ALLEF Ali middle school school year : 2017 /2018

Level : 3MS Time : 2 hours

First Term English Exam

Text : Present lifestyles Vs Past lifestyles

In the past, the way people lived was very different from the way we live nowadays . In old times,
people commonly used to live in simple houses with less electric appliances, most of the chores were done by
hand. But now, there are more developed items, people can use washing machines , microwaves and even
robots.
One hundred years ago, people used to dress up in simple ways. , they used to wear only formal
clothes for example : in Algeria , women used to wear “El Hayek “but today , they wear fashionable clothes.
In the past people used to consume fresh, natural and healthy food. Today, they eat junk food like : Burgers,
Shawarma and Pizza.
Ways of entertainment changed a lot. Children used to skip rope and play seesaw. Nowadays, they
play chess ,monopoly and video games on smartphones .

Adapted from: http://slideshare.net

I read the text carefully and I answer the questions
Task one : I complete the bibliographical notes : 3,5pts

Title : ………………………….
Sourse : ……………………….
Type of document :
an e-mail
a web article
a press article
Type of the text :
Narrative Descriptive
Number of paragraphs ……………

Task two: I answer the questions from the text (1,5pts)

 Where did people use to live in old times ?
 Did the Algerian women use to wear fashionable clothes hundred years ago ?
 What are the games that children used to play ?
Task three : I find in the text words that have the opposites to : (1pt)
Casual =/= adults =/=
Task four : I find in the text words that have the same meaning to : (1pt)
Stylish = homes =
Task five : I order the words to get a coherent question and answer to my dialogue with my partner(2pts)

Me : /long/people/to/use/ago/wear/how/did/clothes/?/formal/

My partner : hundred years ago people used to wear old clothes.

Me : how often do people eat fast food ?

My partner : /fast/always/eat/people//food/./

Task six : I express the following sentences differently.(03pts)

a-In the past people wrote on the skin of animals
b-People used to…………………………………………………
a-They did a lot of chores.
b-They used to …………………………………………………..
a-They put on formal clothes .
b-They used to …………………………………………………...
Task 6 :( / I circle the correct answer showing the pronunciation of the letters in bold (2pts)

Food /ʊ/ / u:/

Houses /ʊ/ / u: /
Old /ʊ/ / u: /
Consume /ʊ/ /u: /
Situation of integration ( 6pts)

Your friend Michel wants to know about your

childhood and school memories send him a
message on Iphone where you describe your
childhood memories .

Good Luck