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Institute of English Speech and Drama Sri Lanka

Local Grade 5 · Term 1 · Paper 4

written-practice

A festival at the community hall

Original EWS practice · EWS suggested term pacing.

Name: ________________________ Date: ________________

Word bank: decoration, celebration, visitor, lantern, memory, root, helmet, country

  1. Choose a word from the word bank: Something added to make a place look attractive.
  2. Choose a word from the word bank: A special event held to mark a happy occasion.
  3. Choose a word from the word bank: A person who comes to see a place or person.
  4. Choose a word from the word bank: A light with a protective covering, or a decoration shaped like one.
  5. Choose a word from the word bank: Something you remember about the past.
  6. Last Saturday we ___ the hall. (decorate / decorated)
  7. Asha ___ two lanterns. (made / make)
  8. Did the children ___ after lunch? (sing / sang)
  9. Rewrite with a contraction: We did not leave litter.
  10. Ask about the place: ___ was the celebration held? (Where / Who)

Read this passage.

Last Saturday, our neighbourhood held a celebration at the community hall.

Families made paper decorations and brought food to share.

Asha and her grandfather made two lanterns.

The children sang a short song after lunch.

Everyone helped clean the hall before leaving.

  1. When was the celebration?
  2. Where was it held?
  3. Who helped Asha make lanterns?
  4. When did the children sing?
  5. What did everyone do before leaving?
  6. Invite a neighbour to a celebration next Saturday.
  7. Offer to help clean a hall.
  8. Ask a friend what he or she enjoyed at a celebration.
  9. Politely refuse some food because you have already eaten.
  10. Write three past-tense sentences about a real or imaginary celebration.

Try it yourself

Recount a celebration in four sentences, including a helpful action.

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