FIRST TE EXAM

Read the following text carefully then do the activities:

November 16, 2007

Dear Jerry,
Thank you very much for your invitation which I received last week. I'm
afraid I can't come to the party. I have to stay home to assist my mother who
had an accident last week. She slipped on the road as she was driving very fast.
She never listens to my father's advice. I wish you happy moments.
Regards,
Sandra.

A- Answer the following questions according to the text:

1- Who is the sender and the receiver?
2- Write the sentences that express purpose on your double sheet.
3- Is Sandra going to attend the meeting?
4- What is the function of the underlined words in the text?
B- Choose the best answer:
1-This text is a:
a- an informal invitation.
b- a formal invitation.
c- an in formal refusal of invitation.
d- an informal acceptance of invitation.
2-We can replace regards with:
a- Yours faithfully.
b- Yours sincerely
c- With my very best wishes.
d- Love.
e- Best wishes.
C- Reorder the following words to make correct sentences:
1- informal- She- letters- parents. - writes- to- never- her
2- sorry- being- I- extremely- for- late. - am
D- Choose the right word in brackets to fill in the blanks :
(to, in order to, so as to, in order not to, not to , so as not to)

a- He wrote the letter …… ask for his parents' permission.

b- ……… be late, I always sleep early at night.
c- She apologized to her father ……….. to be punished.

E- The words below have two syllables each. Copy them either in column (A) or (B):
Connect, letter, remove, sender, listen , keyboard

(A) Stress on the first syllable (B) Stress on the second syllable

F- Write a letter of invitation to your best friend.

Good luck
 :Task one: fill in the gaps with so or such (a)
lovely 5-….. pupil 9-…….many……-1
lovely day 6-……clever 10-……many times……-2
hard 7-……clever pupil 11-…….much rain……-3
hard work 8-……clever pupils 12-……quickly……-4

:’Task two: Join these pairs of sentences using ‘so…that’ or ‘such (a)….that
.He was very lazy. He did nothing all day long -1
.It is a very good story. I’ll never forget it -2
.The light was bright. She had to cover her eyes -3
.I have a very bad memory for faces. I might not know him again -4
.The guests were very hungry. They could not wait for knives and forks -5
.They faced many difficulties. They managed to climb the mountain -6
It was a difficult problem. No one could solve it -7
.Life is dear. We have to economize -8

’Task three: Match half from A with another half from B using ‘so…that’ o ‘such(a)…that
AB
.I’ve heard terrible stories about that restaurant a-…in the end she poisoned him -1
.He worked very hard for his exams b-…even a child could have solved it -2
.He treated his wife badly c-…we left half way through -3
The problem was very simple d-…he almost had a nervous breakdown -4
.It was a very boring film e-…nobody understood him-5
.He spoke very fast f-…I’m not going to eat there again -6

’Task four: Rewrite the following paragraph using ‘such (a)’ instead of ‘so
He had to wait so long at the airport that he felt tired before the journey even started. The
flight was so bumpy that he felt sick. The plane’s engines were so noisy that he couldn’t hear
.himself speak. The food was so bad that he couldn’t eat it

’Task five: Complete the following sentences using ‘so’ or ‘such (a)
………………………He was……kind that -1
..………………………He ran…...fast that -2
………………It was……. dull party that -3
………………………She was …..lazy that -4
…………………It’s ………. good story that -5
‫اعة‬..…………………We were…….hungry that -6

TONGUE TWISTERS
TONGUE TWISTERS
/p/
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A peck of pickled peppers
Peter Piper picked. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
?Where's the ²peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked
/b/
,Betty bought some butter,but the butter Betty bought was bitter
so Betty bought some better butter, and the better butter Betty bought
was better than the bitter butter Betty bought before

/t/

Mr. Tongue Twister tried to train his tongue to twist and turn, and twit an
.""twat, to learn the letter ""T

/d/
If you understand, say ""understand"". If you don't understand, say
""don't understand"". But if you understand and say ""don't understand"".
? understand that you understand How do I. Understand
/ t ʃ/
Out in the pasture the nature watcher watches the catcher. While the
catcher watches the pitcher who pitches the balls. Whether the
temperature's up or whether the temperature's down, the nature watcher,
the catcher and the pitcher are always around. The pitcher pitches, the
catcher catches and the watcher watches. So whether the temperature's
rises or whether the temperature falls the nature watcher just watches the
.catcher who's watching the pitcher who's watching the balls
/d ʃ/
George’s jaw exchanged his jacket and jeans for pyjamas while Dr. John
jot down his injuries in his register

/k/

Ken the King is cooking chicken in the kitchen at the weekend because
.the chicken kicked the kitten
? Can you talk in cockney to a crowd in Connaught Square-
Of course I can talk in cockney to a crowd in Connaught Square-
?And ..can you you cook a cake with clotted cream
… Of course-