Cambridge Primary Sample Test
For use with curriculum published in
September 2020
English Paper 1
Stage 6
1 hour
Name
Additional materials: Insert
INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer all questions.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
• You should pay attention to punctuation, spelling and handwriting.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 50.
• The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
• Suggestions for how long to spend on each section are given in the booklet.
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Section A: Reading
Spend 30 minutes on this section.
Read Text A about how our bodies use food, in the Insert, and then answer
questions 1–9.
1
Which literary technique is used in the first paragraph (lines 1–4)?
Tick () one box.
a simile
alliteration
a metaphor
onomatopoeia
[1]
2
Look at the second paragraph (lines 5–8).
(a) Give one word that means ‘allows’.
[1]
(b) Give one thing that metabolism does for the human body.
[1]
3
Look at this phrase: … any waste matter is expelled from the body. (Line 8)
is expelled is an example of a passive verb form.
Give one more example of a passive verb form from the third paragraph (lines
9–18).
[1]
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Which food category provides the most energy?
[1]
5
In the third paragraph, brackets () are used.
Why are they used? Tick () one box.
to give a definition
to give an example
to add a personal opinion
to add dramatic emphasis
[1]
6
Why do you think it is important for athletes to eat foods like nuts and fish?
Give two reasons using information from the text.
[2]
7
Why would an athlete eat a sugary snack just before competing in a race?
[1]
8
Look at the fifth paragraph (lines 24–26).
Why are inverted commas ( ‘ ’ ) used?
[1]
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(a) The writer uses bold for some words in the first three paragraphs. These
words are the main topics of the paragraphs.
Give one other technique writers use to show the main topic of a
paragraph.
[1]
(b) Give one word from the fourth paragraph and one word from the fifth
paragraph which should be in bold to tell us the topics of those
paragraphs.
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[2]
Read Text B about the future of food, in the Insert, and answer questions 10–16.
10 How has the writer tried to be funny in the heading?
[1]
11 Why is there research to find a replacement for meat?
[1]
12 How do you think the writer feels about eating test-tube burgers? Give a
quotation from the text to support your answer.
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Writer’s feelings:
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Quotation:
[2]
13 Give one reason why insects would be a good source of food for humans.
[1]
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14 What does a staple mean in the way it is used in line 8? Tick () one box.
a main part
a delicious part
a healthy part
an optional part
[1]
15 What does the real thing (line 13) refer to?
[1]
16 (a) Look at this phrase: this makes people think the food tastes fresher (lines
19–20).
This is not the writer’s opinion. Give one word that tells us this.
[1]
(b) From the second paragraph, give another example of an opinion that is not
the writer’s.
[1]
17 Give three typical features used in Text B of an informal text.
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Section B: Writing
Spend 30 minutes on this section.
18 Text A and Text B give information about food in a way that makes it clear for the
reader.
Write an information text about ‘A healthy lifestyle’ for school students.
You could include: What makes a healthy lifestyle? and/or What doesn’t make a
healthy lifestyle?
Remember to:
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inform your reader
explain any technical words or words that might be unfamiliar to the reader
present your information in a logical order
make yourself clear.
Space for your plan:
Write your information text on the next page.
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© Bear Grylls; Living Wild; Reprinted by permission of the Random House Group Ltd; 2009.
© Denise Winterman; Future Foods: What will we be eating in 20 years time?; https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine/18813075
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