South Sinai Educational Directorate Stage: Starting Grade 7
St. Joseph International School Subject: English (A-L)
English Department Total Marks: __ /70
ENGLISH ENTRANCE EXAM
Grades 7
SECTION 1: - Reading Comprehension
Passage 1 Marks: __ /10
Made in Spain
Rafa Nadal is a professional Spanish tennis player. He has won six Grand Slam singles
titles, and the 2008 Olympic gold medal in singles. Nadal became the World No. 1 in
August 2008 after beating Roger Federer at Wimbledon in one of the best games ever
played there. He subsequently lost this position to Federer again after the Swiss player’s
triumph at the Madrid Masters in July 2009.
One of Nadal’s uncles Toni Nadal, a former professional tennis player, introduced him to
tennis when he was three years old. He has been coaching him ever since. His other uncle
is a retired professional football player. Until Nadal was twelve he played tennis and
football all the time. At this point his father made him choose between the two sports so
that he would still have time for his school work. By the age of sixteen, Nadal was ranked
in the world’s top 50 players.
1 Rafa Nadal is from ________.
2 ________ won the 2009 Madrid Masters.
3 Nadal has been playing tennis since he was ________.
4 ________ of Nadal’s relatives used to be professional sportsmen.
5 Nadal stopped playing ________ when he was twelve.
4 Read the text again and answer the questions with a complete sentence.
1 What did Nadal win in the 2008 Olympic Games?
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2 How long was Nadal ranked Number 1 in the world?
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3 Who is Nadal’s coach?
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4 Why did Nadal give up playing football?
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5 What did Nadal achieve when he was sixteen?
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Reading Passage 2 Marks: __ /10
Jamie Oliver
Jamie Oliver is a very popular British celebrity chef. Jamie was born in 1975 in Essex,
England. The BBC discovered Jamie when he was a young chef in the River Café
restaurant in London. His first TV series was very successful; Jamie’s style was different
from other TV chefs and viewers liked him a lot. Next came Jamie’s Kitchen; in that
show, he combined cooking and working with troubled teenagers and made an exciting
reality show. Jamie trained the teenagers at his restaurant and helped them improve their
lives. Jamie is also famous for his work to improve school dinners in the UK through his
programme Jamie’s School Dinners. Thanks to Jamie, school menus have changed a lot
and become much healthier.
TIGER WOODS
Tiger Woods is one of the most successful professional golf players in the world. Tiger
started playing golf at the age of two; even from such a young age it was clear that Tiger
was going to become a star. In 1984, when he was eight, he won the 9-10 year old boys’
event at the Junior World Golf Championships. Then he won the Junior World
Championships six times. All through his amateur golfing career Tiger continued to
impress spectators and in August 1996 he became a professional golfer. Tiger is also
involved in charity work and he formed The Tiger Woods Foundation. This organisation
helps troubled children take part in golfing and other non-sports events.
1-Vvocabulary Exercise: Write the definition for the following
Viewers: ………………………………..
Combine: ……………………………….
Troubled: ……………………………….
Amateur: ………………………………..
2. Read the texts and complete with the correct name Tiger or Jamie.
1. …………………….. impressed people with his talent from a young age.
2. …………………….. won an event when he was a boy.
3. ………………………had his own show.
4. ………………………made changes that affect children’s health.
5. ………………………trained young people.
6. ………………………started an organisation to help young people improve their lives.
Section Two
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Grammar
1-Find the mistake in each line. Write the correction below. Marks: __ /20
1 We live in a new town outside Cairo. We not have
2 a very big house, but I like very much it. I’ve got
3 one brother and three sisters. My sisters all goes
4 to school, but my brother has 20 years old,
5 so he don’t go to school any more. He’s a student
6 and he studies medicine at university to Alexandria.
7 My brother comes home often to visit us. He
8 travels on train, so it takes him about three hours.
9 My parents is always very happy. My mother
10 makes a dinner special and we have a celebration.
1 ____________ 6 ____________
2 ____________ 7 ____________
3 ____________ 8 ____________
4 ____________ 9 ____________
10 ____________
2- Order the words to write sentences. Put the adverbs in brackets in the correct place.
1 my brother / do the washing-up / after / dinner (never)
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2 we / not read a newspaper / at the weekend (often)
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3 my cousins / be at my house / after school (always)
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4 John / not listen to music / when / he / be / in his room (usually)
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5 they / be late for school / when / they / catch the bus? (sometimes)
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3- Rewrite the sentences with can and an adverb.
1 My aunt is a good singer.
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2 Those children are fast runners.
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3 My friend is a quick worker.
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4 You’re a beautiful painter.
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You are a good speaker of English 5
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Section Three: - Vocabulary Marks: __ /17
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A-Language skills
Complete the dialogue.
Mr White Hello Dan. Why 1_______ you running?
Dan Hi Mr White. I need 2_______ go to the sports centre. I’ve got
a tennis match and I’m late.
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Mr White _______ you want a lift? We’re 4_______ to the sports centre
too.
Dan Yes, that would be great.
Mr White The boys are in the back, but nobody 5_______ sitting in the front.
Dan Thanks, Mr White.
Mr White Do you enjoy 6_______ tennis, Dan?
Dan Yes, but I 7_______ football. Football’s even better than tennis!
I’m not keen 8_______ watching it on TV, though.
Mr White I’m really interested 9_______ tennis. What time 10_______ your
match start?
Dan At 5.30. Come and watch if you want!
B-Choose the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters
1- ARREST
A. capture
B. extend
C. release
D. block
2- PERMIT
A. allow
B. outlaw
C. challenge
D. recognize
3-FULLY
A. partially
B. completely
C. finally
D. totally
4- LIMP
A. strict
B. bending
C. plastic
D. stiff
5- POINTLESS
A. resolved
B. harmful
C. useless
D. worthwhile.
6-ROUTINE
A. unusual
B. typical
C. general
D. creative
7-ENTRANCE
A. passage
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B. escape
C. opening
D. doorway
Section Four: - Writing Composition Marks: __ /13
Choose one of the following topics to write about. Write at least 12 sentences
Choose one of the following topics to write about. Write at least twelve sentences.
• Imagine that you are planning a party with some friends or family. Who is the party for and why? What
is involved in planning the event? Who will you get to help you? What things will you have them do?
• You have a new neighbor who has just moved in and has asked you to recommend services. Think of
a business you use a lot. What can you get done there? Tell your new neighbor why you recommend
this business.
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