Ministry of Education& ‫دولة فلسطين‬

Higher Education ‫وزارة التربية والتعليم العالي‬

Directorate of Nablus ‫مديرية التربية والتعليم نابلس‬
Date: 27 / 10 / 2019
Time: 40 minutes
Grade: 7 ‫ذ‬/‫مدرسة عبد الرحمن الشنار األساسية‬
Midterm exam
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I-Listening (10 Marks)

Listen and circle the words you hear.

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Which words didn’t you hear? ......................... , …………………………

Listen and complete the passage.

400 million people ………………… ………………… as their first language. But more than

a …………… people speak English or ………………… ……………… to speak English as a

second language, and the total number ………………… ……………… ………………… . More and

more people are speaking English at work. ………………… ………………… …………………

………………… are using English when they’re learning other subjects.

II-Speaking (10 Marks)

Complete the following conversation.

How you morning am well are bad not
do here is father often brother fine

Omar: Good__________ . H__________ are __________?

Ali: I __________ very __________. H__________ __________ you ?
Omar: N__________ b__________, thank you.
Ali: How often d__________ y__________ come h__________ ?
Omar: I __________ come here. How __________ your __________ ?
Ali: He __________ very __________ .
H__________ is your __________?
Omar: He is __________ .
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 III-Reading (40 Marks)

Read the passage then answer the question:

Koko is a very intelligent gorilla. She knows about one thousand

signs and she understands about two thousand words in English.
Many animals, like dogs, cats and elephants, make a noise to
communicate. Whales make a sound like singing and the noise
travels hundreds of kilometres under the sea to other whales.
Some animals communicate in other ways. Bees dance when they
find food.

Read and tick the true sentences.Then correct the false sentences.

1 Koko can understand one thousand English words.

2 Elephants can make a noise.

3 The noise that whales make travels thousands of kilometers.

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Read and answer the questions.

1 Who is Koko ? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

2 Why is koko a very intelligent gorilla ? …………………………………………………………………………

3 When do bees dance ? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Read and comlete the sentences.

1 Whales can communicate by ………………………

2 dogs, cats and ………………………, make a noise to communicate.

Read and circle the correct words.

1 A gorilla / whale is a very big animal.

2 The sound of whales can travels hundreds of meters / kilometers.

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Complete the sentences then match the sentences with the pictures.
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1 Julia is …………………………… of dogs. She doesn’t like them.

2 Cool! It’s got a very long …………………………… .
3 He’s …………………………… them to stop.
4 He likes it when you ………………………………… his head.
5 Those dogs …………………………… every night! It’s terrible!

Read and circle the correct words.

1 I think learning Chinese is really hard / different.
2 People in Palestine speak different / standard Arabic from people in Egypt.
3 Jake is studying world / standard Arabic.
4 Jake is learning Arabic to prepare / communicate with lots of people.
5 More than a billion / Russian people speak English.

V-Writing (25 Marks)

Write correct sentences and questions.

1 i have two brothers and a little sister ……………………………………………………………………………

2 do you often play football after school …………………………………………………………………………
3 we usually speak english in our english class …………………………………………………………………
4 my family and I sometimes go to nablus to see my grandparents
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5 hello Ahmad how are you ………………………………………………………………………
Put the words in alphabetical order.

1 like learn language …………………,…………………,…………………

2 smile shirt surprised standard ………………,………………,………………,………………
3 everything England early Egypt ………………,………………,………………,………………
4 apple Arabic bee bed ………………,………………,………………,…………………

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 V-Language (15 Marks)
Complete the answers with am, is or are.
1 We ………………… learning English and Arabic.

2 ………… the number of people in the world going up?

3 ………… you using your English outside of school?

4 I ………… listening to more and more songs in English.

5 There …………… about seven billion people.

Put the words in brackets in the correct place.

1 I smile when I meet a new classmate. (always)

…………………………………………………………………………………………………

2 He meets Amir near the market. (sometimes)

……………………………………………………………………………………………

3 He doesn’t win at football. (often)

……………………………………………………………………………………………

4 He is bored. (never)

……………………………………………………………………………………………

5 We aren’t surprised. (usually)

……………………………………………………………………………………………