Final Exams

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRAIL TEST

GRADE TEN BASIC

Semester Two

First Session

Name
School		Class

Write your answers on the Test Paper Time: 2½ hours                        Pages: 13

ELEMENT		Marks		Red Marker	Green Marker	Blue Marker
				Name	Name	Name
LISTENING	15
VOCABULARY	5
GRAMMAR	5
READING	20
WRITING	15
TOTAL	60

LISTENING 1  (Items 1–6)                                                                     [6 marks]                                                 

You are going to hear a conversation between a reporter and Salem about World Environment Day .Listen, and shade in the bubble  next to the correct option.

1. The theme for the World Environment Day is……………: Water Seas and oceans Water, seas and oceans 2. The reporter said that oceans are important if you live in the…………..: East interior middle 3. Students are going to make ……….about World Environment Day: Posters models pictures 4. The reporter comes from the……….: Outside Oman Interior of Oman Middle of Oman 5. The water cycle connects all the water in the world to the……….: Falajes rivers sea 6. It's important to look after…………..because it's all connected: Oceans falajes All of our water

LISTENING 2   (Items 7–11)                                                               [5 marks]

You are going to hear a report    about an oil spill report.

Listen and for each item, write a short answer (not more than FOUR WORDS).

7. What is the name of the tanker?      _____________________________________.

8.  Where was the tanker going?     ________________________________________.

9.  What was the first thing the captain saw?   ____________________________________.

10. How much oil was spilled? _______________________________________________.

11. Did they rescue everyone?  ______________________________________________.

       

LISTENING 3   (Items 12–15)                                                             [4 marks]                                                

You are going to hear four people speaking. Where are they

Listen and for each item, shade in the bubble   under the correct option.

At the beach restaurant a shop a hospital a factory A school

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LISTENING                                                                                     SCORE
	15

VOCABULARY 1 (Items 1–5)                                                                 [2½ marks]

Complete the text. Use the words in the box.

Write ONE word in each space. (There are three extra words in the box.)

climate	country	crop	forest
fur	length	population	species

The koala is one of Australia’s favourite   animals. It is mostly found in the south and east of the  (1) ___________ .It belongs to a special group of mammals called marsupials. Adult koala are from 64 to76 centimeters in   (2) ___________  and weigh between 7and 14 kilograms .Unfortunately ,the koala is endangered (3) ___________ .Hunters kill them for their  (4) ___________  and farmers also destroy their habitat by cutting down the  (5) ___________  where they live.   

	climate	country	crop	forest	fur	length	population	species
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VOCABULARY 2 (Items 6–10)                                                             [2½ marks]

In each sentence, complete the word in the space provided. You are given the first letter(s) of the word. Make sure your spelling is correct.

 example _ kitchen-  (noun)a room where food is prepared and cooked

e.g. They keep the fridge in the kitchen

6.(adjective) very old

e.g There were many crafts in ancie_____ Egypt.

7.----------------(adjective)very big

e. g. It’s a hu………….factory .Ten thousand people work there.

 

8.(verb)  to damage something (e.g. a building)very badly

e.g. Did the fire des…………………the house?        

9. (noun)the main body and the thickest part of a tree.

e.g. The tr………….was transported to the factory by lorry.   

10.  (Adjective) unable to move

e.g. The wheels were st………….in the mud.                          VOCABULARY

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GRAMMAR 1   (Items 1–5)                                                                [2½ marks]

For each item, shade in the bubble  next to the correct option.

1.	How ______books are there in your hand?
		much		many		few		little
2.	There wasn’t ________food in the fridge.
		many		some		any		few
3.	___________the Omani Museum open on Friday? No, it isn’t.
		Are		Has		Does		Is
4.	I don’t have ________ money to buy a car.
		Too		a		enough		less
5.	How __________ is Salalah from Muscat?
		Many		far		tall		much

GRAMMAR 2   (Items 6–10)                                      [2½ marks]

Complete the text. Fill each gap with ONE word only.

Sinan Pasha is⁽⁶⁾ _______ most famous architect  ⁽⁷⁾ _____ the Islamic world. He  ⁽⁸⁾ ________born in a small village in Turkey. When he was 23 ⁽⁹⁾ _____ became a soldier. When Sultan Sulieman died , Sinan Pasha       built (10) _________ beautiful tomb for him.

