P6 Revision 1B Compre OE

P6 Revision 1B

Comprehension OE​

By Miss Lydia

Poll

Rate the Comprehension OE exercise!

• Easy peasy, lemon squeezy. (I'm bound to get 15 and above)

• It was a little tricky but I think it was alright in general

• Some of the words were too difficult for me to understand.

• I could not understand what was the passage about at all!

Open Ended

What are some themes that you can think of for this story.

(If this were a student's continuous writing piece, what would have been the question given in the exam?)

Open Ended

Summarise the passage in your own words.

(What are the main ideas of the passage?)

Multiple Choice

What type of question is Q71?

• Right there (RT)

• Think and Search (TS)

• Author and You (AY)

Draw

Highlight the evidence for Q71

Common errors

• Question states "eyes" - some answered with "it was getting weaker"

• Father's eyes were weak. (wrong because it gives a different meaning compared to saying the father's eyes were worsening)

Q71. Correct answer

They were growing weaker and weaker with age.

Multiple Choice

What type of question is Q72?

• Right there (RT)

• Think and Search (TS)

• Author and You (AY)

Draw

Highlight the evidence for Q72

Q72. Correct answer

Father could not see anything beyond a metre away (1m), even with his spectacles on (1m).

Draw

Highlight the 4-word phrase from paragraph 2 that tells you that the writer's father did not listen to her.

Multiple Choice

Will you still get marks if you copied the words wrongly?

(even if it's just "ear" versus "ears"?)

• Not a chance! No marks will be given because the meaning changes.

• Yes, I can still get marks. It's almost the same anyway.

Open Ended

What does the word "unfounded" mean in Q74?

(You may check the dictionary online to find out!)

Q74. Correct answer

(2) The writer tried to scare her father into going to see a doctor.

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(3) The writer's father's fears were unfounded.

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(1) The writer's father refused repeatedly to see an eye doctor.​

Open Ended

What does the word "exasperation" mean?

(You may search the online dictionary to find out)

Draw

Q75a. Highlight the word that tells us that the writer was getting more impatient with her father's refusals.

Draw

Q75b. Highlight the word that tells us the writer was trying very hard to convince her father.

Multiple Choice

Is this a feeling or a thought?

Father felt it was a waste of money seeing an eye doctor.

• Feeling

• Thought

Multiple Choice

Look at lines 3-5. The writer's father revealed (divulged) his apprehension when he was asked to visit the eye doctor.

What is the meaning of the word "apprehension"?

• anxiety and/or fear

• sadness

• annoyed

Q76a. Correct answer

When he was asked by the writer to visit the eye doctor, he felt anxious/fearful/scared/frightened/worried.​

Draw

Q76b. Highlight the hints that tell you how the writer's father felt when he was told by the writer that he would not be able to have games of chess with his friends anymore.

Open Ended

Q76b. What feelings does a person feel when they are

- Frowning

- With their arms folded?

Q76b. Correct answers

Upset

Angry

Frustrated​

Draw

Q76c. Highlight the clues that tell you how the writer's father felt when he thought he had to undergo a surgery.

Open Ended

Q76c. What feelings does a person feel when you see the phrase "turned pale"?

Q76c. Correct answers

worried

anxious

fearful

frightened

scared​

shocked (wrong - offered meekly shows that he was scared)​

Multiple Select

What is the function of a pronoun?

(e.g. she, he, it)

• Describes an action

• Prevents repetition

• Describes a noun that came before it

• Explains the reason for something

Draw

Q77a. Highlight what the word 'it' is referring to in the paragraph

Q77a. Correct answer

The writer's father sitting beside her

Open Ended

What is the meaning of 'mortification'?

mortification

great embarrassment and shame

Open Ended

What was the writer so embarrassed about that he would want to change the topic?

Q77b. Correct answer

The fact that he mentioned the wrong page on the writer's book

Q77c. Correct answer

see the eye doctor

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the word 'delay' found in Q78a?

• make something go faster

• make something go slower

• make something go at the original pace

Draw

Q78a. Highlight the evidence that tells us whether or not the father wanted to delay his visit to the doctor

Multiple Choice

Q78a. The writer's father wanted to delay his visit to the doctor.

• True, the writer wanted to delay his visit

• False, the writer did not want to delay his visit

Q78a. Correct answer

He came up with many excuses not to go to the doctor (line 2-3)

Open Ended

Look at line 16. Explain in your words what the writer meant by "I won't be driving you around anymore".

Guiding question:

What has she been doing in the past and what will she do differently in the present?

Multiple Choice

Q78b. The writer's father could drive around on his own.

• True, he could drive on his own.

• False, he could not drive on his own.

Q78b. Correct answer

He had to rely on his daughter to drive him around.

Multiple Choice

What does the word 'regretted' mean in Q78c?

• feeling of disappointment for something that was done wrongly

• feeling of happiness that something was done right

Multiple Choice

Q78c. The writer's father regretted going to the doctor's.

• True, he regretted going to the doctor.

• False, he did not regret going to the doctor.

Q78c. Correct answer

He commented that he should have gone to see the doctor earlier/long ago.

Draw

Q79. What are the two clues that tell us the different feelings that the writer's father felt?

Q79. Correct answer

• looked stunned at first --> dumbfounded (speechless)

• heaved a sigh of relief --> reassured (relieved)​

Multiple Choice

What type of question is Q80?

• Right there (RT)

• Think and Search (TS)

• Author and You (AY)

Open Ended

Let's imagine this together.

Father: I should have gone to the doctor long ago instead of letting my imagination go wild.

Writer: It's not too late, Pa.

Why did the writer say that to her father?

Q80. Correct answer

The writer wanted to comfort her father who was feeling regretful (1m) about delaying his visit to the eye doctor (1m).​