KULLEĠĠ SAN BENEDITTU Secondary School, Kirkop HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION 2015/2016 Core Curriculum Programme YEAR 7 ENGLISH TIME: 10 minutes TEACHER S PAPER SPEAKING SECTION 25 MARKS Warmer Task Not Assessed (1 minute) Good morning Please, take a seat. How are you today? TASK 1 I am going to ask you some questions about yourself. 1. How old are you? 2. Where do you live? 3. What day is it today? 4. At what time do you wake up? 5. What do you eat for breakfast? 6. Which is your favourite school subject? 7. What is your best friend s name? 8. What do you do after school? 9. Which is your favourite food? 10. Which is your favourite hobby? 10 marks Kulleġġ San Benedittu English Oral Teacher s Paper Year 7 CCP Page 1 of 3
TASK 1 Look at the picture and answer the questions. 5 marks The examiner allows the candidates approximately 1 minute to look at the picture. 1. What can you see in the picture? 2. What is the relationship between the people in this picture? 3. How are they feeling? 4. What are they doing? 5. What are they wearing? Task 3 Imagine this is your room. Describe it. 10 marks Kulleġġ San Benedittu English Oral Teacher s Paper Year 7 CCP Page 2 of 3
Candidates should mention at least ten of the objects in this room. One mark is awarded for each full sentence/phrase: There is: a vase of flowers (on) a chest of drawers, an apple (under) the bunk beds, a robot (on) the top bunk, a plate (on) a shelf (above) the chest of drawers, a table and chairs (in the middle of the room), a cat (under) the table, a mouse (near/on the left of) a chair, a bike (between) the armchair and the chair, a ball (on) the armchair, a plant (behind) the sofa, a doll (on) the sofa, a window with curtains (behind) the sofa, a lamp (between) the sofa and the armchair, a picture (on) the wall, a teddy bear (on) the armchair Kulleġġ San Benedittu English Oral Teacher s Paper Year 7 CCP Page 3 of 3
KULLEĠĠ SAN BENEDITTU Secondary School, Kirkop Mark HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION 2015/2016 Core Curriculum Programme YEAR 7 ENGLISH TIME: 10 minutes SPEAKING SECTION CANDIDATE S PAPER 25 MARKS TASK 1 I am going to ask you some questions about yourself. 10 marks TASK 2 Look at the picture and answer the questions. 5 marks Kulleġġ San Benedittu English Oral Student s Paper Year 7 CCP Page 1 of 2
Task 3 Imagine this is your room. Describe it. 10 marks Kulleġġ San Benedittu English Oral Student s Paper Year 7 CCP Page 2 of 2
KULLEĠĠ SAN BENEDITTU Secondary School, Kirkop HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION 2015/2016 Core Curriculum Programme YEAR 7 ENGLISH LISTENING COMPREHENSION TIME: 20 minutes TEACHER S PAPER Instructions for the conduct of the Listening Comprehension Examination The teacher should instruct the candidates to answer the questions on the paper provided. The following procedure for reading the Listening Comprehension passage is to be explained to the candidates immediately before proceeding with the examination. You have been given a sheet containing the Listening Comprehension questions. You will be given three minutes to read the questions based on the passage which I shall read aloud for you. I shall then read the passage at normal reading speed. You may take notes during the reading. After this reading there will be a pause of another three minutes to enable you to answer some of the questions. The passage will be read a second time and you may take further notes and answer the rest of the questions. After this second reading you will be given a further three minutes for a final revision of answers. This will be done for each of the two texts. This procedure is to be followed for each of the two texts. a. 2 minutes - Teacher reads out the questions. b. 2 minutes - Teacher reads passage aloud for the first time while students take notes. c. 2 minutes - Students answer questions. d. 2 minutes - Teacher reads passage for the second time. Students may answer more questions. e. 2 minutes - Students revise final answers. Kulleġġ San Benedittu English Listening Teacher s Paper - Year 7 CCP Page 1 of 2
