Year 6 ICAS English 5-Question Sample

Question 1 of 5 Comprehension

Nia stands up with the script closed under her arm. What does the closed script show the reader about her?

A She has decided to change some of Ruby's lines B She wants a clean copy of the script to work from C She knows the part without needing to read it D She has lost her place in the script that morning

Question 2 of 5 Comprehension

Mrs Antonov says she already knew that Nia was ready. What had told her?

A Ruby had said that Nia should take the part B Nia had asked for extra rehearsals after school C She had watched Nia mouth the lines all term D Nia had read the part aloud at the last rehearsal

Question 3 of 5 Vocabulary

Ruby arrives with "a voice like a rusty gate". What does that comparison tell you about the sound of her voice?

A It was loud and echoing B It was rough and scraping C It was high and sweet D It was slow and careful

Question 4 of 5 Author voice and purpose

The writer could have made Nia's chance look like pure luck. What keeps the story from reading that way?

A Ruby loses her voice at the worst possible moment B Mrs Antonov looks around the hall before deciding C The play opens only two days after that Thursday D Nia is shown working at the part for months first

Question 5 of 5 Sentence structure and grammar

Which sentence keeps the meaning of "She could speak, but not past the third row"?

A She could not speak until she had reached the third row B She spoke to the third row and then had to stop speaking C She was able to speak, but only the front rows could hear her D She could speak once the third row had finally gone quiet

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