MS4 level Exam 3 Date

Text: THE BEAR AND THE TRAVELLERS

Two men were travelling through the great forest together. They have always
been friends, suddenly a bear came inside. One man at once climbed the nearest tree
and hid himself in the leaves leaving his friend to save himself as best as he could.
The other man threw him- self-flat upon the ground with his face in the dust. He
held his breath and pretended to be dead.
It is believed that a bear will never touch a dead body. The bear simply put
his nose down close to man lying on the ground and then walked away. Then the
man who was upon the tree climbed down and said, "What did the bear say to you
when he bent over you?" "He told me", answered the other, "never again to travel
with a friend who could desert me in time of danger".

Adapted fromReading_A+Part One : (14points)

Read the text then do the following activities .
A/ Reading Comprehension ( 7points):
Activity 1: Read the following statements and write true , false, or not mentioned ( 2pts)
1. The text is about The Bird and the Travellers. ( )
2. Four men were playing in the forest. ( )
3.The weather was fine. (..)
4. Bears dont attack dead bodies. ( )

Activity 2:In which paragraph is mentioned that : ( 3pts)

1. The bear smelled the man and went away . Paragraph .

2. The two friends were in the forest . Paragraph .
3. Never trust the one who leaves you alone . Paragraph .

Activity 3: lexis ( 2pts)

1/Find in the text words which are closest in meaning to the following : ( 1pt)
1) enormous=. 2) companion =.

2/ Find in the text words opposite in meaning to the following : ( 1pt)

1) outside =/= 2) safety =/=

B/Mastery of Language :
Activity 1:Supply the punctuation and the capital letters where necessary: ( 2pts)

while omar was crossing the river he fell into the water

Activity2: Write the correct form of the verbs in brackets: ( 3pts)

Last summer, we (to decide ) to camp in the forest . I was admiring the amazing scenery and
atmosphere around us .When we arrived there , we looked for a place to camp. While We ( to set up) up
the tent when a wolf ( to appear).

Activity 3: pick out from the text 4 verbs and complete the table according to the pronunciation of
their final ed
/t/ /d/ /id/
1- 1- 1-
2-

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Part two: 6points
Written expression: situation of integration

Your school is making a contest about the best story. You certainly lived or remember a story full of
exciting events.
Write a paragraph narrating what happened ( use simple past & past continuous +time conjunctions)
Write about :
Date of story
Place
Events
Conclusion

Good Luck

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 Typical correction

Activity one:
Part One : 1 Read the following statements and write true , false, or
not mentioned ( 2pts)
1. The text is about The Bird and the Travellers. ( False ) 0.5*4=
A/ Reading 2. Four men were playing in the forest. ( False ) 2pts
Comprehen 3.The weather was fine. (not mentioned ..)
sion 4. Bears dont attack dead bodies. ( true )

Activity 2:In which paragraph is mentioned that : ( 3pts)

1. The bear smelled the man and went away paragraph 2 1pt
2. The two friends were in the forest paragraph1. 1pt
3. Never trust the one who leaves you alone paragraph 2.. 1pt

Activity 3: lexis ( 2pts)

1/Find in the text words which are closest in meaning to the following : ( 1pt)
1) enormous=great . 2) companion =together . 0,5 pt
*4 =
2/ Find in the text words opposite in meaning to the following : ( 1pt)
2pts
1) outside =/= inside 2) safety =/= danger

Part One : B/ Mastery of language ( 7 points)

Activity 1:Supply the punctuation and the capital letters whe re necessary:
0.5*4=
While Omar was crossing the river , he fell into the water.
2pts
Activity2: Write the correct form of the verbs in brackets: ( 3pts)
Last summer, we decided to camp in the forest . I was admiring the amazing
Part One :
scenery and atmosphere around us .When we arrived there , we looked for a place *3=
Mastery of to camp. While We were setting up the tent when a wolf appeared . 3pts
Language

Activity 3: Activity 3: pick out from the text 4 verbs and complete the
table according to the pronunciation of their final ed.

/t/ /d/ /id/

0,5pt
Walked 1 climbed 1 pretended
*4=
2 believed 2pts
3 answered
 The grid of evaluation of the Written Expression :

Criteria Good Fair

Topic (1pt) all the Topic (0.5pt)
Relevance
ideas are related to Some ideas are related
(2points) the topic to the topic ( at least
Format (1pt) : correct 4)
Format (0.5pt) :
correct
(1pt)
(2points)
Ideas well Some Ideas are
Organized well organized
topic sentences/ No topic sentence
supporting (no) conclusion
sentences Topic
Organisation
conclusion sentences/no
(2points) sentences are linked conclusion
correctly Some sentences
are linked
(2points) correctly
( 1 point )
Correct use of Correct use of (tense)
(tense)/ verb form/ verb form
link words Use of 3 link words
Linguistic
vocabulary varied Vocabulary not varied
Resources
3 mistakes are
( 2 points)
accepted

( 2 points) ( 1 point)
Note :
If a candidate is out of the topic , Do not take
into consideration (do not mark)
organisation and linguistic resources
Mark just Format

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