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Visual Text questions for Primary 5 English

8 questions to work through online. Answer and you get the working straight away, then a score at the end. No sign-up, and you can retake it as often as you like.

  • Reading a figure in context
  • Reading a breakdown
  • Understanding a purpose
  • Reading a condition
  • Reading a timetable
  • Two conditions at once
  • Applying a rule
  • Reading a warning
0 of 8 answered
Question 1 of 8Reading a figure in context
EAT WHAT YOU TAKE A campaign by the Northvale Primary Student Council Every school day, our canteen throws away 14 kg of food. Most of it was never touched. WHERE IT COMES FROM Rice and noodles ......... 61% Vegetables ............... 24% Everything else .......... 15% WHAT WE ARE ASKING 1. Ask for a small portion if you are not very hungry. It costs the same. 2. Finish what is on your plate before going back for more. 3. Tell the stall auntie if you do not want the vegetables — before she serves them. THE PLEDGE Classes with 90% of pupils signing the pledge get a green flag outside their classroom for the term. Last term, 11 of 24 classes earned one. Signing is voluntary. Nobody is checking your plate.
What does the poster say about the 14 kg the canteen throws away daily?
Question 2 of 8Reading a breakdown

Same text as the question above.

Together, rice, noodles and vegetables make up what share of the waste?
Question 3 of 8Understanding a purpose

Same text as the question above.

Why does the poster end with "Nobody is checking your plate"?
Question 4 of 8Reading a condition

Same text as the question above.

A class of 30 pupils wants the green flag. How many must sign the pledge?
Question 5 of 8Reading a timetable
SINGAPORE BOTANIC GARDENS · GUIDED WALKS Free · No booking needed · Meet at the visitor centre Heritage Trees ......... Sat & Sun ...... 9.00 a.m. ..... 60 min Rainforest ............. Sat ............ 10.00 a.m. .... 45 min Orchid Garden .......... Sun ............ 9.30 a.m. ..... 75 min * Evening Sounds ......... Fri ............ 6.30 p.m. ..... 60 min * Orchid Garden walk requires an admission ticket to the National Orchid Garden ($15, free for Singapore residents with identification). Walks go ahead in light rain. In heavy rain, walks are cancelled without notice — check the board at the visitor centre. Groups of 8 or more must write to [email protected] at least three days ahead.
Which walk could a visitor join on a Friday?
Question 6 of 8Two conditions at once

Same text as the question above.

A Singaporean family of four wants to do the Orchid Garden walk on Sunday. What must they do?
Question 7 of 8Applying a rule

Same text as the question above.

A teacher wants to bring 12 pupils on the Saturday Rainforest walk. What does the timetable require?
Question 8 of 8Reading a warning

Same text as the question above.

What happens to a walk in heavy rain?
Answers and explanations for all 8 questions

Every answer with the reasoning behind it. Worth reading after you have tried the set — or on its own, if you are a parent marking it.

  1. What does the poster say about the 14 kg the canteen throws away daily?

    Answer: Most of it had never been touched.

    The opening line gives the weight and then adds that most of it was never touched.

  2. Together, rice, noodles and vegetables make up what share of the waste?

    Answer: 85%

    61% and 24% together make 85%, which is what is left once the 15% of everything else is taken out.

  3. Why does the poster end with "Nobody is checking your plate"?

    Answer: To reassure pupils that the campaign is not a way of catching them out.

    The three requests could easily read as surveillance. The closing line answers that worry directly, which is why it is placed last.

  4. A class of 30 pupils wants the green flag. How many must sign the pledge?

    Answer: 27

    90% of 30 is 27, and the poster sets the bar at 90% of pupils in the class.

  5. Which walk could a visitor join on a Friday?

    Answer: Evening Sounds

    Evening Sounds is the only walk listed for Friday, at 6.30 p.m.

  6. A Singaporean family of four wants to do the Orchid Garden walk on Sunday. What must they do?

    Answer: Bring identification, since the walk needs a ticket that is free for residents.

    The asterisk adds an admission ticket to this walk, and the ticket is free for residents with identification — so what they need to bring is the identification.

  7. A teacher wants to bring 12 pupils on the Saturday Rainforest walk. What does the timetable require?

    Answer: An email to the walks address at least three days beforehand.

    Twelve is more than eight, and groups of 8 or more must write at least three days ahead.

  8. What happens to a walk in heavy rain?

    Answer: It is cancelled without notice, and the board at the visitor centre says so.

    Light rain and heavy rain are treated differently, and in heavy rain the only way to find out is the board at the visitor centre.