Level:1st year secondary school

Class: scientific stream.

Diagnostic test

Hi,

I went to Rome last August with my friend Peter. We stayed for a week in a small hotel near
the Colosseum. The hotel was nice and quite cheap. During the day we walked around the
city .We saw all the famous places like the Colosseum and St Peter’s, and we threw a coin in
the Trevi Fountain . At night we decided to go to restaurant and have fantastic pasta. Our
favourite restaurant was the Piazza Navona. We roamed in all Rome to find a painting of
Trastevere (the old town)and Peter bought some presents for his family . it was a wonderful
trip.

Yours Steve.

PART ONE

A/Reading Comprehension

1-Aswer the following questions :

a.Did Steve and Peter stay at a friend’s house ?

b.what are the places that Steve and Peter see?

2-find in the text words that are opposite in meaning to:

Expensive# far#

B/Mastery of Language.

1-put the verb between brackets in the correct form

a- I (not go) to the cinema last night. I was too tired.

b-My favourite country is Canada. I (to travel) there one day.

2-classify these verbs according to the pronounciation of the final /ed/

Stayed- walked- decided- roamed.

/t/ /d/ /id/