English Mock Exam
GRADE 7
March 2007
Class: _______________
Student’s Name: ________________________________________
Part 1
Reading Comprehension ( 10 marks)
I work for an international sports company. There are five other people who work in the office with me, three men and two women. They come from different countries. Marcus is the manager. He is quite young at 30 for the position he holds. Marcus was born in Jordan.
Travis is the accountant. He’s about 62 and comes from Liverpool in the U.K. He loves football very much and is always talking about his team. There is also a trainee working in the office, his name’s Fred and he jokes a lot and is always making people laugh. Fred comes from Syria.
Fatima and Maria are both 25. They work in the legal department of the office. They are both lawyers who spent many years at university getting to the position where they are. Fatima was born in Al-Ain and Maria is Italian, from Milan.
Put all the people mentioned above into the box below. Half a mark for each correct answer
Name 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Age
Country
Gender
Job
Part 2
Vocabulary Section A
Circle the correct answer.
1. When I was very young I could do nothing for myself. I couldn’t feed myself or even walk. I was a …………..
a. adult b. child c. baby d. boy
2. I can’t wait to be and adult. I’ll be twenty in two years. Until then though, I’m still a ………
a. baby b. female c. teenager d. man
3. The opposite of a man is a …………
a. friend b. old c. people d. woman
4. The singular of people is ……………
a. people b. persons c. peoples d. person
5. First you are a baby, next a child, then a teenager and adult before finally becoming…………
a. happy b. grumpy c. cold d. old
6. If you want to play a two player game, you need to have a …………
a. adult b. tennis c. snow d. friend
7. If you are not a female then you have got to be a …………..
a. friend b. football c. falcon d. male
8. You have to be eighteen to leave……………. in the U.A.E.
a. drive b. a football game c. school d. a car
9. The fastest means of travel is by………………..
a. plane b. walking c. horse. d. car
10. A good way to get exercise is to travel by……….
a. car b. plane c. train d. bicycle
Vocabulary Section B
Scan the texts. Then, complete the table.
Text How many sentences How many capital letters
A
B
C
Part 3
Grammar Section A
Read the sentences. Circle the correct word or phrase in each case.
1.Most men go _________
by car to work. to work by car car by work to work car by to
2. The capital is ______ the coast.
on in at for
3.The Amazon and the Nile ______ rivers.
is are am be
4. What does your father __________?
do is doing does doing
5. How __________ get to work?
you do you are you were you
6. How __________ does it take? It takes 45 minutes.
long far many much
7. There _________ on the mountain.
snow is snow snowing snowy
8. In Britain, you can ____________ school at 16.
to leave leaving leave is leaving
9. ________ is a student.
its they you he
10. ________ you come from Madrid?
are is do does
Grammar Section B
Make the words in each row into a question.
Example: are you how ?
How are you?
1. school you in when country your can leave ?
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2. this do call what thing you ?
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3. what 16 do can teenagers at ?
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4. how you do this word say ?
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5. age Abdullah is same Ahmed as the ?
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Part 4
Writing
Culture
Example: In the UAE you can leave school at 18.
A) Can you write three more sentences about the age you can do certain things in you culture? You might want to look at such ideas as when you can marry, drive legally, vote, leave home or become an adult.
1. ________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________
3. ________________________________________________________
B)
The UAE has a rich and diverse culture that has been passed down from generation to generation. Write 80-100 words about the culture of your country.
Hints:
• You might want to write about the different ages of people and when and the stages between being a baby and becoming an adult.
• Also you might consider when you can legally do certain things in your country and what makes your culture different from others.
• Extra marks will be given for correct sentence structure, punctuation and originality.
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