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Part 1: Reading Comprehension

The document summarizes a reading comprehension passage about what various children are doing at school during breaks and lessons. It then provides multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank grammar questions about topics like prepositions, quantity words, verb tenses, and matching questions and answers. The passage and questions cover a range of foundational English grammar and reading comprehension topics.

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Part 1: Reading Comprehension

The document summarizes a reading comprehension passage about what various children are doing at school during breaks and lessons. It then provides multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank grammar questions about topics like prepositions, quantity words, verb tenses, and matching questions and answers. The passage and questions cover a range of foundational English grammar and reading comprehension topics.

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Part 1 : Reading comprehension

A) Read the following text and answer the questions


It’s 12 o’clock, and I’m sitting in the canteen with my classmate Jacob. I’ve got a Geography
lesson later. Geography is a difficult subject. Some girls from my biology class are sitting on
the stairs chatting, but my friend Joanna is still in the classroom. She’s taking an exam.
Joanna’s quite good at PE, but she’s shy. That’s why she hates after-school activities. A group
of children from my maths class are playing chess in the corridor because the teacher is having
a break now. They don’t want to stop. Oh, there’s Marilyn! She’s going to the library. She’s
working on a project and I’m helping her. Andy is in the science lab. He is studying chemistry
and he loves it.

1) What are some of the children doing in the corridor?


2) Why is Andy in the science lab?
3) Does Joanna like after-school activities? Why?/ Why not?
4) Why is Marilyn going to the library? /8

B) Choose a, b or c.
1) The teacher is shouting because he is……
a) shy b) angry c) happy
2) When we have a break, we……
a) work hard b) take exams c) play or chat
3) Susan is having a snack in the…..
a) lab b) canteen c) gym
4) A library has many……
a) sports b) desks c) books
5) Mr Jones teaches chemistry in the . …..
a) stairs b) corridor c) science lab /2

Part 2 : Grammar and syntax


A1)Fill the gaps in the sentences with the correct preposition
1) We eat breakfast ….the morning.
2) My birthday is ….July.
3) What does Francis usually do….. the weekend?
4) The train leaves late….. night.
5) We often go to Crete ……the summer.

A2) Underline the correct word.


1) I haven’t got much/many time.
2) How much/many shirts have you got?
3) There are a few/a little biscuits in the cupboard.
4) There’s only a few/a little coffee in the pot.
5) We don’t serve much/many vegetables in our restaurant. /2.5

B) Read the answers and write the questions.


1) Gloria goes to work at 9 o’clock.
What time……………………?
2) Tom is washing the car.
What……………………..?
3) The children are sleeping in the bedroom.
Where……………………………..?
4) Father drives her to school on Mondays.
When………………………..?
5) They go to the sea because they like swimming.
Why……………………………..? /2.5

C) Fill in the gaps with the Simple Present or the Present Continuous.
1) The plane……..( leave) at 8 o’clock on Mondays.
2) George……..( collect) stickers. Have you got a hobby?
3) Jacob and Laura ………( pay attention ) to the teacher now.
4) The zookeeper…….. ( not feed ) the animals at the moment.
5) My mother ……….( not speak ) German. /2.5

D) Match the questions and answers


1)Who do you live with? A) I usually read a book
2) Have you got a big house? B) He’s a clerk at the post office
3) Where is your mother? C) I live with my parents
4) What’s your father’s job? D) She’s at work
5) What do you do in the E) No, it’s small /2.5
evenings?

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