SULTANATE OF OMAN 2022/2023

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEST

GRADE TEN
Semester One
Mr. Mohamed Kandeel 71193759 Barkaa

Name

School Class

Write your answers on the Test Paper

Time: 2½ hours Pages: 14

Red Marker Green Marker Blue Checker

ELEMENT Marks
Name Name Name

LISTENING 15

VOCABULARY 5

GRAMMAR 5

READING 20

WRITING 15

TOTAL 60

Final Total in Numbers

Final Total in Words

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LISTENING 1 (Items 1-7) (7 marks)

You are going to hear a conversation between a student researcher, Jessica and
her professor, Dr. Henry..
Listen, and shade in the bubble next to the correct option.
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Jessica is collecting information about how climate change has

1.
affected the world's __________.
population environment economy

2. Since 1980, climate change has cost countries __________.

$ 1.6 trillion $ 1.6 billion $ 1.6 million

Munich Re, the insurance company lost about $ 24 billion in the

3.
Californian __________.
floods droughts wildfires

If climate change continues, _________ million people in the

4.
fish industry will lose their jobs.
3 23 56

Many people have __________ flooded coastlines, drought lands

5.
and areas of extreme disasters.
had to leave migrated to settled in

Jessica suggests sending her questions to Dr. Henry

6.
by __________.
Twitter e-mail WhatsApp

7. They arrange to meet on __________.

Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

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LISTENING 2 (Items 8-15) (8 marks)

LISTENING
SCORE

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VOCABULARY (Items 1-5) (5 marks)

For each item, shade in the bubble next to the correct option.

Climate change has a significant (1)…………….. on animals around the world.

Scientists believe that the Arctic sea ice is (2)…………… at a rate of
10% per decade due to global warming. many polar animals are at (3)……………..
. For example, polar bears hunt, rest and raise their young on sea ice. Their
main (4)………… source is seals, which they can only hunt on the ice. As the ice
melts, it is harder for polar bears to live and consequently many polar bears
are(5)………..

1.
increased effects leaves solved

2.
heating melting result disappear

3.
risk living rise sea

4.
place habitat food population

5.

eating living dying playing

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VOCABULARY
SCORE
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GRAMMAR 1 (Items 1-5) (2½ marks)

For each item, shade in the bubble under the correct option.

Speaker A: Dad, what is the (1)__________ river in Africa?

It is the River Nile Ali I think it is (2)__________ than 6,60 km long, I read

Speaker B: before that, it is the longest river on Earth.

Speaker A: Where (3)__________ it begin and end?

Speaker B: It begins at Lake Victoria in Tanzania (4)__________ ends in Egypt

Speaker A: How (5)__________ countries does it cover?

Speaker B: It covers about eleven countries.

Speaker A: That’s amazing! Thank you, dad.

As
Due to most do longest many more does and much
long

1.

2.

3.

4.

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GRAMMAR2 (Items 6-10) (2½ marks)

For each item, shade in the bubble next to the correct option.

Ahmed played well. ____________, he didn't score any goals.

6.

In Therefore However Moreover

addition

7. My father spends the ___________ amount of time using the

internet.
less as least
more

8. Farmers cannot grow crops ___________ droughts.

Because of because therefore so

The news report discovered that the thief made _____________ the
9.
story.

of up in from

10. Many forts __________________ built in Oman thousands of years

ago.
are was have were

GRAMMAR
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Mr. Mohamed Kandeel 71193759 Barkaa

READING 1 (Items 1-10) (10 marks)

Read the text. Then, complete the tasks.
Dear Head Teacher,
I am writing this letter to invite you to attend our school art exhibition, which this
year will be held on Wednesday 16 February 2022. Our aim is to encourage good
students to improve their skills, especially their drawing.

We would also like to invite students from your school to take part in the
exhibition. Each school can invite up to ten participants. A complete list of
participants from each school should reach us no later than 16 January. Please
note that each participant is allowed to enter up to three drawings.

The exhibition was first launched in November 2018. At the time, it was a very
simple event, with only a few participants, less than twenty, in fact. I am glad to
say, however, that this situation quickly changed, and we now expect to have
around three hundred participants, from both public and private schools. We are
also this year involving for the first time students from schools catering for special
needs. We have, of course, made every effort to ensure that this event will be a
success. The task of organizing the event will especially be demanding this year
owing to the increased number of participants.

Our exhibition will be at the school's main hall, which is large enough for the
display of seven hundred pictures. Five other smaller rooms will also be used for
various purposes. (I enclose a plan of the school, showing the location and
function of each of the rooms.) Fifty of our students will also be available all
around the school to assist participants and guests and to answer any questions.

