Year 5 (SK) Zone B (East)

At A Glance

Look at the cover of the book. It tells you something about the story. Answer the questions
below.

1. The title of the story is ________________________________.

2. The writer of the story is _____________________________.

3. How many children are there on the book cover?

_______________________________________________________

4. Do you think the children have a pet? What is it? Why do you say
so?
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________

5. Describe what each child is doing?

(a) The girl is __________________________________________

(b) She is ______________________________________________

(c) The boys are _________________________________________

(d) They are ____________________________________________

6. From the title of the story, guess what the story is about.
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________

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Explore the Story

A Complete the story with the correct words.

Glen Oscar parents missing fainted

fall sick worried wishes careful Sara

better school wishing Grandpa Swan

The Swans were an average family. The children, Sara, Gary and
Glen went to (1) _______________ and their parents worked hard.
(2) _______________ stayed at home. He kept an eye on the children
when their (3) _______________ went to work. Sara and her two
brothers were always (4) _______________ for something or other.
Grandpa Swan warned them to be (5) _______________ about
what they wished for. (6) _______________ wished that Jeremy Simes
would drop dead and he (7) _______________. Then, she wished
(8) _______________, the dog would go away. Then, he went
(9) _______________. She made more wishes and they all come true.
(10) _______________ and Garys wishes were also coming true.
They wished they would (11) ________________ because they did
not want to go to school. The next day, they fell sick. Sara was
(12) ________________ for her brothers. She promised not to make
any more (13) ________________. When she went home that day,
she found her brothers were feeling much (14) _______________.
Grandpa Swan had told them to wish themselves better. He
reminded the children to be careful about what they wished for. He said,
sometimes, wishes come true for things we may not really want.

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B The story took place over several days. Write what happened each day.

Thursday Friday

1 ________________________ 1 ________________________

________________________ ________________________

_________________________ ________________________
2 Jeremy Simes was
unconscious for 10 minutes. 2 Oscar went missing.

Friday midnight/early The weekend

Saturday

__________________________ __________________________

__________________________ __________________________

__________________________ __________________________

Monday Tuesday

1 ________________________ 1 Gary and Glen were very sick.

________________________ 2 ________________________

2 Gary and Glen attended a _________________________

birthday party.
3 ________________________

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The People in the Story

A Complete the sentences about the Swan family.

mother Oscar father office

Grandpa Swan Gary Glen grandfather

1 Sara lived with her _______________ and father, her two bothers and her
_______________.

2 _______________ and _______________ are Saras brothers.

3 The Swan family dog was called _______________.

4 Her mother worked in an _______________.

5 Her _______________ was in charge of a local hardware store.

6 _______________ keep an eye on the children when Saras parents were at work.

B Underline the sentences which are true about two characters in the story.

1 She cares about people.

2 She does not like to go to school.
Sara 3 She likes to makes wishes.
4 She is a good gymnast.
5 She loves her family.
6 She does not like to go for training.

1 He used to be a priest.
2 He goes to work every day.
Grandpa 3 He does not listen to his grandchildren.
Swan 4 He is a wise man.
5 He likes to give advice.
6 He loves his grandchildren.

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The Message

A Match the sentence parts.

1 You must be careful for what

you wish for because
avoid making decisions
you will regret later.

2 Always wish for nice things

for
wishing them well.

3 We must listen to our parents

and elders because you may get something
you do not really want.

4 Show you love and care for

your family and friends by just wishing for it.

5 Listen to good advice to help

you your family and friends.

they give good advice.

6 You must not hope to get
something by

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B Complete the sentences.

bad things to happen help you grow good thoughts

regret them later what you wish for express good wishes

1. Be careful of _____ 2. Always have

________________ ________________
You may get a wish ________________
you do not really and good
want. wishes for
people.

3 Do not wish for 4 Parents and

________________ elders give
________________ advice to ______
to other people. _______________
_______________

5 You should always 6 Do not make

__________________ wishes in anger.
__________________ You will_________
to your family and ________________
friends.

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 Year 5 (SK) Zone B (East)

Story 1: The Walking Box

A Complete the story with the words.

tickles dog disappears leave

old woman gentle box rough
road garden angry young
frightens bush underneath drops

Ing Zhuang loves his kitten. Ing Zhuang and his little brother like to play with her. He
is (1) _______________ with the kitten but his little brother is (2) _______________
with her. Ing Zhuang (3) _______________ the kitten and feeds her milk. His little
brother holds her tightly, (4) _______________ her to the ground and often
(5) _______________ her. Ing Zhuang tells his little brother to (6) _______________
his kitten alone. He tells his little brother that he is too (7) _______________ to play
with the kitten.
One day, the kitten (8) _______________. Ing Zhuang looks for her. He sees
a (9) _______________ moving around in the (10) _______________. He follows it
down the (11) _______________. Along the way, an (12) _______________, an old
man and a (13) _______________ follow Ing Zhuang after the box. The box crashes
into a (14) _______________. Ing Zhuang finds his kitten (15) _______________ the
box. He wonders who put his kitten under the box.
Then, his little brother owns up. He was (16) _______________ with Ing
Zhuang for telling him not to play with his kitten. He promises not to do it again. He is
very sorry. Ing Zhuang is not angry with his brother. They go back together.