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READING 1     (Items 1–5)                       [5 marks]

Match the five texts with the texts in the box.

Shade in the bubble  under the correct option.

1.

A.

Excuse me, could you tell me how to get the hospital?

Yes, but it was very difficult. I had to ask my sister to help me.

2.

B.

I'll help you to mend your car.

Good ! What's it about?

3.

C.

My brother was in the road accident last night.

Really? Where did you get it? Or did you go to Dubai?

4.

D.

I'm reading an interesting book at the moment

You think so? Actually, he's not so bad. He's just a bit shy, that's all.

5.

E.

Oh no; not another meeting with Ahmed. He's so serious.

Really? That's very kind of you. Thanks very much.

F.

I'll help you to mend your car.

Just keep going along this road. It's about five minutes from here.

G

My brother was in the road accident last night.

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that! Is he OK?

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B

C

D

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READING 2    (Items 6-11)                                                                       [6 marks]

Read the two texts. Then for each item, shade in the bubble  next to the correct option.

TEXT 1

In 1970 gold was discovered near the Amazon River. There were many poor people in Brazil , so many of them went to look for gold. They wanted to become rich. The gold diggers dug  big holes in the land. In order to remove the gold dust from the soil, they mix it with mercury. Mercury is a metal that differs from the other metals because it is a liquid. It is also poisonous. Some of it got into the Amazon River. Most of the people living along the Amazon became ill because they eat fish from the river. For example a baby was born without a brain.

6. Mercury is a  ________. gas liquid solid 7. Gold diggers use mercury to ________. remove dust           find gold       decorate gold 8. Mercury is a problem for ________. Brazil Countries along Amazon Gulf countries

READING 2  (cont’d)

TEXT 2

On the 26th of June, 2006 I left Oman to the United Kingdom to spend my holidays. My brother was at the airport waiting for me. We both took a taxi to his house in Manchester. I stayed there for two weeks. I visited all the interesting tourist places. I went to big shopping malls and bought gifts for my family. My brother took me to his friend’s house for a party. Varieties of delicious dishes were prepared and I met people from different nations. Really, I was very glad to make good relations with them.

9.	The writer spent_______ days in England .
		5		10		15
10.	Manchester is a famous city in .
		Brazil		Japan		Britain
11.	holiday was____________. The writer thinks that his
		boring		exciting		tiring

READING 3     (Items 12-17)                                                                    [9 marks]

Read the text. Then, complete the task.

The water cycle is an exciting and continuous process. The water cycle is the movement of water in the environment by evaporation, condensation, and precipitation. The warm sun causes water on the Earth to evaporate (to change a liquid into a gas) and rise up into the sky. The water vapors that are formed, cool during evaporation. This is what forms clouds that float in the sky. Clouds can be a mass of water droplets and/or ice particles. When the clouds get heavy enough, the water falls back to the earth. Condensation is the change of a gas, such as water vapors, into a liquid or solid. The water vapors must turn into a liquid or solid before it can fall to the earth. When the water falls back to the earth it is called precipitation. The water may fall as rain, snow, or hail. Plants in our environment also release water vapor into the atmosphere. When plants do this it is called transpiration.

READING 3 (cont’d)

                           

Task 2:  For each item, shade in the bubble  next to the correct option.

15.

Clouds are formed by

water vapors

rainbow

summer

16.

In the passage, vapors most likely mean

ghosts

gases

drops

17.

The process by which plants transfer vapor into the atmosphere is called

condensation

transpiration

evaporation

READING                                                                                       SCORE

20

WRITING 1                                                                                              [5 marks]

Write a PARAGRAPH about Antarctic penguins. Use ALL the information in the box.

Your paragraph should be correct and well-organized.

Antarctic penguins live/Antarctic /snow and ice                                                                      skin / thick         feathers/tightly-packed                                                     warm/huddle in groups     colour/white/black                   two wings/two legs              eat/fish/ lay/eggs             heavy/can't fly

				Marker A	Marker B	Average

WRITING 2                                                                                            [10 marks]

Complete the following task. Write at least 75 words.

Dear Sara,

The English Club in my school has announced about an essay writing competition.                       It's "How to be a successful student" I want to participate. Can you help me with some ideas? I'm waiting for your replay. Write a letter and give your ideas.

Your writing should be clear  and interesting..

Marker A	Marker B	Average		WRITING  SCORE
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