TAIBA ICS HIGH SCHOOL/MBORO. TEACHER: Mr. TOP.

SCHOOL YEAR: 2008 2009. LEVEL: 2 nd form

Name:..Surname:Class SECOND SEMESTER FIRST TEST. Text: A naming ceremony In traditional Africa, when a baby is born, there is a naming ceremony. This generally takes place seven days after the babys birth. It is the duty of the babys parents to inform and invite all the members of the extended family and the villagers. To do this, parents send messengers who give cola nuts to the villagers early in the morning, seven days before the day of the ceremony. To choose the babys name, the head of the family consults the spirits of the familys ancestors. The baby then can receive the name of an ancestor who is believed to come back, or simply bear the name corresponding to the day of his birth. When the day arrives, the head of the extended family makes the appropriate sacrifices and shouts the given name to the crowd. After that, people begin to eat, drink and dance in the village and everybody is happy. I-Reading comprehension: (10pts) A- Read the text and answer these questions: (4pts) 1) What is organised at the birth of a baby? . 2) When does this event take place? . 3) What does the head of the family do to give the baby a name? . 4) .................................................................................................................... B- Are these statements true or false? Justify from the text. (4pts) 1) The ceremony is held seven days before the baby is born. .................. 2) There is no naming ceremony after the babys birth. ............ 3) The villagers are not informed about the naming ceremony. ......... 4) There is much eating, drinking and dancing during the naming ceremony. .

C) Match the words in column A with their definition in column B. 2pts WORDS Baby Parents Villager messenger DEFINITION a) father and mother b) Someone who is sent. c) A very young child. d) Someone who lives in a village

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1 =.; 2=; 3 =.; 4 =. II- LINGUISTIC COMPEPTENCE. (10pts) A- Put the following sentences into the past simple tense. (4pts) 1) We go to Dakar with our teacher. . 2) Theyre listening to the radio carefully. . 3) She is a very intelligent student. 4) Ill talk to the President about the elections. . B/ Complete the following sentences with the right element below. (3pts) 1) The children .......... are playing football there are mine. a) which; b) what; c) who 2) Ronaldinho plays football..than Raul. a) best; b) better; c) worst; 3) My brother isboy in his class. a) the tallest; b) taller; tall. 4) There isntmilk in the fridge. a) many; b) much; c) few. 5) She is..than her mother. a) more pretty; b) prettiest; c) prettier. 6) I have a dog..very intelligent. a) who; b) which; c) whom. C/ Find six irregular verbs in the text and give their preterit past participle and meaning. (3pts)
INFINITIVE PRETERIT PAST PARTTICIPLE MEANING

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