Language & Writing test (S1)

Name 2 Bac.

A. Put the verbs between brackets in the correct form. (5 pts)

1. First, let me [explain] _______________________________________________________ one thing here.
2. You aren’t allowed [use] ___________________________________________ a calculator in this test.
3. You can’t leave before you finish [do] _______________________________________________ the test.
4. Here, you only need to know how [write] ______________________________________“to write”.
5. Stop [observe] _______________________________________________ the others and focus on the test.
B. Put the verbs between brackets in the correct tense. (4 pts)
1. The students started working as soon as they [have] _______________________________ the test papers.
2. They [organize] _____________________________________ the classroom before the candidates arrive.
3. The baby [cry] ____________________________________________ until the nurse gave him the bottle.
4. By the time I started writing, they [ask] __________________________________me to put the pen down.
C. Give the correct form of the words between brackets. (2 pts)
1. Do we need to do (vigour) ________________________________________________ exercise to get fit?
2. They are [enthusiasm] __________________________________________ about jogging in the morning.
3. The parents should encourage their kids to be (creativity) ______________________________________.
4. What should [poverty] ____________________________________________ people do to fight poverty?
D. Rewrite these sentences with the words given (4 pts)
1. They didn’t talk to you. They didn’t know you. (for that reason)
______________________________________________________________________________
2. They don’t understand. They are ignorant. (Owing to)
______________________________________________________________________________
3. She covers her face with her hands. She didn’t want to be recognized. (so as)
______________________________________________________________________________
4. She was very busy. She didn’t prepare anything for lunch. (since)
______________________________________________________________________________
WRITING (5 pts)

By this time next year, I will have done many great things. First _____________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________

__________________. In brief, I hope I will have been able to achieve most of these things in a year’s time.

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Language & Writing test (S1)

Abdessalami
 Language & Writing test (S1)

KEY
A. Put the verbs between brackets in the correct form. (5 pts)
1. First, let me [explain] ______ explain ______________________ one thing here.
2. You aren’t allowed [use] __________to use_______________ a calculator in this test.
3. You can’t leave before you finish [do] ____doing _________ the test.
4. Here, you only need to know how [write] ______to write ______“to write”.
5. Stop [observe] __________observing_________________ the others and focus on the test.
B. Put the verbs between brackets in the correct tense. (4 pts)
1. The students started working as soon as they [have] _______had had___________ the test papers.
2. They [organize] ________will have organized_________ the classroom before the candidates arrive.
3. The baby [cry] ___________had been crying / had cried_________ until the nurse gave him the bottle.
4. By the time I started writing, they [ask] _____had asked _______me to put the pen down.
C. Give the correct form of the words between brackets. (2 pts)
1. Do we need to do (vigour) __________vigorous_______________________ exercise to get fit?
2. They are [enthusiasm] ____________enthusiastic___________ about jogging in the morning.
3. The parents should encourage their kids to be (creativity) ___creative_____________________.
4. What should [poverty] _____poor_______ people do to fight poverty?
D. Rewrite these sentences with the words given (4 pts)
1. They didn’t talk to you. They didn’t know you. (for that reason)
They didn’t know you; for that reason, they didn’t talk to you.
2. They don’t understand. They are ignorant. (Owing to)
a. Owing to (their) ignorance, they don’t understand
b. They don’t understand owing to (their) ignorance.
c. Owing to being ignorant, they don’t understand
d. They don’t understand owing to being ignorant.
e. Owing to the fact that they are ignorant, they don’t understand
f. They don’t understand owing to the fact that they are ignorant,
3. She covers her face with her hands. She didn’t want to be recognized. (so as)
She covers her face with her hands so as not to be recognized
4. She was very busy. She didn’t prepare anything for lunch. (since)
a. Since she was very busy, she didn’t prepare anything for lunch.
b. She didn’t prepare anything for lunch since she was very busy
WRITING (5 pts)

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