17848 test for 8th graders

Pilot Prep. School. Gabes
8th Graders
Name:…………………………..

Mid-Term Test
N°1
th
8 B6

Date:
Jan30th , 2012
Number:………..

Teacher:
Ms Emna El Ifa
Your score is ………./20

I-LANGUAGE:(………………../12Marks)
Exercise1: Fill in the gaps with the words in the box. There are two extra words. (………../3Marks)
teachers- fail- hard- extracurricular- learn- succeed- regularly- parents
This is Jack, an American high school student. His favourite subjects are English and
Mathematics; however, last week he didn’t (1)…………………. much and reached only 65%
in his Maths test. Unfortunately, that is only a D, but at least he didn’t (2) ………………..!
He is an 11th grader, so he has to think about his future studies – fortunately, his guidance
counsellor can help him to make this important decision. He has to study (3)
…………………., and so do his classmates – their progress is (4)………………… discussed
by their teachers and the grade level dealer.
From time to time, he takes his semester report card home to inform about his grades. Moreover, his (5)
……………….. can contact the school if they have questions about their son’s performance.
Jack takes part in several (6) ………………… activities. He likes acting and dancing as well. This is going to
be really useful at the prom at the end of his high school years!

Exercise2: Choose the correct option. (…………/3Marks)
Emma Watson is thirteen and in the 7 th grade. She attends Brooke’s School in London, which is a (reputation –
famous – popular) school for boys and girls. It is very spacious and has many facilities: a coffee bar, a library
and a canteen, as well as a gigantic (hall - court – gymnasium) and a swimming pool. She thinks it is a
(wonderful – boring – tiring) place to learn, because the teachers are incredible and everything is very
(organized.
Emma starts her classes at nine o’clock in the morning and finishes around four p.m. She is very good at
history and maths but actually loves P.E., since (sports - drama – music) is one of her passions. She doesn’t
like arts.
At school, she (should – can- must) wear a uniform: a dark blue skirt, a school tie, a white blouse, a blue
school blazer and dark blue shoes. This is common in British schools, but she (loves – hates – feels) it, because
it takes away students’ freedom and individuality. When school is over, she takes it off immediately.
Exercise3: Put the bracketed words in the correct form or tense(…………/2Marks)
More than 4000 parents are teaching their children at home and they are doing very (good) …………………..
The Tanner children,Stephen 8 and Jason 6 are taught at home by their mother in the small village in Hertfordshire. The
children think that they (to get) …………………. a better education at the moment. James, the father, says: “We both
feel we got nothing from school except exam certificates. (learn)………………….. was no fun at all, in fact it was
boring!” Some parents who are teaching their children ate home have a timetable but the Tanners don’t “The children
usually decide what they want to do, we aren’t (push)………………. They love books and they learnt to read through
play and word games”, says Eve, their mother.
Exercise4: Match sentence parts to get a meaningful paragraph.There’s an extra part in B.(…………/2Marks)
A
1.For many young people sport is a popular part
of school life
2. if someone is in a team it means a lot of extra
practice
3. It can also involve travelling to other towns
4.Sometimes parents, friends or other students

B

a. to play against other school teams
b.it means that a school is well-known
c. and being in one of the school teams and playing
matches is very important
d. and often spending a Saturday or Sunday away
from home

C
1+…
2+…
3+…
4+…


will travel with the team

e. to support their own side.

Exercise5:Find the right function for each underlined utterance. There’s an extra function
(………../2Marks)
“Hello! My name is Keith, I’m twelve years old and I live in Wellington, New Zealand, where
I go to St. Patrick’s High School. It isn’t a very modern building but I like being there, because
my classmates are close friends and the teachers are very nice and competent! They always
encourage us and tell us we should work hard and try our best!(1)
I’m in the 6th grade and my teachers say I’m an excellent student. I think history and chemistry
are a little boring (2), so I prefer arts and music (3), because I can use my imagination and express
myself.
I don’t really love my school (4) but the time I spend there is good, since we can participate in a lot of activities. I am in
the chess club and I play in the basketball school team. Another great place at my school is the library, because it has a
lot of books, computers and all the DVDs we can watch.

Functions
Utterance
Asking about someone’s opinion
Expressing one’s opinion
Moral obligation
Expressing like
Expressing dislike

II- LISTENING COMPREHENSION (8Marks)
1.

Listen to the passage and tick ( ) the correct box.(…………/2Marks)
Statements
a.The speaker is in school.
b. The speaker loves school and studying.
c. He finds the school day long.
d. Meeting with friends every day is fun.

2.

True

False

Circle the correct option with reference to the passage.(…………/1.5Marks)

The speaker (agrees – disagrees) with kids who think that school is (boring – interesting). Of course
having lunch at school isn’t the best thing to do, but you can (pack – bring) your own lunch.
3.

Choose the appropriate words from the passage to fill in the blanks.(…………/1.5Marks)

Most kids hate school but they forget that it’s the place where you learn lots of ………………… stuff,
get to do ……………….. experiments, learn a musical ………………… and play sport.
4.

Pick out a sentence expressing a positive point of view. .(…………/1Mark)

………………………………………………………………………………….
5.

Find in the passage words having the same meaning as: .(…………/1Mark)

A lot = ……………………..
Work hard = ……………………
6.

Circle the stressed syllable in these words.(…………/1Mark)


Musical -

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