GROUPE SCOLAIRE AMA SCHOOL ACADEMIC YEAR 2019/2020

LEVEL CLASS: 1iere SECOND SEMESTER

CORRECTION OF THE EVALUATION

I. TEXT COMPREHENSION : BAD THINGS MUST STOP

When I was in office, I had the opportunity to travel round the country. That is where I
saw there is a big difference between people living in cities and the mass people who feed us
living in rural areas.
The water we use to flash our toilet in cities is cleaner than the water they drink in
villages. No clinics, no hospitals, no needles to even sew their clothes. That is when I start to
see the queer relationship between our cities and these places. I have seen too much injustice
in my country when I decided enough is enough…
Energy now goes to every part of the villages. Children can now go to school, children
can learn at night so that my child living in the city would not have an advantage over that child
torn in the village. But as soon as that child in the village is denied and deprived of electricity to
learn at night and good water to drink… my child in the city will always have an advantage over
the ones living in the village. I have been to school were rural students were doing better than
those living in cities.
In Europe, you never seem to know the role that some of your bad business men play.
But some of your bad business men are always doing bribes, bad things in our continent. And
some people suffer. These things must stop.

A. Are the following sentences true or false?: Justify from the text. (1.5pts)
1) True: When I was in office, I had the opportunity to travel round the country.
B. Answer the following question: (1pt)
2) Four facts mentioned in the text to show the contrast between rural areas and urban
areas are:
-The village is denied and deprived of electricity to learn at night.
-Children in city will always have an advantage over the ones living in the village.
-The water we use to flash our toilet in cities is cleaner than the water they drink in
villages.
-No clinics, no hospitals, no needles to even sew their clothes.

3) People of rural areas don’t have many advantages than those who live in urban areas
but their children do better than those who live in cities.

4) Choose the correct answer according to the text: (1pt)

Children living in cities are:
a- more intelligent than children in villages
b- less intelligent than children in villages
c- as intelligent as children in villages
d- not as intelligent as children in villages

5) Do you think it is still normal to continue saying that Europeans are responsible for
conditions in Africa? Justify (1,5pts) ⟹(0,5x2 arguments) No
-African countries must work hard to develop their countries by learning new
technologies.
-African authorities must give good education to the young people who will become the
leaderships in the future.

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C. VOCABULARY (4pts) ⟹ 0,25x16
6) Find from the text the words or group of words meaning the same as:
1- Strange=Difference 2- Localities =Places 3-sickhouse= Clinics(hospitals)
4- countrysides=Rural areas
7) Derive verbs from: 5- water=To water , 6- shortest= To shorten, 7-Electricity=To
electrify , 8- hospital= To hospitalize
8) Work out nouns from: 9-born= Birth,10-denied=Denigration, 11- suffer=Suffering
9) Find antonyms for: 12- cleaner ≠ Dirtiness, 13- difference ≠ same
10)Make adjectives from: 14- drink=Drinkable, 15- living=Liveable, 16-
respect=Respectful

II- LINGUISTIC AND COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE (4pts) ⟹ 0,25x16

11)Turn these sentences into simple future
1) These things will have to change.
2) Children will be able to learn at night.
12)Choose the right proposal corresponding to each gap below: If without, unless,
with, were, despite
3) If I were the President, I would protect all the citizens.
4) Despite electricity, good water town people seem better than us.
5) Unless the President struggles hard, he can’t satisfy the population.
13)Provide with the correct question tag
6) I went to school, didn’t I?
7) We shall end up with corruption, won’t we?
14)Rephrasing
8) a- As there was no electricity, they would learn only in day time
b- As there was no electricity, they were used to learning only in day time.
9) a- They have no needles so that they can sew their clothes.
b- They have no needles in order to sew their clothes.
10) You never seem to know the role your bad business men play.
b- Never you seem to know the role your bad business men play.
11) a- They denied electricity. They are also denied water.
b- Not only they denied electricity but also they are denied water.
12) a- People living in villages have lived in misery for a long time
b- It is said that people living in villages have lived in misery for a long time.
13) a- “Air is vital for our survival” the scientist said.
b- The scientist said that Air is vital for our survival.
15)Turn these sentences into passive voice or active voice.
a) I have seen too much injustice.
Too much injustice has been seen by me.
16)Bad business men are doing bribes.
Bribes are being done by bad business men.
17)Poverty can be overcome by good governance.
Good governance can overcome poverty.

III- WRITING: (4pts)

You are Boame LIGLIBE. On the 1st March 2020, at Affaires Sociales Dapaong, you
attended a conference. The theme was: The importance of trees for man. The guests’
speaker was Mr Monoka, Assistant of the General Director of Environment. As a delegate of
your school, write a clear report of that conference to your class mates.

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 I report the conference that I attended on 1st March 2020.The theme was:
The importance of trees for man.Here is the report of the orator.

“Trees are of invaluable importance to our environment and to human

well-being. The trees give us clean water to drink, air to breathe, shade
and food to humans, animals and plants. They provide habitats for
numerous species of fauna and flora, firewood for cooking and heat,
materials for buildings and places of spiritual, cultural and recreational
importance. Trees are so important for the global environment and the
health of the species that live there, and they need our unconditional care
and protection.”

TRANSLATION: (3pts)
Translate this passage into good French.
Passage: THE IMPORTANCE OF cleanliness
Cleanliness is the first step to health. You must make cleanliness a habit. Unseen
enemies called “germs” come from an unclean environment and enter our body through our
food, water and air, and through our hands and skin. So, we must keep our environment always
clean.

Passage: L’importance de la propreté.

La propreté est la première mesure pour la santé.Tu dois porter un habit

propre. Les ennemis invisibles appelé “germes” viennent d’un
environnement impur et entrent dans notre corps à travers nos aliments,
l’eau et l’air,et par nos mains et la peau.Donc,nous devons garder notre
environnement toujours propre.

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