Bahr Aloloum International School

Private Education Directorate

of Al Jama'a District
Diagnostic Exam
2023/2024
Subject English / Class 7th Grade
Student's Name: Day:
Exam Time: 40 m.
----------------------------------- Date: / /2023

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I) Reading [ / 7]

Read the following texts carefully, then answer the questions below.

Nora is from Jordan. She goes to a school in Amman. She usually packs her school bag in the
evening so it is ready in the morning. She gets up at half past six, then she gets washed and
dressed. The family has breakfast at seven o'clock. They have tea bread and cheese. She leaves
home at quarter past seven .She walks to the bus stop with her brother Ahmad .They get the
school bus at half past seven. Her friend Thuraya usually gets the same bus as her and they talk
together. School starts at eight o'clock and finishes at one o’clock. In the break, Nora and her
friend have a snack. Thuraya sometimes forgets her snack and Nora gives her some of hers. On
Wednesday the girls go to the swimming pool.
Nora likes swimming after school. Nora meets Ahmad and they get the bus home. They have a
big lunch at quarter past two. In the afternoon, Nora usually does her homework. She sometimes
plays tennis with her friend or sometimes Thuraya comes to her house. They have dinner at eight
o'clock. After dinner the family watches TV. Nora finishes her homework then she always goes to
bed at ten o'clock.

A) Read the text and answer the questions

1- Where is Nora from? ……………………………………………………………………………….
2- When do the girls go swimming? …………………………………………………………………

B) Choose True or False:

1- Nora usually does her homework in the evening. T F
2- She always goes to bed at nine o'clock. T F
C) Do the family members have breakfast at five o'clock? ……………………………………
D) Do you have your breakfast at five o'clock? …………….…………………………………
E) The underlined pronoun “her” refers to …………………………………
F) The underlined pronoun “They” refers to ……………………………………..
G) Give the passage a suitable title. ……………………………………..
 II . Vocabulary : [____________/ 5]

Complete this paragraph by choosing the correct words from the list below.
Currency – Capital – flag – Country – Cities - Language – population - export

Jordan is in the Middle East, south of Syria. Its ………….. (1) is over 5 million.
Its ………….. ( 2 ) is Amman. Its ………….. ( 3) is called the dinar. Commonly spoken
………….. ( 4) are Arabic and English. The colours of the Jordanian ………….. ( 5 ) are black ,
white , green and red .

III. Pronunciation: [ /3 ]

1- The underlined letter in ( pilot ) is pronounced as the underlined one in :

a. think b. find c. sit

2- The underlined letters in ( tree ) are pronounced as the underlined one(s) in :

a. name b. way c. mean

3- The letter we don’t pronounce in ( talk ) is :

a. t b. l c. k

IV. Grammar : [ /5 ]
1- He ………. a doctor.
a. are b. is c. am

2- Fawzia’s mother ……………… in a bank.

a. work b. works c. are working

3- Nadia didn’t ……………… to school yesterday.

a. go b. went c. are working
4- While they …………………… TV, someone knocked at their door.
a. are watching b. watch c. were
watching
5- Yousef isn’t as …………… as Ibrahim.
a.tall b. tallerc. tallest
6- They …………… in Amman since 1996.
a. have lived b. has lived c. has living
7- The man was driving the car too ………………….
a. quickly b. quick c. quicker

8- A shop assistant is a person ……………. sells things in shops.

a.where b. which c. who

9- Omar ….……… visit his sister because she was ill .

a.had to b. must c. should
10- They stood …………………….. a tree because it was raining .
a.on b. under c. over
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V. Writing : [ /5 ]
What did you do in the summer holiday? (6 lines)

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School Principal: Dr. Lamis Balawee