Alexandria Governorate Subject/English (AL)

East Educational Administration Junior: 5

Egypt Modern School
Mid-term Revision 2024-2025
I/ Reading Comprehension
Read the following passage, then answer the questions

Brrrr…
Winter is cold in some places. Many plants do not grow during winter. Some plants die. Snow
and ice may cover the ground. It can be hard for animals to find food during winter. Animals get
through this time in many ways. Birds and butterflies can fly. Many of them do not stick around
for the winter. They leave. They go to a place with nice weather. Then, they come home in the
spring. We call this migration. Migrating is a good way to avoid the cold. Another good way to
avoid the cold is to sleep through it. Many animals hide during the winter. Their bodies slow
down. They save their energy. They do not eat. They live off of their fat. They do this until food
returns. We call this hibernation. Snakes, frogs, and bears hibernate. Some animals store food in
their homes. They do not sleep all winter, but they do much less. They live on what they saved in
the summer and fall. This is what squirrels, beavers, and raccoons do. Skunks do this too. Other
animals tough it out. They do not leave. They do not hide. They must survive. Sometimes nature
helps them out. Some animals grow thicker coats in the winter. Other animals change color. The
arctic fox is brown in the summer. His coat turns white in the winter. Winter may be pretty. It is
nice to see snow on the trees. But it is dangerous too. People are also at risk. You can get frost
bitten or worse.
How do you beat the winter? Do you wear a thick coat? Do you stay inside? Or do you live
somewhere warm?

Answer the following questions

1. Describe how a skunk survives the winter.

2. Use the RACE strategy to answer the question. According to the text, How does a hibernating
animal survive?

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3. In your point of view, why is migrating a good way to get through the winter? Refer to the text
in your answer

B: From a, b, c and d, choose the correct answer

4. The pronoun “they” in the second paragraph refers to
a. skunks and frogs b. birds and butterflies c. snakes d. bears
5. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
a. A thicker coat would help an animal hide better.
b. A thicker coat would protect an animal against attacks.
c. A thicker coat would help an animal stay warm.
d. A thicker coat would help an animal migrate.
6. What does it mean to “migrate”?
a. To grow a thicker coat
b. To move somewhere warmer for a season
c. To change colors
d. To enter a long sleep and survive off of body fat
7. What is the main idea of this text?
a. Animals do funny and interesting things.
b. Most flowers do not grow during the wintertime.
c. Animals survive the winter in many ways.
d. We must prepare for the dangers of winter.
8. Which “title” would best describe this text?
a. Winter: A Time to Migrate
b. Hibernation: Sleeping it off
c. Survive: How Animals Beat the Winter
d. Birds and Butterflies: Nature's Movers and Shakers

II/ Grammar
A/ Choose the correct answers
1. It is so noisy. The children ______________ outside now.
a. are playing b. play c. plays d. played
2. ____________________ to come with me to the supermarket?
a. Are you wanting b. Do you want c. Did you want d. Are you wanted
3. I ________________ spaghetti. It will make me fat.
a. am not liking b. don't like c. didn’t like d. doesn’t like
4. _______________ lives here. There is no light and no water.
a. somebody b. nobody c. something d. nowhere
5. -Where would you like to go? - __________________
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a. somewhere b. anywhere c. everywhere d. nowhere
6. They need _________________to love and care for. They are very lonely.
a. somebody b. nobody c. something d. anything
7. Hush, please! The baby ________________ . I don’t want him to wake up.
a. slept b. sleeps c. sleep d. is sleeping
8. We _________________ to the disco tonight.
a. are going b. went c. go d. goes
9. What time ___________________ in the morning?
a. are you getting up b. do you get up
c. did you get d. will you get
10. Today he ____________ new sneakers. I really like them.
a. wear b. wears c. wore d. is wearing
11. We haven’t seen the lizard habitat ____________
a. since b. never c. already d. yet
12. Dan’s ____________ seen a kangaroo with a baby in its pouch.
a. since b. for c. already d. yet
13. They’ve just ____________ the sanctuary.
a. leave b. left c. live d. leaves
B/ Do as shown between brackets
1/They have already solved the problem. (yet)

2/ He has never flown a helicopter. (Has)

3. I have just read the story. [Negative]

4.Smith hasn't finished cleaning his room yet. (has been)

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5. Sam visits his grandparents at the weekend. (Often)
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6. Peter goes out with his friends at the weekend. (When …?)
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7. Mrs. Gold sweeps the stairs once a week. (now)
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8. No, she doesn’t want to go to movie. (Does …...?)
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9. I found interesting photos. I was looking for photos for my project. (While)
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10. Lisa was looking for a document in her computer. She found a virus. (When)
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11. Peter goes out with his friends at the weekend. [When …?]
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C/ Find and correct the mistakes in the following sentences

