MS 1 level Exam 3 Date: May 2015

Name:

Melisa lives in a big city, New York. In winter, the weather is

cold and snowy .She never walks to school. She takes the bus.

She wears a hat, gloves, a scarf and boots.

In summer, it is hot and sunny .She always wears sandals,

T-shirts and short trousers and she does not go to school.

Now, its spring. The weather is warm and fine she wears a t-shirt, jeans and trainers. She is in the garden .She waters the

plants.

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Part One : A/ Reading comprehension (7pts)

Read the text then do the following activities.

Activity One: A/ The text is about (1pt) : .

a) Sport in New York b) Weather in New York c) Animals in New York d) Means of transport in New York

B/ What do the underlined words in the text refer to?(1pt):

She : It :

Activity Two: Complete the table with information from the text( 3pts).

What is the weather like in New York? in winter ? in spring? in summer?

Activity Three: Lexis .

A/ Find in the text words that are opposite in meaning to the following (1pt):

a) Small =/= b) long =/=

B/ Find in the text words that are closest in meaning to the following (1pt):

a) Large = c) dresses =

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Part One : B/ Mastery of language (7pts)

Activity One: Complete the following sentences using the comparative form of the adjectives in

brackets(2pts).

Today, the weather in the south of Algeria is (hot).in the north. Tomorrow, it will be (good) ..in all the country.

Activity Two: Rewrite the following sentences using the future(3pts).

This week end the weather is sunny and temperatures are 30c .It does not rain during all he week end.

Tomorrow

Activity Three : Write the following words in the right box according to their consonant sound.

Cloudy - nice cold turbulence

c = s c = k

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Part Two: Written Expression (6pts)

Imagine you are a TV presenter . Look at the weather on the map and write a paragraph about the weather tomorrow Use the simple the future , the comparative and the adjectives ( hot , sunny, fine- rainy,

snowy..

The weather tomorrow

Good Luck

by Mr.Samir Bounab (yellowdaffodil66@gmail.com