MINISTRY OF SECONDARY EDUCATION REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON

GHS NSAM EFOULAN PEACE-WORK-FATHERLAND

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT Time 2hrs
CLASS: 1er A C D 3rd Sequence Test
2015/2016 Date: ………………………………………..
NAME.................................................................................................................... Class..................................
SECTION A: GRAMMAR (10mks)

I-Choose the correct words in the in brackets and fill in the blanks. (5mks)

1) We……………………………….see our mother these days (almost, much, scarcely).

2) My family…………………………………gives birthday presents. (never, hard, ever ).
3) An elephant is………………………….than a goat( bigger, much bigger, much more bigger)

4) This is the ……………………….film I have ever watched.(beautiful, interesting, most interesting)

5) It’s no use…………………......(to argue, arguing, to be arguing) with him.

II-Write the reported speeches of the following. (5mks)

a) “I live here’’ Paul said

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b) “Joe is going to Douala tomorrow’’ he said
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c) “The students left before 3.30pm’’ said the teacher
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II-Write the correct tense of the verbs in bracket

d) John and peter…………………………… (Write) a test last Monday.

e) Why have you not………………………… (Drive) your new car yet.

SECTION B: VOCABULARY (10mks)

I-Fill in the blanks with the antonyms of the underlined words. (3mks)

1- The children were liberated………………………by their captives against their will.

2- The powerful children…………………….Could not lift up cement bags individual.

3- John seldom………………………………………...goes to school on Mondays.

II-Complete the following spaces with the synonym of the underline word (2mks)

1- This project was carried out by scholars……………………..........................................

2- In Africa, children usually receive………………………………….. their parents’ goods.

III-Complete the sentences below with the right words or phrases chosen from the brackets
(5mks) (doping test; Nobel Prize; science; outperformed;
clues; bridesmaids; reorganizing; immature)

1) During wedding ceremonies ………………….. are usually dressed like the bride.
2) All the athletes were obliged to undergo a ………………….. before the competition.
3) ………………………… are very important when the police investigate on a crime.
4) UMS of Loum……………………… Panthère de Baganté during the last Cameroun football
cup final and won the trophy.
5) ………………………… can be defined as the systematic study of the structure and behavior
of the physical world.

SECTION A: COMPREHENSION CHECK (10mks)

Exercise 1: Read the text below and answer the questions that follow. You are reminded for the necessity of
good English and orderly presentation of your answer

THE MAN WHO NEVER LOST (USA, 1958.)

The quiz show contestant was sweating. He nervously looked around the studio where he was
being filmed. The television cameras focused on his face. He thought hard. Finally he gave the
answer to the question, and the crowd cheered. Millions of Americans watching in their homes, were
happy that their hero, Charles Van Doren, was again the winner of the twenty-one. The man whose
frame meant that he received 500 letters a day, who appeared on the cover of time magazine and
who had won more $100,000 on the show, was also a cheat.
TV quiz shows were very popular in the USA in the 1950s. And the ideas that one could keep
on winning was especially popular. Audiences began to ‘support’ this winner, and wanted to see him
win every week. The producer of twenty-one, Dan Enright, decided that to keep his show popular, it
was necessary to give Van Doren the answer before the show.
Herbie Stempel, the previous champion before Van Doren, was the person who revealed the
truth. He told the public that constetants on the programme were given the answer and also taught
what to do in front of the cameras: How to look nervous, how to pause and how to pretend to not
know the answers. After an investigation which examined every moment of every twenty-one show,
Van Doren eventually admitted cheating. Americans TV had lost its innocence.
Questions:

1) Who is Charles Van Doren and why was he sweating?

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2) Why was he a hero? …………………………………………………………………………..…………

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3) Do you think he was a cheat, why?
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4) Give reasons to explain why Van Doren was given the answer
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5) Do you think people believes in the programs again? Why

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SECTION D: ESSAY WRITING (10mks)

Write an essay of 200-250 words on any of the topics below.

1) Write to the Minister of Youth and Sport to complain about the increasing use of drugs by
athletes to enhance their performances and propose sanctions to be meted out to those
found guilty of doping.

2) Indiscipline

3) On the occasion of the World Day against HIV/Aids celebration, you are invited to make a
speech in your school, on how to avoid contamination. Write your speech.
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GOOD LUCK!!! Happy Christmas and Prosperous New Year!!!!!!