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ENGLR 002 REVISION TEST

PART ONE- GRAMMAR

  1. Circle the correct answer:
  1. My sisters ______both doctors.
  1. amb.isc. ared. be
  1. My grandmother ______10 grandchildren.
  1. hasb. are havec. haved. is have
  1. There ______a cup of coffee on the table.
  1. Isb. arec. amd. be
  1. I live in ______house, but my friend Jameel lives in _____ apartment.
  1. a/anb. an/ac. an/and. a/a
  1. My brother ______eats fast food. He probably eats hamburgers 5 days a week.
  1. neverb. oftenc. sometimesd. always
  1. It ______long to fly from Bahrain top Dubai.
  1. isn’t takeb. don’t takec. doesn’t taked. doesn’t takes
  1. The food court at the University of Bahrain is ______crowded. You cannot find a place to sit.
  1. neverb. rarelyc. sometimesd. always
  1. There ______any apples in the fridge.
  1. be notb. aren’tc. ared. isn’t
  1. Fill in the gaps:
  1. Complete each sentence with the correct preposition of place.

Use AT/ON/IN.

  1. Our house is ______73 Rose Garden Street.
  2. My brother lives ______Manama.
  3. There is too much traffic today ______Sheikh Khalifa Highway.
  1. Complete each sentence with one of these connectives: AND/BUT/OR/SO
  1. I like to eat pizza ______pasta. They are my favourite food.
  2. We can play video games ______watch a movie. What would you like to do?
  3. I lost my keys, ______I cannot go out of the house until I find them.
  1. Ahmed drives a Toyota, ______his brother drives a Honda.
  1. Fill in the gaps with the correct subject pronoun (I, You, He, She, It, We, They) or object pronoun (me, her, him, them it) for the nouns in brackets.

My best friends are Khadija and Fatima. ______(Khadija and Fatima) are very different. Khadija loves sport. ______(Khadija) plays basketball for the school team. Fatima is the opposite. Her favourite thing to do is sit at home and read. I love ______(Khadija and Fatima) both, but sometimes it is difficult to plan what to do together because ______(I, Fatima and Khadija) have different interests.

  1. Fill in the gaps with the correct possessive adjective

(my, your, his, her, its, their, our)

  1. My mother is at work at the moment, but ______father is at home.
  1. Some students forget to bring ______ID card during exams.
  1. Fill in the gaps with C for countable and NC for uncountable nouns
  1. ____ phone2. ______sugar3. _____tea4. ______book
  1. Fill in the gaps with the correct quantifier (much/many/ a lot of/a few/ little)
  1. How ______milk do we need for this recipe? About 150 ml.
  2. I don’t have ______hobbies. I only paint and read books.
  3. There are ______students in class.

PART TWO- LANGUAGE (5 marks)

  1. There are 6 errors in capitalisation, punctuation/subject/verb/subject/verb agreement in this paragraph. Underline the errors and correct them in the paragraph:

Karak tea a very popular tea in Bahrain, many people like to have one cup of

karak tea after lunch or in the afternoon. Karak tea is tea with milk and spices like

cardamom and saffron. I likes to drink it after dinner. my brother drinks 5 cups of

karak every day. He go to a famous shop in Hoora to buy karak.

  1. Write a topic sentence for this paragraph:

I play action and mystery video games. There are so many games to choose from. I like video games that make you think and help you solve puzzles. They make me think. I also learn new words in English by playing video games. This is why playing these video games is my favourite thing to do.

  1. Circle the sentence which is a good concluding sentence for this paragraph:

During the weekends, people in Bahrain like to have fun. Many of them go to the shopping malls. There are so many people in City Centre on Friday afternoon. Others like to go out in restaurants. In some restaurants it is difficult to find a table for lunch or dinner. Others like to go outdoors. People go to the beach or have a picnic in the parks if the weather is not too hot.

  1. People have barbeques in the parks.
  2. People in Bahrain enjoy their weekends.
  3. People in Bahrain like to eat out during weekends.
  1. Write the sentence which is not related to the topic in this paragraph:

In the evenings, I like to stay at home and relax. Sometimes, I watch TV and catch up on my favourite TV shows. Some nights I cook dinner with my mother and we have fun in the kitchen. My brother doesn’t like my food, but I still love to cook. There are evenings when I just listen to music or read a book and relax. I am usually busy during the day, so doing relaxing activities at night makes me relaxed and helps me to sleep better.

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PART THREE- WRITING A PARAGRAPH______(10 marks)

Choose ONE of these topics and write a 100-120- word paragraph. Pay attention to organisation, format and grammar. Use the box for your planning.

  1. Write about your favourite type of sweets. Why do you like it? How often do you eat it? Where? Do you know how to prepare it?
  1. Describe a sport/exercise you do in your free time. Why do you like it? How often do you do it? Who do you do it with? Where do you do it?
  1. Write about what you do during the summer holidays. How is this time different from your daily routine? What is special about it? How do you feel during this period?

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Answer Key:

PART ONE

A.

  1. c
  2. a
  3. a
  4. a
  5. d
  6. c
  7. d
  8. b

B.

1. 1. at

2. in

3. on

  1. 1. And

2.or

3. so

4. but

  1. 1. They

2.she

3. them

4. We

  1. 1. My

2. their

5. 1. C

2.NC

3. NC

4. C

6. 1. Much

2. many

3. a lot of

PART TWO

A

Karak tea is a very popular tea in Bahrain.Many people like to have one cup of

karak tea after lunch or in the afternoon. Karak tea is tea with milk and spices like

cardamom and saffron. I like to drink it after dinner. My brother drinks 5 cups of

karak every day. He goesto a famous shop in Hoora to buy karak.

B.I love playing video games for many reasons.

  1. B

D. My brother doesn’t like my food, but I still love to cook.

ENGLR 002 – GRAMMAR AND WRITING- MID-TERM EXAM – SEMESTER 2 2017/18 (revision test)