I- LISTENING COMPREHENSION ( 8 marks)

1- Say whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE : (1.5)

a- Buckingham Palace is a well-known site in London (……………………..)

b- Buckingham palace is in the South of London (……………………..)

c- Buckingham palace is very big. (……………………..)

2- Complete the table with information from the text : (1.5)

20
Places Police station ……………………………. ……………………………. Clocks

Number 1 2 600 …………………………….

3- Circle the right option according to the listening passage : (4)

a- About ____________ people work in the palace.

 ( 70 / 17 / 700 )

b- Seven people _____________ the Queen.

 ( like / look after / visit )

c- The royal dogs sleep in _____________ .

 (their own bedrooms / the Queen’s bedroom / the garden )

d- Every day, the Queen reads the British ____________ .

 ( magazine / book / newspaper )

4- Find out a synonym for the following word: (1)

 Well known = _______________

II- LANGUAGE (12 marks)

1) Fill in the gaps with the suitable words from the box: (be careful there are 2 extra words ) (3)

go
go/over
/over//baker
baker/back
/back//inin//at
at/shopkeepers
/shopkeepers/leaves
/leaves

Peter Anderson is a pupil at Westpark Comprehensive school. He lives with his parents Tom and Pamela. He goes
to school from Monday to Friday. _______________ the weekend, he helps his father at the bakery. His
father is a _____________ . He ______________ home very early in the morning. But the bakery isn’t very
far from home. So Peter takes the bread and the cakes to the shops. The _______________ like him because
he’s very friendly. When work is _______________ , Peter goes _______________ home to relax.
Dear Karim,
I ( to write ) ____________ to tell you that I'm fine . I'm in London ,at the international School of English. I'm
2) Put the bracketed verbs in the right tense or form (4)
here with eighteen other students . They're all from different countries. Our teacher's name is Peter Briscall.
He is a very good teacher. (to go ) ___________ to his classes is a real pleasure. I live with an English family
,the Browns. Mr and Mrs Brown have three children. Thomas and Kathy are pupils but Ann ( to work)
__________ for the BBC . Every day she ( to get up) ___________ at 6:00 am because she starts at at 7:00.
But yesterday Ann ( not / to go ) _____________to work because her car was broken so she (to take)
_______________ it to the mechanic… Now, I (to prepare ) _____________ for my test . I hope I (get)
______________ my diploma this year.
3) Circle the right alternative (3)

Alex is a banker and Christine is a doctor ( on / in / to ) a hospital. Alex ( got / gets / is getting ) up
everyday at 7:00. He ( had / has / have ) a shower then he eats breakfast and goes to work
( by / with / on ) train. He arrives at the bank at 9:00. Christine doesn’t get up early ( but / because /
and ) she doesn’t work in the morning. She ( go / will go / going ) to hospital at midday.
4) Match the sentences in A with their parts in B to get a meaningful paragraph ( There’s an extra part in
B) (2)
A B Answers

1- In Britain, Children go to primary a- Monday to Friday. (1- )

2- Pupils from 11 to 16 have b- school from the age of 5 to 11. (2- )
compulsory c- education in secondary schools. (3- )
3- They attend school from d- there are also private schools. (4- )
4- And all the pupils must e- wear school uniform.

 GOOD LUCK 