Second Term English Test

V.I.P

When I Was a Student

I used to study at Smallville Junior High. I used to go there by bicycle when the weather was fine. When it rained, I went by bus. We had Maths, English, History and Geography. We also used to learn Latin and Greek. I didn't mind Latin, but I hated Greek. We didn't have computers because they didn't exist at that time. I didn't go to an all boys' school. My sister too didn't go to an all girls' school. We prefer to go to a coeducational school, which was 3 kilometers away from our home. Coeducational school had better teachers and pupils.

I remember I used to wear an uniform. Boys wore a white shirt, a tie, a dark jacket and black shoes. Girls used to wear a white blouse and a long dark dress. The men teachers used to wear a suit and a tie. Women teachers wore a dress or a skirt. Today, teachers and students wear tennis shoes, jeans and a T-shirt. When you look inside the class, it is difficult to tell who are the teacher and who are the students.

Part one

Section one: Reading comprehension : (07 pts)

A) Read the text carefully then answer the questions: (02 pts)

1- How far was the coeducational school from his home?

2- What did girls used to wear at school?

B) Read the text carefully then say: True or False (02 pts)

1- Computers weren't at school at his time. ________

2- Women teachers used to wear a dress and skirt. ________

C) 1- What do the underlined words in the text refer to? (01 pt)

2- Find in the text the synonyms to the following: (01 pt)

disliked = ……………………….. far = …………………………….

3- Find in the text the antonyms to the following: (01 pt)

forget ≠ ……………………… short ≠ ……………………………….

Section two: Mastery of Language

A) Put the verbs between brackets in the right form: (02 pts)

1- If we had computers at school, learning (to be) ……. More interesting.

2- If she (to revise) ……. well her lessons, she'll get good marks.

3- If animals (can speak) ………… , they (to study) …….at school.

B) Supply punctuation and capitalization where necessary : (02 pts)

- they'd visit london if they won the nobel prize

C) Classify these words according to the diphthong they have: (03 pts)

Fine – they – today – tie – away – my

/ ai /--/ ei /

Honour Member

This text can be used for 2nd year SE for a test for it is rich of "used to" form. Thank you madam