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B Arrange the sentences to show the journey of the box.

1. It went down the road.

2. After that, it hit a bush.

3. The box moved around in the garden.

4. Then, it went out of the gate.

5. It went down the hill and up the hill.

6. It went around the corner.

7. Ing Zhuang caught it.

8. The box stopped moving.

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C Complete the sentences.

not be cruel be kind to animals must take care

be rough Take good care is good

1. We must _________ 2. Do not _______

________________.
_____________
They are living
things too. to your pets.

3. Having a pet 4. Pets can be fun

_____________ to have but you
It can be your _________________
playmate. of them too.

5. _______________ 6. Do not
_______________ ________
of your pets. ______________
They can be
when you play
loyal friends.
with your
pets.

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Story 2: The Best Fishermen

A Complete the sentences below.

coconuts arguing bananas salted fish boats

nets Kampung dried Kampung Kelapa fish
Pisang
men damaged rice torn scolded women

1 The two villages were called ____________________ and ______________________.

2 They villagers planted rice, ____________________ and ____________________ .

3 The men went out to sea to catch ____________________.

4 The villagers ____________________ and salted the extra fish they caught.

5 The people in the villages ate ____________________ and ____________________

when the men could not go out to fish.

6 After a long rainy season, the men of Kampung Kelapa found their boats were

____________________ . The men of Kampung Pisang found their nets were

____________________ and tattered.

7 The ____________________ told the men to use each others boats and nets.

8 The ____________________ wanted to know how they were going to share out the fish.

9 The men of Kampung Kelapa said they should have the best catch because the

____________________ were theirs.

10 The men of Kampung Pisang said they should the best catch because the

____________________ were theirs.

11 The men spent the whole day ____________________.

12 The women came back in the evening and found the men arguing with no fish caught.
They ____________________ the men and went home angrily.

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B Complete the table below.

The men argued about 1 ___________________

Cause of the
_______________________________________ argument

_______________________________________

The men of Kampung The men of Kampung

Pisang said that they should Kelapa said that they should
What the
2 _____________________ 5 _____________________ men said

_____________________ _____________________

They said this because They said this because

boats are 3 _____________ nets are 6 _____________

The reason
___________________ and ___________________ and

the other mens nets were the other mens boats were

4 _____________________ 7 _____________________

______________________ ______________________

What they
The men should should have
done
8 _______________________________

________________________________

9 _______________________________

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C Complete the sentences.

be greedy a little of everything find a solution

spend your time arguing Share things equally not get anything

1. Do not ________ 2. You should _____

______________ ______________
You must learn instead of arguing.
to share.

3. 4. When you
______________ are selfish and
greedy, you
______________ may _______
so everyone ______________
can benefit.

5. Sharing 6. It is silly to ______

helps you ________________.
enjoy Find a solution
which benefits
____________
everyone.
____________

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Story 3: What a Night!

A Complete the story with the words.

snoring earplugs clothes pegs sleep bag

woke living room Father Bear breathe lonely
Mother Bear cry peacefully Baby Bear

The Sun Bears were asleep together. Then (1) _______________ woke up
because of Father Bears (2) _______________. She told him to
stop snoring. Then, she went back to (3) _______________. After
that, she started to snore. Now, her snoring woke (4) _______________ up.
He (5) _______________ her up and then he went back to sleep.
Soon, Father Bear started to snore again. His loud snoring woke up
(6) _______________. Baby Bear began to (7) _______________ loudly.
Mother Bear woke Father Bear up. Mother Bear and Father
Bear tried to think about how they could get some sleep without waking
one another up with their snoring.
First, they put (8) _______________ on their noses. But then they
could not (9) _______________ so they took them off. Father Bear decided
to go to the (10) _______________ to sleep. But soon he came back because
he felt (11) _______________ there. After that, he got three pairs of (12)
_______________ from his (13) _______________. So Father Bear, Mother
Bear and Baby Bear put on the earplugs and went to sleep.
Finally, they slept (14) _______________. Now, each of them could
not hear the different sounds they all made.

