3rd Year prep Exam Units (1 & 2)

1. Finish the following dialogue (5 M)

A customer wants to buy a new TV

Assistant Can I help you?
Customer Yes, (1)...........................................................
Assistant Do you want a smart one or an ordinary one?
Customer (2)................................................................
Assistant Ok, the one over there is smart.
Customer (3).................................................................?
Assistant It is 5000 Egyptian pounds.
Customer (4).................................................................?
Assistant Yes, there is a discount. You can pay 4900 L.E.
Customer OK. (5)............................................................

2. Read and complete the text with words from the list (4 M)

at - on - museums - Egyptian - pool - playground

On Friday mornings, I have tennis lessons at the sports centre (1)...................
10 o'clock. Sometimes I go swimming in the afternoon with my friends in the
swimming (2)................. There are some interesting (3)................. In Cairo. My
favourite is the (4).............. Museum because I'm interested in history. It's a
good place to go at the weekend.

3. Read the following text, then answer the questions (6 M)

There was an old man. He was a salt seller . He used to carry the salt bag on his
donkey to the market every day. On the way they had to cross a stream ‫مجرى مائي‬. One
day the donkey suddenly fell down the stream and the salt bag also fell into the water.
The salt dissolved in the water, so the bag became very light to carry. The donkey
was happy. Then the donkey started to play the same trick every day. The salt seller
came to understand the trick and decided to teach a lesson to it. The next day he put
a cotton bag on the donkey. Again it played the same trick hoping that the cotton bag
would be still become lighter. But the wet cotton became very heavy to carry and the
donkey suffered. It learnt a lesson. It didn’t play the trick anymore after that day, and
the seller was happy.

A. Choose the correct answer from a , b , c or d

1. The underlined word "it" refers to......................

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a. the old man b. salt c. cotton d. the donkey
2. The old man took the salt to the..............to sell it.
a. market b. studio c. cinema d. stream
3. When the cotton bag fell into the water, it became....................
a. new b. old c. heavy d. light

B. Answer the following questions

4. What did the old man sell?
.......................................................................................................................

5. How did the man carry his goods?

.......................................................................................................................

6. Who is more intelligent the man or the donkey?

.......................................................................................................................

4. Choose the correct answer from a , b c or d (3 M)

1. A.....is something that people build to remember an important person or event.
a. moment b. mountain c. fountain d. monument
2. The synonym of " attractive" is.......................
a. ugly b. unattractive c. beautiful d. terrible
3. The antonym of "..................." is noisy.
a. peaceful b. crowded c. strong d. weak
4. We add the suffix "............." to make the adjective from " use"
a. ful b. er c. ir d. ness
5. We add the prefix"..............." to give the opposite of "happy".
a. er b. ed c. un d. en
6. He switched on the mobile. This means he..............on the mobile.
a. turned b. broke c. bought d. lost

5. Complete the sentences with the correct form (5 M)

1. The plane..................(arriving) at 7 o'clock according to the timetable.
2. She.....................(doesn't) studies hard.
3. He was born...............(in) March, 15th , 2006.
4. Neither Ali nor they...............(is) at school.
5. Ali is my.....................(the best) friend.

6. Write ONE HUNDRED and TEN (110) words on: (7 M)

"A review about your visit to Ismailia"