Ibrahim El-Mousily High School 2020 - 2021 DIAGNOSTIC TEST Instructor / Administered by :

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Date : Start: / / 20 Finish: / / 20 Level : 2nd Baccalaureate Abdelkarim Foulfoula

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SECTION ONE : GRAMMAR 30/30 Score : _____ / 30 Comment :

A CHOOSE AND WRITE DOWN THE LETTER OF THE CORRECT ANSWER IN EACH EXAMPLE. 9 pts
_C_ 1. This is ___ elephant and that’s ___ tiger. ___ 6. When I___home , my son ___ his homework last night.
A. a / an B. on / in C. an /a A. get /is doing B. got/ was doing C. get /doing

___ 2. She ___ do the housework all by ___ when she was young. ___ 7. If you ___ water for a long time in the fridge, it ___ .
A. use to / himself B. used to / herself C. used / itself A. put /freezes B. put /freeze C. put / is freezing
3. - Sam: __ you watch the game last night ? - Sue : No, I __ . ___ 8. It’s ___ expensive. I don’t have ___ money to buy one .
___
A. Did / didn’t B. Does / doesn’t C. Do / did A. enough /too B. too /enough C. much / many
___ 4. That’sthe factory ____ I work. It ___constructed in 1960. ___ 9. Ihave class __ the morning and a yoga lesson __ night.
A. when / is B. which / were C. where / was A. at / on B. in /on C. in / at
___ 5. We ___ in this town ____ 1970. My father was born here. ___ 10. ___ your jacket before you ___. It’s cold outside.

A. have lived / since B. lived / for C. has lived / in A. Put on / go out B. Put off / go up C. Put out /go in
B CORRECT THE GRAMMATICAL ERRORS. GIVE THE CORRECT FORM OF THE WORDS . 4 pts
a) Correct the underlined error in the following example by giving the correct form of the word. ( 1 pts )
1. If I have a lots of money, I’d travel all over the world. 1. Correct form of the word : _________________________________
b) Find, underline , and correct the error in each example ( there’s only one error in each example). ( 3 pts )
1. That’s the woman which gave him food. 1. Correct form of the word : _________________________________
2. Our house was destroy by the fire, too. 2. Correct form of the word : _________________________________

C COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING TABLES AS INSTRUCTED. 8.5 pts

1) Affirmative Interrogative Negative 2) Base Form Past P. Participle

She speaks English . read read
Can he swim ? ate
They weren’t absent. play

D MATCH EACH UNDERLINED WORD WITH ITS CORRESPONDING GRAMMATICAL FUNCTION. 8.5 pts

A. Subject pronoun J. Indefinite article _A_1. He likes big surprises. __ 10. That’s the man who stole my car!
B. Preposition K. Verb __ 2. Ali watched a movie last night. __ 11. She turned the TV on again.
C. Possessive adjective L. Definite article __ 3. They live in a big house now. __ 12. I painted the living room yellow.
D. Direct object M. Demonstrative __ 4. Your car is on fire ! __ 13. Ask him to take the garbage out.
E. Adjective N. Frequency adverb __ 5. Did you try this medicine ? __ 14. I’m rich. Therefore, I’m happy.
F. Linking word O. Adverb of manner __ 6. There’s a stranger in my house ! __ 15. I’ll make up my mind soon.
G. Gerund P. Reflexive pronoun __ 7 He walked slowly to the door. __ 16. I don’t like studying on Sundays.
H. Relative pronoun Q. Infinitive __ 8. Your breakfast is on the table. __ 17. You should call them now.
I. Phrasal verb R. Modal __ 18. She bought herself a nice dress.
__ 9. We usually get there by noon.

SECTION TWO : FUNCTIONS 15/15 Score : _____ / 15 Comment :

Ω TEST YOUR FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH BY COMPLETING THE FOLLOWING TASKS . 15 pts

a) Tick (  ) the appropriate response. ( 4.5 pts )
1. A : Excuse me, but your music is too loud. 2. A : Let’s go to the movies tonight. 3. A : How are you feeling today ?
B :  You’re welcome. /  I’m so sorry, Sir. B :  Sounds good. /  I’m OK. B :  I’m exhausted./  See you!
b) Tick (  ) the right question. ( 4.5 pts )
2. A :  May I go out ? /  Do I go out ? 3. A :  Who’s he ?/  How is he ?
1. A :  What’s wrong ? /  What’s there ?
B : Yes, but after you finish your lunch. B : He’s OK now. Don’t worry.
B : I think I have a fever.
c) Complete the following exchanges. ( 6 pts )
2. A : What’s your view about facebook? 3. A : ______________________________ ?
1. A : ___________________________________________ ?
B : ____________________________________ . B : Sure ! You can use it.
B : I think you should see a dentist.
SECTION THREE : VOCABULARY 30/30 Score : _____ / 30 Comment :

