Subject Comprehension

     Subject: English Language                                               Time allowed: 1 ½ hours   

                                                                                                                                                                    

Question One: Comprehension

Read the passage then answer the questions below. (10m)

                                              

         The people of Um Marfaheen are Baggara.  They keep cattle. Um Marfaheen is in Southern Kordofan state. It takes three days to get there. People travel by lorries and donkeys. People there live in their tribal groups in areas known as Dar. It is administrated by Sheikhs and Omdas. The Dar is not a permanent village because the Baggara are nomads who move from one place to another. The Baggara live in shelters made of canvas tents which are comfortable. Cows are milked at eight o’clock I the morning and by nine all the cattle are let out for grazing. Baggara move according to the weather conditions. Whet the rain begins to fall; they leave Bahr Al Arab for Um Marfaheen to avoid cattle diseases. They settle in the Dar to grow dura for food, and then move northwards to settle in higher places called goz.

   (A) Give very short answers:- 

1.     Where is Um Marfaheen?  _________________________________________________________________________________

2.     When do the Baggara leave Bahr Al Arab? ________________________________________________________

3.     Is the Dar a permanent village?  ________________________________________________________________________

   (B) Draw a circle round the best answer:-

4.     In Um Marfaheen people live in their tribal _____      a. cattle     b. groups     c. cows

5.     The pronoun “they” line refers to _____________     a. Baggara     b. diseases     c. shelters

Question Two: Composition

Write a composition of about 120 – 150 words on: My Village (10m)

You can use these points to help you.

·        What is your name? What is the name of your village? Where is it?

·        Are there old or new buildings? How is the system of transport? (now- past)

·        Markets, shops, factories, schools or hospitals.

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Question Three: Language

  (A) Put the verbs in their correct form: (10m)

1.     He can (finish) _________________________________ the work last night.

2.     Mrs. Clark (just open) _______________________________ a letter.

3.     Mona (wash) ____________________________________ her cloths now.

4.     Ali (not go) ______________________________________ to school every Friday.

5.     He always (clean) __________________________________________ the table.

6.     They have waited here (since – for) __________________________________ 3 hours.

7.     _____________________ (you watch) ________________________________ that film last night?

8.     While the (walk) ______________________________________ to the garage, they saw logs of wood.

9.      I (send) ____________________________________________ a letter tomorrow.

10.                       She (be) __________________________________ a nurse.

  (B) Use these suffixes to form suitable words: (5m)

 

1.     If it is _________________________ you want to cure, the medicine is entertainment. (bore)

2.     My father _________________________ works in his farm. (usual)

3.     Do you mind to give me a _________________________ to have rest at home today. (permit)

4.     The place is so _________________________ that we can’t hear you. (noise)

5.     I wrote an _________________________ card to my friend. (invite)

  (C) Fill in each space with a word from the list below: (5m)

 

         Litter is ________________ thrown on the ground where many people ________________ together. Litter is a problem. People _______________ always put the rubbish in the litter ________________ .They find it easier to drop a paper than to find a dust bin for it. But litter is ugly. It makes the city look ________________ and spoils the view.

   (D) Change into plural nouns: (5m)    tree                               trees

   1. country  ___________________    2. school _____________________     3. man  _____________________ 

               4.  lorry ____________________________        5. foot  ______________________________

   (E) Change these verbs into their past forms: (5m)   visit                        visit ed

 

   1. copy  ______________________    2. write_____________________     3. play  ________________________ 

               4.  apply ____________________________        5. cut  ______________________________