People's Democratic Republic of Algeria

Ministry of National Education

Direction of education wilaya Ain Temouchent

Mohammed Bouhmidi Oulhaça middle-school

Second Term test Class : 3AM

Over the past 50 years, lifestyles have changed. In old times, people used to wear simple
and formal clothes, but now they dress up in trendy and stylish way.

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People at that time, consumed fresh and home-cooked meals only. Today, they eat more

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fast and tinned food.

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In terms of activities, people used to spend their free time watching TV, listening to Radio
and reading books. Nowadays things have changed; people spend their time on social media

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and browsing the net.

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As for games, children used to play collective outdoor games like hide and seek and
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marbles. Now, they all play video games on their Smartphones or computers at home such as
Free fire and PUB-G.
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To conclude, we can see that in the past, the way people lived was very different from today.
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Part One:
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A/ Reading Comprehension:
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activity 01 : Read the text and choose a or b

1/ Give a title to the text: a- Past lifestyle in Algeria b- Lifestyle in the past and now
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2/ Was life different in the past? a- Yes it was b- No it wasn’t

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activity 02 : Read the text again and complete the table below:
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Past lifestyle Present lifestyle

Clothes Food Games Clothes Food Games

activity 03 : Find in the text the synonyms and opposites of following words:

a)- synonyms : fashioned =……………..… / homemade =…………………..

b)- Opposites : Present ≠ ………………………… / Same ≠ …………………………

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B/ Mastery of language:

activity 01 : supply the correct punctuation and capitalization :

in the past people used to Eat homemade food only .

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activity 02 : Rewrite the following sentences using ( used to ):

Example : I lived In Oran I used to live in Oran .

Children played hide and seek ……………………………………………………………………………………

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People ate homemade food only …………………………………………………………….…………………

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activity 03 : Classify the following verbs according to their final ( ed ) pronunciation:

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used- lived – visited – cooked

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Part Two: Written expression:
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Nadir is asking his grandpa about his lifestyle in the past when he was young in terms of
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clothes and games compared to now.

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Write a short paragraph describing the differences between lifestyle in these two fields
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Good Luck
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