International Section- Year 2021/ 2022

Language Arts Dept.

Admission Test
Grade 5
Student’s Name ………………………………………………………………..

Teacher: MOHAMED ABDELALIM

 • Part 1 – Speaking
• Read the following questions and then record your answers.

1- What do you usually do before you go to bed?

2- What is the best thing about your school?

3- Why do you think most children love video games?

4- Did you like studying online at home? Why? Why not?

5- Speak for 45 seconds about only ONE of the following:

• Your Future Dream

• Your Family

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 • Part 2 – Reading (A)
• Read the following passage and answer the questions that
follow.
The President has a difficult job, but at least there are people to
help the President along the way. These special people are called
the Cabinet. The President gets to choose the members of the
Cabinet, but the members of the United States Senate must approve
them. Each member of the Cabinet represents a department of the
government. Some examples of these departments are Education,
Homeland Security, and Transportation. The Cabinet meets with
the President to talk about issues that affect their departments. In
these meetings, they can recall the president’s decisions and give
him some good advice on what decisions to make.

1- Record your reading for the above passage.

2- What is the antonym of difficult?

3- What is the synonym of help?
A. hard A. aid
B. easy B. choose
C. tough C. feed
D. delicious D. talk
4- The prefix in recall means……. 5- The cabinet is a group of………
A. too much A. people who help the president
B. without B. people without any jobs
C. do again C. people who are rich
D. not D. people who need help

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 • Part 3 – Reading (B)
• Read the following passage and answer the questions that
follow.
Jasmin is a little girl. She loves cats. Cats are very cure pets. One day,
her cat Whiskers did not show up for breakfast, Jasmine was worried.
“Whiskers is always here for food!” she cried to her mom. “What if she’s
lost?” “Calm down, Jasmine,” said her mom. “It’s easier to solve a problem
when you’re calm.” So, Jasmine sat and thought. Then it came to her.
Whiskers might be in the cellar. She opened the cellar door. There was
Whiskers, asleep on the stairs. “Yesterday, Whiskers was very curious about
the cellar,” Jasmine explained. Her mom smiled and said, “See what happens
when you calm down and think about a problem?”
1- The main characters are……… 2- What is the story setting?
A. Jasmin and her cat A. Jasmin’s school
B. Jasmin and her mom B. Jasmin’s house
C. Jasmin and her brother C. Jasmin’s bedroom
D. Mom and the cat D. Jasmin’s playground
3- What is the author’s purpose? 4- Jasmin solved her problem……
A. to inform A. when she had her breakfast.
B. to persuade B. when she asked her friends.
C. to entertain C. when she sat and thought.
D. nothing of the above D. when she cried a lot.
5- Which of the following is a statement of opinion?
A. Mom told Jasmin to calm down and think.
B. Cats are very cute pets.
C. Whiskers didn’t show up for breakfast.
D. Jasmin found the cat in the cellar.

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 • Part 4 – Grammar / Writing
• Write a short story of no less than 12 sentences
about what you did in your last summer vacation.
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End of Test, Best of Luck

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