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Institute of English Speech and Drama Sri Lanka

Local Grade 5 · Term 1 · Paper 2

written-practice

Three trees in the school garden

Original EWS practice · EWS suggested term pacing.

Name: ________________________ Date: ________________

Word bank: shade, root, branch, tall, protect, station, rice, calendar

  1. Choose a word from the word bank: An area out of direct sunlight.
  2. Choose a word from the word bank: A part of a plant that grows into the soil.
  3. Choose a word from the word bank: A part of a tree that grows out from its trunk.
  4. Choose a word from the word bank: Having a great height.
  5. Choose a word from the word bank: Keep something safe from harm.
  6. The guava tree is ___ than the lime tree. (taller / tallest)
  7. The mango tree is ___ tallest of the three. (the / a)
  8. Big → bigger. Write the comparative of small.
  9. Choose the word with a short i sound. (fish / kite)
  10. Choose the initial letter combination in tree. (tr / br)

Read this passage.

Three young trees grow beside our school fence.

The lime tree is one metre tall and the guava tree is two metres tall.

The mango tree is three metres tall.

The children water the trees and protect their roots.

They enjoy sitting in the shade of a much older tree nearby.

  1. Where do the young trees grow?
  2. How tall is the lime tree?
  3. Which young tree is the tallest?
  4. What part of the trees do the children protect?
  5. Which tree provides the shade they sit in?
  6. Ask permission to water the school trees.
  7. Compare the one-metre lime tree and two-metre guava tree in one sentence.
  8. Give one gentle instruction for protecting a young plant.
  9. Invite a friend to rest in the shade.
  10. Write three sentences comparing three imaginary bags. Include bigger and the biggest.

Try it yourself

Describe a plant and explain one way to care for it.

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