First semester exam level I Agenla ( For all disciplines )

GENERAL GRAMMAR (25mks)

I-complete the sentences with suitable words from the brackets
1) Wine is made………………… grapes. (of, from, with, by)
2) I invited all my friends to partake………………….my birthday cake. from, of, in for)
3) Where …………………the car? (parked you, did you park, did you parked, you park)
4) At nine o clock yesterday morning, we…………………….. for the bus (wait, waiting, was
waiting, were waiting)
5) I really enjoyed the party it was great, ……………………..? is it, isn’t it, was it, wasn’t it)
6) It is I who…………………..to blame. (is, am, are)
7) I have lost the key. I ought………………it in a safe place. (that I put it, to be putting, to have
put, to put)
8) Some film stars……………..be difficult to work with. (are said, are said to, say, say to)
9) Someone suggested……………… for a walk. (go, going, of going, to go)
10) That’s the man………………. I told you about beat up his wife last week. Who, whose,
which, whom)
II-Follow the instruction given after each question.
1) Ako did her homework. He had a rest. (rewrite the sentence starting with)
Having………………………………………………………………………………….
2) “the food you cooked last week, please mum, cook it today” child asked his mother. ( report
the speech)
3) The thieves broke into the store last night. (put in the passive voice)
4) Mary was sick. I didn’t visit her at the hospital. (Type 3 conditional)
5) Bennen drove his car during the holiday. Bennen rode his bicycle too.
Not only………………………………………………………………………………..
6) Come here, …………………..……………….? (provide the right question tag)
7) My parents love me. (rewrite beginning with the underlined word)
8) Teachers must teach all aspects of the English language
It’s high time…………………………………………………………………………..
9) We played the match very well. We lost the match. (Join both sentences into one)
10) Crops would have been grown by Joss. (put the sentence in the active voice)
III- Match this word collocation to form grammatical English expressions
She’s having her duty
We’re taking a lecture
We’re giving a party
He’s doing an exam
She’s doing good progress
 SECTION B: TECHNICAL VOCABULARY
I-Here is an email from Woodman Ud., a manufacturing company, to a customer. Fill in the blanks
with words from the box (9mks)

dispatch, warehouse, shipped, delivery, carrier, packing list, crate, delivery note, consignment

Ref: MS423
Dear Clive
We have just (a)………………….. the (b)…………………. of goods, orderno. MS423,to
you. We have used our usual (e…………………………., MJ Irving. The chairs have been packed
in a wooden (d)……………………. and marked WD MS Belfast. I am attaching the……………………;
the (f)………………… is enclosed with the goods.
The crate should be (g)………………………. Ireland on Thursday and Irving has promised
(h)…………………… to your (i)………………………. in Belfast on Friday morning.

Regards
Barry

II-Complete the text below with technical vocabulary from electrical engineering. The first letter of
the missing words has been given. (6mks)

In power stations, high pressure steam, gas, water or wind is used to drive
(a) t………………..which tum huge (b) g…………………………… . Large power stations generate
electricity at 25,000 volts. This is then stepped up to 275,000 or 400,000 volts using
(e) t………………………. before being fed into a network of (d) c………………….. known as the
Grid. Electrical (e) p…………………… is then carried across the country by overhead (f) t……………...
……………….

III- Match the following words in the box with their definitions (5mks)

prospect, mineral, extract, quary, mineral

1) A natural occurrence of a useful mineral in sufficient quantities for exploitation

2) Remove coal or ore from a mine.
3) A natural resource extracted from the earth for human use, e.g. ore, salts, coal, or petroleum.
4) An open or surface mineral working, usually for the extraction of building stone, such as slate and
limestone.
5) Examine a territory for its mineral wealth.

IV- Complete the following sentences with a form of the word in brackets. (5mks)

1 In the………………………….. Industry ,…………………. develop processes for producing plastics,

fibres, medicines, etc. from simple chemicals. (chemistry)
2 Producing steel using the Bessemer process is one of the best-known……………………………….
processes. (industry)
3 Most…………………………………….. devices need oil as a lubricant. (mechanics)
4 Following the earthquake, every building had to be inspected to see whether it had suffered
any…………………………. damage. (structure)
5 Certain chemicals are added to glue to…………………………….. it. (hard)
6 Excavators and power shovels are two types of……………………… equipment used by…………………..
when they are removing rocks from the ground. (mine)
V-Make up answers for these questions (6mks)
1) How heavy is it? ……………………………………..
2) How long is it? ………………………………………..
3) How far is it to Dubai? ………………………………..
4) How fast is the car travelling? ………………………..
5) How fast is the engine turning? ………………………
6) How much petrol is in the tank? ……………………...