1. There was anyone at the door. [____________________________]
2. My book was on the table. Anyone took it. [____________________________]
3. Have you gone ever to the theme park? [_______________________]
4. No, your friend hasn’t come to the party already. [_______________________]
5. Mary hasn’t buy the car yet. [_______________________]
6. I didn’t done my homework yet. [_______________________]
7. We are late. They have yet sold all the tickets. [_______________________]
8. Have you gone ever to the theme park? [_______________________]
III/ Vocabulary
A/ Choose the correct answers
1. My younger brother loves (snowboarding /rappelling /trampolining /skiing). We have a big
garden in which he jumps in.
2. Our (charity – sponsor – team – race) has won the match 3-1.
3. Never (raise money – take part in – give up – get fit). You should be stronger and try hard to
win the next game.
4. You must always wear a (pads / rope / helmet / harness) on your head when riding a bike.
5. When you are rappelling, you need to hold the (helmet / pads / rope / harness) really tightly.
6. A firefighter should wear a (helmet / harness / pad /rope) to protect his head while putting
out fire.
7. My sister started Rollerblading five years ago. She’s a\an (beginner / skier / expert / harness)
at it now.
8. A lot of animals will become (harm – extinct – predator – encourage) if we don’t protect them.
9. The dog was killed by rat (predator – prey – native – poison).
10.The lion stalked its (prey – predator – poison – harm) through the long grass.
11.(Preys – Predators – Poison – Pesticides) are considered one of the main reasons that some
animals face the danger of extinction.
B/ Complete the sentences with words from the box
train- endangered – prey – encourage – harms –sponsor – raise money-pouches- native
– endangered
1. Dancing is great fun and a great way to _______________ during the winter months.
2. The captain should _______________ the sailor for the war.
3. Big companies usually __________________ the players who score more than three goals.
4. Throwing plastic in the sea _________________ sea life and causes a lot of danger.
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5. The tiger is now one of the _________________species. It should be protected.
6. Spiders often catch their _______________in their webs.
7. If his father was that ill, maybe she could ________________ him to go to the doctor.
8. Not many animals have ________________ to keep their babies in.

C/ Match the word with the right definition

1. train a. to be involved in something with other people.
2. get fit b. to teach a particular skill.
3. give up c. to do sports to make your body healthier.
4. take part in d. to cease making effort or admit defeat.
5. born e. to race others in a competition.
f. c. existing as a result of birth
1-(_____) 2 (______) 3 (______) 4 (______) 5 (_______)

IV/ Spelling
A/ Supply the missing letters in the words in the following sentences
1. The girls were wearing f _ _ _ _ and colorful clothes in the party.
2. We wish you a s _ _ _ and delighted voyage.
3. It’s forbidden to swim in this lake; it’s so d _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
4. The children were so e _ _ _ _ _ _ to have their trip.
5. The playground was filled with n _ _ _ _ children.
B/ Unscramble the underlined words in the following sentences
1. A week on vacation with my relatives is enough to ___________________ (r d e i v) me up the
___________________ (a l w l ).
2. We better ___________________ ( i t h) the ___________________s (o r d a) before traffic
gets even worse.
3. We’re all counting on you to ___________________ (t s p e ) up to the ___________________
(l p e t a).
4. After second heart attack, she decided it would be best to follow her doctor’s advice and
___________________ (l a c l ) it a ___________________ (a y d) .
5. Adventure and traveling based reality shows are now outdated and a ___________________
( i d e m ) a ___________________ (z d n o e ).
VI/ Dialogue
Complete the following dialogue
A : Hello Dan! ?
B : I was at the cinema.
A: ?
B : I went with my friend.
A : Was the film comedy or action?

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B:
A: I like comedy movies too.
B: Did you enjoy it?
A:

V/ Novel
From “Gulliver’s Travels”
A/ Answer the following questions
1. What did Mr. Fogg's friends talk about at the club?
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2. What was the bet the gentlemen agreed upon?
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3. "There is no need for that," said one of his friends. "We will trust your words as a gentleman."
What is Mr. Phileas Fogg's friend talking about? What does that reflect about his character?
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4. Why did Passepartout go to the temple? What happened to him?

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B/ Write TRUE or FALSE and correct the FALSE ones

1. Phileas Fogg lived in London. ( )
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2. Phileas Fogg is a lawyer. ( )
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3. Phileas Fogg’s friend believed that the robber would be found easily. ( )
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4. Phileas Fogg decided to prove to his friends that he was able to travel around the world in
eighty days. ( )
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5. Phileas Fogg started his journey with Passepartout from the bus station. ( )
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C// Put the events in order:
- Fix met Passepartout outside the consul’s office. ( )
- The voyage from Suez to Bombay took eleven days. ( )
- Fogg and Passepartout arrived in Suez to take the steamer to Bombay. ( )
- Three priests knocked Passepartout to the ground. ( )
- Fix was convinced that Fogg was the bank robber. ( )
VII/ Writing
Write (At least TWO Paragraphs) in one of the following topics
Design an instructional flyer of your fun run event.

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OR
Make an infographic of the use of social media in everyday life.

Exposition Of Ideas Paragraphing Structure Spelling Handwriting Punctuation Total

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End of Questions

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