Cambridge Primary Progression Test
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English Paper 1
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READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST.
Answer all questions in the spaces provided on the question paper.
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You should pay attention to punctuation, spelling and handwriting.
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The number of marks is given in brackets at the end of each question or
part question. The total number of marks for this paper is 50.
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Suggestions for how long to spend on each section are given in the booklet.
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Section A: Reading
Spend 20 minutes on this section.
Read the text from a website below. Then use the information in the text to answer
the questions.
Sound
Have you ever lost your voice? Then you’ll know how important speaking is for
us, because it’s the main way that humans communicate with each other.
How do we speak? When we speak, we push air
from our lungs inside our body past the vocal chords
in our throat. Vocal chords are like the strings of a
violin. The air from our lungs makes the vocal chords
move. Then the air reaches our mouth.
When we speak and sing, three things help us to
control the sound of our voice: first, the speed of the
air from our lungs; second, the shape of our mouth;
third, the position of our tongue. The air comes out
of our mouths as sound waves. These waves are
measured in hertz (Hz). Human voices are about
1,000 Hz.
How do animals use sound? Animals use a range of sounds to communicate
with each other. For example, howler monkeys make some of the loudest
sounds in the animal world. You can hear their screams – of around 6,000 Hz –
up to 16 kilometres away! They use their noses to blow out powerful blasts of
air. Some of the lowest sounds are made by frogs. They can make surprisingly
low croaks – as low as 50 Hz. They do this by blowing up their throats almost
as big as they are!
Use the text Sound to answer the questions.
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What is the main way in which humans communicate?
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Draw lines from the words to label the diagram.
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lungs
vocal chords
mouth
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Which animal uses its nose to make loud sounds?
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Number these 1, 2 and 3 from the lowest sound (1) to the highest (3).
human
howler monkey
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Look at the whole text Sound.
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Tick (9) the sentence which tells us what the text Sound is about.
It’s about how our lungs work.
It’s about how loud animals are.
It’s about different ways of making music.
It’s about how humans and animals make sound.
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The writer names different parts of the human body that make sound.
Add to this list one more part of the human body that is in the text and is used
for speech.
lungs, vocal chords, throat, mouth, ...............................................
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This text is from an information book. Read it and then answer the questions.
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Hearing sound
outer ear
inner ear
Your ears collect sounds and send
sound signals to your brain. Sound
waves enter the outer ear (the thing
on the side of your head) and travel
inside, where they bump up against
the eardrum. Inside the ear, tiny hairs
called cilia move and send signals to
the brain, which then changes these
signals into the sounds we hear.
eardrum
cilia
Imagine closing your eyes and listening to someone clap their hands. You’ll be
able to point at that person because your two ears will tell you where the sound
came from.
The loudness of sound is measured in decibels (dB). The louder the sound, the
more decibels. Listening for a long time to a loud noise above 90 decibels can
damage your hearing. Why does this happen? Well, loud sounds cause some
cilia to die. And when cilia die, they cannot grow back. We are born with only
about 3,500 of these, so be careful to protect your hearing from loud noises!
Decibels
Sound
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ambulance siren
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rock concert
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personal stereo at maximum level
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motorcycle
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heavy traffic
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normal conversation
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whisper
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A child can hear sounds up to 20,000 Hz, but most 60-year-olds can’t hear
sounds over 12,000 Hz.
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Grasshoppers’ ears are in their knees.
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The ‘stapes’ bone in the ear is the smallest bone in the human body. It’s
only 0.25 to 0.33 cm long and weighs between 1.9 and 4.3 milligrams.
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Complete the sentence below with a number.
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It’s dangerous to listen to sounds that are more than ............. decibels for a
long time.
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Why is it important not to damage the cilia?
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Match these facts and numbers.
12,000 Hz
the number of hairs in the inner ear
85 decibels
what a 60-year-old can hear
3,500
the length of the smallest bone in the body
0.25 centimetres
the noise of heavy traffic
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11 (a) Tick one box to show what this text is for.
To give you:
information about hearing
a report on traffic problems
a review of music to listen to
instructions about how to hear
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(b) Draw lines to link each paragraph with its heading.
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1st paragraph
Do you know these facts?
2nd paragraph
How loud is too loud?
3rd paragraph
How do we know where sound comes from?
4th paragraph
How do our ears help us to hear?
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Section B: Writing
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Spend 25 minutes on this section.
12 The reading texts are from a website and an information book.
Write your own information text for a book or a website which has the title
The sounds around us.
You could write about:
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the different things we hear
sounds you like or don’t like
what we choose to listen to
noises in different places.
PLANNING
Spend up to 5 minutes making notes in the box to plan your information text.
Purpose and Audience
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Punctuation
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Text Structure
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Spelling
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Sentence Structure
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Section C: Grammar, punctuation and vocabulary
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Spend 15 minutes on this section.
13 Add one full stop and one capital letter to make two sentences.
Alexander Graham Bell was a scientist his wife and mother were both
deaf and he was interested in the study of sound.
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14 Draw lines to link the underlined word in each sentence with the kind of word it
is.
When cilia die, they cannot grow
back.
adjective
Sounds we hear from things like jet
engines can be very loud.
noun
The stapes is the smallest bone in
the body.
verb
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15 Underline the pronoun in this sentence.
You need vocal chords in order to speak.
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16 Change these sentences from singular to plural. The first one has been done
for you.
Singular
Plural
A human being hears sounds.
Human beings hear sounds.
He listens to music.
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It is a horrible noise.
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17 Underline all the words that Paul spoke.
“I will close my eyes,” said Paul to Jane. “You can then clap very loudly.”
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18 Add a verb to complete this sentence.
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Howler monkeys ................................................... loud animals!
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19 (a) Choose a word to join the sentences.
Most people like the sound of the violin ................................ some people
don’t.
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(b) Draw lines to join the parts to make good sentences.
We can hear the direction a
noise is coming from
so it’s important to protect
them.
Grasshoppers’ ears are on
their knees
and they can hear through
these.
Loud sounds can damage our
ears
because we have ears.
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Short form
Full form
it’s
it is
shouldn’t
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they’re
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you’ll
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21 Read this sentence from the text Hearing sound.
Listening for a long time to a loud noise above 90 decibels can damage
your hearing.
Write a different word that means the same as damage.
damage ...................................................
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Section A Reading
Question 6
© The Dorling Kindersley Science Encyclopedia; Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd; 1997.
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