Collège Notre-Dame de Jamhour Name: ------
Date: ------
Class: ------
English Test (37 pts)
I- Read the following text carefully.
Friends and Neighbours
Lucy and Kate are neighbours and they’re the same age. They are also best friends. They go to the same school but they are very, very different! Lucy is an only child but she isn’t hard-working. She doesn’t help her parents with the housework and she hates tidying her room. Lucy’s hobbies are surfing the Internet and chatting online with her classmates. She isn’t interested in sports. She never exercises! On weekdays, she listens to pop music in her bedroom because it helps her to relax. At the weekends, she visits her uncle Martin and his wife. They have a baby and Lucy likes to look after him when his parents go to a party on Saturday nights.
Kate has got six brothers. She is the eldest. When her mother cleans the house, Kate does the washing and irons clothes. She enjoys helping her mother with the housework. After school, she cooks dinner for the family. Her favourite food is spaghetti. When she finishes her homework, she listens to classical music. After that, she takes a shower and reads in bed. She thinks reading is good because a lot of books are very interesting. She also loves sports! She is athletic. She plays basketball for her school team. She trains every weekend. Kate wants to be a professional player.
‘We’re very different. We don’t like the same things but we like each other. I consider Lucy as a sister. She also has the same feeling,” says Kate.
So, they are lucky to be friends and neighbours at the same time!
II- Comprehension. (8 pts)
1- Answer the questions in complete sentences. (6 pts)
a) Does Lucy help her parents with the housework? Justify your answer. (1pt)
No, Lucy doesn’t help her parents with the housework and she hates to tidy her room.
b) What are Lucy’s hobbies? (1 pt)
Lucy’s hobbies are surfing the Internet and chatting online with her classmates. She also listens to pop music.
c) Does Lucy like sports? (1pt)
No, Lucy doesn’t like sports and she never exercises.
d) What does Kate do after school? (2 pts)
After school, Kate cooks dinner for the family. When she finishes her homework, she listens to classical music. After that, she takes a shower and reads in bed.
e) Why does Kate like to read? (1 pt)
She likes to read because she thinks there are a lot of interesting books.
2) Are the sentences true or false? (2 pts)
a) Lucy has a sister and brother. False
b) Lucy has a cousin. True
c) Kate doesn’t help her mother with the housework. False
d) Kate likes to listen to pop music. False
III- Vocabulary (8 pts)
1) Explain the underlined words. (4 pts)
Weekdays: any day except Saturday and Sunday.
Look after: take care of.
Irons: makes clothes smooth by using an iron.
Athletic: physically strong, fit and active.
2) Give the opposites of the words in bold. (4 pts)
Hard-working ≠ lazy
Never ≠ always
Eldest ≠ youngest
After ≠ before
IV- Grammar (21 pts)
1- Complete the sentences with the present simple tense of the verbs in brackets. (9 pts)
a) They go out (to go out) on Saturdays but they (not to stay out) don’t stay out late.
b) Sue loves (to love) cats but she doesn’t like (not to like) dogs.
c) I speak (to speak) French and Spanish.
d) My sister does (to do) her homework at night.
e) You ride (to ride) your bike to school.
f) Mark and Leila read (to read) books in English!
g) My best friend plays (to play) football.
2- Write sentences adding the possessive (s) in the correct place. (5 pts)
a) My father / brother / is my uncle. My father’s brother is my uncle.
b) The colour of the chair / is brown. X
c) Saint Valentine Day / is on February 14th . Saint Valentine’s Day is on February 14th.
d) The sons of Prince Charles / are William and Harry. Prince Charles’ are William and Harry.
e) The sandwiches of the students / are delicious. The students’ sandwiches are delicious.
3- Change into the plural. (4pts)
a) This box is not heavy. These boxes are not heavy.
b) The key and the watch are on the table. They keys and the watches are on the tables.
c) I buy the dictionary from that man. We buy the dictionaries from those men.
d) He puts the glass and the dish on the shelf. They put the glasses and the dishes on the shelves.
4- Underline the mistakes and correct them. (3 pts)
a) I like potatos. potatoes
b) Prince Philip is grandfather’s William. William’s grandfather.
c) My mother doesn’t watches music shows on TV. watch
Good Luck