Revision B
Practice Test 1
Name ______________________ Date _______________
A. Language Functions
1. Finish the following dialogue with these words:
colder - than - degrees - one
Rana: Is it hot in Alexandria today?
Mona: No. Alexandria is always __________ than Cairo.
Rana: It is 36 degrees in Cairo today. It is 30 __________ in Alexandria.
Mona: Cairo is hotter __________ Alexandria.
Rana: We must go to Alexandria on holiday!
2. Choose the correct answer from a, b or c:
1 A: What is fifty-three and seventy-two?
B: ___________________________.
a. It's nineteen.
b. It's one hundred and twenty-five.
c. They are one hundred and twenty- five.
2 A: __________________________?
B: I was born in Luxor.
a. How was your trip?
b. Was he a doctor?
c. Where were you born?
B. Reading Comprehension
3. Read and match:
A B
1. Tamer was a. was a famous writer.
2. We can b. is one hundred and twenty.
3. Is Alexandria c. born in England.
4. Naguib Mahfouz d. dive in Hurghada.
e. colder than Aswan?
4. Read the following then answer the questions:
Welcome to the Suez Canal! Suez is east of Cairo. Today it is colder than Cairo. Today it is 22 degrees in Suez and 30 degrees in Cairo. It’s nice to visit the Suez Canal in the summer. There are lakes next to the Suez Canal. You can swim in the lakes.
Answer the following questions:
1. Is it Cairo hotter than Suez today?
_______________________________________________
2. Where is Suez?
_______________________________________________
Choose the correct answer:
3. It’s __________ degrees in Suez today.
a) thirty
b) twenty
c) twenty-two
4. It’s nice to visit the Suez Canal in the __________.
a) east
b) summer
c) next to
C. Usage and Writing
5. Choose the correct answer from a, b or c:
1. My favourite subjects are history and __________.
a) temples b) geography c) pharaohs
2. He said the __________ answer. He was happy.
a) right b) write c) wrong
3. Read this __________ about the island.
a) resort b) village c) leaflet
4. The Great Pyramid is __________ meters high. (137)
a) one hundred and thirty-seven
b) one three seven
c) one hundred and seventy-three
5. Hossam and Ibrahim Hassan __________ in 1966.
a) born b) were born c) was born
6. __________ twenty plus ninety?
a) How high b) What's c) How's
6. Rearrange the following words to make meaningful sentences:
1. football - Tamer - matches - watching - likes
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2. class - mustn't - to - You - late - be
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3. high - the - is - Tower - How - Eiffel?
_____________________________________________________
7. Look at the following pictures, then write a sentence describing each:
a. ________________________________________________
b. ________________________________________________
c. ________________________________________________
D. Punctuation and Handwriting
8. Punctuate the following sentence:
i visited the cairo tower last week
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9 Copy the following sentence:
Taha Hussein was a famous Egyptian writer.
Revision B
Practice Test 1
A. Language Functions
1
Rana: Is it hot in Alexandria today?
Mona: No. Alexandria is always colder than Cairo.
Rana: It is 36 degrees in Cairo today. It is 30 degrees in Alexandria.
Mona: Cairo is hotter than Alexandria.
Rana: We must go to Alexandria on holiday!
2
1 B - b It's one hundred and twenty-five.
2 A - c Where were you born?
B. Reading Comprehension
3
1 - c Tamer was born in England.
2 - d We can dive in Hurghada.
3 - e Is Alexandria colder than Aswan?
4 - a Naguib Mahfouz was a famous writer.
4
1. No, it’s not. OR Cairo is not hotter than Suez today.
2. Suez is east of Cairo.
3. It’s (c) twenty-two degrees in Suez today.
4. It’s nice to visit the Suez Canal in the (b) summer.
C. Usage and Writing
5
1. My favourite subjects are history and (b) geography.
2. He said the (a) right answer. He was happy.
3. Read this (c) leaflet about the island.
4. The Great Pyramid is (a) one hundred and thirty-seven meters high. (137)
5. Hossam and Ibrahim Hassan (b) were born in 1966.
6. (b) What's twenty plus ninety?
6
1. Tamer likes watching football matches.
2. You mustn't be late to class.
3. How high is the Eiffel Tower?
7
Answers may vary. Sample answers:
a. How high is the Cairo Tower?
b. Miss Noura was born in 1979. Miss Noura was born in nineteen seventy-nine.
c. Aswan is hotter than Cairo. OR Cairo is colder than Aswan.
D Punctuation and Handwriting
8
I visited the Cairo Tower last week.
9 Copy the following sentence.
Taha Hussein was a famous Egyptian writer.