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B Complete the sentences below.

he felt lonely in the living room three pairs of earplugs

Father Bears snoring woke cried loudly she began to snore
her up
good nights sleep loud snoring to wake to put clothes pegs on their
Baby Bear up nose
Father Bear and Mother Bear hear anything Mother Bears loud snoring
would not be able to breathe disturbed him

1 Mother Bear woke up because _____________________________________________

2 She woke up Father Bear because she did not want his __________________________

______________________________________________________________________

3 When Mother Bear went back to sleep, ______________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

4 Father Bear could not sleep because _________________________________________

5 Baby Bear ___________________________ when he woke up.

6 Mother Bear suggested ___________________________________________________

so they would not snore. This was not a good idea because _______________________

______________________________________________________________________

7 Father Bear said he would sleep ____________________________________________

but he returned to the room because _________________________________________

8 Father Bear took out _____________________________________________________

and everyone put on a pair.

9 None of them could ______________________________________________________

10 Everyone had a ________________________________________________________

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C Read the statements. Write (T) for True statements and (F) for False statements.

1 Baby Bear snores loudly. ( )

2 Father Bear woke Baby Bear with his loud snoring. ( )

3 Mother Bear took three pairs of earplugs from her bag. ( )

4 Mother Bear slept in the living room. ( )

5 Baby Bear cried loudly. ( )

6 Father Bear took three pairs of earplugs from his bag. ( )

7 Each put a pair of earplugs on their ears. ( )

8 Mother Bear put a clothes peg on Baby Bears ears. ( )

D Complete the sentences.

Do not disturb good nights sleep study well the next day

1. Everyone If you sleep

needs a well, you will
be able to _____
___________
_________________
____________ _________________

3. Sleep is important.
___________________
___________________
people when they are
sleeping.

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Story 4: The Cake that Grew

A Complete the sentences below in your own words.

1 One day, ____________________ and ____________________ helped

their mother to bake a cake.

2 Mum told Amnah to put ______________________________ into the

flour. Instead she put _______________________________________

3 Mum mixed the batter and put it in ____________________________

4 A strange thing happened. The cake in the oven began _____________

_________________________________________________________

5 It oozed out onto the ___________________________ and into the

_________________________________________________________

6 The cake rose up to their ____________________________________

7 The girls and Mum got _____________________________________

in the mixture.

8 When Dad came home, he ____________________________ them out.

9 The cake lost its __________________________________ and stopped

_________________________________________________________

10 The family took _____________________________ to clean the house.

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B Choose the best answer.

1 How much baking powder was Amnah told to add?

A A teaspoonful
B A packet
C A cup

2 What did Mum do before putting the cake mixture into the oven?
A She mixed the flour.
B She mixed the batter.
C She added some flour.
D She added some baking powder.

3 What was the strange thing that happened?

A The cake lost it puff.
B The cake did not rise.
C The cake began to grow.

4 Why did the cake grow?

A Mum mixed the batter too much.
B Mum left the cake too long in the oven.
C Amnah put too much flour in the mixture.
D Amnah added a whole packet of baking powder.

5 How did Sharina, Amnah and Mum get out of the cake mixture?
A Dad switched off the oven.
B They pulled themselves out.
C Dad pulled them out one by one.
D They slowly walked out of the mixture.

6 Why did the cake stop growing?

A It ran out of air to grow.
B It ran out of space to grow.
C It ran out of mixture to grow.

7 How long did it take the family to clean the house?

A One hour
B One day
C One week
D One month

8 How does Amnah feel at the end of the story?

A She does not like cakes anymore.
B She does not like cleaning the house.
C She does not like helping her mother.

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 Year 5 (SK) Zone B (East)

Poem 1: Reflection

Complete the sentences.

1 We can see our reflection in ____________________

2 When she says she sees Lots of things, the girl means __________________________

3 The phrase But mostly me means ________________________________________

4 Name four places in a house where you will find a mirror.

(i) ____________________ (iii) ____________________
(ii) ____________________ (iv) ____________________

Poem 2: Who Is It?

Answer the questions below.

1 Who is ME in the poem?

A A teenage boy
B A teenage girl
C A five-year old boy
D A five-year old girl

2 What is ME learning about?

A Parts of her body
B Parts of a building
C Places in her school
D Places outside her house

3 How does ME feel? Circle the correct words.

sad lonely excited happy

4 Rearrange the letters to write the parts of the body.

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 (a) eey - ____________________

(b) seno - ___________________

(c) gles - ___________________

(d) eetf - ___________________

(e) eras - ___________________

(f) rmas - __________________

(g) ecnk - __________________

(h) leowb - _________________

(i) neek - ___________________

Poem 3: When I Was Small

Answer the questions below.

1 When we are small, things look ____________________ to us.

2 When we grow bigger and taller, they look ____________________ to us.

3 Name three things that seem big when we are small.

(i) ____________________
(ii) ____________________
(iii) ____________________

Poem 4: Stretching

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Answer the questions below.