KULLEĠĠ SAN BENEDITTU Secondary School, Kirkop HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION 2014/2015 Core Curriculum Programme YEAR 7 ENGLISH LISTENING COMPREHENSION TEACHER S PAPER TIME: 20 minutes LISTENING SECTION 25 MARKS Text 1: Mary writes an email to Sara. Listen and answer the questions about the email. Hi Sara, My name is Mary Abela. I am eleven years old. I live in Kirkop. I get up at 7 o clock in the morning. School starts at 8. I have breakfast and put on my uniform. I go to school on foot. I like meeting friends at school. My favourite subject is ICT. I love computers and I use the internet a lot. My mother does not like that. She wants me to study. Sometimes I play computer games or chat with my friends. My father and my brother take me fishing at the weekend or the whole family goes on a picnic. What do you like doing most? Come to Malta. My family and I can take you to all the interesting places in Malta. Love, Mary Text 2: Sara wants to go to Mary s house. Mary gave her a map to help her. Listen to Mary s directions and draw a line on your map to show Sara s movements. Start at the station. Draw a [X] to show your starting point. Go straight along West Street. Turn to the right into Main Road and keep going past the library and the fish shop until you get to the restaurant. Mary s house is opposite the restaurant on your right. Draw a [ ] to mark Mary s house. Kulleġġ San Benedittu English Listening Teacher s Paper - Year 7 CCP Page 2 of 2
KULLEĠĠ SAN BENEDITTU Secondary School, Kirkop Mark HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION 2015/2016 Core Curriculum Programme YEAR 7 ENGLISH LISTENING COMPREHENSION TIME: 20 minutes Name: LISTENING SECTION Class: 25 MARKS Text 1: 20 marks Ex 1: Underline the correct answer. 6 marks ( ) 1. Mary s surname is: Axiaq Chircop Abela 3. Mary puts on her: dress jacket uniform 5. She uses her computer to: study find pictures play computer games 2. Mary gets up at: seven o clock eight o clock eleven o clock 4. She talks to her friends: on the bus and at the cinema at school and on the internet at the weekend and on a picnic 6. Mary wants to take Sara to visit: her school her friends interesting places Ex 2: Tick [ ] 6 pictures that Mary writes about in her email. 6 marks ( ) Kulleġġ San Benedittu English Listening Student s Paper - Year 7 CCP Page 1 of 2
Ex 3: True or False 8 marks ( ) T F 1. Sara writes an email to Mary. 2. Mary is eleven years old. 3. Mary goes to school by bus. 4. Mary spends a lot of time on the internet. 5. Mary s mother wants her to spend hours on the internet. 6. All the family goes fishing. 7. Sara lives in Malta. 8. Mary wants Sara to visit her and her family. Text 2: Sara wants to go to Mary s house. Mary gave her a map to help her. Listen to Mary s directions. Use a pen or a colour to draw a line on your map to show Sara s movements. 5 marks ( ) Kulleġġ San Benedittu English Listening Student s Paper - Year 7 CCP Page 2 of 2
KULLEĠĠ SAN BENEDITTU Secondary School, Kirkop Mark HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION 2015/2016 Core Curriculum Programme YEAR 7 ENGLISH TIME: 1 hour Section Speaking Listening Reading Writing Global Mark Max. Mark 25 25 25 25 100 Mark DO NOT WRITE ABOVE THIS LINE Name: Class: READING SECTION 25 MARKS Text 1: Read the sentences. Put them in order using numbers. Use the pictures to help you. The first one is an example. 5 marks ( ) 1 2 3 4 5 6 Kim gets dressed. Dad takes her to school. She does her work. Kim gets up at seven o clock. 1. She eats breakfast. She brushes her teeth. Kulleġġ San Benedittu English Main Paper - Year 7 CCP Page 1 of 8
