Preparation for midterm test

English PREPARATION FOR GRADE 2-3

WRITING SKILL

 Write a letter to the editor of your city’s newspaper. Tell about your concerns about the problems in the city not being addressed. E.g. running red lights, water pollution, traffic jams, sidewalk driving, and others. Don’t forget the parts of a letter (address, date, greeting, body, closing, and signature).

Multiple Choice

This letter should be written in formal style.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

To whom should you write this letter?

• Editor of the local magazine.

• Principal of your School.

• Chief of the department of Education.

• Policemen.

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"Tell about your concerns about the problems in the city not being addressed".

Explain this task.

• You will tell him/her about your worry of some problems inside the city

• You tell him/her about what you like about your city.

• You tell him/her about your personal problem.

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How would you start your letter?

• Dear sir/madam or to whom might concern

• Dear Mr. A/ Mrs. B.

• Hello Mr./Mrs. A

Read this model letter.

M 114, Mall Road Delhi

11 July 2017

The Editor The Times of India New Delhi

Subject: City under the attack of noise pollution, Sir. Through the columns of your esteemed newspaper, I wish to draw the attention of the concerned authorities towards the problem of rising noise levels and its subsequent harmful effects in the city.

Multiple Choice

Where did the author write or send this email?

• India

• Vietnam

• China

• United States of America

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To whom did she address this letter?

• the editor of the Times New Delhi Magazine-India

• the Times New Delhi-India

Multiple Select

What is the problem that she mentioned at the beginning of the letter?

• pollution

• noise

• traffic

• noise pollution

Multiple Select

Look for the meaning of the underlined phrase

"I wish to draw the attention of the concerned authorities towards the problem of rising noise levels and its subsequent harmful effects in the city."

• make the authorities to pay attention.

• to draw a picture to the authorities.

• to sell her painting.

Our ever-expanding city was already bearing the effects of air and water pollution, but recently, the people have also started to adopt the trend of enjoying their extravaganza with the loudest noise possible. Gone are the days when tourists used to enjoy the serenity of the city and calm themselves in the embrace of our quiet temples and mosques. Rather today, every block has some or other loudspeaker pumping their message in the atmosphere.

Multiple Choice

What are the problems that the city has already had before the new one appeared?

• Air pollution

• Water pollution

• Both

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What is the consequence of Noise pollution in the city?

• Tourists started complaining and stopped coming to visit the city.

• Everyone buy louder speakers to enjoy the noise.

• Nobody complained.

Marriage processions and DJs during wedding spread the inharmonious music to everyone around, concerned or stranger, and disrupt the sleep and study periods of the elderly and students likewise. If this menace is not put to control soon, our city shall perish in tourism and public health sector.

Multiple Choice

What will happen if the authorities ignore this concerned email?

• The Tourism will fall step by step.

• People will get serious health problem due to the noise pollution.

• Both

An arrangement should be made to ensure marriages take place on the outskirts of the city. The police should act more responsibly and look into any complaint about noisy neighbors whenever they get a phone. I hope that after reading an article about the noise pollution of the city in your newspaper, the concerned authorities wake up from their slumber and take action accordingly.

Thank You

Yours sincerely 

Karuna Singh(KARUNA SINGH)

Multiple Select

What is the solution that the sender suggested the authorities to do or change? ( choose 2 options)

• Wedding parties should be in an specialized area, far from the center.

• Policemen should be more responsible to take care of their people concerns.

• The ones that make noise should be arrested.

• All the selling of loudspeakers should be banned.

Multiple Select

Have the authorities ignored this problems in the city before this email was sent?

• yes

• no

Recommendation on how to write a proper email or letter to the authorities:

• Use academic writing.

• Use formal grammar structures.

• Suggest the changes from the authorities in a polite way.( the concerns should be listened...)

• Never forget to greed and to close your email with your signature.

It's time for you to write your email.

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What is the name of the sender?

PHONICS

ire, -ier, or -ure.

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1. It’s hot, orange, and burns things

F____

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2. Comparative form of dry : d r __ __ __

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3. Something that makes illness go away: c __ __ __

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4. to give someone a job: h __ __ __

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5. someone or something that flies is a: f l __ __ __ ( another way to say pilot).

Multiple Choice

Look at the pictures and choose the one that means:

"goalie"

Multiple Choice

Which one is "figure"?

Multiple Choice

Look for "vendors"

Multiple Choice

" exclaimed"

Multiple Choice

Look for the meaning of the underlined word:

The storm caused growing concern.