1 What happens when the girl stretches her body?

A She becomes younger. C She looks pretty.
B She becomes fitter. D She looks taller.

2 What happens when the girl stretches her hands?

A Her fingers look longer. C Her fingers look healthier.
B Her fingers become stronger. D Her fingers become thinner.

3 What happens when the girl stretches her legs?

A Her legs look longer. C Her legs become thinner.
B Her legs look firmer. D Her legs become stronger.

4 What does she do when she stretches?

A She laughs. C She makes a sound.
B She shouts. D She makes a loud screech.

5 What happens when she stops stretching?

A She is longer. C She is back to her normal size.
B She is happy and healthy. D She has no more aches and pains.

Poem 5: This Is the Hand

Complete the sentences.

1 The boy touched __________________________________ after the frost made it numb.

2 In verse two, ______________________________________ went into the boys mouth

and never came out. This was because _______________________________________

3 In verse three, the soap was in _____________________________________________

4 The boy was sliding his hand around in the bathtub because ______________________

______________________________________________________________________

5 In verse four, ___________________________________ went missing.

6 The word numb in the poem means _______________________________________

7 The hot water bottle was used to warm the ___________________________________

Poem 6: The End

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Answer the questions below.

1 Who is I in the poem?

A A young girl C An old man
B A young boy D An old woman

2 According to the first verse, what had I begun to do?

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

3 According to the second verse, what was I still learning to do when he said nearly
new?
______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

4 According to verse three, what other things was I beginning to do?

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

5 When I was four years old, what did I most probably learned to do?
______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

6 Why do you think I says he was as clever as clever when he turned six years old?
______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

Poem 7: This Tooth

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Match the words to their meaning.

a. to move something from

1. jerk side to side quickly

b. to use your hands to

2. poke move something

c. to make something move

3. jiggle with sudden and sharp
movement

4. push d. to quickly push your

finger into something

Poem 8: In My New Clothing

Complete the sentences in your own words.

1 The boy is ________________________________________________________________

2 He is wearing _____________________________________________________________

3 He has put on _____________________________________________________________

4 He looks __________________________________________________ in his new clothes.

Poem 9: New Shoes

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Answer the questions below.

1 How long does it take for the boy to get used to his new shoes?
It takes him ____________________________________________________________

2 When does the boy feel bad?

______________________________________________________________________

3 How does the boy feel with his new pair of shoes on? Underline the correct answers.

(a) He feels like a new person. (d) He feels good.

(b) He feels lost. (e) He feels happy.

(c) He feels awkward. (f) He feels different.

Poem 10: Only the Lonely

Answer the questions below.

1 Who is I in the poem?

______________________________________________________________________

2 Why do you think I has never been able/To sit alone?

______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________

3 When is I alone?
______________________________________________________________________

4 Name three things that I want?

(a) ___________________________________________________________________

(b) ___________________________________________________________________

(c) ___________________________________________________________________
Poem 11: The Leader

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Answer the questions below.

1 What does the girl want to be?

______________________________________________________________________

2 How did the girl feel when she was made the leader? Why do you say so?
______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

3 Do you think the girl would make a good leader? Give reasons for your answer.
______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

4 What are the qualities of a good leader? Circle the words.

confident bossy reliable shy

responsible snobbish calm intelligent funny

Poem 12: Look-Alike

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Match the phrases with the meanings.

think-alike
think-alike share-alike
share-alike look-alike
look-alike play-alike
play-alike

speak-alike
speak-alike drink-alike
drink-alike cook-alike
cook-alike laugh-alike
laugh-alike

scream-
scream- joke-alike
joke-alike eat-alike
eat-alike hair-alike
hair-alike
alike
alike

1 look the same - ___________________________

2 have the same hairstyle - ___________________________

3 play the same games - ___________________________

4 eat the same things - ___________________________

5 share with each other - ___________________________

6 like the same drinks - ___________________________

7 speak the same way - ___________________________

8 have similar thoughts - ___________________________

9 scream the same way - ___________________________

10 laugh the same way - ___________________________

11 tell the same jokes - ___________________________

12 cook the same way - ___________________________

Poem 13: If I Could Only Take Home a Snowflake

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Complete the sentences.

1 Snowflakes look like tiny ______________________ that fall from __________________

2 They fall to the ground softly and ______________________

3 They come without a _______________________

4 They _____________________ without a sound.

5 The boy in the poem wishes that he could take home a snowflake to show his
________________________________ because they have ______________________
before.

Poem 14: Whistling

Below are words that describe different sounds. Read the clues and complete the crossword
puzzle.

1 When you talk softly

w

2 To sing with your mouth closed h

3 The sound a bird makes i

s
4 A pleasant, melodious sound

t
5 Another word for song
l
6 Song for babies
e
7 We make this sound when we
are afraid

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