TAI BA I CS HI GH SCHOOL/MBORO. SCHOOL YEAR: 2008 2009.

TEACHER: Mr. TOP. LEVEL: 2

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Name:..Surname:Class

SECOND SEMESTER FIRST TEST.

Text: A naming ceremony

In traditional Africa, when a baby is born, there is a naming ceremony. This generally takes
place seven days after the babys birth.
It is the duty of the babys parents to inform and invite all the members of the extended
family and the villagers.
To do this, parents send messengers who give cola nuts to the villagers early in the morning,
seven days before the day of the ceremony. To choose the babys name, the head of the family
consults the spirits of the familys ancestors.
The baby then can receive the name of an ancestor who is believed to come back, or simply
bear the name corresponding to the day of his birth.
When the day arrives, the head of the extended family makes the appropriate sacrifices and
shouts the given name to the crowd. After that, people begin to eat, drink and dance in the
village and everybody is happy.

I-Reading comprehension: (10pts)

A- Read the text and answer these questions: (4pts)
1) What is organised at the birth of a baby?
.
2) When does this event take place?
.
3) What does the head of the family do to give the baby a name?
.
4)
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B- Are these statements true or false? Justify from the text. (4pts)
1) The ceremony is held seven days before the baby is born.
..................
2) There is no naming ceremony after the babys birth.
............
3) The villagers are not informed about the naming ceremony.
.........
4) There is much eating, drinking and dancing during the naming ceremony.
.

C) Match the words in column A with their definition in column B. 2pts

WORDS DEFINITION
1) Baby
2) Parents
3) Villager
4) messenger
a) father and mother
b) Someone who is sent.
c) A very young child.
d) Someone who lives in a
village

1 =.; 2=; 3 =.; 4 =.
II- LINGUISTIC COMPEPTENCE. (10pts)

A- Put the following sentences into the past simple tense. (4pts)
1) We go to Dakar with our teacher.
.
2) Theyre listening to the radio carefully.
.
3) She is a very intelligent student.

4) Ill talk to the President about the elections.
.

B/ Complete the following sentences with the right element below. (3pts)
1) The children .......... are playing football there are mine.
a) which; b) what; c) who
2) Ronaldinho plays football..than Raul.
a) best; b) better; c) worst;
3) My brother isboy in his class.
a) the tallest; b) taller; tall.
4) There isntmilk in the fridge.
a) many; b) much; c) few.
5) She is..than her mother.
a) more pretty; b) prettiest; c) prettier.
6) I have a dog..very intelligent.
a) who; b) which; c) whom.

C/ Find six irregular verbs in the text and give their preterit past participle and
meaning. (3pts)

INFINITIVE PRETERIT PAST PARTTICIPLE MEANING
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)