Social Studies · Grades 4–6
Social Studies · Grades 4–6
Upper primary: longer texts and questions that build understanding. Mock exams are timed like the real thing: reading 20 minutes, writing 30 minutes.
الدراسات الاجتماعيّة · الصفوف ٤–٦ — المرحلة الابتدائيّة العليا: نصوص أطول وأسئلة تبني الفهم.
What is inside
- 28 mock exams
- 40 practice sets
- 260 questions with explanations
- 10 lessons
Reading
7 mock exams · 10 practice sets
All titles
- Oases: Life in the Desert
- Finding Places with Latitude and Longitude
- The Seven Emirates
- When People Became Farmers
- Natural Resources
- The Union of the Emirates
- Needs, Wants and Saving Money
- Landforms
- Weather and Climate
- Rights and Responsibilities
- Trade Long Ago
- The Hajar Mountains
- Reading a Timeline
- Paying for Public Services
- The Arabian Oryx
- The Phoenician Alphabet
- How Volcanoes Form
Listening
7 mock exams · 10 practice sets
All titles
- A Visit to the Pearl Diving Museum
- The Class Election
- Life on the Nile
- Planning a Family Budget
- Mangroves of Abu Dhabi
- A Tour of Al Jahili Fort
- Radio Report: Saving the Arabian Oryx
- At the Map Shop
- Grandpa's Childhood
- A Weather Report
- Helping at the Food Drive
- The Compass
- The School Recycling Project
- At the Souq
- Road Safety Talk
- The Sadu Weaver
- Desert Camping Rules
Writing
7 mock exams · 10 practice sets
All titles
- A Letter to a Pen Pal
- If I Were Mayor
- Then and Now
- Saving Water at School
- A Hero in My Community
- A Visit to a Heritage Site
- My Saving Plan
- My Favourite Landform
- A Class Rule
- Needs and Wants List
- A Postcard from a Trip
- How to Read a Map
- An Animal to Protect
- My Family's Celebration
- A Thank-You Note
- Life Without Electricity
- Invent a Flag
Speaking
7 mock exams · 10 practice sets
All titles
Try a sample question
Landforms
A landform is a natural shape on the Earth's surface. Mountains are very high land with steep sides. Hills are lower and rounder than mountains. A valley is low land between hills or mountains, and rivers often flow through valleys. A plateau is high land that is flat on top. A peninsula is land with water on three sides. The Arabian Peninsula is the largest peninsula in the world.
1. What is a landform?
- A A map symbol
- B A kind of weather that changes the shape of the land
- C A building
- D A natural shape on the Earth's surface
Show the answer
Answer: D. A natural shape on the Earth's surface
Why: The first sentence gives the definition.
2. How are hills different from mountains?
- A They are lower and rounder
- B They are higher, with steep, rocky sides
- C They have snow
- D They are underwater
Show the answer
Answer: A. They are lower and rounder
Why: Hills are lower and rounder than mountains.
3. What often flows through valleys?
- A Lava
- B Roads
- C Wind only
- D Rivers
Show the answer
Answer: D. Rivers
Why: Rivers often flow through valleys.
Lessons and study notes
- Landforms, Oases and Volcanoes
- Latitude, Longitude and Timelines
- The UAE: Union and Heritage
- Early Farmers and Ancient Trade
- Rights, Responsibilities and Public Services
- Weather, Climate and Natural Resources
- The seven emirates and the union
- Ancient Egypt and the Nile
- The water cycle and water in the UAE
- Map skills: scale, grids and symbols
Why students use Mizan
Real exam format
Timed mock exams in reading, listening, writing and speaking, scored out of 100 with a pass mark of 50.
Every answer explained
Each reading and listening question shows why the right answer is right.
Natural recordings
Every listening set has a recording with real voices, and a transcript after you answer.
Model answers
Every writing and speaking task has a self-check list based on official marking criteria and a strong model answer.
Questions and answers
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Reading and listening are marked automatically, with an explanation for every question. Writing and speaking are scored with a self-check list modelled on official marking grids, and you can compare your work with a model answer. Each part is out of 25; the pass mark is 50 out of 100.
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