Full name: _______________________________________________ Class: 3e ____ Grade: _______/10

Grammar-Based Test
A. Louis and Omar are talking about religion in Senegal. Complete their conversation below asking
questions and putting the verbs in brackets into the correct tenses (02 marks)
Louis: Hello, Omar! 1_________________ you not ___________ (come) to the ngalax party yesterday?
Omar: Hi! I was quite busy. That’s why.
Louis: Oh yea! 2____________________ (be) you up to?
Omar: I was revising ma grammar lessons.
Louis: Sorry you missed it. I hope you will be around next time.
Omar: 3______________________________ organize the party?
Louis: At home. See you later on. I’ve got to go to the evening mass. We have a new priest.
Omar: Really! 4__________________________________________?
Louis: He is called Father Jack Mbaye.
Omar: I see. Catch you later then!

B. Louis and Omar are talking about religion in Senegal. Complete their conversation below with tag
questions (02 marks)
Louis: Hello, Omar! We did not see you at the ngalax party last Friday?
Omar: Hi! I was quite busy. You had not told me about it, 5________________?
Louis: Of course, I had! But you’ll be around next time, 6________________?
Omar: Perhaps! I hope Rama and Falu did not show how greedy they were, 7________________?
Louis: (laughing) Stop kidding, 8________________?
Omar: I know about their gastronomic talent.
Louis: (roaring into laughter again) See you later on! I’ve got to go to the evening mass.
Omar: Really! See you!

C. Put the verbs in brackets into the passive voice (03 marks)
A big bowl of ngalax 9_______________________ (bring) to Boy Njay last night. After gorging himself
on it, Dr Fall 10_______________________ (call) to diagnose him urgently because poor Boy Njay almost
ate himself to death. Next week, he will 11_______________________ (take) to Dalal Jam Hospital
according to the doctor. His case seems to 12_______________________ (aggravate). Ngalax
13_______________________ (make) with peanut butter, baobab fruit, sugar, dried grapes and couscous
millet. It is so delicious that even diabetics cannot resist it. Generally it 14_______________________
(advise) to eat ngalax in moderation because its consumption excess gives diarrhea or colic.

D. Put the statements below into the reported speech using the given clues (03 marks)
15. “John and Theodore spent all night eating ngalax. Now they are very sick.”
Mary Mendy had told me that _____________________________________________________________
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16. “Muslims and Christians have shared a national meal on Easter. It was wonderful!”
Sister Clementine said that _______________________________________________________________
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17. “Ramadan and Korite are coming soon. Muslims should also share their food with Christians.”
At the mosque, Imam Naw is saying that ____________________________________________________
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