wish I was at home. We DN es D ay When I was helping a unty Irene collect eggs I found a rat’s nest. Grandad said , ‘Rotten pests, they’re a rotten nuisance!’ I’d like a pet rat when I get home. T H u R s D ay Grandad took me fishing in the creek this afternoon but we didn ’t catch any fish. Grandad kept saying , ‘We’ll have a fish as big as a whale in a minute. ’ a unty Irene cooked fish fingers for tea. I wish we had a creek at home. F RID ay We had a picnic today. a ll we could hear were bees buzzing. Grandad said , ‘It’s going to be a lot quieter next week without you buzzing around!’ a unty Irene says I’d better post this letter today; otherwise I’ll beat it home. Lots of love from Old Ginger Nut. P. s . PL ease let me stay here a little longer. I don ’t want to come home yet. Here I am at the farm. This is Bubbles.

3 ICAS English Practice Questions Paper A © EAA 1. Who wrote this letter? (A) Grandad (B) Aunty Irene (C) Old Ginger Nut (D) Old Ginger Nut’s mum 2. The word ‘pests’ is used to describe things which are (A) ugly. (B) dirty. (C) dangerous. (D) troublesome. 3. When Old Ginger Nut says ‘I’d like a pet rat’, the contraction ‘I’d’ is made up of the words (A) I did. (B) I had. (C) I could. (D) I would. 4. When Grandad says, ‘It’s going to be a lot quieter here next week without you buzzing around!’, he means (A) ‘Your constant noise keeps me as busy as a bee.’ (B) ‘I’ll miss you when you’re not here next week.’ (C) ‘You’re so noisy I can’t wait for you to go home.’ (D) ‘I’ll be able to work harder on the farm when you go.’ 5. On which day does the reader first notice a change in Old Ginger Nut’s feelings about staying with his grandfather? (A) Monday (B) Tuesday (C) Wednesday (D) Friday 6. Why are the words ‘M ONDAY ’ to ‘Fr IDAY ’ written in CAPITAL LETTE r S? (A) They are days of the week. (B) They are subheadings in the letter. (C) Old Ginger Nut is angry with his mother. (D) The writer wants to highlight important information.

ICAS English Practice Questions Paper A © EAA 4 7. Put these pictures into the correct order to show what Old Ginger Nut did during the week. The correct order for the pictures is (A) 4, 2, 1, 3 (B) 2, 4, 3, 1 (C) 3, 2, 1, 4 (D) 2, 3, 4, 1 8. If Old Ginger Nut wrote a story about his holiday, the best title would be (A) Holidays with Mum. (B) Helping Aunty Irene. (C) Fishing with Grandad. (D) My Time at Grandad’s. For questions 9 and\b 10 choose the best opti\bon. 9. Choose the sentence which is PUNCTUATED CORRECTLY. (A) The shaggy brown dog chased Michael’s cat up into the tree. (B) The shaggy brown, dog chased Michael’s cat up into the tree. (C) The shaggy brown dog chased Michaels’ cat up into the tree. (D) The shaggy, brown, dog chased Michaels’ cat up into the tree. 10. Lynette is very caring. She always thinks about other people. Which of the following words describes Lynette? (A) patient (B) reliable (C) considerate (D) independent

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ICAS English Practice Questions Paper A © EAA LEGEND Area refers to the particular curriculum area or strand assessed by the question. RL Reading – Literary questions which r equire students to comprehend and interpret texts such as stories, poems, extracts from novels, reviews, plays RF Reading – Factual questions which r equire students to understand and interpret information and argument texts, including texts which incorporate diagrams, tables and images from a range of curriculum areas, e.g. reports, editorials, advertisements, explanations TD Textual devices questions which r equire students to recognise and to interpret textual devices which include figurative and rhetorical language (e.g. metaphor, rhetorical question, pun) and text conventions (e.g. use of different font sizes and types, captions) SYN Syntax questions about accuracy and clarity within sentences or te xts (e.g. pronoun reference, tense) and the recognition of grammatical terms (e.g. noun, main clause) VOC Vocabulary questions about the meaning of wor ds or phrases QUESTION KEY DESCRIPTION OF SKILL AREALEVEL OF DIFFICULTY 1 C Interpret information in a personal recount to identify the writer RL Easy 2 D Infer the meaning of a word: pests VOC Medium 3 D Identify the parts of contraction in a personal recount SYN Easy 4 B Interpret the meaning of an idiomatic expression in a personal recount VOC Medium 5 C Identify the change in the writer’s tone in a personal recount RL Medium/Hard 6 B Identify the use of capital letters for subheadings TD Easy 7 B Synthesise a personal recount to sequence a set of illustrations RL Medium/Hard 8 D Identify the theme of a personal recount RL Medium 9 A Identify the correct use of list commas and the possessive apostrophe SYN Medium 10 C Synthesise a description to identify a character trait VOC Medium

ICAS English Practice Questions Paper A © EAA Level of difficulty refers to the expected level of difficulty for the question. Easy mor e than 70% of candidates will choose the correct option Medium about 50–70% of candidates will choose the cor rect option Medium/Hard about 30–50% of candidates will choose the cor rect option Hard less than 30% of candidates will choose the cor rect option