Apple International School, Dubai
Year 6 - English
Major Assessment 3 Revision sheet -2022 – 23
Section A: Reading and Response
[Link]: Fiction
Read the extract and answer the questions.
Give evidence from the extract to support your answers.
1. List any three features of the above given text.
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2. What did Zeljan Kurst do to disguise his appearance?
3. Is the text written in first person or second person? Give evidence.
4. Frame you own sentence using the word Encrypted based on the text you read.
5. Find two adverbials of time.
6. Find 1example of active voice
7. Find 2 examples of multi clause sentence in the story.
8. There are three paragraphs in the extract. Match (a-c) to the paragraphs (1-3).
a. decision _________________ b. thought ____________ c. disguise________________
II. Reading: Non- fiction. Read the extract and answer the questions.
9. What human activities are causing the destruction of tiger habitat?
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10. What do the tigers do which makes them unpopular with people?
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11. How much of their habitat have tigers lost in the last century?
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12. Find one word in the text which has the same meaning as the following definitions:
a) Paragraph 1 – Another word for amazing or astonishing.
b) Paragraph 2 – The name given to the territory of one tiger.
c) Paragraph 3 – The name given to an area where a group of people lives.
d) Paragraph 4 – Another word for disastrous
13. Find as many examples as possible of a multi-clause sentence. Underline the subordinate clause.
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Section B: Writing
III. Literature
14. Recollect the story Twelfth Night. Choose the name of the character in the box to answer the
questions.
Antonio Cesario Lady Olivia Orsino Sebastian
a. He is the ruler of the island.
b. He is really Viola in boy’s clothes.
c. She does not want to marry Orsino.
d. He is good friends with Sebastian and gives him some money.
15. Recollect the story Twelfth Night. Who is the speaker of each sentence?
a. ‘Please don’t give up hope.’
b. ‘I would be very happy to marry a man like him.’
c. ‘I will never marry any woman.’
d. ‘I must save him.’
16. How does Viola end up in Illyria?
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17. Who is Sebastian related to? Who is Antonio?
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18. Why is Viola mistakenly confused with her brother Sebastian?
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19. Who is Sir Toby? What do you learn about his character?
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IV. Writing
Read the instructions carefully. Do not forget to apply all the features of each text and to limit your word
text to 120 words.
Practice writing action thrillers with the prompts given:
❖ Write about a missing person nobody seems to know or remember.
❖ One moment your character is talking on the phone with a friend, and the next, the connection is
lost. Write a story about what follows.
❖ Your character sits down at their desk on a Monday morning and finds a completely unexpected
email in their inbox. Write about what happens next.
Your action thriller should have:
• Develop the dramatic tension.
• Consider sentence length.
• Use effective punctuation.
• Write three to four paragraphs.
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17. Practice writing letters.
❖ Write a letter to your Friend about an event that’s going to happen in your school/home.
Persuade your friend to be a part of the event.
❖ Write a letter to your friend to persuade him/her to visit Dubai Library. State reasons
– why he/she should visit the library.
Remember to include the following:
• The sender's address • First person form
• The date • Paragraphs
• Appropriate greeting
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Additional Grammar Practice Exercises
[Link] the below-mentioned sentences from Active Voice to Passive Voice
1. The puppy licked the bowl.
2. The insect bit the little girl.
3. The Boss played cricket.
4. Mr. Shyam teaches French.
5. Seema draws the sketch.
6. They revamped the hotel.
7. The student is studying the course.
8. Father baked the cookies on the weekend.
9. Have you completed your assignment?
[Link] has mastered the subject of design.
Fill in the blank with appropriate adverbials of time to complete each sentence.
1. I will complete my homework _______.
2. I was late for the meeting _________ .
3. Rohit got his salary credited _______.
4. I will visit my doctor _______.
5. To improve his skills, Rohan is attending weekend classes _______.
6. Open your books and start reading ______.
7. My friend completed his studies _______.
8. They go to the school _______.
9. I visit my home town _______.
10.A newspaper arrives _________.
