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English Test (30pts)
I- Read the following text carefully and answer the questions.
Home School: a Good Thing or a Bad Thing?
Some children don’t go to school. Well, they don’t learn in a classroom with a lot of other children; they stay at home and study with their mum or dad. They don’t learn at home because they have to, but because some parents think their children don’t learn enough at normal schools.
‘School isn’t goodfor my son,’ says Miranda Peeler, who teaches her son, Ben, at home. ‘Ben doesn’t work in class. He plays with his friends all the time and he doesn’t listen to the teacher. There are 30 children in his class, and it’s difficult for the teacher to teach ALL of them. Now I teach him at home. He learns all the important subjects and he does a lot of work. He has to; he’s the only one in the class! We study on the computer too. At school, there is only one computer for all the children in the class. Ben likes home school. He’s a clever boy and he wants to learn. Here he can do that.’
Brenda Masters is a teacher. She doesn’t think home school is a good idea. ‘Yes, children learn a lot at home school but they don’t play with their friends. They don’t learn how to work in a group. Work is important but play is important too. Friends are important. Sport is important. School is important!’
II- Comprehension
1- Answer the questions in complete sentences. (8 pts)
a) Who do the children study with at home school? (2 pts)
At home school, the children study with their mum or dad.
b) Why do some children study at home? (1 pt)
They study at home because some parents think that their children don’t learn enough at normal schools.
c) According to Miranda Peeler, what are the advantages of studying at home? (2pts)
According to Miranda Peeler, children work more at home school. It’s easier to teach them at home. They can study on the computer.
d) At normal schools, how many students are there in class? (1 pt)
At normal schools, there are thirty children in class.
e) What do you think is better home school or normal school? Explain. (2 pts)
I think that normal schools are better than home schools because the children can play with their friends and we teach them how to work in a group.
2- Choose the best answer. (2 pts)
1- Ben’s mother thinks
A Ben doesn’t study important subjects at school.
B the classes are very big.
C there are many computers in the classroom.
2- At Ben’s school
A there are some computers.
B the children don’t use computers.
C the teachers do not know how to teach on the computer.
3- Brenda thinks
A parents aren’t good teachers.
B children have to work and play.
C children do not learn enough subjects at home.
4- Brenda thinks that home school is
A a good thing.
B a bad thing.
C a good and bad thing at the same time.
III- Vocabulary
a) Give the opposites of these words (2 pts)
1- Difficult ≠easy
2- Clever ≠ stupid
b) Complete the sentences with the words in the box. (2.5 pts)
I.C.T. biology geography history P.E.1- In historywe learn about the past.
2- In I.C.T we learn about computers.
3- In P.E. we learn different sports.
4- In geography we learn about different countries.
5- In biology we learn about the human body.
c) Complete the sentences with the correct words. (2.5 pts)
1- There’s a poster about the new club on the noticeboard.
A in B on C under
2- There’s your homework! It’s under the dictionary.
A between B next C under
3- Look at Miss Browne’s new car! It’s in the car park next to Mr Bank’s Toyota.
A under B next C near
4- I usually wear a jacket when it’s cold.
A jacket B T-shirt C shorts
5- Bill doesn’t have to wear a tie to work.
A socks B a tie C tracksuit bottoms
IV- Grammar
1- Complete the sentences with the correct form of have to. (3 pts)
a) I don’t have to do homework every day, only on Mondays and Tuesdays.
b) Our swimming coach is very hard! We have to train for three hours every Saturday morning.
c) My brother doesn’t have to come home before 11.00 p.m. but I do!
d) Does he have toplay basketball every day?
e) We haven’t got a car and my dad has togo to work by bus.
f) We don’t have towear a uniform at our school. I usually wear a sweatshirt and jeans.
2- Complete the sentences with the correct tense: the present simple or the presentcontinuous of the verbs in brackets. (3 pts)
a) He’s busy. He is working (to work) on the computer at the moment.
b) He alwaysdoes (to do) his homework on time. He’s a good student.
c) State schools aren’t (not to be) expensive.
d) Do you want the dictionary? I am not using (not to use) it now.
e) I am not going (not to go) to school this week. I’m on vacation.
f) Are you chatting(you / to chat) to Jackie? I need to talk to you.
3- Complete the sentences with the correct formcanand the verbs from the box. (2 pts)
Cook play use drivea) I can’t playtennis very well but I’m a good swimmer.
b) Canyou cookItalian food?
c) My grandfathercan’t use the Internet very easily. It’s difficult for him.
d) My brother can’t drive . He’s thirteen years old.
4- Complete the sentences with the correct adverb form of the adjectives in the box.(2 pts)
good quick bad slowa) We always walk home slowly because we chat a lot!
b) I have to practise my English. I write it so badly.
c) The teacher speaks very quickly and I can’t always understand her.
d) I don’t play chess very well. I usually lose!
5- There is one mistake in every sentence. Underline the mistake and correct it.(3 pts)
a) I’m in the kitchen. I’m cuting onions.cutting
b) We don’t study german.German
c) At the moment, she’s dancing happy.happily
d) I go to a University in Beirut. university
e) where do you live? Where
f) She is wearing a blue jeans.X
Good luck