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Grade 7 English - Term 1
Unit 1

Name : ________________________ Class : Grade 7 Gandhi Date : _________________ Year : 2019

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READING (30 points)
Extract 1: Life in an island community

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Off the west coast of Scotland, there are many small island communities. Life in these communities is very
different from life in the big cities. People from the cities often say that life in the islands is slow and boring. But
the island people tell a different story.

Many families live by fishing or farming, and people usually have more than one job. Many families have rooms
for tourists who come to visit the islands in summer. The tourists go walking and fishing and play sports.
Sometimes they study Gaelic, the local language. And they stay in a 'bed and breakfast' with a local family or
in one of the small island hotels. In the long summer evenings, people meet and talk together. They tell stories
of where they live and what they do.

The children on the islands go to small local schools. They have their classes in English and Gaelic. Sometimes
there are only eight or ten children in one school! When they are twelve, they go to secondary school in a bigger
town on the island. When they finish that school, they decide whether to go to university in a big city, or to stay
and work on the island.

Answer the questions in complete sentence. (2 points each)

1. What do the city people think about life on the island?
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2. What do the island people do to support their lives?
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3. In your opinion, why do the island families provide rooms for tourists?
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4. What does the term ‘bed and breakfast’ mean in paragraph 2?
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5. If you were an islander, what would be your plan when you finish school?
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List down 5 facts from extract 1. (1 point each)

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2. _________________________________________________

3. _________________________________________________

4. _________________________________________________

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Extract 2 : Mount Teide

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Mount Teide is the highest mountain in Spain, but it's not on the Spanish mainland. It's a volcano on Tenerife, in
the Canary Islands, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. It's 3,718 meters high and has amazing views of the
other six islands in the area. If you're interested in climbing the mountain, you need to know a number of things
before you go.

First, the best time of year to climb it is between the months of May and October, because there's a lot of snow
and ice for the rest of the year, which can be dangerous.

Second, if you want to go to the very top, you need a special piece of paper from the national park office,
because it's a protected area. This paper is free, but you won't be allowed to climb without it, so don't forget!

Third, be careful with the weather. Remember that on high mountains it's nearly always much colder at the top
than at the bottom, even in the middle of summer. So take a sweater with you!

The climb takes about four hours. But if you get very tired and don't want to walk all the way back down, you can
get on the cable car. You buy a ticket near the mountain café and in eight minutes you're back at the car park.

Answer the questions in complete sentence. (2 points each)

1. In which waters is Mount Teide?

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2. When would be the best time of the year to climb Mount Teide?

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3. Why do you need a permit from the national park office before you go to the top?

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4. How long does it take to go to the top?

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5. Where can you get the ticket for the cable car?

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List down 5 facts from extract 2. (1 point each)

1. _________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________

3. _________________________________________________

4. _________________________________________________

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5. _________________________________________________

VOCABULARY (20 points)

Fill in the blanks with the words in the box. (1 point each)

advisable amenities artifacts caverns colleagues composite

dormant essence fissure grease humidity preserved
satisfactory thermal traumatic

1. The 8.5 Richter scale earthquake had caused a 5 meters wide _______________ on the ground with 20
meters deep.
2. Most European countries have high _______________ during autumn and winter due to the low
temperature.
3. The tsunami in Aceh had caused a _______________ experience to many people in Indonesia.
4. He spent long hours to prepare for yesterday’s Math exam. However, the results are not
_______________.
5. Mine workers build a resting place in the _______________ when they have to go inside the cave to
mine.
6. Doing warm up before having a workout is _______________ to avoid injuries.
7. The museum exhibits _______________ found in the ruins of a 18th century church in France.
8. The mountaineers wear _______________ jacket to keep their body warm during the hike in Mt. Everest.
9. Mt. Bromo has been _______________ for years until it showed volcanic activity last week.
10. Most fruit _______________ are useful for our body as vitamins.

Construct a good sentence with minimum of 8 words each in the sentence from the vocabularies in the

previous part. (2 points each)

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2. ____________________________________________________________________________________

3. ____________________________________________________________________________________

4. ____________________________________________________________________________________

5. ____________________________________________________________________________________

GRAMMAR (20 points)

Combine the two sentences using the words in the brackets to form a complex or compound sentence.
You might put away a word when necessary. (2 points each)
1. The strike was going to be called off. The leader told me. (that)

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2. He may become a member of the committee. I don’t know. (if)

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3. He is not educated. He is well experienced. (although)

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4. I sank into the water. I felt great confusion of thought. I couldn’t describe. (which, when)

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5. I went there. I found the door locked. (when)

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6. There is heavy rainfall here. Grapes will not grow in such places. (where)

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7. It starts to rain. Then the match will be cancelled. (if)

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8. You finish dressing. I will wait here. (until)

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9. Leave the house at once. I will call the police. (or)

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10. She didn’t answer the phone. I called her many times. (but)

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WRITING (30 points)

Write a paragraph about your house with its facts in 80-100 words and use the facts to make a ‘house
sale’ advertisement in the box below.

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