Half-Yearly Examination 2006/2007
Form 2 English Language Time: 2 hours
Name: __________________________________
Class: __________
Mark:
A. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the Present Simple or the Present Continuous: Example: Steve always rides (to ride) his bike in the afternoon. 1. Andy sometimes ______________ (to read) a comic. 2. I ________________ (to phone) my friend at the moment. 3. Listen! Sandy _________________ (to sing) in the bathroom. 4. My sister usually _________________ (to help) in the kitchen. 5. Look! The boys __________________ (to come) home. 6. My mother ___________________ (to make) breakfast now. 7. We never ______________________ (to watch) a video in the morning. 8. They often __________________ (to clean) the bathroom. 9. My grandfather __________________ (to go) for a walk everyday. 10. Cats ___________________ (to eat) mice. (10 marks) B. Fill the blanks in the passage with in, at or on: I was born ______ Seattle, Washington ______ the 19th of April ______ 1961. Seattle is ______ the State of Washington ______ the United States. That was many years ago... Now, I live ______ Leghorn ______ Italy. I work ______ the British School. I sometimes go to a movie ______ the Eng.Lang/2 Page 1 of 10
weekend. I meet my friends ______ the movie theatre ______ 8 o'clock or later. ______ summer, usually ______ August, I go home to visit my family ______ America. My family and I go to the beach and relax ______ the sun ______ the morning and ______ the afternoon! In the evening, we often eat ______ a restaurant with our friends. Sometimes, we go to a bar ______ night. Then we wake up quite late ______ the morning the next day. (10 marks) C. Complete the sentences with the correct possessive adjectives (my, his, her etc.) or possessive pronoun (mine, yours, theirs etc.): 1. I’ve got _____________ passport. Where are _____________? (he / we) 2. The battery on _____________ telephone is flat.