Al-Mansouri Intermediate English Language Final year exam 2016-2017

Public School Duration: 2 hrs.

Grade Three

Teacher’s Name: Khadija Bachan

Student’s Name:………………………………..

Part one: Reading comprehension (score: 15/20)

Read the following text about dolphins. When you are through with the
reading, workout the activities that follow:

Dolphins

1. Dolphins are very clever animals. They

live in the ocean. They have blowholes
on their head. This is how they breathe in
the water. They breathe air just like
humans. Dolphins love to swim, and they
can slap their tail on the water. They like
to jump high out of the water and make a
big splash.

2. Dolphins have long beaks. They swim in a group of dolphins called a pod.
There are about 12 dolphins in a pod. They talk to each other with clicks and
whistling noises. They eat a lot of fish. Can you swim in the water like
dolphins!

3. Do you know that there are dolphins with 8 teeth and there are some with 250
teeth. Dolphins do not use their teeth to chew their food like you and I do.
They use their teeth to catch their food and then they swallow it whole.

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A. Answer each of the following questions in complete sentences of your
own: (4 points)
1. Based on paragraph 1, how do dolphins breathe in the water?
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2. According to paragraph 2, how do dolphins talk to other dolphins?

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3. According to paragraph 3, what do dolphins use their teeth for?

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4. Have you ever seen a dolphin? If yes, what have done?

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B. Refer to the text, and determine whether each of the following sentences
is “True” or “False”: (1.5 point)
1. Dolphins live in the ocean. ……………..
2. Dolphins talk to each other by clap and bangs. ………………
3. There are dolphins with 5 teeth and there are some with 250 teeth.
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C. Refer to the text and then complete the chart below: (1.5 point)

The place where What dolphins love to What dolphins eat

dolphins live in do

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D. Match each word in column A to its meaning in column B.(1 point)
A B
Click swim with a group of friends
Swim making sharp little sounds
Slap to move through water by moving your arms and legs
Pod to hit someone or something

E. Supply the correct present form for the verbs in parenthesis. (2 points)
1. Sarah (cook)……………… breakfast every morning.
2. Every night I (read) ………………. my book.
3. Mary and Mike (swim)………………. twice a week.
4. Water (boil) …………….. at 100 degree.

F. complete the table below changing each adjective into comparative and
superlative .(2 points)
Adjectives Comparative Superlative
Weak
Long
Fast
Strong

G.If the sentences is correct write ok, if the sentence is wrong write it
correctly on the lines below and make the necessary changes. (3 points)
1. There are huge deserts in Australia, the deserts are sandy.
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2. There are many rivers and lakes, but they have water only part of the year.
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3. Rain rarely falls in desert, the area is a very dry place.
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Part Two: Writing (5/20)

A fish is an animal which lives and breathes in water. 

Brain storm ideas about things that a fish never get to:

1. Have you ever bought a goldfish and you keep it in

an aquarium!
Now, list the steps how to take care of a goldfish in
an aquarium.
a.

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b. ………………………………………………………………………………
c. ………………………………………………………………………………..
d. ……………………………………………………………………………….
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 I wish you lots of luck 