Grade 6 English placement test

Part A : Comprehension

Q- Read the passage carefully and answer the question below:

Sea Lions

Sea-lions bear some resemblance to seals, though they are much larger. When fully grown, they are from twelve to twenty feet in length, and from eight to fifteen feet in circumference; they are extremely fat, so that having cut through the skin, which is about an inch in thickness, there is at least a foot of fat before you come to either lean or bones.

Their skins are covered with short grey hair, but their tails and their fins, which serve them for feet on shore, are almost black. They have a distant resemblance to an overgrown seal, though in some particulars there is a manifest difference between them, especially in the males. These have a large snout, or trunk, hanging down five or six inches below the end of the upper jaw, which the females have not.

These animals divide their time equally between the land and the sea, continuing at sea all the summer, and coming on shore at the setting in of winter, where they reside during the whole of that season.in this interval they bring forth their young, and have generally two at birth, which they suckle with their milk, they being at first about the size of a full-grown seal. During the time these sea-lions continue on shore, they feed on the grass and small plants which grow near their banks of fresh-water streams.

They often, especially the males, have furious battles with each other, principally about their females; and we were one day surprised at the sight of two sea-lions goring each other with their teeth until they were covered with blood.

1. Sea lions look more like.

• fish

• lions

• dogs

• seals

Part A : Comprehension

Q- Read the passage carefully and answer the question below:

Sea Lions

Sea-lions bear some resemblance to seals, though they are much larger. When fully grown, they are from twelve to twenty feet in length, and from eight to fifteen feet in circumference; they are extremely fat, so that having cut through the skin, which is about an inch in thickness, there is at least a foot of fat before you come to either lean or bones.

Their skins are covered with short grey hair, but their tails and their fins, which serve them for feet on shore, are almost black. They have a distant resemblance to an overgrown seal, though in some particulars there is a manifest difference between them, especially in the males. These have a large snout, or trunk, hanging down five or six inches below the end of the upper jaw, which the females have not.

These animals divide their time equally between the land and the sea, continuing at sea all the summer, and coming on shore at the setting in of winter, where they reside during the whole of that season.in this interval they bring forth their young, and have generally two at birth, which they suckle with their milk, they being at first about the size of a full-grown seal. During the time these sea-lions continue on shore, they feed on the grass and small plants which grow near their banks of fresh-water streams.

They often, especially the males, have furious battles with each other, principally about their females; and we were one day surprised at the sight of two sea-lions goring each other with their teeth until they were covered with blood.

2. _____________ is the length of a fully grown sea-lion.

• twelve to twenty feet

• five feet

• two feet

• fifty feet

Part A : Comprehension

Q- Read the passage carefully and answer the question below:

Sea Lions

Sea-lions bear some resemblance to seals, though they are much larger. When fully grown, they are from twelve to twenty feet in length, and from eight to fifteen feet in circumference; they are extremely fat, so that having cut through the skin, which is about an inch in thickness, there is at least a foot of fat before you come to either lean or bones.

Their skins are covered with short grey hair, but their tails and their fins, which serve them for feet on shore, are almost black. They have a distant resemblance to an overgrown seal, though in some particulars there is a manifest difference between them, especially in the males. These have a large snout, or trunk, hanging down five or six inches below the end of the upper jaw, which the females have not.

These animals divide their time equally between the land and the sea, continuing at sea all the summer, and coming on shore at the setting in of winter, where they reside during the whole of that season.in this interval they bring forth their young, and have generally two at birth, which they suckle with their milk, they being at first about the size of a full-grown seal. During the time these sea-lions continue on shore, they feed on the grass and small plants which grow near their banks of fresh-water streams.

They often, especially the males, have furious battles with each other, principally about their females; and we were one day surprised at the sight of two sea-lions goring each other with their teeth until they were covered with blood.

3. _____________________ is the thickness of a sea-lion’s skin.

• about five inch in thickness

• about an inch in thickness

• about two inch in thickness

• about six inch in thickness

Part A : Comprehension

Q- Read the passage carefully and answer the question below:

Sea Lions

Sea-lions bear some resemblance to seals, though they are much larger. When fully grown, they are from twelve to twenty feet in length, and from eight to fifteen feet in circumference; they are extremely fat, so that having cut through the skin, which is about an inch in thickness, there is at least a foot of fat before you come to either lean or bones.

