Passage.1 Read the following passage and answer the questions:
Lemonade is a kind of cold drink. It is made of the juice of lemons, with sugar and water. The name comes from the Arabic laimoon. Lemon trees grew first in south East Asia .From there; they spread to China in the north and Persia in the west. In the 10th century, Arabs knew about lemons. In the 12th century Arabs brought lemons to Spain and North Africa.
The juices of the fruit become popular for cooking and for drinking with sugar and water. The drink spread to Europe and then to North America. There are now over 250 commercial brands of lemonade in the world. Lemons now grow in the United States, south Europe, North Africa and South America.
A) Complete the following
Made from Name of the drink
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………………………………………….. …………… ………………………………………….. ………….
B)Tick / or x:
1) Lemonade is a hot drink. ( )
2) Lemonade trees grew first in America ( )
3) There are a lot of commercial brands of lemonade ( )
C) Complete the following sentences:
1) Arabs knew about lemons in the ……… century.
a)10th b)12th c)14th d)16th
2) Arabs brought lemons to ………………. a)Italy b) Spain c) France d) Turkey
3) Lemons now grow in……………….
a) One country b) two countries c) three countries d)a lot of countries
Passage 2
Read the following passage, and then answer the questions below :
Nasreddin once had old boat, which he used to ferry people across the river. One day, he was taking a university professor to the other side.
"What is the square root of 9?" asked the professor.
"I don’t know "answered Nasreddin.
"How do you spell elephant?" asked the professor.
"I have no idea" replied Nasreddin.
"Didn’t you study anything at school?" asked the professor, surprised.
"No," said Nasreddin
"Then you wasted half your life doing nothing" said the professor.
Nasreddin was silent for a little while, then ha said:
"Can you swim?"
"No," said the professor.
"Then you wasted ALL of your life doing nothing," said Nasreddin." We are sinking."
Choose:
1) Nasreddin is a……………………….
a) ferry man b) university professor c) teacher d) judge
2) Nasreddin had a……………………
a) ship b) boat c) taxi d) plane
3) Nasreddin may be very good at………………………………
a) math b) languages c) science d) swimming
4) Nasreddin used the boat to ferry……………………
a) Professors b) elephants c) people d) teachers
5) The opposite of the underlined word "old" is…………………….
a) New b) big c) small d) dirty
6) The underlined word " All " means …………………..
a) 50% b) 100% c) 25% d) 75%
7) What was the second question the professor asked?
a) A history question
b) A math question
c) A language question
d) A science question
8) Why didn’t Nasreddin know any of the answers?
a) Because he didn’t was a history professor b) Because he had an old boat
c) Because he couldn’t swim c) Because he never studied at school
Vocabulary 3
A) Choose the correct answer from a, b, c:
1. They can …………………. a ship
a. sail b. fly c. drive d. ride
2. Monet was a………………….
a. novelist b. playwright c. painter d. writer
3. ………………. is a hot drink
a. Coffee b. Coca- Cola c. Juice d. Water
4. He speaks ……………………… because he is from Italy.
a. Italian b. English c. Indian d. Arabic
5. They use some ………………… to keep fruit
a. paints b. boxes c. tables d. books
6. I would like to eat …………. salad and fish
a. white b. green c. yellow d. red
7. A …………………… is a long story
a. novel b. art c. paint d. poem
8. Chess is a game for …………………… players
a. three b. one c. two d. four
9. Poems and Plays are…………………
a. art b. stories c. literature d. songs
10. I’d like to …………………… a car
a. fly b. drive c. sail d. walk
11. He flies a………………………………
a. bus b. ship c. plane d. boat
12. This poet wrote a lot of………………..
a. plays b. novels c. biographies d. poems
13. When the traffic light is red, you must……………..
a. stop b. send c. meet d. walk
14. She is very young but she cans ………………………… the newspaper
a. go b. read c. swim d. watch
15. You can watch a film at a……………………….
a. stadium b. theatre c. cinema d. sports centre
16. I’d like to drink some……………………………..
a. rice b. bread c. butter d. coffee
17. Tea with out …………………. please
a. sugar b. salt c. juice d. meat
18. He is eating a…………………….
a. milk b. sandwich c. water d. juice
19. It is a game for two players. You use a board with 64 squares………………………….
a. Tennis b. Football c. Chess d. Handball
20. Give me an ice- cream……………………
a. piece b. cone c. glass d. can
21. Tea, coffee and milk are………………………
a. Vegetable b. fruit items c. cereals d. drinks
22……………………….. means the rules of the country
a. notebook b. question c. law d. test
23. Most students get to school by………………..
a. plane b. bus c. boat c. train
24. We can see planes……………………
a. on a road b. on a lake c. in a sky d. on the sea
25. There are three kinds of……………….. in Western culture.
a. books b. arts c. stories d. novels
26. A ……………………… is a painting of a person.
a. portrait b. picture c. poems d. sculpture
27. Do you like the…………………….. Of Shakespeare?
a. articles b. essays c. advertisements d. plays
B ) Write the word in the list in alphabetical order:
Tree – secretary – wrong-village – under
1-
2-
3-
4-
5-
C) Classify the following into two categories:
Artist – painter – taxi – boat – sculptor – bicycle – train – biographer-motorbike– writer
Job names Means of transport
D) Number the words in alphabetical order:
Bank a-
Court b-
Art c-
Eight d-
Door e-
E) Classify the following:
Fish – football – egg – tennis – chicken
Food Sport
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…………………………………. …………………………………..
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Grammar 4
A) Choose the correct answer from a, b, c, or d :
1. They……………….. Children.
a. is b. are c. was d. be
2. Work begins …………………… 9 in the morning.
a. at b. on c. in d. of
3. What does your mother……?
a. working b. worked c. works d. work
4. I can’t …………… this word
a. spell b. to spell c. spelling d. spelt
5. The capital is ……………… the coast
a. at b. with c. on d. in
6. Can children vote? No they…………
a. don’t b. can’t c. can d. haven’t
7. How ……………………………. you get to work?
a. have b. are c. is d. do
8. I want……………………….. a car
a. to drive b. drive c. driving d. drove
9. Work ……………………. at 9.00 am.
a. start b. starts c. have started c. starting
10. …………………. you come from Moscow?
a. Are b. Is c. Were d. Do
11. how far ………………… to the coast?
a. is it b. it was c. it is d. has it
12. Austen……………….. In 1775
a. is born b. was born c. born d. are born
13. Shakespeare…………… Hamlet in 1600
a. did write b. write c. wrote d. has written
14. Did you ……………………. to the cinema?
a. go b. went c. gone d. going
15. Shakespeare died…………………… April, 1616.
a. at b. of c. on d. in
16. He has four…………………………….
a. child b. child’s c. children c. children’s
17. I can …………………………… school at 17
a. leave b. leaves c. leaving d. left
18. He lives in……………………….. small village
a. a b. an c. …………….. d. the
19. Look! There ………………. milk on the table
a. is b. was c. are d. were
B) Circle the right answer from a, b, c, or d :
1. (They, She, He, It) are teenagers
2. (Did, Does, Are, Is) you sleeping?
3. Some people travel (in, by, on, at) planes
4. There are (thousands, a thousand, thousand, thousandth) kind of fish
5. His father bought (him, his, her, them) a computer
6. (Where, Which, When, What) do you live?
7. What about (play, playing, played, plays) tennis
8. Butter (is, are, am, were) made from milk
9. It (take, takes, took, taking) me twenty minute to reach home
10. Shakespeare (wrote, write, writes, writing) Romeo and Juliet
11. The war lasted (between, from, to, into) 1930 to 1940
12. The capital (of, at, an, up) the UAE is Abu Dhabi
13. What are you (do, doing, did, does)?
14. (The, A, An, This) earth goes around the sun
15. There (was , been , be , were ) a war in 1991
C) Reared to make correct sentences:
1. Drive – can – I – a car – at 18 – in – the UAE-
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2. To work – how – people get – do – in Lebanon?
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3. India – father – took – his – to – him
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4. A kind – the sea – is – surfing – of – on – skiing
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5. Cereals – biggest – of energy – is – source- the
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6. a bus – to Pori – catches – Rota
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7. His – bicycle – he – to the train station – rides
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8. School – children – can – leave – at 16 – in Britain?
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9. On – the coast – is – in the north – there – a city
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10. Of the country – there – mountains – are – in the south
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Writing 5
A) Fill in the spaces with the missing letters:
1. There are four main kinds of li- erature.
2. William Shakespeare was a very great po – t.
3. Have you read the bi- graphy of Charles Dickens?
4. Dickens was the most important English noveli- t
5. It is for – emales not for males.
6. A ferr – is a kind of boat.
7. It is a piece of architect-re
8. A film is a story at the c-nema.
B) Write three meaningful sentences about your journey to school:
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C) Write a paragraph about" How do you spend your
Free time":
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