In the name of Allah

Final 1st Semester Exam

(Repeaters)

Republic of Yemen
Hodeidah University
Zabid-Faculty of Education
Department of English
Date: Tuesday 06/01/2015

Level & Course: I Year English

Subject: Writing 1
Time: 3 hours
Total marks: 150
Teacher: Dr. Abdullah Shaghi

Name of the student: Enrollment No.:

Question No.
Marks Scored
Maximum Marks

II

III

IV

Total

30

30

30

40

20

150

Q.I. Write, on the following numbered spaces provided below, five (5) different
sentences of any type of the following (6) types of sentences with examples shown on the
table, the Example (E.g.) of the Sentence Type (S.T.) of your choice will be considered
as it has been done for you:
(5x6=30 Marks)
1 Simple Sentences
3 Imperative Sentences
5 S + be + Adj
I ate my lunch quickly.
Open the door.
We are happy.
2 S + be + (a) + N
4 Interrogative Sentences
6 Declarative Sentences
We are workers.
When does the bus leave?
The sun rises in the East.
1. [S.T. of Your Choice:..E.g.:]
2. ___________________________________________________________________
3. ___________________________________________________________________
4. ___________________________________________________________________
5. ___________________________________________________________________
Q.II. Given below (in the next page) is a simple short story in one paragraph. This story
is about My Yesterday. The sentences in this story are not in their correct or proper
order. Rearrange these sentences to make a meaningful story in one paragraph; there
is a table with numbered boxes to show the correct order or arrangement of the
sentences; and below the table, spaces have been provided for rewriting the rearranged
sentence.
(5x6=30 Marks)
a. I wore my shoes and socks.
b. I ran to the corner to catch the bus, but it was leaving.
c. I slowly walked home.
d. I ran to take a shower, but I didnt have a towel.
e. I ran to find a towel and got dressed.
f. Yesterday, I woke up too late, because my alarm clock did not ring.
1 2 3 4 5 6
f
Yesterday, I woke up too late, because my alarm clock did not ring. ..
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Q.III. The following paragraph is not fully capitalized and punctuated. You have to
rewrite it in the space provided below using necessary capitalization and punctuation
marks.
(30 Marks)
dana and dooni are happy wife and husband they got married on thursday january 2 nd
2006 they like different things dana likes to sing dance and cook dooni likes to read write
and listen to radio dana enjoys talking on the telephone dooni likes playing football piano
and chess-set dana is studying English at the london university dooni is also studying
English but at the cambridge University dana cooks big meals dooni eats big meals any
person can ask himself/herself a question Do they love each other The answer is that:
yes, they love each other
Dana and Dooni are happy wife and husband. They got married on Thursday

Q.IV. On the space provided below band the back of this sheet, write TWO short
paragraphs on any TWO of the following topics:
(2x20=40 Marks)
1 Yourself
3 Your Country
5 Your Home
2 Your City
4 Your likes and dislikes
6 Your Family

Q.V. According to what you have studied in your (print and/or cursive) handwritinghandout, rewrite the following sentence using print handwriting in the three-line-stave
given below: Show the letters that can be joined to others and also the letters which
cannot be joined to others.
(20 Marks)
Banbinbun and his brother Dandindun went to Landon yesterday.
Print Handwriting

Best wishes!
Teacher & Examiner: Dr. Shaghi, W1, final-exam (Repeaters), Tuesday 06/01/2015
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