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English model paper 6: 6th-year concours

Time: 45 minutes · a text, then I. Reading (6 marks), II. Language (8 marks), III. Writing (6 marks: a dialogue and a paragraph), on the model of the concours of the pilot middle schools.

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Parts I, II and the dialogue (16 marks) are corrected online. The paragraph (4 marks) is written in the box at the bottom of the page and checked with the list, or on the PDF paper.

I. Reading comprehension(6 marks)

Read the text, then answer: « A Present for Amine »

Next Friday is Amine’s birthday. He will be ten. Last Saturday, his big sister Salma and their father went to the medina of Sousse to buy him a present. The narrow streets were full of people, and the shops were full of colourful things.

First, they went into a toy shop opposite the big mosque. Salma liked a remote-control car, but it was very expensive: one hundred and twenty dinars! Then they visited a sports shop next to the bakery. There, Salma found a blue football shirt. Amine is a big fan of the national team. ‘How much is it?’ asked Dad. ‘Forty dinars,’ said the shopkeeper.

The shirt was too big, so the shopkeeper gave them a smaller one. Dad paid, and they went home happy. Salma hid the present in her wardrobe, so Amine couldn’t find it.

True or false? The remote-control car was cheap. (1 mk)
True or false? Amine likes football. (1 mk)
Complete with ONE word from paragraph 2: The sports shop is next to the … (1 mk)
What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 3 refer to? (1 mk)
Find in paragraph 3 a word that means “put in a secret place”. (1 mk)
Why did Salma and her father go to the medina? (1 mk)
II. Language(8 marks)

Read each sentence and choose the right answer.

Box: sale / cheap / try / customer / sell — These shoes are on (1) … this week: only thirty dinars! Which word goes in (1)? (1 mk)
Box: sale / cheap / try / customer / sell — They are very (2) … ! Which word goes in (2)? (1 mk)
Box: sale / cheap / try / customer / sell — ‘Can I (3) … them on, please?’ Which word goes in (3)? (1 mk)
Circle the correct alternative: The jewellery shop is (between / next / opposite to) the bank and the café. (1 mk)
Circle the correct alternative: ‘Do you want the red kite or the yellow one?’ ‘I (prefer / prefers / preferring) the yellow kite.’ (1 mk)
Circle the correct alternative: Yesterday, Mum (bought / buys / will buy) a new tie for Dad. (1 mk)
Put the word in the right tense or form: Last Sunday, we [go] … to the mall with our cousins. (1 mk)
Put the word in the right tense or form: Sami ran very fast, so he [win] … the race and got a prize. (1 mk)
III. Writing · 1. The dialogue(2 marks)

Ines and her brother Hamza are at the market. Their mother gave them twenty dinars.

Complete the dialogue with sentences from the box (there is an extra one).

1) How much are the strawberries?
2) My new shoes are too small.
3) Should we buy some croissants for breakfast too?
4) What shall we buy?
5) Let’s take two kilos.

Hamza: Mum gave us twenty dinars to buy fruit. ⬜1

Ines: Let’s buy some strawberries and bananas.

Hamza: ⬜2

Ines: Four dinars a kilo. They’re cheap today.

Hamza: Good! ⬜3

Ines: OK. ⬜4

Hamza: Yes, Mum loves croissants!

Gap 1: Ines answers “Let’s buy some strawberries and bananas.”. So Hamza asked: (0,5 mk)
Gap 2: Ines answers “Four dinars a kilo.”. So Hamza asked: (0,5 mk)
Gap 3: The strawberries are cheap. Hamza says “Good!” and: (0,5 mk)
Gap 4: Hamza answers “Yes, Mum loves croissants!”. So Ines asked: (0,5 mk)

III. Writing · 2. The paragraph (4 marks)

writing and self-check

Last weekend, you went shopping to buy a present for your best friend’s birthday. Write a paragraph (6 to 8 sentences) to say where and with whom you went, the shops you visited, what you bought and its price, and why you chose it. (4 marks)

Steps
  1. I read the task and underline what I must write about.
  2. I write 3 or 4 key words for each point.
  3. I write 6 to 8 short sentences, then I check capital letters, full stops and verbs.
  4. I check with the list, then I compare with the model.
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I read my paragraph again and tick each point I respected

I answer the task
My paragraph is clear
I write correctly
A model paragraph to compare with (after writing mine)

Last Saturday, I went to the mall in Tunis with my mother to buy a present for my best friend Lina. First, we visited a clothes shop, but the dresses were too expensive. Then we went into a bookshop next to the café. There, I saw a beautiful storybook about animals and a box of coloured pencils. I bought them for thirty-five dinars. I chose them because Lina loves reading and drawing. I think she will be very happy with my present.

One good example among many: compare, don’t copy.

Model paper written by Scolaire.tn on the model of the 6th-year concours; it is not an official paper.