Association des Professeurs d’Anglais de la Guadeloupe

Rallye Anglais

Edition 2006 – Epreuve de sélection – Lycées
DUREE: 1 heure / Etablissement: / Composition de l’équipe (nom, prénom, classe)
Temps: / NOTE: / Classement:

N° I: A.Complete the quotations from famous people with one of the following adjectives : true – slow- wise.

1. “The ……………….… person questions himself, the fool others.” (Henry Arnold)

2. “A………………. friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your successes.” (Doug Larson)

3. “ Be …………………….. in choosing a friend, slower in changing.”(Benjamin Franklin)

B. Find the second part of these quotations. Put the corresponding letter in the grid.

1. Do not try to produce an ideal childa. to hang ideas on.(Herbert Spencer)

2. Always laugh when you can. b. it would find no fitness in this world.(Lord Byron)

3. All words are pegsc. It is cheap medicine. (Henry Ward Beecher)

1.- / 2.- / 3.-

N°II. The Victorian Era : Use the clues to find the years.

When George Orwell published Nineteen Eighty – Four in 1949, he was 46 years old. He was born 2 years after the death of Queen Victoriawhich put an end to her reign. The Victorian era is the period covered by the reign of Queen Victoria which lasted 64 years. So, this period associated with the height (apogée) of the British Empire and industrial revolution lasted from…………………………..…to…………………………….

N° III. PROVERBS:Use the boxes to match the English to the French or the Creole.

English proverbs / a / b / c / d / e / f
French or Creole / ……… / …….. / …….. / …………. / …………… / ......

N°IV. ON THE PHONE. Pick out the lexical mistakes and provide the right words in the grid

Ken: Hey! What’s going on in your country?

Xavier : You mean in Guadeloupe?

Ken: No, in France, in Paris. There is a civil war, isn’t there?

Xavier : I thing young people are just angry.

Ken : Why?

Xavier : It’s difficult to explain but it remembers me of what arrived in your country a few years ago.

Ken : What do you mean ?

Xavier : Leave me explain. Er……. France’s Interior Minister told regrettable words and ….

Ken : Oh, really ?

Xavier: You know, in the inner cities, young people are very sensible to what is said about them even if they claim they are not interesting in politics.

Mistakes
Right words

N°V. PRONUNCIATION: Underline the word whose vowel sound is different.

Ex: style – fine – silver - mind

1. catch watch match patch

2. factlackedbakedtact

3. flierairfireliar

4. lazevasefazephrase

5. snaketastebananabreak

N°VI. ALL CATEGORIES. Fill in the boxes.

Nouns / Verbs / Adjectives / Adverbs
widely
success
shamefully
familiar
favour
free

N°VII. THE QUIZ.

N° VIII. MONEY IDIOMS

There are lots of idioms concerning money. Choose from the list below and fill in each bubble with the correct letter.

A. Money can’t buy everything. B. We’re in the money! C. Stop throwing good money after bad!

D. Money burns a hole in her pocket.

N°IX. THINGS AND EVENTS

  1. It is celebrated on the third Monday of January in America.
  2. The national day of Ireland and celebrated all over the world by people of Irish descent.
  3. In the U.Ka day when people light bonfires and let off fireworks.
  4. A slang dialect used by certain groups of the African American community.
  5. Celebrated in Barbados in August.
  6. One of Trinidad and Tobago’s national birds.

Write the appropriate letter in each box

Crop over / Guy Fawkes’ Night / Ebonics / St Patrick’s Day / scarlet ibis / Martin Luther King Day

N° X. LANGUAGE: MCQ . Circle the appropriate letters for the right answers.

1.How long ago ... the tsunami...South Asia a)was …hitting b)did … hit c)had …hit

2. It rained all day, ...... was a great pity. a) what b)who c) which

3. I wish I ..... my rollerblades. a) didn’t sellb)hadn’t sold c)don’t sell

4.She ...... such a terrible thing about me! a) must say b)can say c)can’t have said

5. John is back in London again-I… him yesterday. a)’ve seen b)had seen c)saw

6.The sooner we set off, … we’ll arrive. a) earlier b) the earlier c) the earliest

7. I don’t understand … you are talking about. a) whatb)that c)which

8. I’d like him...... by himself. a) coming b)to come c) come

9. Sorry there aren’t ……. biscuits left. a) no b) any c) some

N°XI EVERYDAY CONVERSATION: Match each sentence with the appropriate response.

a. I really flew off the handle when I saw all that mess. 1. Serves you right.

b. I had £10 deducted from my wages for turning up late.2. You’re telling me!

c. Then suddenly my belt broke and my trousers fell down. 3. I don’t blame you!

d. The music is deafening, isn’t it? 4. How embarrassing!

Fill in the grid with the letter and the corresponding number.

XII. Identification.

1. Tick the appropriate boxes to identify these famous people.

WHO
IS
WHO? / She refused to give up her seat on a bus in 1955… / Africa’s first female president elected in Liberia /
Kenyan awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace /
Some people blame her for causing the end of Charles’s marriage to Diana, Princess of Wales /
British writer
awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 2005 /
President of South Africa since 1999 when Mandela gave up his position
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Thabo MBeki
Wangari Muta Maathai
Rosa Parks
Camilla Parker -Bowles
Harold Pinter

N° XIII.Which country has this flag?

N° XIV. BRITISH OR AMERICAN?

Write those words in the appropriate box:

freshman - sport shoes - parking lot - full stop - downtown

British English / American English

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