Vocabulary Cloze Worksheets

P4 English Language CA1 2013, 2014

Contents
P4 Vocabulary Cloze - CA1 MGS (2013) ............................................................................................ 2

P4 Vocabulary Cloze - CA1 Ai Tong .................................................................................................... 3

P4 Vocabulary Cloze - CA1 MGS (2014) ............................................................................................ 4

Answer Key ................................................................................................................................................. 5

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P4 Vocabulary Cloze - CA1 MGS (2013)

Read the passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a suitable word.

Narwhals belong to the toothed whale family. They live in the (1) ________
waters of the Arctic Circle. Male Narwhals can grow up to 5m long and (2) ________
1600kg whereas females are usually smaller in size, measuring 3.5m long and weighing
1000kg.
What makes narwhals unusual is that the males have along tusk. It is an ivory
tooth that is 2 to 3m (3) ________. That is why they are sometimes (4) ________the
unicorns of the sea.
In the mediaeval times, traders sold these tusks as unicorn horns. They claimed
the (5) ________had magical properties. As people (6) ________ that narwhals tusks
could make poison harmless, kings and queens made cups out of them. One narwhal
horn cup that belonged to Queen Elizabeth I of England cost ten thousand pounds
the same price as a castle then!
All the male narwhals have long tusks. Some (7) ________ have tusks too but
most do not. The mystery is that nobody (8) ________ what the narwhals use their
tusks for. What do you think the narwhal's tusk is for?
Adapted from Unicorns of the Sea

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P4 Vocabulary Cloze - CA1 Ai Tong

There are eight blanks numbered 1 to 8, in the passage below. From the list of words
given, choose the correct answer for each blank. Write the letter (A to M) in the blank.
The letter I has been omitted to avoid confusion during marking.

Use each word ONCE ONLY.

(A) colour (B) known (C) observed (D) odours

(E) seen (F) size (G) smells (H) thickness
(J) thinness (K) typical (L) unusual (M) weight

Raffiesia is the world's largest single flower. Rafflesia looks like a (1) ________
flower with five petals, but the difference lies in the fact that this flower can have a
maximum diameter of 100 centimetres (one metre) and a (2) ________ of around seven
to ten kilograms. The petals of this flower have a (3) ________ of one inch.
Apart from the giant (4) ________ , Rafflesia has certain other characteristic
features that cannot be (5) ________ in the usual flowers. It is red in (6) ________ with
five leathery petals that sport whitish speckles. The center of the flower has a well-like
structure and inside that well, you can find a central disc with many vertical spines.
Rafflesia is stinky and it (7) ________ like rotten flesh. Thus, it is also (8) ________ as
corpse flower or meat flower. All species of Rafflesia are currently endangered.
Adapted from http://www.puzzle.com/farticles/traffiesia-flower-facts.html

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P4 Vocabulary Cloze - CA1 MGS (2014)

Read the passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a suitable word.

The Singapore Flyer was officially opened on Valentine's Day in 2008. It is 165
metres (1) ________ and you can see the whole Marina Bay on the top. (2) ________
a clear day, you can see the Indonesian islands of Batam and Bintan, which are about
45 kilometres away. The Flyer has 28 capsules and each can (3) ________ 28 people.
A ride round the Flyer lasts 32 minutes. It moves quite slowly, at a (4) ________ of
about 14.4 metres a minute but it never stops. Passengers have to get on while it is (5)
________.
The Singapore Flyer is open daily from 8.30 a.m. to 10.30 p.m. (6) ________can
be bought in advance online or by phone. A limited number of tickets are also available
from the ticket counter but go early to avoid the queue.

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Answer Key
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Subject: Primary 4 English - Vocabulary Cloze

Paper: CA1 2013, 2014

School: MGS (2013)

1) cold
2) weigh
3) long
4) called
5) tusks
6) believed
7) females
8) knows

School: Ai Tong

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8
K M H F E A G B

School: MGS (2013)

1) tall
2) On
3) carry
4) speed
5) moving
6) Tickets

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