2015-2016 ACADEMIC YEAR
ELBİSTAN FİNAL PRIVATE ANATOLIAN HIGH SCHOOL
1ST TERM 2ND ENGLISH WRITTEN EXAM FOR 10TH CLASSES
NAME: SURNAME: CLASS: 10 - … NO:
GRADE: ...... /100
A) Read about a truck driver’s life and answer the questions. (7x3=21 points)
Rob is 45 years old and he is a truck driver. He is on the road at least 10 months a year. “I like this job and I can’t do another job. It is hard to work in an office all day” says Rob. He drives all day, has his meal and sleeps in his comfortable truck. His truck is his home. Today, he is carrying oranges from Italy to England. There is a nice music on the CD and he is singing together. Also, it is raining. It looks very romantic. Rob says, “This job is not always fun. It is risky sometimes. Some people drive badly or they use cell phones when they drive. You can always see accidents on the roads. But it is still good for me”.
1. Who is Rob? ______
2. Why does he like his job? ______
3. What does he do in the truck? ______
4. Where is he driving now? ______
5. What is he carrying? ______
6. Why is it romantic in the truck now? ______
7. Why is it a risky job? ______
B) Fill in the blanks with “Simple Present Tense” or “Present Continuous Tense” (2x10=20 points)
1. Lucy often ______(go) to bed early, but tonight she ______(watch) a film on TV.
2.Gary usually ______(not go) swimming, but this morning he ______(come) with us for a swim.
3.Look! Patsy______(ride) a bike. I think she______(enjoy) cycling.
4. I ______(not like) milk, but I ______(not drink) it right now.
5. ______your parents ______(go) to France for their holiday this summer?
C)Complete the sentences with “can/can’t/could/couldn’t”(2x10=20 points)
1. I ______speak French but I can speak English.
2. I was tired but I ______sleep yesterday.
3. I am good at playing badminton. I ______play badminton.
4. I ______touch my nose with my foot finger when I was 2, but now I can’t.
5. When she was 1 year old, she ______walk but now she is 4 years old and she can walk.
6. When I was younger, I ______run fast but now I’m old.
7. He couldn’t reach the table last year but now he ______reach the table. He is tall enough.
8. She is a good tennis player but now she is in the hospital. She ______play tenis this week.
9.______you swim when you were 10?
10. He is amazing, he ______speak five languages, including Turkish.
D) Complete the sentences with correct preposition of place - in/on/at. (2x5=10 points)
1. I always wake up ______7.40 A.M in the morning.
2. I sometimes work ______Saturdays.
3. He starts a new school year ______September.
4. I was born ______1999.
5. Alice sees her family ______Friday evenings.
E) Write the correct “–s, -es, –ies” formation of the following verbs. (1x5= 5 points)
1. crash / ______
2. satisfy/ ______
3. woo / ______
4. whiz/ ______
5. pop/ ______
F) Write the correct “-ing” formation of the following verbs. (1x5= 5 points)
1. phone / ______
2. take / ______
3. free / ______
4. vie/ ______
5. win/ ______
G) Write a 100 word article about one of the following three topics. In your text, talk about why you choose this topic, likes/dislikes, needs/desires, interests, routines etc.(19 points)
Topic 1:What are the good and bad sides of our school?
Topic 2:What is your favourite book and why?
Topic 3:Who is your best friend and why?
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Ahmet KURNAZ
English Teacher