اختبار الفصل الأول في مادة اللغة الانجليزية السنة الثانية متوسط الموضوع 2

Duration: 1h 30mn Level: 2MS….

First Term Exam

Input:

Charles Dickens was a famous English writer. He was born on February 7^th, 1812 in Portsmouth, England. At the age of 9, he went to school and studied for 3 years only. He started to work very young because his family was poor.

At the age of 18, Charles Dickens worked as a reporter for a newspaper. He travelled to Europe and America.

Charles Dickens wrote many novels about people who lived in England in the Victorian period and the difficult conditions in which poor people lived. Some of his popular novels are: “Oliver Twist”, “David Copperfield” and “The Tale of the Two Cities” . Charles Dickens died on June 9^th, 1870.

Source: p48.org

Part One ( 14pts )

1. Reading Comprehension ( 7pts )

Read the input carefully and do the following activities

Activity 1: In which paragraph it is mentioned that Charles was from a poor

family ? ( 1pt )

Paragraph n° ……..

Activity 2: Match the questions in column A with the appropriate

answers in column B ( 4 pts )

A	B
Where was Dickens born ? What was he ? How long ago did he die ? What did he write ?	142 years ago . A writer. Novels . In England.

 

Activity 3: Find in the input words that are opposite in meaning to

the following ( 2pts )

finished ≠ ………………….. easy ≠ …………………

old ≠ …………………. rich ≠ ………………….

2. Mastery of Language ( 7pts )

Activity 1: Find in the input 2 regular verbs and 2 irregular verbs(2pts)

Regular verbs	Irregular verbs
1-……………… 2-………………	1-……………….. 2-………………..

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Activity 2: Reorder the following words to get correct sentences (3pts)

1. is / Oliver Twist / Whose / ? / novel

………………………………………………………….

2. boy / a / Oliver Twist / poor / . / was

……………………………………………………………

3. London / . / in / lived / He

…………………………………………………………..

Activity 3: Classify the following words according to the sounds

/ θ / and / ð / ( 2pts )

mouth – those – with – think

/ θ /	/ ð /

Part Two ( 6 pts )

Complete the the dialogue with correct questions:

Amine : What are you reading , Badis ?

Badis : “ Les Misérables ” .

Amine : ………………………………… ?

Badis : It’s Victor Hugo’s novel .

Amine : ……………………………………?

Badis : He wrote it in 1862 .

Amine : ……………………………………?

Badis : He was born in France.

Amine : ……………………………………..?

Badis : He died 127 years ago .

GOOD LUCK !

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