Second Class Haval intermediate School January

Subject: English 2019 - 2020 / First Attempt 2 hours

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Q1/Read the following passage carefully. (8M)

There was a very bad storm last night. There was a heavy rain and strong wind. The rain came down all night. There
were floods in some streets. The rainwater went into people’s houses, so they had to leave them. Some people had
to travel by boat. We often have heavy rain, but not at this time of the year. It is usually dry in March. My teacher
told us that the weather is different now from past.
Now Answer the following questions (Choose 4 only)
1. Did the rain come down all night? ( Answer )
2. There were ______________ in some streets.
3. It is usually rainy in March. ( True / False )
4. The teacher told them that the weather isn’t different from past. ( True / False )
5. Some people had to travel by ____________. ( bus / train / boat )
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Q2/Textbook passages (Choose 4 only) (8M)

Answer the following questions
1. What does Mr. James dislike doing?
2. Why can unfit people not run or walk easily?
3. We shouldn’t eat too much ( meat and cheese / fruit and vegetable / water )
4. Which country won the men’s football gold medal at London 2012?
5. Mr. James has worked in the café for ( ten / twelve / twenty ) years.
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Q3/A/Do as required (Choose 4 only) (4M)

1. I like fish. I like meat. ( join : and )
2. ___________ take a taxi. ( make suggestion )
3. The Iraqi team ( win ) the match yesterday. ( correct the verb )
4. I used to play piano. ( make negative )
5. Don’t let children play with match. ( Give advice )
B/Choose the correct answer (Choose 4 only) (4M)
1. Ali has stayed in Dubai ( for / since ) three years.
2. The ( womens’ / women’s ) favourite sport is running.
3. I have ( a few / a little ) milk you can use.
4. I would like to __________ fishing. ( do / go / play )
5. ____________ biscuits , sweets , fries or crips. ( too much / too many )
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Q4/Vocabulary (4M)
Choose the correct option (Choose 4 only)
( frightened / menu / medal / dentist / joke )
1. Athletes win a ____________ if they come first, second or third.
2. A list of food in a restaurant ________________
3. I get _____________ when I read scary stories at night
4. Our teacher told us _____________ this morning and we all laughed loudly.
5. Someone you go to when you have toothache _________________.
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Q5/A /Fill the blanks with missing words. (Choose 2 only) (2M)
1. long , longer : beautiful , ___________
2. farm , farmer : write , __________
3. play , playing : sit , __________
4. 2020 – two thousand twenty : 1981 , ___________
B/Rewrite the sentence using capital letter and punctuation marks. (2M)
nada didn’t go to istanbul last month.
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Q6/Writing (choose A or B) (8M)

A – Write a paragraph about a visit to a restaurant.
B – Write a paragraph about your most embarrassing moment.

Teacher of English: Mustafa AL-Pachachi