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Mid Term Exam
EXAM

ENGLISH October 2024

50 Marks 1 hour

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST.

Write your answers in the space provided.

Write in dark blue and black pen.

You may use an HB pencil for any lines, diagrams

or graphs.

Do not use correction fluid.

ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS.

100

Score

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READING COMPREHENSION (10 Marks)
Directions: Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. Refer to
the text to check your answers when appropriate.
Tetris

Do you like video games? Lots of people do. There are many types of video games.
Some people like action games. Other people like driving games. But the most popular game
of all time is a puzzle game.
Tetris is a game about making lines. Blocks fall from the top of the screen. They fall
one at a time. The player moves the blocks. Once the blocks hit the bottom, they are locked
in place. Players try to make lines go across the screen with no gaps. Complete lines
disappear. This gives players more room. The blocks pile up during the game. The game
ends when the blocks get to the top of the screen.
A man named Alexey made Tetris in 1984. All the pieces in Tetris have four blocks.
The word "tetra" means four. Alexey named his game after tetra and tennis. He made Tetris
while working at a science academy in Moscow. Moscow is in Russia.
Alexey made his game on a screen that only showed letters. He could not use blocks.
The blocks were made out of letters in the first game of Tetris. Still, all Alexey's friends
loved his game. It was easy to learn and fun to play.
Soon the game spread across the world. It was on every computer. It was in arcades. It
came with every one of Nintendo's Game Boy. More than 100 million Game Boys were sold.
Tetris was all over the place. Even today Tetris comes with many phones.
Dr. Richard Haier has studied Tetris players. He ran many tests. He found that playing
Tetris boosts mental activity. Dr. Haier thinks Tetris is good for the brain. I agree with this
finding. Now go and play some Tetris. It's just what the doctor ordered.

Read the passage and choose the correct one and fill in the blank only with ARTICLE.
And answer the following question.

1. What is this article about? 1.___________

a. Video games
b. Tetris
c. Alexey
d. Blocks

2. What is the goal of Tetris? 2.___________

a. To make tall piles of blocks
b. To match the colors of blocks
c. To make complete lines
d. To get blocks to the top of the screen

3. After which is Tetris named? 3.___________

a. Fish
b. The number ten
c. Paris
d. Tennis
4. Where was Alexey when he created Tetris? 4.___________
a. Paris
b. Russia
c. The United States of America
d. Germany

5. What is the highest selling game of all time? 5.___________

a. A driving game
b. Call of Duty
c. Tetris
d. An action game

6. Which event happened first? 6.___________

a. Tetris was played with letters instead of blocks
b. Tetris was released on the phone
c. Tetris was released in the arcade
d. Tetris was brought to the Game Boy

7. What is the main idea of the second paragraph? 7.___________

a. To persuade readers to play Tetris
b. To explain how Tetris is played
c. To describe different types of games
d. To compare Tetris to other puzzle games

8. According to Dr. Richard Haier, which is true about Tetris?

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9. What happens to a block that hits the bottom and does not form a complete line in Tetris?
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10. Why did the first game of Tetris use letters instead of blocks?
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MULTIPLE CHOICE (5 Marks)

1. Refers to a representation of reality captured through mediums like photographs or
artwork is called __________.
(A)Visual Image
(B)Body Language
(C)Eye contact
(D)Gesture 1.___________
2. I went to the school when I __________ 6 years old.
(A)am
(B)was
(C)be
 (D)Is 2.___________
3. The imparting or exchanging of information by speaking, writing, or using some other
medium is called __________.
(A)Non-Verbal
(B)Join
(C)Touch activities
(D)Communication 3.___________
4. A strong, regular repeated pattern of movement or sound is called __________.
(A)rhythm
(B)strong voice
(C)deep voice 4.___________
(D)appointment
5. It word means like past era ___________.
(A)Previous
(B)The following
(C)The next
(D)The present 5.___________

QUESTION (5 Marks)
1. If you have opportunity to change something about yourself, what would it be?
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2. Write down about your favorite hobby and why?
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3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using mobile phones?
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4. What is your favorite season and why?
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5. Who is your role model and why? (Note : NOT in your FAMILY)
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LISTENING (5 Marks)
For each question choose the correct answer.

You will hear a boy telling his sister about activities his friends did at the weekend.
What activity did each friend do?

Example

0. Alec B
Friends Activities

1. Angela A. cooking

2. Marvin B. doing school work

3. Diane C. going to see an old building

4. Gavin D. playing a board game

5. Lucy E. playing music

F. shopping

G. swimming

H. visiting grandparents

CORRECTION THE PASSAGE (5 Marks)

Correct the passage and write down the whole passage with the correct answer.

Dear Lucy,
I hope you will been fine, Today is a great day and how about you? I think totday we have
a exam and I was so excited. You need to prepared for the exam and good luck for you.

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2. _________________
3. _________________
4. _________________
5. _________________

FORMATTING (5 MARKS)
Use the mask and create your own sentences.
1. ( - ) Dash
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2. ( ! ) Exclamation Mark
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3. ( ; ) Semicolon
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4. ( , ) Comma
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 5. ( “ ” ) Open Ivited Comma
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SUMMARY WRITING (5 Marks)

Summarize the passage correctly.
Samir
Fellow parents, think very carefully about your children’s relationship with technology. I
let my daughter have a phone when she was 13 and it was a disater. Our relationship
changed. She stopped talking and became almost a stranger. She stopped going out and
spent hours straing at the phone. Messaging friends and watching siilly videos. When I
suggested to her that she shouldn’t use her phone so much, she got angry and said that all
her friends used their phones just as much as she did. The problem, according to my
daughter, was me - not the phone. So I did what any parent would do and banned her
from using it. After a few months, she was back on it. I gave up. The result was that she
did badly in her exams. My message to parents is that phones take over children’s lives,
and once they do, there’s no going back. Don’t let your child have a phone or you’ll
regret it.
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TRANSFORMATIONS (5 Marks)
1. You had a piece of cake and coffee. (Change to negative sentence)
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2. Flying house (Use the words and create your own sentence)
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3. If you receive this present, you (get) many lucky things. (Change the verb)
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4. /have/you/do/./or/brother/sister/any/ (Rearrange the sentence)

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 5. I have a brecelet , and I have necklace. (Not only - but also)
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WRITING (5 MARKS)

Read the email from your English friend, Nora.

YOU NEED TO WRITE MORE THAN 35 WORDS.

From - Nora
To -

I want to find a good website for listening to music.

What is your favourite music website? Why do you like
it? Which time will you listen? How much does it cost
to use?

(or)
Create the poem about the flowers.
YOU NEED TO WRITE MORE THAN 20 WORDS.