Name:………………………………………… End-of-term Exam H.Bourguiba prep.

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1 trimester (1hour/ 20marks) Tunis
Class: …………… Number:………… 8th Grade Mr Hichem Mehri

I-Reading Comprehension (6 marks)

The text
1-Buckingham Palace is one of London’s wonders. It has become the Queen’s official
London home since 1837. Victoria was the first Queen to live there with her husband
Prince Phillip. The palace was originally built in 1703 and was known as Buckingham House.
Today, it is also used for the administrative work of the British monarch. The Queen
receives and entertains guests invited to the palace. When the Queen is at home, you
can see her flag flying on top of Buckingham Palace.

2-There are five guards outside the palace. They wear red jackets and tall, furry hats.
When the first guards come to work, there is an impressive ceremony called the
Changing of the Guard. It takes place every morning.

3-The palace has around seven hundred and fifty-five rooms, including fifty-two royal
and guest bedrooms, seventy-eight bathrooms, ninety-two offices, a cinema and a
swimming pool. It also has its own post office and police station. More than eight
hundred people work at the Palace. Each year, around fifteen million tourists visit it.
From Buckingham Palace, visitors can walk through Green Park to Horse Guards Parade
where they can see the soldiers on horseback.
1/ Complete the table with information from the text: (1 mark)
Date Event
……………………………… The palace became the Queen’s official home.
2/ The following statement is False. Correct it from the text: (1 mark)
-The flag flies on top of the Palace all the time.
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3/ Answer the following question with reference to the text: (1mark)
-What do Buckingham Palace royal guards wear?
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4/ Complete with the right missing information: (1 mark)

-Buckingham Palace was first named …………………………………………………………………………………………..

5/ What does the underlined word in the text refer to? (1 mark)

-It (paragraph 2): ……………………………..

6/ Circle the correct function of the following statement: (1 mark)

-From Buckingham Palace, visitors can walk through Green Park to Horse Guards

Parade. a/ ability in the future b/ asking about information c/ ability in the present

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II-Language (8 marks)
1/ Fill in the blanks with words from the box. Be careful, there are 2 extra
words: (3marks)
performed / packed / state / from / curricular / uniforms / enjoy / subjects
Hi! My name is Lara. I’m Italian. I go to a 1-..................................... school in Milan. We have
lessons 2-.............................. eight o’clock to half past two, Monday to Friday. My favourite
3-.................................... are maths and history. We don’t wear school 4-.................
We have different extra- 5- ............................... activities. Last year, we 6- .........................
two plays for our school. We had a lot of fun.

2/ Put the bracketed words into the right tense or form: (2.5 marks)
When I was 16 years old, I went to the United States. I was a student then. and that
was the first time I 1- (leave)...........................home. How 2- (wonder) ................................!
I thought. One of the things I remember quite well was my 3- (arrive). I missed the
train from New York to Boston. When I arrived to the hotel, I was so tired that I
4- (can/not) .................................. leave my bed for two days. Fortunately, I had enough
time to 5- (enjoy) ............................... my first holidays abroad.

3/ Match the underlined utterances in (A) with their corresponding functions in

(B). Be careful, there is one extra function in (B): (2.5 marks)
Dialogue (A) Functions (B) Answers
Christine: Hello Jane. (1) When do you study Civic a/ Obligation 1 - …….
Education? b/ Asking about time
Jane: On Monday at 2 p.m. c/ Talking about future 2 - …….
Christine: (2) How long is its lesson?
plans
Jane: It lasts one hour. 3 - …….
d/ Suggestion
Christine: I have a Civic Education project. What
can I do to collect information? e/ Polite request 4 - …….
Jane: (3) You have to go to the library and read f/ Asking about
the related books. duration 5 - …….
Christine: Can you go with me on Friday afternoon?
Jane: Sorry, I can’t. (4) I am going to watch the
handball competition.
Christine: (5) What about next Wednesday?
Jane; Ok, give me a call then.
III-Writing (6 marks)
While surfing the net, you found a topic in a discussion forum about your personal
view of school. You decided to write an e-mail to Vincent, the moderator, in which you
express your opinion about school.

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The following hints may help you: I think that/ I love/ I hate/ have a good job in the
future / understand and speak with others / strict; cool teachers / meet friends and
have fun / boring; interesting lessons / feel tired / unfair / violence…

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Content:3 marks / Language: 2 marks / Spelling and punctation: 1 mark

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