S1 Term 1 MSA Reading Revision | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

Before what time you should arrive at the examination room for your reading examination?

Before 8am

When is the reading examination?

8:15am - 9am, 10 January

Guess the word: to stop a person from speaking for a short period by something you say or do

Interrupt (v.)

Name 5 stationery that you should bring to the reading examination?

Pencil, pen, highlighters, correction pen/tape, eraser

Guess the word: a group of people with official responsibility for a particular area of activity

Authority (n)

Guess the word: a short news programme on television or radio, often about something that has just happened

Bulletin (n)

Guess the word: any feeling of illness or physical or mental change that is caused by a particular disease

Symptom (n)

How long is the reading examination?

45 minutes

Guess the word: the appearance of a particular disease in a large number of people at the same time

Epidemic (n)

Guess the word: to make something less pure or make it poisonous

Contaminate (v)

Guess the word: a man who is the main news reader on a television or radio news programme

Anchorman (n)

Guess the word: if a large number of things sprout (up), they suddenly appear or begin to exist.

Sprout (v)

Guess the word: famous for something considered bad

Infamous (adj)

Besides SPAG, what do you need to do to get high marks?

Answer in full and complete sentences.

What does each letter in SPAG mean?

Spelling; Punctuation; and; Grammar

Name two features a fable has.

1) It has animals that can talk as characters. 2) It teaches a moral/lesson.

Name two features that a myth has.

1) It has gods/goddesses as characters. 2) It explains the origin of something.

What is an autobiography?

An autobiography is about an event of a person’s life, written by that person (I).