CEM MAME T. B. MBACKE THE ENGLISH CELL

CLASS:5eme______Student’s Name:______

FIRST SEMESTER ENGLISH EXAMINATION

Hello!

My name is Nabou and I’m 13 years old. I live in grand Dakar with my parents. I have got one sister her name is Astou. She is 1.20 tall and she’s 10. My father is a teacher and my mother is a nurse. I am very short for my age. I’m 1.10 cm and I weigh 45 kilograms. I’ve got brown hair and blue eyes. I am a happy person.

I go to Kennedy girls’ school but Astou goes to Mame T. BirahimMbackéschool.At school, we study French, English and science subjects. I take music classes and I can play the drums. Astou also can play the drums but we cannot play the flute. In Senegal, students do not go toSchool on Sundays.

I .COMPREHENSION:

TASK 1: Read the text and complete the table (2 points)

AGE / HEIGHT / WEIGHT / INSTRUMENT PLAYED
NABOU / 13 / b)______/ c)______/ d)______
ASTOU / a)______/ 1.20 cm /

TASK 2: Read the text and circle the best option: (2 points)

Nabou’s mother works:

a)in a hospital

b)at school

c)at the market

Astou is:

a)as tall as Nabou

b)taller thanNabou

c)not as tall as Nabou

TASK 3: Read the text and write “TRUE” or “FALSE” next to each sentence. (3 points)

  1. Nabou is very tall: “______”:
  2. Nabou has got brown eyes: “______”
  3. Students haveclass on Sundays in Senegal. “______”:

TASK 4: Read the text and write the contrary of the words ( 2 points)

Tall:______sad:______

II. COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE:

TASK 1: Complete the sentences with SO…., Neither… or both: (3 points)

  1. Nabou studies music and Astou studies music

Naboudoes not studyArabics. ______does Astou.

  1. Nabou and Astou can speak French.

Astoucan speak French. ______can Nabou.

  1. Nabou goes to school and Astou goes to school.

Nabou and Astou______go to school.

TASK 2: TASK: Complete the conversation betweenNabou and her friend Noelle: (3 points)

NOELLE: How______?

NABOU: My sister is 10 years old.

NOEL: When______in Senegal?

NABOU: In Senegal, studentsfinishsecondary school at 17 years old.

NOELLE: When______?

NABOU: Students take their first exam at 12 years old.

III. WRITING:

Complete the passage below. Use the expressions in the box. There is one expression youshould not use. (5 points)

fourteen years old and I go to / start school at the age of six
examination when they finish primary school / at English but I am bad at
am in 8th form. We study / My father is a teacher.

In Senegal, children,usually,______.They take the Entrée en Sixième______. I am______MameThiernoBirahimMbacké School. I ______many subjects like English, French. I always get 20 out of 20 in English. I’mgood ______Maths because I usually have below 5 out of twenty.