PSLE EL 2018 Compre OE

PSLE EL 2018 Compre Open-ended

Please have your paper ready in front of you for this lesson.

Read the text. Take note of the main events.

Pay attention to the characters, their actions, feelings and thoughts!

Main events:

• Duck wandered into the Kims’ house

• Mrs Kim wanted to call a nearby animal shelter but never got to it

• One morning, Mrs kim falls

• No phone available

• Duck wanders into the house, leaves and comes back with Mr Amir, the neighbour

• Mrs Kim brought to the hospital and recovers

• Family decides to keep the duck

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the word persistent?

• A person’s sister acting as an assistant

• A person who is very determined to get things done and doesn’t give up

• A person who is very irritating

Open Ended

Q71. How can you tell from the first paragraph that the duck was very persistent? [2m]

Q71. Suggested answer:

The duck would always return to the Kims’ house despite being chased away by Mr Kim several times. It would also quack softly outside the house when the door was closed, and wanders in when the door opened.

Multiple Choice

Q72a. Which word from the first paragraph tells us that the duck enjoyed being in the Kims’ house?

• Strolling

• Persistent

• Contentedly

• Wandered

Multiple Select

Q72b. Which two words from the second paragraph tell us that the Kims did not enjoy the duck’s visits? Each word is found in a separate sentence.

• Resolve

• Invaded

• Unwelcome

• Removed

(line 7) However, despite her resolve to get their unwelcome visitor removed, she kept putting it off till a later date as she was very busy during that period.

Multiple Choice

What does the phrasal verb “put (something) off” mean?

• To save something for a later time

• To lay aside or postpone something

• To extinguish something

Open Ended

Q73a. So, what was the thing that Mrs Kim kept on postponing because she was busy?

Q73a. Suggested answer:

Mrs Kim calling a nearby animal shelter to take the duck away

(Line 12) That was when Mrs Kim knew she had to seek medical help quickly.

Multiple Choice

Mrs Kim knew that she had to seek medical help quickly when _____________.

• there was a sharp pain in her right ankle

• it (her ankle) had soon swollen to almost double its original size

Q73b. Suggested answer:

The moment when Mrs Kim’s ankle swelled to almost double its size.

(Line 12) That was when Mrs Kim knew she had to seek medical help quickly. She had accidentally left her handphone in the family car the night before, and by the time she remembered it earlier that morning, her husband had already driven off to work.

Open Ended

Q74. What is the order of events that occurred in the story?

• Mrs Kim needed a handphone to call for medical help.
• Mrs Kim realised she had left her handphone in the car.
• Mr Kim drove off with Mrs Kim’s handphone.

Multiple Choice

Q75a. The Kim family only had one phone to share amongst all the family members.

• True

• False

Q75a. Suggested answer:

(Reason) Mrs Kim left only her phone in the car. Everybody had their own personal handphone.

Open Ended

How did Mrs Kim know that the duck had entered the house as she was on the ground in pain?

Multiple Choice

Q75b. Mrs Kim found out that the duck was nearby when she saw its beak. True or false?

• True

• False

Q75b. Suggested answer:

Mrs Kim knew that the duck was nearby when she heard it quacking.

Open Ended

How did the duck’s presence make Mrs Kim feel better? [“How” signals that we need to look for methods!]

Q76. Suggested answer:

The duck helped to distract Mrs Kim from the pain in her ankle. (Line 28)

The sound of the repeated quacking was amusing to Mrs Kim and helped calm her down. (Line 20-21)

Multiple Choice

What was Mr Amir irritated about?

• Mrs Kim was not careful and hurt herself, causing him to have to go through the trouble of helping her.

• The duck was making a lot of noise and causing him disturbance.

Q77. Suggested answer:

Mr Amir was angry about the duck making a lot of noise at his house. (Line 33)

Open Ended

Q78a. What did Mrs Kim think happened when she fell down?

Open Ended

Q78a. What actually happened to her ankle?

Q78a. Suggested answer:

What Mrs Kim thought happened

Mrs Kim thought she had broken her ankle. (Line 17)

What actually happened

Mrs Kim had sprained her ankle. (Line 35-36)

Open Ended

Q78b. What did Mrs Kim think happened when the duck flew out of the door?

Open Ended

Q78b. What actually happened when the duck flew out of the door?

Q78b. Suggested answer:

What Mrs Kim thought had happened

Mrs Kim thought the duck had abandoned her. (Line 27)

What actually happened

The duck went to get help for Mrs Kim. (Line 29-30)

Multiple Choice

When we want to show that something has changed / is different from what is was before, we must ________________.

• Show how it was like at first.

• Show how it was like in the end.

• Show how it was like at first and how it was like in the end as well to compare.

Multiple Choice

Even though Q79 is a 1-mark question, how many parts must you have in your answer?

”How is this different from how they felt about the duck at the start of the story?”

• 1

• 2

Open Ended

Q79. How did the children feel about the duck before the incident?

Open Ended

Q79. How did the children feel about the duck after the incident?

Q79. Suggested answer:

At first, the children resented the duck. After the incident, the children did not mind having the duck in the house.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following kinds of animals would be give names to?

• Wild animals

• Pets

Open Ended

Why do we give names to our pets?

Open Ended

How do people decide on the names that they give their pets? What would they think about when coming up with meaningful names for their pets?

*Think about why some parents name their children “Faith” or “Charity”!

Q80. Suggested answer:

Mrs Kim named the duck as a form of endearment as the duck had almost become something like a pet to her after the incident. [1m]

The name was meaningful as it was the duck’s quacks that had helped her when she fell. [1m]