UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS

Cambridge International Primary Achievement Test

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ENGLISH 0841/01
Paper 1 May/June 2007
60 minutes
Candidates answer on the Question Paper.
No Additional Materials are required.

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Write your Centre number, candidate number and name in the spaces at the top of this page.
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Answer all questions. For Examiner's Use

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Spend 20 minutes on this section.

Biggest of the Big

Blue whale

Where it lives: deep ocean waters

Diet: small shrimp called krill

Description: Blue whales are the

biggest animals ever to have lived
on the earth. They are a light grey-
blue colour and have a slim profile
for most of the year.

Adult blue whales are about the weight of 25 adult elephants – heavier even than
the heaviest dinosaurs. However, although they are so heavy, they are amongst
the most beautiful and graceful of all the Earth’s creatures.

Blue whales eat during their 4 month long summer feeding season, then live off
their fat for the next 8 months. They usually feed at depths of less than 100
metres (330 feet) and their dives last up to about 20 minutes.

Polar Bear

Where it lives: Arctic

Diet: seals, fish, birds and small

mammals

Description: Polar bears are

covered in thick, water-repelling
fur. They are whitish in colour to
aid camouflage against the snow.

Polar bears, like other polar animals, have adapted to the cold weather at the
North Pole by developing a thick layer of fatty blubber which helps to protect
them against the cold.

The bears have an excellent sense of smell for locating prey and they can bound
across the ice at great speed when they are hunting. Polar bears are the largest
of all the world’s bears.

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White Rhinoceros

Where it lives: Southern Africa

Diet: trees and shrubs

Description: The white rhino is

really the ‘wide-mouthed rhino’, but
people mistook the name and
called it white. Like all rhinos, it has
a tough, leathery hide and is grey.

White rhinos are the second largest animals on land – only elephants are larger.
White rhinos have very poor eyesight, but they have good hearing and a very
sharp sense of smell. White rhinos can be dangerous for tourists in open topped
trucks because they will charge at things they can’t see clearly but feel
threatened by.

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Read Biggest of the Big and answer the questions.

1 Complete the table to show where each of the creatures lives.

Creature Where it lives

rhino
polar bear
blue whale

[1]

2 How have polar bears adapted to the cold?

[1]

3 Why are white rhinos dangerous for tourists? Tick (
) the best answer.

The rhinos have a good sense of smell.

The rhinos charge at the tourists.

The rhinos charge at the open topped trucks the tourists travel in.

The rhinos have poor eyesight.

[1]

4 Why are polar bears dangerous for seals?

[1]

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5 Tick (
) two statements which are true about Biggest of the Big.

It is a non-fiction text.

It is a fiction text.

It mostly gives opinions about animals.

It mostly gives facts about animals.

[1]

6 Reread what you are told about blue whales.

Adult blue whales are about the weight of 25 adult elephants – heavier
even than the heaviest dinosaurs. However, although they are so
heavy, they are amongst the most beautiful and graceful of all the
Earth’s creatures.

Blue whales eat during their 4 month long summer feeding season,
then live off their fat for the next 8 months. They usually feed at depths
of less than 100 metres (330 feet) and their dives last up to about
20 minutes

Complete these sentences to summarise the main topic of each paragraph.

The first paragraph is about

[1]

The second paragraph is about

[1]

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7 Reread the paragraphs about blue whales on page 2.

Now read this new paragraph about blue whales.

Have you ever seen a blue whale? You probably haven’t unless you are
lucky enough to travel on ships that go way out to sea. Blue whales are
happiest when they are in deep, deep water. Do you know why that is?
It’s because that’s where they find their food. And do you know what
they eat? Tiny, tiny shrimps called krill.

Which paragraph do you think is the most interesting to read?

Explain why.

[1]

8 Biggest of the Big is part of a chapter of a book. Which of the following do

you think is most likely to be the title of the book?

• Animals of the Arctic

• Danger! Animals!
• How the whale became friends with the polar bear.
• Mammals of the World

Book title:

Explain your choice.

[1]

Suggest the heading of another chapter in the book.

New chapter heading: [1]

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9 During which part of the year will blue whales not be slim? Explain why.

[1]

10 From Biggest of the Big give one example of each of the following.

Feature Example
Heading
Sub-heading
List
Fact
Opinion

[3]

11 Suggest an alternative word for the word sharp in the sentence:

White rhinos have very poor eyesight, but they have good hearing and a
very sharp sense of smell.

The new word should fit perfectly into the sentence without changing the
meaning or affecting the grammar.
[1]

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Spend 25 minutes on this section.

12 Write another entry for the book. It can be in the same chapter as Biggest of
the Big or in a new chapter, but it must be from the same book for the same
readers. You should write at least two paragraphs.

Which animal will you write about?

• Note down some facts about the animal.

• You don’t have to use the same sub-headings as are used in Biggest
of the Big, but your information should have a similar layout.
• Look at the different kinds of language used in the different sections in
Biggest of the Big. You will need to try to use different kinds of
language like this in your writing.
• Remember you need to keep your reader interested.

[15]

Make your notes here.

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Write your answer here.

Text structure [4]

Sentence structure [4]

Audience [3]

Purpose [4]

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Spend 15 minutes on this section.

13 Underline all parts of the verb in this sentence.

The rhino was looking threateningly at the jeep.

[1]

14 Rewrite this sentence in the active voice.

The people were being threatened by the rhino.

[1]

15 Match the underlined word in each sentence to the correct word class.

The boat ride was exciting. adverb

The whale dived to the sea floor. adjective

The bear was sleeping restlessly. preposition

Yesterday, it rained. noun

[2]

16 Add the missing punctuation to this dialogue.

“I think she said that the whale is the most

impressive creature I have ever seen.”

“Do you he replied I thought the rhino was much

more impressive.”

[2]

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17 Put all of this information into one sentence. The main focus should be the
need for camouflage.

Polar bears have white fur for camouflage.

Polar bears need camouflage for hunting.
Polar bears hunt seals.

[2]

18 Add two apostrophes to this sentence.

The blue whales eating habits seem odd to people who

cant miss too many meals.

[1]

19 Change the verbs in this sentence to show that it’s only a possibility.

When we go out in the boat, I will see a blue whale diving

and then I’ll see it blowing spray.

[1]

20 Underline the main clause in this sentence.

Blue whales, which are heavier than elephants, are very

graceful swimmers.

[1]

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21 Tick (
) the two sentences which have correct grammar.

Blue whales is about the size of 25 elephants.

Polar bears have an excellent sense of smell.

The rhinos was worried by all the jeeps.

The rhinos feeded on the spiky shrubs.

Blue whales eat in the summer.

[1]

22 Combine this information to make a complex sentence with a relative clause.

Punctuate the sentence properly.

Polar bears eat fish, birds and small mammals.

They need to eat a lot in order to survive.

[3]

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