Africa Hibret Secondary School First Semester English Final Exam for grade 10 students in2015EC

Timeallowed: 1:20 hour

Part I: Read the following text and choose the best answer from the given alternatives and
write your answer on the answer sheet provided

_________________ ?

Advertisements are easy to identify. Sometimes this is because they have big
pictures and few words. But it is also because of the kind of language the use. They often
use slogan: that is memorable phrase that is used in all advertisements for the same
product, e.g. (an advertisement for deodorant) stay cool with stay cool. However the
language of advertisements often gives an opinion rather than fact. When looking at an
advertisement. It is important that we can tell the different between fact and opinion.

The purpose of advertisements is to make us aware of a product or service and,

more than that, it should make us choose it over other similar products. To do this, they
sometimes contain information which may be misleading. It may create an impression
which is not on fact.

Example: New improved splash clean better.

Both improved and better are misleading. In what ways the product been improved?
In what way does it clean better? Is it better than it was before or better than other
products?

Also important are the images or pictures in advertisements often try to create a
lifestyle that comes with a product. In advertisements, we do not see wrinkled old men
advertising soap or a medicine being sold in a dirty soap.
 Part II: Match them with their correct answer
A B

___ 1. We May go to library. A. Duty

___ 2. My brother can speak well. B. obligation

___ 3. We must end the job. C. willing

____4. They ought to give the price D. ability

____ 5. You should keep your promise. E. Determination

F. Permission

1. Dominated A. increase in value

2. Illegal B. things added to another thing

3. Enhancement C. ruled over

4. Addictive D. against law

5. Additive E. something you cannot stop

F. sign of something

Part III: Choose the correct answer for the following questions from the given option and

write your answer on the provided place.

1. There are no _______ candies left. I must buy______.

A. Any/some B. many/some C. little/some D. some/any
2. How __________ money do you have?
A. many B. much C. more D. none
3. Are there _________wanted to talk with you.
 A. somewhere B. someone C. something D. none
4. I have lost my pen _____. But I did not remember.
A. somewhere B. someone C. something D. none
5. We have lived here _______ five years. A. but B. for C. since D. as
6. Which one of the following is a sense verb? A. ask B. sit C. look D. read
7. Eletesenbet Gidey has ______ won 4 gold medals.
A. since B. till C. for D. already
8. You must take exercise to keep fit. The underlined word describe________
A. necessary B. obligation C. good idea D. all
9. If I __________ hard, I would pass my exam.
A. works B. work C. worked D. working
10. Ato Amare speaks Amharic fluently. The underlined word is __________.
A. adjective B. adverb C. verb D. noun
11. He gave me a pen. The direct object in this sentence is ____________.
A. pen B. gave C. me D. he
12. That is the woman ______ daughter is getting married next week.
A. whose B which C. whom D. who
13. The book was _____ interesting _____ I didn’t go to bed until I had finished it.
A. So …that B. such….that C. such an…that D. all except B

14. The man asked, ‘’Have you seen the fox?’’. The reported speech is _________.
A. He asked me if I have seen the fox.
B. He asked me whether he had seen the fox.
C. He asked me if I had seen the fox.
D. B and C are correct
15. If I had worked harder at school, I _________ the best result.
A. will obtain B. would obtained C. would have obtained D. would obtain
16. My father has lived in Addis Abeba __________ he was born.
A. since B. by C. for D. at
17. I am teaching my little brother _______.
A. To swim B. swimming C. swim D. none
18. The children started ________ the glass of milk.
A. To drink B. Drinking. C. drinks D. A and B are correct
19. Felekech’s dress was very clean. Which one is the best extreme adjective for the under lined
words.
A. Spotless B. to clean C. too clean D None
20. _____ Ethiopia ____ Brazil are coffee exporting countries. Many farmers in both countries
are planting coffee.
A. Both/and B. Neither/nor C. Either/or D. Not only/but also
21. This question __________ by English department.
A. is prepared B. were prepared C. has prepared D. was prepared
22. There is ________ man calling you outside. _______ man wants to talk to you.
A. The/a B. a/The C. an/the D. the/the
23. We do not get enough sleep because we have _______ much home do.
A. too B. less C. many D. most
24. Have you seen my mobile phone? I have lost it _________.
A. Nowhere B. somewhere C. anywhere D. everywhere
25. How __________ sugar does you need for making a kettle of tea?
A. little B. some C. much D. many
26. ________ wants to see you.
A. Something B. Someone C. Somewhere D. Sometimes
27. Abebe: I did my homework.

Be emnet: ______________. A. So am I B. So do I C. So did I D. So was I

28. Alem: Excuse me, is this __________ book?

Kedir: yes it is mine. A. my B. your C. me D. mine

29. The man drove really badly. The underlined words is adverb of___________.

A manner B. time C. Degree D. Frequency

30. She_____ goes to visit her relatives. A. always B. Often C. Seldom D. All

31. We may come for your birth day. The underlined modal verbs describe_________.

A. possibility B. Obligation C. Certain D. good advice

32. Can you give me the book? Which one is direct object?

A. me B. the book C. you D. none

33. Report what your sister asked you yesterday.

“How are you getting on at school?”

A. She asked me how I was getting on at school. C. She ask me how I am getting on at school.

B. She asked me how I was getting on at school. D. None

34. Many discoveries ______ by accident. A. made B. is made C, are made D. none

Set by: English Department