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Preparatory School
English Mid Term Test n°1
Teacher : Lilia Louati
School Year : 2015/2016 Name : ……….
Class : 9th form 4 Date : November 12th,
2015 Mark :
Listening Comprehension : (8 marks) 1. Tick the right alternative (1 mark)
The text is about :
- Mother’s day - Father’s day - Woman’s day
2. Listen and answer the questions from the text (2 marks)
When will it be celebrated this year in Tunisia ?
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What are the gifts that children give to their mothers ?
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3. Say whether the statements are true or false and justify your answer from the text. (3 marks)
Mothers are the only ones celebrated in this day. ………
………
On this day, some people feel sad. ………
………
All people think that this day should be celebrated. ………
………
4. Do you think Mother’s Day should be celebrated ? Why ? (1 mark)
………
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5. Circle the word in which the underlined sound is mute/silent (1 mark)
lamb - buy - book - bite - bomb
worry - wonderful - know - draw - will Language : (12 points)
1. Fill in the blanks with the suitable expression ; there are 2 extra expressions. (3 marks)
I’m a teenager and I have problems with my parents. I don’t ……… on well with them because they treat me like a two-year old boy.They don’t want me to rely ………myself.They feel very satisfied when I am dependent on them.
My friends always laugh at me……… my parents control me all the time.For example, they don’t want me to go out with my friends on Saturday afternoon. Besides, they punish me when I break the………. All this makes me feel ………. in front of my friends. I’m very angry and I
……… about talking to my parents about this.
2. Provide the right tense/form of the bracketed words. (2 marks)
Many husbands think that the housework is a woman’s role. However, Mr Smith (not mind) ……… giving a hand to his wife because he likes (cook)
……….. and looking after his children. Since they (to be) ……….babies, he took great care of them. He says he (always treat)……….them as little kids even when they grow up in the future.
3. Underline the right choice (3.5 marks) Dear friend ,
I am writing this letter to ask for your help. I am very (happy-worried-excited) about my daughter’s new habits. She was a (bad-disobedient-wise) girl in the past. But lately, I have noticed new behaviours. She spends (less-more-most) time doing her homework and (enough-more-less) time going out with her friends. If I tell her to do any house chores, she simply (accepts-agrees-refuses) and says she is not a servant. (Who-What-Where) is happening to my daughter ? Do you have (some-little-much) advice to offer me ?
4. Rewrite the bracketed words using a compound adjective (1.5 mark) The Browns are a nice family .They have two children : a teenage daughter Jane and a younger son Peter. Jane is a (has blonde hair) ……..……… girl, while Peter is a (has green eyes) ….………... and a (has dark hair)………
boy.
5. Provide the comparative or superlative forms of the underlined adjectives ( 2 marks)
Jane is the (pretty)…………..of the Brown family. But Peter is (smart) …………
than his sister. They love their parents very much, but they think that their mother is (understanding)……….. their father. They both agree that their father is the (difficult) ………. man they know.
