Year 7 ICAS English 5-Question Sample

Question 1 of 5 Voice

From the writer's exact wording, how is the reader positioned by the final judgement in "The Map With No Names"?

A The reader is asked to make a careful judgement rather than accept the first impression. B The reader is told to ignore every detail in the passage. C The reader is positioned as someone who already knows the answer without reading. D The reader is asked to treat the title as unrelated.

Question 2 of 5 Vocabulary

From the detail that changes the meaning, what is the effect of the wording in "The rain removes the result, but it gives the speaker something quieter to hear."?

A It tells the reader to ignore all the earlier evidence. B It has no connection with the main idea. C It makes the reader reconsider the first impression instead of accepting it too quickly. D It proves that the title is unrelated to the passage.

Question 3 of 5 Comprehension

From the strongest evidence in the source, which option gives the best summary of the whole text?

A An 1856 map leaves land unlabelled although the survey notebooks recorded twenty-two place names. B A speaker accepts a bus route's poor average but argues it conceals thirty-one dependent early passengers. C An award is dominated by self-nominations, so the speaker proposes nominations come from others instead. D A poem describes an unopened letter for four stanzas and makes the refusal to open it the point.

Question 4 of 5 Vocabulary

For a grammar practice item during revision, which word correctly completes the sentence: "The library stayed ____ during the exam."

Language convention

Item	Task
The library stayed ____ during the exam.	choose the correct English

A quite B quiett C quiet D qiet

Question 5 of 5 Structure

When separating fact from judgement, use the layout diagram. What does the placement of the side note most likely show?

A It is more important than the heading and all main evidence. B It supports the main evidence but is not the central idea. C It is unrelated to the text because it is in a box. D It proves the passage has no structure.

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