Third Form Second Term Test2

IA: Kaolack School year:
2021/2021
IEF: Guinguinéo Level: 3 rd form
Mbadakhoune mixed cell 15 Duration: 2hrs
Second test of the second term
Student’s full name…………………………………………………………………………….
Class……………………….
Text
1-Today in a rapidly moving world, we can see change everywhere. That is why life has become
more complicated in every way but technology has made it more convenient. It is evolving in the
world at a very fast pace and affecting people’s lives and WhatsApp technology is one of the
instruments of that change. It has become a buzz word among youths and is currently available on
most electronic devices such as I-Phone, Android, windows phones and computers.
2- WhatsApp is an amazing application that can help us connect with society and the whole world. IT
is a powerful medium for the flow of information and ideas. This application is advantageous in many
ways and occupies a major part of our daily lives.
3- WhatsApp has a profound negative impact on youths and adversely affects their education,
behavior and routine lives. It disturbs of much of their study time and spoils their spelling skills and
grammatical construction of sentences. This app has been found to be highly addictive and difficult to
control. The impact is so powerful that users give up their real world interest. Their happiness or
sadness depends on the reply which they receive from the other users.
Adapted from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/307142543 Impact of WhatsApp on
youth.
Foot note: convenient= convenable: evolving= évoluer: pace= rythme:
devices=appareils: adversely= défavorablement: spoil=gâcher users= utilisateurs youths= les
jeunes
I-Reading comprehension ( 8 marks)
A-Tick the best answer. (1 mark)
1-The best title of the text could be:
a-The impact of WhatsApp on old people b-The impact of WhatsApp on youths
C-The impact of Facebook on youths
B-Read the text and match the titles with the corresponding paragraphs.
(0.5x3=1.5)
TITLES PARAGRAPHS
2.The disadvantages of WhatsApp Paragraph n°………….
3.A World of change Paragraph n°………….
4.the advantages of WhatsApp Paragraph n°…………..
C-All the following statements are False. Justify each of them with a specific passage from the
text. (1x2=2 marks)
5-Whatsapp is not an important mean for social networking and sharing opinions. (false)
Justification………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
6- The reply which WhatsApp users get from the other users is not important for them. (false)
Justification………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
D- Complete the chart below with suitable information from the text. (0.5x4=2
marks)
List two advantages of WhatsApp List two disadvantages of WhatsApp
7. …………………………………………………………….......... 9. ………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………
8. 10………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………
D-Referencing:
What or who do the following words refer to in the text? (0.5x2=1
mark)
11- It (paragraph 1): ……………………………………………………………………
12- Which (paragraph 3) ………………………………………………………………
II- Linguistic and communicative competence: (6 marks)
E-Put the verbs between parentheses in the right tenses and forms. (0.5x4=2
marks)
Samba is a WhatsApp user he……………………….13 (to use) the application every day. But
yesterday his big brother ……………………. 14(to tell) him to stop over using WhatsApp because
he wastes too much time on it. And he didn’t have the average during the first term examination.
He…………………………15 (never/to have) such bad marks So far. And he thinks that samba
……………………….16 (to repeat) the class next year if he doesn’t pay attention about what he
does.
F-Below is a part of conversation between Amadou and his daughter Fatou about WhatsApp.
Complete it correctly and meaningfully with a correct word among those in brackets.
(1x4=4 marks)
Amadou: good morning Fatou.
Fatou: good morning dad.
Amadou: (what, where, why) ……………... were you last night when we were watching television
in the living room?
Fatou: (she, he, I) ……………... was in my room.
Amadou: (where, what, when) ………………… were you doing?
Fatou: I (were, was, are) …………………... chatting with my friends on WhatsApp.
Amadou: I have noticed that you are always connecting since you have got this smartphone. It can
have a negative impact on your studies.
Fatou: No dad I know how to manage it.
Amadou: try to limit the time you spend on it if not I will take it over till the holydays and I give it
back to you.
Fatou: please Dad don’t do that it is the only mean I have to exchange ideas with (your, my, her)
…………………. friends about studies.
Amadou: ok If your marks decrease I will seize it.
Fatou: Thank you father for your advice.
Amadou: ………………………………………….
III- Writing: (6 marks)
Choose one topic and write about 80-100 words.
Topic 1: your friend is a student, he spends too much time on the social networks (Facebook,
WhatsApp, TikTok….) and you think that it can have a negative impact on his studies. You try to
convince him/her to reduce the time that he/ she spends on these apps. Write down your conversation.
Topic 2: write a letter to a friend to explain him or her the importance of WhatsApp and its bad
effects.
- Good Luck-

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2.The disadvantages of WhatsApp Paragraph n°………….

3.A World of change Paragraph n°………….

4.the advantages of WhatsApp Paragraph n°…………..

List two advantages of WhatsApp List two disadvantages of WhatsApp

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