College of the Holy Family 3rd Preparatory Faggalah – Cairo March 2015
Name: ……………………………………………………………………………….Class: ( )
I. Vocabulary: 1. Fill in the following sentences using a suitable word in the right place and form: Make the necessary changes: (6.5 marks)
Achieve – simple – memory – different – benefit – sundial – malfunction – set up – provide – interpret – coast – tier – yoke
1. He answered the whole question wrongly because he wasn’t able to …………….……………………the formula in the right way.
2. Do you know how to tell the time on a ………………………………………?
3. The government is passing new laws to help the poor people ………………………………… from the new advantages.
4. Our teacher always ……………………………………… any difficult lesson for us.
5. How do you ……………………………………… between the different blood types?
6. John’s greatest ………………………………………was losing 50 kilograms in a year’s time.
7. Tom’s brother is thinking of ……………………………………… his own business with his cousin.
8. The charity organization ……………………………………… the needy with the necessary food and clothes.
9. When their computer started ……………………………………… , they failed to get the required data.
10. She couldn’t speak much French, so her children had to ……………………………………… for her.
11. As water sports lovers, Mark and Jane usually spend their holidays at a ……………………………………… resort.
12. Her wedding cake was with seven ……………………………………… .
13. The young boy carried the two buckets using a ……………………………………… .
2. Fill in with a suitable compound noun or compound adjective: (3 marks)
1. Although he was insulted, he replied “whatever, I don’t care”. He is really …………………………...…………
2. …………………………………………..…………can cause massive damage as it contains dangerous chemicals when it falls from the sky.
3. I won’t discuss the matter any further with him. He is ……………………………..….…………and thinks he is right all the way.
4. New projects are established these days to use ………………………….….…………instead of petrol and coal as it is a renewable source of energy and doesn’t pollute the environment. It also helps to reduce ……………………………….………… .
5. Reptiles are …………………………….…………animals.
3. Match the following definitions with the suitable body idiom: (4 marks)
1. To reply in a very angry way......
2. To decide what to do as things happen, instead of planning in advance......
3. To make sure that something or someone is safe......
4. To say or do something that makes someone embarrassed or upset......
II. Grammar: A. Fill in with a suitable verb in the right place and tense: (6.5 marks)
1. He ……………………….…………his throat at the beginning of his speech.
2. The clever boy ……………………….………… any mistakes since he was directed by his mother.
3. She ……………………….………… making that terrible noise after the teacher ……………………….………… her eyebrows.
4. I don’t know why (he) ……………………….………… his shoulders, but it seems that he ………………….………… what she is telling him.
5. No one …………………………….…………his illness yet. So far, he ……………………….………… many researches about the available ways of treatment.
6. My brother’s clothes are wet. He ……………………….………… our car since early morning.
7. How can you do that! You ……………………….………… in front of the T.V. since you ……………………….………… back from school.
8. Mary ……………………….………… several marathons in her life.
9. The fridge is full because we ……………………….…………the shopping.
III. Story: The Prisoner of Zenda
1. How was the city of Strelsau divided socially and politically? How did Rudolf Rassendyll succeed in getting the crowds’ admiration on his way through the city? (5 marks)
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2. ‘Whether Michael knew me or not, he could not speak.’ (5 marks)
a. Why would Michael suspect Rudolf?
b. Why couldn’t Michael say the truth?
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IV. Writing: Write an informal letter (15 lines) about the following topic: (10 marks)
An accident happened to you on your way to school
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