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English Make-Up Test

1)Read the following story AT LEAST TWICE (15p)

Every summer, Penny travels to a family reunion barbeque. Penny is never excited, and this year is no different. She
dreads the drive.

She does not like talking to her relatives. And she does not like the smell of hamburgers. (Penny is a vegetarian.)

When Penny arrives, she sees lots of familiar faces. It is July and Uncle Vernon is wearing a sweater. Uncle Vernon
is always cold. It’s very mysterious.

She sees her cousin Polly. Polly has six children. The youngest one screams. Then the oldest one screams. Polly’s
children are always screaming.

She sees many of her other cousins in the field playing softball. They play a softball game every year, and it always
ends in a big argument. Penny wonders, again, why they never solve it.

Then Penny sees an incredibly handsome man. She stares at him. He catches her staring. He smiles and walks over to
her. Penny is very nervous. She is nervous because a handsome man is walking up to her and she is nervous because
this handsome man might be her cousin.

The man sticks out his hand and says, "Hi, I’m Paul."

"Hi, I’m Penny," Penny says. "Are we related?"

Paul laughs. "No, we are not related. I am Vernon's nurse. He is sick and needs to keep me close by. But he did not
want to miss this barbeque!"

"Oh, thank goodness," Penny says and then blushes. Penny always blushes when she is nervous, embarrassed, or hot,
and right now she is all three.

Handsome Paul laughs and says, "Would you like to go get a hamburger with me? They smell delicious."

Penny smiles, "Sure. I love hamburgers!"

TO BE CONTINUED…

A. What kind of story is this?

This is a realistic story

B. Who is the main character?

The main character is Penny.

C. Where is Penny going? How does she feel about it?

Penny goes to a family reunion and doesn't have a good time.

D. There are two people related to Penny in this story. Who are they and why Penny doesn't
like them?
The people are Uncle Vernon who is mysterious and Cousin Polly who has children
who fight.
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E. Who is Paul and what’s the relationship with Penny?
Paul is sick and invites her to eat a hamburger

F. How does Penny feel about Paul?

Penny likes Paul

2) Write in a paragraph how the story of Penny & Paul continued (30p)
When they went to eat the burgers Penny told Paul that she is a vegetarian. He told her that
it didn't matter because he just wanted to share a moment with her. So, they looked for a bar
where they have a menu for the two of them.

3) Can you classify the following nouns into countable and uncountable? (10p)
Cake – watermelon – cash – grapes – flour – hamburger – bacon – air
information – potato – sugar

COUNTABLES UNCOUNTABLES
watermelon Cake
grapes cash
hamburger flour
potato bacon
information
sugar

4) Can you explain the difference between these two sentences? Justify. (20p)
1) She danced and ate candy all night. 2) The doctor says I’ll get better soon.

This sentence is in the past This sentence is in the future

5) Choose a character from the tale “A Sound of Thunder “by Ray Bradbury and describe it.
(25p)
The protagonist of "A Sound of Thunder," Eckels is a hunter who enjoys exotic safaris and decides
that traveling back in time to shoot a dinosaur is the next logical adventure for him. At the office of
Time Safari, Inc
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