φ TEST YOUR KNOWELDGE OF THEMATIC VOCABULARY BY COMPLETING THE FOLLOWING TASKS . 15 pts
a) Circle the correct word in each example. ( 10 pts ) b) Complete the unfinished words. ( 10 pts )

1. I’ll degree / graduate / grade from university this year. 1. Our c _____________________________ heritage is a very rich one, indeed.
2. There’re many poor / poverty / crime people in this area. 2. I didn’t like the special effects in that m___________________________ .
3. Most water / air / soil pollution is caused by cars. 3. Our mission is to protect your h______________________________ rights.
4. I should see a dentist for my eyes / backache / toothache. 4. We spent most of our v__________________________________ in Spain .
5. I’m watching a documentary / website / article on UFOs.
5. You should go on a strict d______________________ to lose some weight.

c) Cross (  ) the odd item out in each group ( There’s only one odd item in each group) . ( 10 pts )
1.Environmental solution:  recycling  garbage  renewable energy School:  grades  bedroom  degree
2. Social problem:  education  homeless  domestic violence Media :  values  Internet  TV

3. Healthy habit :  sports  diet  junk food Celebration:  Christmas  Ashura  luck

SECTION FOUR : COMPREHENSION 15/15 Score : _____ / 15 Comment :

A READ THE TEXT AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. 7 pts

Fatima El Fihri was the founder of Al Quaraouiyine, the world’s 1) Who is Fatima El Fihri ? ( 1 pt )
oldest university. She was born in Tunisia and moved to Morocco with ___________________________________________________________________________________

her prestigious family in the 9th Century. Fatima inherited a fortune 2) Where did she come from originally ? ( 1 pt )
___________________________________________________________________________________
due to the early death of her father and became a rich woman herself.
3) How did she become rich ? ( 1 pt )
However, she decided to use a larger portion of her money and
___________________________________________________________________________________
resources to honor the Islamic tradition of learning and academic 4) What did she do with most of her money ? ( 1 pt )
study. So, she built a university and mosque in Fes. To this day, Fatima ___________________________________________________________________________________
Al-Fihri is highly respected and looked up to by all, especially women, 5) Why is she respected and looked up to by all ? ( 2 pt )
for her kind-heartedness, perseverance , intellect, and wisdom. She is ___________________________________________________________________________________

held up as an inspiration to all and her rich legacy lives on in the 6) When did she die ? ( 1 pt )
___________________________________________________________________________________
excellence of the institution she founded. She died in 880 AD.
B LISTEN TO THE CONVERSATION AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. 8 pts
a) Name the people inside the classroom ? ( 2 pts ) d) Why is Steve under the table ? ( 1 pt )
__________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________
b) What color is Steve’s pen ? ( 1 pt ) e) The teacher tells her students to (  ): ( 1 pt )
__________________________________________________________________________________________
 read their books  close their books  open their books
c) The teacher of this class is (  ) : ( 1 pt )
f) The conversation takes place (  ) : ( 2 pts )
 Mrs. Young  Miss Young  Mr. Young  before  at the start of  after class.

SECTION FIVE : COMPOSITION 10/10 Score : _____ / 10 Comment :

 R E A D T H E P A R A G R A P H A N D C O M P L E T E T H E T A SK S A S I N S T R U C T E D . 10 pts

Technology has many advantages . To begin with, it’s making our 1) Underline the topic sentence of the paragraph.
lives easier. In other words, people save more time and efort with the 2) How many supporting sentences does the paragraph
use of technology . in china and japan machines and robots can have? ______________________________________

perform almost all of our house wark perfectly and in no time. also, 3) Double underline the concluding sentence in the
greaat inventions, like the telephone, computers, the television, the paragraph.
cell-phone, and the internet have made communication easier and 4) Give 3 transition expressions used in the paragraph.
better. additionally, top technology researchers, like dr. john michael, ________________________ _______________________ ______________________
have confirmed the positive effect of technology on economic growth 5) Find two words that are misspelled in the paragraph
. today, most business leaders rely on tichnology to improve the qality and give their correct form :
of their products or services. Moreover, the various technological Misspelled word : Correction :
advances in transpartation have turned our world into a small village - ______________________________ - ______________________________
to travel across. this has led to effective interaction between people - ______________________________ - ______________________________
from different places and caltures, from the atlantic to the indian
ocean. To sum up, with all these avantages, technology has brought 6) Find and circle three words that should be capitalized in
the paragraph.
about many positive changes to our every-day lives.