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HALF-YEARLY EXAMINATION ST. THOMAS MORE COLLEGE

2008 – 2009 ________________________________________________________________ YEAR 5 ENGLISH TIME: 20 mins

(LISTENING COMPREHENSION) TEACHER’S COPY

Guidelines for the conduct of the Listening Comprehension Examination

ALL INSTRUCTIONS ARE TO BE GIVEN IN ENGLISH

Resources______________________________________________________

Teacher: Reading Text and Questions Each pupil: Pen and Examination Paper

Introduction ________________________________________________________________

The teacher in charge distributes the examination paper to each pupil and asks the pupils to write their name, surname and class on the front cover.

THE TEACHER TELLS THE PUPILS THAT:

1. • S/He is now going to read a story called The Miser’s Gold.

• They are to listen carefully as s/he reads. • They are not to answer the questions or to write

anything whilst the teacher is reading.

(3 minutes)

2. • They are to open the exam paper and to look at the questions as they listen to her/him read the questions to them once.

(3 minutes)

3 • They are to close the exam paper and to listen carefully to her/him as s/he reads the passage a second time.

• They are not to answer the questions or to write anything whilst the teacher is reading.

(3 minutes)

4. • They are to answer the questions in numbers 1 to (5 minutes)

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12 by putting a tick in a box to show the correct answer and in numbers 13 to 18 to show whether each sentence is True or False.

5. • S/he is going to read the passage for the third time.

• They may complete any unanswered questions as the teacher reads.

(3 minutes)

6. • They are now going to check their answers and complete any unanswered questions, making sure they have ticked only one box for each question.

(3 minutes)

The Miser’s Gold

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1. Once upon a time there was a selfish old man. He lived all by himself in a little cottage. Now this old man had a big bag of gold. Every night he would take out his gold and count it.

2. ‘‘I am a rich man,’’ he said to himself, ‘‘All this gold belongs to me. I will keep

it in the chest. No one will ever get a share of it.’’ 3. One dark night a robber was passing the old man’s house. He saw the light

and looked through the window. At that moment the old miser was hiding his gold.

4. ‘‘Ah!’’ said the robber. ‘‘I will wait until the old man has gone to bed. Then I

will steal his money.’’ 5. Later that night the robber crept quietly into the miser’s house through an

open window. The old miser was fast asleep and did not hear him. The robber stole the bag of gold and ran away. There was a little hole in the bottom of the bag. One by one, the gold coins fell out. Soon the bag was empty. The robber was very angry. He lost all the gold. He could not find the money because it was too dark.

6. ‘‘I will sleep here in the forest,’’ he said to himself. It will be easy to find the

gold in daylight.’’ 7. At dawn next morning a strange thing happened. A good fairy came dancing

along the forest path. She saw all the gold coins scattered on the grass. 8. ‘‘Oh! Some one has stolen the old miser’s gold. What shall I do? If I give it

back to him, he will only hide it. He is such a mean and greedy man’’. 9. The fairy touched the gold coins with her magic wand. At once they changed

into lovely golden daffodils. ‘‘This is much better,’’ she said, ‘‘These flowers will make children happy.’’ Suddenly the fairy saw the sleeping robber. ‘‘This bad man must be punished,’’ said the fairy. ‘‘He should not take what is not his own.’’

10. She touched the robber with her magic wand and soon he was turned into a

small green creature. The robber awoke and tried to speak. Instead he made a horrid croaking sound. When he tried to run away, he found himself hopping about from place to place.

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HALF-YEARLY EXAMINATION ST. THOMAS MORE COLLEGE

2008 - 2009 ________________________________________________________________ YEAR 5 ENGLISH TIME: 20 mins

(LISTENING COMPREHENSION) STUDENT’S COPY

Name: _________________________

Class: _____________

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1. Where did the old man live?

a) In a forest.

b) In a cottage.

c) By the sea-side.

d) Near a lake. 2. What did the old man do every night?

a) He used to say the prayers.

b) He used to go for a walk in the forest.

c) He used to count his gold.

b) He used to water his plants.

3. Who happened to pass the old man’s house?

a) A brown bear.

b) A fairy.

c) A child.

d) A robber.

4. What did this person see through the window?

a) He saw the old man eating his supper.

b) He saw the old man hiding his money.

c) He saw the old man sleeping.

d) He saw the old man counting his money.

5. What did this person think to do?

a) He thought he would steal some wine.

b) He planned to steal the gold.

c) He thought he would sleep inside the cottage.

d) He planned to count the gold.

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6. From where did this person enter the old man’s house?

a) From the front door.

b) From an open window.

c) From the back garden.

d) From the back door. 7. Why didn’t the old man hear anything?

a) Because he was deaf.

b) Because he had the radio on.

c) Because he was asleep.

d) Because he was outside.

8. What caused the gold to fall out of the bag?

a) The gold fell out by magic.

b) The person who stole the bag left it open.

c) The robber did not hold the bag carefully.

d) There was a hole in the bag.

9. Why couldn’t the gold coins be found?

a) The gold coins disappeared.

b) The thick grass hid the gold coins.

c) The fairy picked up all the coins.

d) It was too dark.

10. When did the fairy visit the forest?

a) Very late at night.

b) After midnight.

c) At sunrise.

d) At sunset.

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11. What did the fairy do to the gold coins?

a) She gave them back to the old man.

b) She gave them back to the robber.

c) She changed the coins into flowers.

d) She took the gold coins for herself.

12. What did the fairy do the sleeping robber?

a) She changed the robber into a frog.

b) She changed the robber into a cat.

c) She changed the robber into a dog.

d) She changed the robber into a fish.

Tick the correct statement:

Eg. The title of the story is ‘A Bag of Gold Coins’. √

13. The old man lived with his family.

14. The old man kept the bag of gold coins in a chest.

15. The robber entered the house while the man was having a shower.

16. The robber was angry when he realised that he lost the gold coins.

17. The robber thought it would be easier to find the gold coins in the morning.

18. The fairy punished the robber for taking the old man’s money.

From 1 – 12 (1 mark each)

From 13 – 18 (½ mark each)

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