| Activity: Global Assessment | Skills: Reading & Writing + spelling, grammar & Vocabulary |
| Level: Common Core | Date: January 2007 | Duration: 90 minutes |

Global Test

Read the text attentively


          Selma is my niece's friend. She lives in a big house with her parents. She has got three brothers and a sister. Hamid is 20, Rachid is 18, Ali is 14 and Hind is 7. Selma is 3 years older than Hind. She usually has a fish before she goes to school with her brothers. She plays tennis or volley-ball with them on Sundays. Selma is hard-working and nice. She likes animals and birds very much. In her house, there are some chickens and a fat sheep.
 

I. COMPREHENSION   

  1. Are these sentences TRUE or FALSE? JUSTIFY.
    1. Selma lives in a flat with her parents. =>   
    2. Selma likes fish. =>   
    3. Selma's brothers are students. =>   

  2. Find in the text the opposite of these words
    1. small => 
    2. lazy => 
    3. nasty => 
    4. slim => 

  3. Give the plural of these words:
    1. a fish => 
    2. a sheep => 

  4. Answer these questions
    1. How many brothers has Selma got? => 
    2. How old is Selma? => 
    3. What games does she play? => 
    4. What does "them"¯ in line 5 refer to? => 


II. LANGUAGE    

  1. Rewrite the verbs between brackets on the correct form:
    1. Selma's parents rich.
    2. Selma her lessons now.

  2. Put the words between brackets in their correct forms
    1. There are many for books in Selma's room.
    2. There are only two in Selmaā€™s town.

  3. What is the question? (the underlined words are the answer)
    1. No, Leila is not Selma's friend. => 
    2. My niece loves Selma very much. => 
    3. Selma's mother is a journalist. => 
    4. There are four windows in Selmaès bedroom. => 

  4. Complete the unfinished words.
    1. W do you live?      - I live in Tinejdad.
    2. W is that?      - That's Selma.
    3. Selma loves h parents very much.
    4. A Lp is more expensive than a Computer.


III. WRITING    

  1. Unscramble these words to make correct sentences
    (Use punctuation and Capitalization Correctly)

    1. but - is - is - generous - not - she - she - very - rich - , -
        =>

    2. He - some - a - and - got - DVD player - CDs - has -
        =>

    3. Kimberly - a - a - or - boy - girl - ? - is -
        =>

    4. that - ? - are - any - box - books - there - in -
        =>

    5. eating - I - a - an - am - and - banana - apple -
        =>

Good Luck


January, 24th, 2007
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