Text 2: Look at the picture. Read the sentences and tick [ ] Yes or No next to each sentence. 5 marks ( ) Yes 0. The chair is next to the bed. 1. The dog is on the rug. 2. The cat is under the bed. 3. There is a bed in the room. 4. The books are on a shelf. 5. The shoes are on the chair. 6. The bag is under the desk. 7. There are ten pencils on the desk. 8. The picture is on the wall. 9. The picture is between the window and the door. 10. The lamp is on the bedside table. No Kulleġġ San Benedittu English Main Paper - Year 7 CCP Page 2 of 8
Text 3: Read the short story and answer the questions about it. 15 marks Tom goes to London It is Friday morning. Tom packs his bags to go to London. It is hot and sunny in Malta. Tom goes to the airport by bus. He shows his passport and ticket. He gets on the plane at three o clock in the afternoon. Tom watches a film and eats lunch. He sleeps. Tom arrives in London at six o clock in the evening. It is dark and cloudy. He takes out an umbrella as it starts to rain! He takes a taxi to go to the hotel. Ex 1: Use words from the story to label the pictures. 4 marks ( ) Ex 2: Fill in the blanks with words from Exercise 1. 4 marks ( ) You catch a plane at the. You pack your things in. You sleep in a. You show a and a to get on the plane. Three means of transport are: a, a and a. Kulleġġ San Benedittu English Main Paper - Year 7 CCP Page 3 of 8
Ex 3: Match the weather words that are underlined in the story to the pictures. Then underline the correct place as described in the story (Malta or London). 3 marks ( ) sunny Malta/London Malta/London Malta/London Ex 4: Underline the correct answer or answers in brackets. 2 marks ( ) 0. Tom goes to (Malta, London, Italy). 1. Tom goes to London on (Monday, Wednesday, Friday). 2. He packs his bags in the (morning, afternoon, evening). 3. He leaves Malta in the (morning, afternoon, evening). 4. He lands in London in the (morning, afternoon, evening). Ex 5: Draw the time to show when Tom: 1 mark ( ) gets on the plane arrives in London Ex 6: Answer the question. 1 mark ( ) What are the three things Tim does on the plane? (1) ; (2) (3). Kulleġġ San Benedittu English Main Paper - Year 7 CCP Page 4 of 8
WRITING SECTION 25 MARKS Ex 1a: Label the rooms of the house by putting numbers in the small boxes. The first one is done for you. 2 marks ( ) 1. living-room 2. dining-room 3. bathroom 4. kitchen 5. bedroom window Ex 1b: Now label the furniture in the picture. Write the words in the big boxes. Use the example (window) to help you. 6 marks ( ) Kulleġġ San Benedittu English Main Paper - Year 7 CCP Page 5 of 8
Ex 2: Fill in 1-5 with am, is or are. Fill in 6-10 with has or have. 1 and 6 are examples to help you. 4 marks ( ) am/is/are has/have You are very tall. We have too much homework. I tired. You beautiful eyes. He my friend. She spaghetti for lunch every day. We good swimmers. I a lot of money. They very sad. They a big house. Ex 3: Fill in the missing words. Use the pictures to help you. The days of the week are not in order. Write them in the correct order. The examples will help you. 10 marks ( ) Dear Tom, week. Here are some things I do with my f a m i l y during the Kulleġġ San Benedittu English Main Paper - Year 7 CCP Page 6 of 8
Every Mdonya M o n d a y, I up at o clock and cook in a for breakfast. On eystuad, I take the for a walk. I on a and watch the children. On dyewensad, Dad and I go to Valletta by. We go round the until it is time to go. to cook. hsudyatr On, I help restaurant. On ifrayd, we at a On Syrtauda and nusyad, we have with our friends Love Sara Kulleġġ San Benedittu English Main Paper - Year 7 CCP Page 7 of 8
Ex 4: Write three sentences about the pictures. 3 marks ( ) 0. The boy is reading a book. 1. 2. 3. END OF EXAM Kulleġġ San Benedittu English Main Paper - Year 7 CCP Page 8 of 8