Practice Test 2
Unit 5
A. Language Functions (5 marks)
1. Finish the following dialogue with these words: (3 marks)
are - was - in - were
Ahmed: Hi, Samy. This is my friend Samir.
Samy: Hi, Samir. Where ____________ you from?
Ahmed: I'm from Mansoura. I was born ____________ Beni Suef.
Samy: I ____________ born in Beni Suef, too.
2. Choose the correct answer from a, b or c: (2 marks)
1. Farah: Naguib Mahfouz was a writer. What about Umm Kulthum?
Zeina: ___________________________.
a. She’s a doctor.
b. Yes, she was.
c. She was a singer.
2. Walid: __________________________?
Mustafa: Ahmed Orabi.
a. Where was he born?
b. Who was born in 1841?
c. What about you?
B. Reading Comprehension (8 marks)
3. Read and match: (4 marks)
1. Yussef can speak a. is a footballer.
2. When was she born? b. In Giza.
3. Who can run fast? c. In 1999.
4. Hossam El Hadary d. Arabic and English.
e. Marwa can run fast.
4. Read the following then answer the questions: (4 marks)
Marwa and Noha are sisters. They were not born in the same city. Marwa was born in Alexandria in 2000. Noha was born in Cairo. She was born four years after Marwa. Marwa likes eating ice cream. Noha likes eating vegetables. Marwa and Noha like listening to music.
1. Were Marwa and Noha born in the same city?
2. When was Noha born?
3. Marwa and Noha like __________.
a) listening to music
b) eating ice cream
c) eating vegetables
4. They refers to __________.
a) cities
b) Marwa and Noha
c) things
C. Usage and Writing (9 marks)
5. Choose the correct answer from a, b or c: (3 marks)
1. The kittens __________ born yesterday.
a) was b) were c) are
2. __________ argued with Omar?
a) What b) Who c) When
3. Can you __________ English?
a) speak b) run c) drive
4. Fahmy likes to read about __________ people.
a) famous b) football c) swimmer
5. __________ you born in Sharkia?
a) Were b) Was c) Are
6. I was born in February. __________ about you?
a) Where b) What c) When
6. Write questions using the words in brackets: (3 marks)
1. His brother was born yesterday at the hospital. (When)
2. Ahmed Orabi was born in Sharkia. (Where)
3. You can see his books in the library. (Where)
7. Look at the following pictures, then write a sentence describing each: (3 marks)
D. Punctuation and Handwriting (3 marks)
8. Punctuate the following sentence:
where and when was umm kulthum born
9. Copy the following sentence:
I like reading Naguib Mahfouz‘s stories.
Practice Test 2
Unit 5
A. Language Functions
1
Ahmed: Hi, Samy. This is my friend Samir.
Samy: Hi, Samir. Where are you from?
Ahmed: I'm from Mansoura. I was born in Beni Suef.
Samy: I was born in Beni Suef, too.
2
1 - c 2 - b
B. Reading Comprehension
3
1 - d 2 - c 3 - e 4 - a
4
1. No, they were not born in the same city. / No, they were not.
2. Noha was born in 2004. / Noha was born four years after Marwa.
3 - a
4 - b
C. Usage and Writing
5
1 - b 2 - b 3 - a 4 - a 5 - a 6 - c
6
1. When was his brother born?
2. Where was Ahmed Orabi born?
3. Where can you see his books?
7
Answers will vary. Sample answers:
a. They were born in 2002. / They were born in two thousand and two. / They are seven years old.
b. My mother was born in 1975. / She was born in nineteen seventy-five.
c. Taha Hussein was born in Minya in 1889. / He was born in Minya in eighteen eighty-nine.
D. Punctuation and Handwriting
8
Where and when was Umm Kulthum born?
9
I like reading Naguib Mahfouz‘s stories.