الفرض الأول في اللغة الإنجليزية للفصل الأول، السنة الثالثة متوسط

Read the text carefully, then do the activities.

My name is Yacine and I am fourteen years old. I live in Béjaïa with my parents, my older sister Lydia and my little brother Anis. My father is a doctor and my mother is a primary school teacher. Last summer, we visited my grandparents in Ghardaïa. The weather was very hot, but the town was beautiful. My grandfather is seventy years old and he is taller than my father. He told us stories about the old days, and we ate delicious couscous together. Every morning, I woke up early and played football with my cousins. I loved the trip, so I want to go there again next year.

A. Write True or False, then justify your answer from the text. (2 pts)

1. Yacine's father is a teacher. (1 pt)
2. The weather in Ghardaïa was cold. (1 pt)

B. Answer the questions in full sentences. (2 pts)

1. Where does Yacine live? (1 pt)
2. Why does Yacine want to go to Ghardaïa again? (1 pt)

C. Find in the text: (2 pts)

1. A word that means tasty. (1 pt)
2. Who does "he" refer to in "he told us stories"? (1 pt)

D. Mastery of language (6 pts)

Activity 1: Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense. (2 pts)

1. Last Friday, Lydia (go) ........ to the market with my mother. (0,5 pt)
2. Look! Anis (play) ........ in the garden now. (0,5 pt)
3. My father usually (drink) ........ coffee at six o'clock. (0,5 pt)
4. We (not / visit) ........ our grandparents last winter. (0,5 pt)

Activity 2: Complete with the comparative or the superlative form of the adjective in brackets. (2 pts)

1. In summer, Ghardaïa is ........ (hot) than Béjaïa. (1 pt)
2. Mount Tahat is ........ (high) mountain in Algeria. (1 pt)

Activity 3: Ask questions about the words in bold. (2 pts)

Yacine visited his grandparents last summer.

1. ............................................ ? (1 pt)
2. ............................................ ? (1 pt)

Your English pen friend, Tom, has sent you an email. He wants to know about you and your last holiday.

Write a reply email (6 to 8 lines) in which you:

• introduce yourself and your family (name, age, town, members of your family);
• say where you went last holiday, with whom, and what the weather was like;
• say what you did there and whether you enjoyed it.

Marking criteria: relevance of the content (3 pts), correct use of tenses and grammar (2 pts), vocabulary, spelling and punctuation (1,5 pts), organisation and layout of the email (1,5 pts).