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Literature PracticeForm 5

Ms Chin Seow Hui

SPM English Language

The following are the novels studied in the literature component in English Language.

Catch Us If You Can – Catherine MacPhailStep By Wicked Step – Anne Fine

The Curse – Lee Su Ann

Choose any one of the novels above and answer the question below.

Using details from the novel that you have studied, write about:

a memorable event how the event affects one of the characters in the story

how a character has changed due to certain events that have taken place in his/her life

the point of view the story is written

When answering the questions, evaluate yourself if you have the following criteria:

IIdentify what the questions

want

MMention which

novel, the requirement of

questions

EElaborate by giving three

reasons

JProvide

evidence for each reason

Form 5English

LanguageVocabulary

Date:

1. It never pays off to abrogate the defense treaty.(A) establish(B) uphold(C) annul(D) bolster

2. Beware of the abrupt turn in the road ahead.(A) laggard(B) easy(C) sudden(D) leisurely

3. The doctor advised the patient to abstain from smoking.(A) do without(B) be absorbed in(C) go with(D) admit of

4. No one could solve such an abstruse problem.(A) complex(B) lucid(C) abstemious(D) absurd

5. Defeated, the ex-champion fell into the abyss of despair.(A) firmament(B) ecstasy(C) gulf(D) paradise

6. To accelerate growth, they work harder than ever.(A) speed up(B) retard(C) accede(D) hamper

7. Without an accomplice the burglar could not have broken into the house.(A) foe(B) confederate(C) servant(D) trivia

8. The gentleman was accosted by a beggar who demanded money.(A) greeted(B) overlooked(C) shunned(D) outraged

9. The manager has reached the acme of his career.(A) ebb(B) apex ; peak(C) base(D) downfall

10. All the members acquiesced in his resignation.(A) assented to(B) disagreed with(C) balked at(D) dissented from

11. Children like to engage in all kinds of capers.

(A) charities(B) capacities(C) capsules(D) pranks

12. A mature person will not act from caprice.(A) constancy(B) stability(C) conscience(D) change of mind

13. This is a matter of cardinal significance.(A) trivial(B) petty(C) cankerous(D) essential

14. The party degenerated into an ugly carousal.(A) sobriety(B) awakening(C) drunken revel(D) fight

15. He used to carol in the morning when he was happy.(A) sing joyously(B) feel downcast(C) take a shower(D) become moody

16. We could not appreciate the beauty of the many cascades as we were forced to make detours around each of them.(A) abyss(B) lakes(C) small waterfalls(D) canvasses

17. A cataclysm such as World War II affected all the countries in the world.(A) casualty(B) cask(C) censor(D) violent upheaval

18. The major catalyst in the English-language explosion was war.(A) stimulus(B) catalog(C) castle(D) catacomb

19. The rain cataracted down the windowpanes.(A) poured(B) drizzled(C) seized(D) duped

20. The flood was a catastrophe.(A) calamity(B) cavalier(C) cavity(D) cavil