Nourine MOHAMED MIDDLE SCHOOL School year: 2018 / 2019

Level: MS4 DIAGNOSTIC TEST Timing: 1 hour

Family name:…………………… First name:…………………… Class: ………
Text:
Hello everyone! My name is Lucy and my beloved grandfather is Tim. He is my best friend. My
grandfather is sixty-four years old and he is retired now, so he has plenty of time to be with me. I love him
very much and I know he loves me too. We usually spend a lot of time together. He is a widow and he lives
with us, my father, my mother and my brother Kevin. We live in a big house in Colorado. My grandfather is
a very tall and strong man because he was keen on practicing boxing. He is a patient, calm, easy-going and
caring man. When I
• with her family …………

Task three: Lexis : ( 2 pts )

a) I find in the text words that are closest in meaning to : ( 01 Pt)
- large = …………. - unhappy = ………….
b) I find in the text words that are opposite in meaning to : ( 01 Pt)
- angry ≠ ………… - old ≠ ………..

Mastery of language ( 7 pts )

Task one: I pick out from the text six verbs describing past actions then complete the table: ( 03 Pts)

regular verbs irregular verbs

• ………….. • …………..
• ………….. • …………..
• ……………….. • …………….

Task two: I write the correct form of the verbs in brackets: (2 Pts)
Sofiane (to be)…………... my best friend . He (to have ) ………… a good personality. Last week , I (to
visit)……………….. him in his house ,then we (to go )…… ………to the cinema.

Task three: I find in the text words having the following sounds: (2Pts)

/ei/ say /ai/ nine

……………… …………….

PART TWO: Situation of integration ( 6 pts )

You are asked at school to talk about one of your family members .Write a short portrait about him/
her using the following clues : (personal information-interests-personality - likes and dislikes- old memories
with him / her )
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