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Grade 5 English HL June Test + Memo

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About this resource

Help your Grade 5 learner prepare for the June examinations with this comprehensive ATP-aligned English Home Language practice test, complete with a full memorandum. The test is 40 marks and has a duration of 90 minutes.

The test includes:

  • Reading Comprehension – 15 marks: an informational text about the first video game console, assessing comprehension, sequencing events, true or false, extracting information, synonyms, gerunds and direct speech, as well as higher-order questions about the development of gaming.
  • Visual Text Analysis – 10 marks: interpreting a gaming sale advertisement, including prices, dates, discounts, target audience, online purchasing and analysing the visual features used to attract attention.
  • Summary Writing – 5 marks: reading an informational passage about the Nintendo Wii and summarising the key information into five sentences using no more than 50 words.
  • Language – 10 marks: pronouns, abstract nouns, present continuous tense, adjectives, passive voice, future tense, simple and compound sentences, as well as figures of speech including alliteration, assonance, consonance, personification, metaphor and simile.

ATP aligned | Total: 40 marks | Duration: 90 minutes | Full memorandum included | PDF format.

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