• worry

• anger

• excited

Fill the in blank with given words.

invented memories powerful allowed familiar instrument design impossible watch occasions

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a) He used his ___________________ muscles to lift the huge hammer.

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Talented people can play a musical _____________ like the guitar or piano.

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It is certainly _________________ for human beings to fly

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We were not ______________ to use our mobile phones during the show.

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Christmas and Tet are both very special _____________.

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Our teacher knows our names because we are very _____________ to him.

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The builders used a detailed ______________ to help them build the school.

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My grandfather told me about his _____________ of when he was a child.

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My friends and I like to _____________ football matches at the stadium.

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a) Apple have _________________ many new phones and computers.

Homonyms, or multiple-meaning words,

• are words that have the same spelling

• sound alike, but have different meanings 

• I left my phone on the left side of the room.

• The baseball pitcher asked for a pitcher of water.

• The committee chair sat in the center chair.

• While they are at the play, I’m going to play with the dog.

• The crane flew above the construction crane.

• She will park the car so we can walk in the park.

Look at definitions below. Then match them to 

    the correct given words

sink /bat/ mine/ blue/ pupil

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1. A black, flying animal / something we use in tennis and baseball: ________

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A color / a sad feeling: _______

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A student at school / a part of our eye : _________

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Belongs to me / a place we find coal and gold: ________

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We wash our hands in this / go slowly under water: _______

Grammar

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Sarah is ________ than Kate. ( shortest , shorter ).

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James is the ( smartest , smarter ) student in the class.

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Mount Everest is the ( taller , tallest ) mountain in the world.

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This sandwich is ( tastier , tastiest ) than that one.

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Our English exam is the ( harder , hardest ) one of all.

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Steve is thin, John is thinner, but Mike is the ( thinner , thinnest ).

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Mosquitoes are the ( deadlier , deadliest ) creatures in the world.

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May is a ( nicer , nicest ) month than December.

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Canada is a ( largest , larger ) country than Vietnam.

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Alex is the ( funniest , funnier ) student in the school.

Choose the correct word to fill in the blank

Multiple Choice

He played the piano________

• beautiful

• beauty

• beautifully

Multiple Choice

His mother smiled ______at him.

• happy

• unhappy

• happily

• happiness

Multiple Choice

A clown performed _______for us

• ridiculous

• ridi

• ridiculously

Multiple Choice

He _________wrote a letter to his grandma.

• care

• careless

• careful

• carefully

Multiple Choice

She spoke ______to the baby.

• nice

• nicely

READING

Pedal! Pedal! Faster! Faster!

What could be more fun than pedaling a bike? Did you know that the first bicycles had no pedals? There were also no brakes! How do you suppose they stopped? Later, during the mid-1800s, bikes were built with pedals. One type of bike had a gigantic wheel at the front and one small wheel at the back. The rider sat on a seat above the front tire.

Roads today are smooth. In the past, roads were bumpy because they were made of stone, brick, or dirt. One early bicycle was called the bone shaker. It had a heavy frame and hard, wooden wheels. Imagine riding a bike with wooden wheels on a bumpy road. No wonder they called it the bone shaker!

Over time, bikes began to look like what we are used to seeing today. They had two rubber tires that were the same size. One tire was in the front and the other in the back. Riders sat on a seat near the middle of the bike where they could pedal to make the bike move.

Bikes today are lower to the ground than bikes of long ago. Modern bikes are also more comfortable. They are stronger and weigh less than bikes of the past. They are safer and go faster, too!

Multiple Choice

What did the first bicycles not have?

• A. pedals

• B. brakes

• C. both A & B are correct

Multiple Choice

When did people start building bicycles with pedals?

• A. in 1800

• B. during the mid-1800s

• C. in 1900

Multiple Choice

Where did people sit on the bicycles of long ago?

• A. above the front tire

• B. above the back tire

• C. near the middle of the bike

Multiple Select

a) Which one is NOT true about the bone shaker?

• A. It had a heavy frame

• B. It had wooden wheels

• C. It had rubber tires

Multiple Select

Which statement is CORRECT?

• A. Bikes of long ago were lower to the ground than bikes today.

• B. Bikes today are stronger and weigh less than bikes of the past.

• C. Bikes of the past were safer and faster than bikes today.

Multiple Select

Which statement is CORRECT?

• A. Bikes of long ago were lower to the ground than bikes today.

• B. Bikes today are stronger and weigh less than bikes of the past.

• C. Bikes of the past were safer and faster than bikes today.