Their skins are covered with short grey hair, but their tails and their fins, which serve them for feet on shore, are almost black. They have a distant resemblance to an overgrown seal, though in some particulars there is a manifest difference between them, especially in the males. These have a large snout, or trunk, hanging down five or six inches below the end of the upper jaw, which the females have not.

These animals divide their time equally between the land and the sea, continuing at sea all the summer, and coming on shore at the setting in of winter, where they reside during the whole of that season.in this interval they bring forth their young, and have generally two at birth, which they suckle with their milk, they being at first about the size of a full-grown seal. During the time these sea-lions continue on shore, they feed on the grass and small plants which grow near their banks of fresh-water streams.

They often, especially the males, have furious battles with each other, principally about their females; and we were one day surprised at the sight of two sea-lions goring each other with their teeth until they were covered with blood.

3. _____________________ is the thickness of a sea-lion’s skin.

• about five inch in thickness

• about an inch in thickness

• about two inch in thickness

• about six inch in thickness

Part A : Comprehension

Q- Read the passage carefully and answer the question below:

Sea Lions

Sea-lions bear some resemblance to seals, though they are much larger. When fully grown, they are from twelve to twenty feet in length, and from eight to fifteen feet in circumference; they are extremely fat, so that having cut through the skin, which is about an inch in thickness, there is at least a foot of fat before you come to either lean or bones.

Their skins are covered with short grey hair, but their tails and their fins, which serve them for feet on shore, are almost black. They have a distant resemblance to an overgrown seal, though in some particulars there is a manifest difference between them, especially in the males. These have a large snout, or trunk, hanging down five or six inches below the end of the upper jaw, which the females have not.

These animals divide their time equally between the land and the sea, continuing at sea all the summer, and coming on shore at the setting in of winter, where they reside during the whole of that season.in this interval they bring forth their young, and have generally two at birth, which they suckle with their milk, they being at first about the size of a full-grown seal. During the time these sea-lions continue on shore, they feed on the grass and small plants which grow near their banks of fresh-water streams.

They often, especially the males, have furious battles with each other, principally about their females; and we were one day surprised at the sight of two sea-lions goring each other with their teeth until they were covered with blood.

4- The sea-lion uses its fins and tails when it is on shore as___

• feet

• wings

• shield

• defence

Part A : Comprehension

Q- Read the passage carefully and answer the question below:

Sea Lions

Sea-lions bear some resemblance to seals, though they are much larger. When fully grown, they are from twelve to twenty feet in length, and from eight to fifteen feet in circumference; they are extremely fat, so that having cut through the skin, which is about an inch in thickness, there is at least a foot of fat before you come to either lean or bones.

Their skins are covered with short grey hair, but their tails and their fins, which serve them for feet on shore, are almost black. They have a distant resemblance to an overgrown seal, though in some particulars there is a manifest difference between them, especially in the males. These have a large snout, or trunk, hanging down five or six inches below the end of the upper jaw, which the females have not.

These animals divide their time equally between the land and the sea, continuing at sea all the summer, and coming on shore at the setting in of winter, where they reside during the whole of that season.in this interval they bring forth their young, and have generally two at birth, which they suckle with their milk, they being at first about the size of a full-grown seal. During the time these sea-lions continue on shore, they feed on the grass and small plants which grow near their banks of fresh-water streams.

They often, especially the males, have furious battles with each other, principally about their females; and we were one day surprised at the sight of two sea-lions goring each other with their teeth until they were covered with blood.

5- What is the thickness of fat that lies between the skin of a sea-lion and its flesh?

• An inch of fat

• Two feet of fat

• A foot of fat

• Two inches of fat

Part B : Grammar

Q- What type of sentence is this?

Please light the candles on the cake.

• interrogative

• exclamatory

• declarative

• imperative

Part B : Grammar

Q- What type of sentence is this?

I brought my sweater to keep myself warm.

• interrogative

• exclamatory

• declarative

• imperative

Part B : Grammar

Q- Identify the verb tense in the sentence.

Izzy will run after her dog when he chases a cat.

• Past

• Present

• Future

• Adjective

Part B : Grammar

Q- Choose the correct present-tense verb.

Hector (promise, promises) to be on time from now on.

• promise

• promises