Lala Khadija High

School

GLOBAL TEST 1st Semester Time: 1 hour

Grade : /20
Full Name: .. Class: ..

Reading Comprehension

(06 points)

An English Post Office

Sarah and Colin live in an old house in an English village. Sarah is a secretary. She
drives five miles to work every day. Colin works at home. The village post office is one
room in their house and Colin works there. The people in the village buy their stamps in
Colin and Sarah's house!
The post box is here, too. Its a lovely house. The living room is yellow and brown.
There are two big blue sofas. There is an antique table and chairs. There is a big picture of
Sarah and her daughter. Sarah's mother is a famous painter. There are usually flowers. Sarah
likes yellow and white flowers. The kitchen and bathroom are new. Colin and Sarah are very
happy in their house and I like visiting them.
a) Read the text. Are these sentences true or false? (2.5points)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Sarah and Colin live in a new house.

Sarah stays at home every day.
The post office is in their house.
Sarah is a famous painter.
Their living room is white.

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b) Answer the following questions from the text. (1.5 points)

1. Where Does Sarah
live? ................................................................................................................................................
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2. What does she
do? ...................................................................................................................................................
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3. Where do people in the village buy their stamps?
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c) The following words are underlined in the text. What do they refer to? (2 points)
1.
She : ...................................
2.
Them: ...................................

Language

( 09 points)

a) Fill in the gaps with the appropriate words.

( 2points)
thank you / How much / this is all I have / thats too expensive for me
A: Hello! Can I help you?
B: Yes, please! ...............................................is that scarf?
A: its only 29.99.
B................................................................ do you have a cheaper one?
A: Hmm. Sorry...........................................................................?
B: OK...............................
b) Decide if the food items in the list are countable (C) or uncountable (U).
(2 points)
1- Rice.
4 - meat
7 cheese

Lala Khadija High

School

GLOBAL TEST 1st Semester Time: 1 hour

Grade : /20
Full Name: .. Class: ..

2-Egg......
3-Sugar

5 - orange.
6 potato.

8 avocado

c) Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form of the present simple.
1.
2.
3.
4.

(2points)

Jane....................... (be) from Japan.

She....................... (have) three friends in London.
I.......................... (drink) tea in the mornings.
They......................... (play) tennis at weekends.

d) Complete the sentences using the comparative form of the adjective in brackets. (3points)
Examples : The country is much cleaner than the city. (clean)
I think Paris is more beautiful than London. (beautiful)
1. This test is . than the last one. (difficult)
2. Dogs are than cats. (noisy)
3. Noise in the city is .. than in the country. (bad)
4. London is . than Manchester. (big)
5. I think skiing is .. than iceskating. (dangerous)

Writing

(5 points)

Correct the capitalization mistakes in these sentences.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

we live near the train station.

I dont work on friday.
it is always cold in september.
samira is moroccan.
she lives in egypt.
how big is paris?

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