CSP MARINA-SCHOOL Composition du 2eme trimestre Année Scolaire : 2023–2024

Niamey – Niger Epreuve d’Anglais Mois : Juin

DDEN: Niamey I Coefficient: 2/3 Classe : 2nde A/C
Tel: 96 15 29 67 Durée : 2 Heures Prof : Mr Souleymane

Text: My Family
The meaning of family was extremely wide. Everybody in the village was a member of big family.
In the old days, it was not rare to see many generations live in the same compound (grandfather, parents,
children, brothers, sisters but also uncles and aunts, cousins and nephews), and family solidarity was
always practiced. For example it was not only the father, but all the old persons of the village, who take
care of the children's education. Everybody was responsible. In fact, in the African customs, individual
life and loneliness did not exist. The widow or the divorcee, the old people and handicapped persons were
not abandoned. The little that a family possessed was shared among the whole members and with even
guests who are passing by. Poverty is never individual but collective. If it is collective, nobody is poor...
Today the most serious case is the outbreak of the family. Many old people are alone and they are
affected not by poverty but in their feelings because they live with nobody. This situation is the
punishment of a person who is modernized, who lived like Europeans and who had never helped his
parents, relatives and other people. If families are permanently separated, its members will not like each
other.
I. COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
Answer briefly the following questions in complete sentences (5pts)
1- Who are the members of an African family?
2- Did individual life exist in Africa? Why?
3-Who are in charge of the children's education?
4- What happens to the African families now?
5-Why do people live separately now?

II. LINGUISTIC COMPETENCES

A. Choose the correct answer to complete the sentences (10pts)
1- The company (makes, made, is making) profit two years ago.
2- We (shall not have, will have not, have not) time to do this exercise tomorrow
3- She (haves, having, had) a nice car a week ago.
4- Will you (comes, came, come) here next week?
5- They (written, wrote, write) it ten days ago.
6- The servant (cleaned, will clean, is cleaning) the house next time.
7- He (travelled, will travel, travels) to Paris a week ago.
8- We (takes, took, will take) our examination next year.
9- She (worries, worried, will worry) about her children a few hours ago
10- They (did not visit, do not visit, will not visit) us next Sunday.
11- They (are not, were not, will not be) in primary school a year ago.
12- We (do not have, will not have, did not have) three days' holiday this month.
13- Where (are you, were you, do you be) some hours ago?
14- I (do not see, did not see, shall not see) all these notes next.
15- He (does not teach, will not teach, did not teach) English ten years ago.
16- How much (does, did, will) this coat cost?
17- Some years ago we (know, knew, known) internet.
18- She (sells, will sell, did sell) the house next time.
19- What (do you do, will you do, did you do) next?
20- A few hours ago they (do not come, did not come, will not come) to school.
III. Guided composition. Write a good paragraph about desertification.
Use the following questions as guidelines. (5pts)
1) What is desertification?
2) What are the causes of desertification?
3) What are the consequences of desertification?
4) How to fight against desertification?

Good luck!!!