Test A

Academic year Agrupamento I - Escola Secundária Abílio Duarte Score

2022/2023 English test – 9th grade
1st test – 3rd trimester ______

Name. ______________________________________________________ class: ____________

To: Marion Biel

Hi Mari
Our gardening club is amazing! Look at our organic vegetables and
fruits. 2 days after classes I went to the school garden. This school
garden is a great protect that can help us learn more about healthier
food and how to project our environment. The Organic School Garden
Program is teaching us how tp garden for a sustainable future.

Lisa

In May 2010, the Biological Farmers of America (BFA) launched the To: Lisa
Organic School Gardens Program – a free organic gardening program Hi... Great photo! Tomorrow before
available to all Australian schools. lessons start, I’m going to plant new
The program is designed for students aged 8-12 years old and provides seeds. I love this program too. It is
practical support to schools for setting up and maintaining an organic unique and is free for all schools
school garden. BFA’s program can be adapted to all schools, including across Australia!
children with special needs, can be integrated with other subjects I am learning so much!
making learning fun.
Dictionary

Launch – lançar

Provide- fornecer

Set- iniciar

Special need – necessidade especial

A. Answer these questions about the text. 4pts

1. Where did Lisa go after classes? __________she went to the school garden _____________________
2. Why is the school garden a great project? __________________Because it is a great project that can help
us learn more about healthier food and how to peoject our environment _____________________
________________________________________
3. What does BFA stand for? ________BFA stands for Biological Farmers of America _______________
4. When did the organic school gardens program start? _____ it started in May 2010.

B. Match the words from the third text with their definition. 2pts
1. Launch c a. gives
2. Provides a b. keeping/sustaining
3. Setting up d c. to start an organized activity
4. Maintaining b d. starting/organizing
 C. Match the definitions with the suitable type of family. 3pts

Childless family f a. A household consisting of two parents and their children.

Same sex family c b. It consists of parents and their children, grandparents, aunts, uncles and
cousins, all living in the same household.
Adoptive family e c. Children raised by single LGBT parents, and children raised by an opposite-sex
couple where at least one partner is LGBT.
Nuclear family a d. It is a family where the children are brought up by the grandparents.
Grandparent family e. A family with a child or children who have been adopted.
d
Extended family b f. It usually involves a couple that does not have children.

D. Observe the pictures and write the type of family. 3pts

_____blended family ____ childless family ________ _ nuclear family___________

___grandparent family __________ extended family ________ single parent family____________

E. Which food is healthy or unhealthy? Write the food in the correct column. 4pts
Biscuits hot dog apples watermelon sweets chocolate cake eggs salad
cabbage cauliflower carrot Pizza tea French fries doughnut popcorn

Healthy Unhealthy
Cauliflower Pizza
Watermelon French fries
Apples Doughnut
Salad … sweets
Eggs chocolate cake …

F. Fill in the blanks with the Past Simple of the verbs in brackets.

1. Marion Biel _______visited _________________ her aunts and uncles in the countryside.
(visit)
2. They __________didn’t know ________________ about her school project. (not know)
3. What _____did ___________ you __________decide___________ to do this weekend?
(decide)
4. We __________watched ___________an interesting movie last night. (watch)
5. Two weeks ago you ______________saw _____________ me in the library but you
_______didn’t talk______________ to me. (see/ not talk)
6. Lisa ______learned__________ so much about the environment protection. (learn)