At the end of the event, every participant will receive a reward, and the students
who have produced the best drawings will be awarded valuable prizes, according
to different categories, such as age group and type of drawing. These awards will
be decided by a group of judges consisting of five members, including
representatives from the Ministry of Education and the Faculty of Art at Sultan
Qaboos University. In addition, at the end of the event, all our guests will be
asked to fill in an evaluation questionnaire.
This kind of feedback will be extremely helpful to us, especially as we are

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planning, from 2022 onwards, to host two such art exhibitions every year.

I hope that I have been successful in explaining the goal of our exhibition and in
arousing your interest. I look forward to receiving your reply in the near future.
Yours faithfully,
Mohamed Ali
Head Teacher of the School

Task one: for each item, shade in the bubble next to the correct option.

1. The deadline for participants is in__________________.

September February January

2. __________________from each school can take part.

One student Three students Ten students

3. The drawings will be on display in__________________.

classrooms a hall in the garden

4. The purpose of the exhibition is to__________________.

improve students’ raise money for create publicity

school the school for artwork
charity.
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5. Next year, the school is planning to__________________ .

hold another have two take a Year off

exhibition exhibitions

This year, __________________ students will be included for the

6.
first time.

special needs private school overseas

Task Two: For each item, completer the missing words (not more than two
words).

7. The exhibition was a very _________________event, with only a few

participants.

8. Fifty of our students will be __________________all around to help

participants.

9. At the end of the event, every participant will receive

a__________________.

10. The students who have produced the best drawings will be
awarded_______________.
.

Mr. Mohamed Kandeel 71193759 Barkaa

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READING 2 (Items 11-20) (10 marks)

Read the text. Then, complete the tasks.

The famous British tea company, Lipton's, is named after its founder,
Thomas Lipton, who was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1848. He was
educated locally, but stopped going to school at the age of thirteen,
and worked as a tailor to help his parents.

In 1865, Lipton moved to the USA to look for a better job. He spent
six years there, traveling all over the country. He had a number of
jobs, such as a salesman in New Orleans and a shop assistant in New
York. During this time, he learned the American way of running a
successful business using attractive slogans.

After saving money, Lipton returned to Scotland in 1871 and opened

his own grocery shop, selling mainly traditional items like ham, eggs,
cheese, and butter. But he also began looking for something new. He
had noticed that tea was an expensive drink that could only be
enjoyed by upper-classes people. So he decided to make good quality
tea available at low prices to everyone.

The tea was grown in Sri Lanka, where Lipton purchased his own tea
gardens. He also insisted on arranging his own shipping, packing and
delivery to shops. In his way, he was able to cut costs and sell
Lipton's tea at much lower prices than any other producers. His teas
were also available in different-sized packets to suit people with
different incomes. Finally, he made all these products popular using
his famous slogan: " Direct from the tea garden to the teapot", which
could be seen on posters all over the country.

In 1898 at the age of 50, Queen Victoria honored him with the title,
"Sir Thomas Lipton". This was in recognition of his contribution to the
tea industry, to the British economy, and to tea drinkers everywhere.

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Task One: For each item, write a short answer (not more than FOUR WORDS).

11. How old was Thomas Lipton when he left school?

__________________________________
12. Where did he learn about business?
___________________________________
13. What kind of business did he himself start with?
___________________________________
14. Why did Thomas Lipton move to USA in 1865?
___________________________________
15. What did Lipton do when he saved some money?
___________________________________
16. What are the traditional items did Lipton shop sell at first before tea?
_________________________________________ ___________________________________
Task Two: For each item, shade in the bubble to indicate whether the
statement is True/False.
Statements True False
17. In the early 19th century tea was mainly drunk by rich people

18. Lipton was able to sell tea at low prices because he used low-
quality imported tea.

19. Lipton advertised his products mainly by posters.

20. At the age of 60, Lipton was honored with the title of Sir
Thomas Lipton.

READING
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WRITING 1 (5 marks)

Write at least 80 words on the following topic:

““Smart mobiles have changed our life””

Do you agree or not? Give your reasons.

Your writing should be clear and organized.

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WRITING 1 (continued)

Marker A Marker B Average

(___________________________)
5

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WRITING 2 (10 marks)

Complete the following narrative writing task. Write at least 100 words.

Write about " an unforgettable trip to Muscat".

Your writing Your writing should be lively and interesting

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Marker A Marker B Average

(___________________________)
10

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