Lala Fatma Nsoumer High school Second Term Test of English. Part One: Reading A/ Comprehension. Read the text carefully and do the activities. A poor fisherman lived near the sea with his wife in a small cottage. He went fishing every day. One day, a great fish was stuck in his line. The fish asked him not to kill it. The fish said, “I am a magical fish that can realize your wishes, so put me back into the water.” The fisherman said, “I will not kill a fish that can talk”. He let the fish go and it swam down to the sea. When he returned to his wife in the cottage, she asked why he did not come with any fish. He replied that he got only a fish which told him that it could satisfy his wishes, so he set it free. His wife said, «Didn't you ask for anything?» «No,» said the fisherman. The wife said that he should have asked for a big, fancy cottage. The man went to the sea and called for the fish.The fish swam up and asked the fisherman, «What do you want?» The fisherman told it that his wife wished for a cottage. The fish said, «Go home. She already has it.» His wife was standing near a beautiful cottage when he returned. The wife kept asking the fish for wishes. She wanted a palace and to become a queen. The fish realized all her wishes. One day, the woman told her husband that she wanted to become a god! When the man told the fish the wish of his wife, the fish said «Go home. She is sitting in her poor cottage again, and everything is taken from her!» Adapted from : https://www.vedantu.com/stories/fisherman-and-his-wife 1/ Circle the right answer. The text is: a/ a tale b/ a review c/ a blurb 2/ Complete the following table: The characters of the story. The greedy character. 3/ Reorder the following story events as they appear in the text. a) The fish told the man that his wife has lost everything. 1 b) He let the fish go without making a wish. c) His wife suggested asking for a fancy cottage, and the fish give it to them. d) The wife kept making wishes until she wanted to become a god. e) A poor fisherman caught a magical fish. 2 3 4 4/ Answer the following questions according to the text. a) Why did the fisherman release the magical fish? ............................................................................................................................................................................. b) What was the first wish of the wife? ............................................................................................................................................................................. c) What is the lesson or moral of the story? ............................................................................................................................................................................. ............................................................................................................................................................................. 5/ Find what or who the underlined words in the text refer to. a) which (§2) ..................................... b) her (§3) ..................................... 5 1/ Find in the text words or phrases that are opposite in meaning to: a) rich (§1) =/= ............... b) far (§2) =/= ............... 2/ Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets. a/ I (to watch) TV …………………...while my father (to read) ………………………….a story to my sister . b/ She (to listen) ………………….……….………to music when her phone ( to ring) ………………….……… 3/ Classify the following words according to the pronunciation of the final /ed/. Connected – played- answered - cooked /t/ /d/ /id/ 4/ Complete the following dialogue using your own words. 1/ A: Do you like reading stories? B: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …. . 2/ A: What’s your favourite story? B: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………. . 3/ A: Who is the main character and how does s/he look like? B: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………….. . 4/ A: How does it end? B: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………….. .
