CEM MAME THIERNO B. MBACKETHE ENGLISH CELL
STUDENT’S NAME:______ACADEMIC YEAR:
CLASS:______
Hotel Sun,
Rue felixfaure, Dakar Plateau
June, 20th, 2015
Dear Mom and Dad,
Nicolas and I are having a wonderful vacation in Senegal. I am sitting in a restaurant near the Blaise Blaise Avenue. Nicolas is next to me, he is reading a magazine and I’m writing this letter to you. We usually eat at our hotel but today we are having lunch in a small restaurant in Medina. It is nearTilene Market, we came here because we want to see the life in the streets of Medina.
Street life in Medina is very different from the life at Manhattan in New York. Here, the streets are very busy but some places in Manhattan are busier. In Manhattan we can see burger-sellers in some mini cars; here some men sell meat soup which Senegalese people call “Forokhthiaya”. Close to the garages and “Car rapid” stops, women sellporridge or “Laakh” and very cheap food. Some girls sell waterby the roads andboys sell credit cards for telephone companies.
It is summer time here, Dakar is very hot now. Yesterday we went to the Hann Park. There were lions, hyenas and a lot of other animals. We were happy. Next week we are going to travel to TambaKounda, to visit the Niokolokoba Park.
Your darlings
Martin and Nicola
- COMPREHENSION (7points)
TASK 1: Read the text and circle the best option (2 points)
1. In her letter, Martin describes:a)Their holiday in Senegal
b) The good food in Medina
c)The animals in the forest / 2. Martin and Nicolas ate at the restaurant because they:
a)want to eat good food
b)want to look at people in Medina
c)don’t like the food at the hotel.
TASK 2: Read the sentences and answer with “TRUE” or “FALSE”. Justify your answers (4pts)
- Nicola is reading a book.
“______”: “______”
- Martin and Nicolas often eat at a restaurant in Medina
“______”: “______”
There are water-sellers in the street of Medina.
“______”: “______”
- The day before Martin and Nicola went to the Niokolokoba Park.
“______”: “______”
TASK 3: a) Give the words meaning: With many or a lot of people: ______(in paragraph 2)
b) Read the text and find the contrary of : Cold: ______(in paragraph 3)
- COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE (8 points)
TASK 1: Give the simple past of the verbs (2 points)
a)To be: ______b) to do : ______c) to go:______
d) to come: ______e) to visit ______f) to write:______
g) to cook:______h) to get:______
TASK 2: Complete the passage with the words in the box (2,5 points)
last / sometimes / yesterdaynow / ago / every
Moussa is a seller. He sells clothes at Sandaga Market______(1). ______(2) month, he participated to Fair (la foire). I met him at the market,______(3). Right ______(4) he is selling shirts and trousers to his customers. The last time I bought a shirt from him, it was a month ______(5).
TASK 3: Reorder the questions: (1 point)
the drummer / when / the drum / did / beat/ ? / ……………………………………………………………………………..…………………………………………………………………………..?
girl / the beautiful / birthday / who / the party / was / at/? / ……………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………?
TASK 4: Complete the passage in the preterit (3 pts)
A long time ago, Two farmers Ali and Moussa ______(to be) friends. They hada bag of beans(haricots). They wanted to have the same number of beans, Ali said you take one bean, I take one bean.”Moussa ______(to start) to count the beans But there was one bean left. Ali ______(not/to want) to give the last bean to Moussa. So, He divided the bean. He took one part and ______(to give)one part to Ali. But Ali ______(not/to be) satisfied, he put the knife in his mouth and ______(to cut) his tongue. He was too greedy.
- WRITING: