ANSWERING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

SET 1
Read the speech below. Answer the questions that follow.

Attention boys and girls. Next Monday will be our Sports Day. It will start
at 8.30 a.m.. I want everyone to be in school by seven-thirty in the morning. Pupils
taking part will have to come earlier.
The Education Officer from Kubang Pasu will be arriving at eight forty five.
As soon as he arrives, the march past will start. Then he will give a speech and
officiate our Sports Day.
You will receive free drinks and buns on Sports Day. Make sure that you
take the coupons for these after the assembly. All your parents are invited to this
event. Those who are taking part, please do your best.
Thank you.

1. What is the text about?

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2. When will the event start ?

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3. What will happen as the officer arrived?

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4. Who will officially open the Sports Day?

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5. When is the Sports Day?

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6. Do you like Sports Day? Why?
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7. Are parents invited to the Sports Day? Why?

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SET 2
Read the following details below and answer the questions that follow.

NAME AGE RACE RELIGION OCCUPATION HOBBIES

Badrul 25 Malay Muslim Teacher Reading

Chee Yong Gan 30 Chinese Buddhist Contractor Singing

Mahendran 27 Indian Hindu Lawyer Fishing

Listening
John Abraham 32 Indian Christian Architect to music

Kamarul 29 Malay Muslim Doctor Travelling

1. Who is the youngest among the five men?

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2. What is Chee Yong Gan’s occupation?

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 3. Which of the following is the place of worship for John?

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4. Who do think like indoor activities as a hobby? Give reasons for your answer.
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5. Who do you think like spending his free time by the river, lake or sea? Give
reasons for your answer.
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SET 3.
Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.

Sufian wanted to make a kite. He looked for bamboos to make

the frame. He went to the shop to buy the paper, glue and strings. Then, he made the frame
and stuck the paper onto it.

When it was finished, it was a beautiful kite. Sufian took it to the field to test it.
There was a strong wind and the kite flew high into the sky. Sufian held the string and ran all
over the field.

Suddenly, the string broke and the kite crashed into a tree. Sufian ran to the
tree. He saw his kite stuck onto a branch. He climbed up the tree to get it. He saw that the kite
was torn. He felt very sad. He took it down and walked home sadly. On the way home, he met
Hazrul. Hazrul was flying his new kite.

“Let me help you to repair it,” said Hazrul, when he saw Sufian’s kite. Soon, the
kite was repaired. “Luckily the frame was not broken,” said Hazrul.

“Yes, so all we had to do was to change the paper,” said Sufian happily.
1. What are the things that Sufian did not buy from the shop?
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2. The word it in the first paragraph refers to
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3. Why did Sufian go to the field?
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4. What is the passage mainly about?

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5. Sufian did not buy the bamboo at the stationary shop? Why?
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6. Why do you think flying kites can make us fit? Give reasons for your answer.
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SET 4
Study the following graph below and answer the following questions.

300

250

200 Bicycle

Bus
150
Car

100 Walk

50

0
Bicycle Bus Car Walk

The bar graph shows how pupils of Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman

Aman go to school. The school is situated in a town. Most of the pupils
live in the nearby housing areas and some of them live further away.

1. How many people are there in Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Aman?

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2. How many pupils go to school by buses and cars?

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2. What is the most common means of transport for the pupils of Sekolah Kebangsaan
Taman Aman?
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3. Where is the school situated?

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4. Which is the correct statement?
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5. How many transportations mentioned in the graph?
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6. Why do you think the pupils come to school by bus?
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7. Some of the pupils walk to school. Why?

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8. Do you agree that the pupils who live futher away are lesser then the pupils who live at
nearby housing areas? Give reasons for your answer.
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9. What is your favourite transport to school? Give reasons for your opinion.

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SET 5
Study the dialogue below and answer the questions that follow.

Johari is in a shop.
Salesman : Good evening. Can I help you?
Johari : Yes. I’d like to buy a badminton racquet. What types do
you have?
Salesman : We have many different types. It depends on how much you want
to spend on it.
Johari : Something not too expensive. It should cost less than
RM60.00.
Salesman : This is the Younex. It is quite popular. It costs only
RM45.00.
Johari : Are the strings and the cover included?
Salesman : I’m afraid not. The strings cost RM10.00 and the cover
RM12.00.
Johari : Oh…..That’s too much. Do you have any other racquet to
show me?
Salesman : What about this one? It is a McWilliam. With the strings, it
costs just RM 55.00.
Johari : Does it come with a cover?
Salesman : Certainly.
Johari : May I try it to see whether it has a good grip?
(holds the racquet for a minute)
Mmm… it feels quite alright. Can you reduce the price?
Salesman : Okay. I’ll make it RM52.00.
Johari : All right. Please wrap it up for me.
Salesman : Please wait for a moment.
Johari : Thank you.

1. What does the word popular means?

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 2. How much is the price of Johari’s racquet?

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3. Why didn’t Johari buy the Younex racquet?

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4. “What types do you have?” Why is Johari asking the salesman that question?

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SET 6
Read the television programme below and answer the questions that follow.

7.00 a.m - Programme Summary

7.15 a.m - Good Morning Malaysia

9.00 a.m - Bozo The Clown

9.30 a.m - Happy Hour with Cheeky

10.00 a.m - Spiderman (cartoon)

10.30 a.m - Majalah 4 (magazine)

11.30 a.m - News in Bahasa Malaysia

12.00 noon - Jamaluddin Al-Afghani

(Egyptian Drama)

1.30 p.m - News in English

2.00 p.m - Full House (comedy)

3.00 p.m - Behind Silk Curtain

(Mandarin)

4.00 p.m - Ugly Betty (Telenovela)

 1. At what time do the television programmes start?
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3. What is the name of the cartoon programme?

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4. How many times is the ‘News’ programme broadcasted?

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5. What is the last show?

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SET 7

Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.

The postman takes the letters from the post boxes and puts them in a
large bag. After he has collected the letters he brings the bags to the post
office.

At the post office the stamps on the letters are cancelled. This means
a mark is made on the stamps. After the marks are made on them, they
cannot be used again. A machine is used to do this.

After the stamps are marked, the letters are sorted out according to
the different places. A postman later delivers them to the different houses.
He usually uses a motorcycle or a bicycle to go from house to house. In
1. What does a postman do after he has collected the letters?
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2. The word collected in paragraph 1 means

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3. When a postman delivers letters, he never

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4. The word they in paragraph 2 refers to what?
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5. What is the passage mainly about?

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