ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT
Ministry of Education
General Secondary Education Certificate Examination,
[ELT Counsellor’s Office]
First Foreign Language: ENGLISH
)‫نموذج إجابة امتحان تجريبي ( لغة إنجليزية‬
A- Language Functions
1) Respond to each of the following situations: ( 4 marks ) (One mark each)
1- I will be 18 next year.
2- How many people are there in the reading club?
3- Congratulations / I'm proud of this team / …….
4- What does “amnesia " mean?
Any reasonable answer is acceptable
2) Mention the place, the speakers and the language function in each of the
following two mini-dialogues: (4 marks)
1- Place :
Speaker A
Speaker B
Function
2- Place :
Speaker A
Speaker B
Function
pet’s shop/ zoo
: smell/ zoo keeper
: customer.
: offering help
at a mobile service center
: a technician
: Customer.
: asking for information
(Any reasonable answer is accepted )
B- Vocabulary and Structure
3- Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d:1- c) wasn't invited
4- d) took
7- b- commute
10- d- lovely
13- c- enemy
16- d-had arrived
2- c) both didn't speak
5- b – will
8- a- investment
11- b- many
14- c) its
( 8 marks ) (½ mark each)
3- c) missions
6- a- phenomena
9- c-must have had
12- c- gave
15- a- would do
4) Find the mistake in each of the following sentences, then write them
correctly: [6 marks] (One mark each)
1- away ….out.
2- fortress ……fortnight
3- identify … identity
4- Gratitude …gravity
5- expensive … more expensive
6- have ……does
C- Reading
5- Read the following passage, then answer the questions:- ( 4 marks )
A- Answer the following questions:- (one mark each)
1-Scientists and archaeologists proved that women invented agriculture.
2-They killed animals.
3-Wheat was the first crop cultivated by women.
B- Choose the right answer from a, b, c or d:- (½ mark each )
4-d) buried remains of ancient times.
5- b- seeds
6- Read the following passage, then answer the questions:- ( 4 marks )
A- Answer the following questions:- (one mark each)
.
1- Successful marriage is the most effective form of social support; it relieves the effects of
stress, and leads to better mental and physical health.
2- They are more exposed to stresses at work, and have worse health, and die earlier than
women.
3- Married women are in better physical and mental health, and are happier than single
women.
B)Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d: ( One mark – A half mark each )
4- c. reasonable 5- b. mental and physical health
D- The Novel
7) A- Answer the following questions:-
( 4 marks ) (One mark each)
1-  He had paintings of her and her descendants on his walls.
2- A very important person in the army.
3- All three men fired their guns at once.
4-4-a) Johann's mother was released.
b) Josef was killed. c) The real king was held (taken) prisoner./kidnapped.
B- Read the following quotation and answer the questions below:( 3 marks ) (One mark each)
1- Fritz to the King.
2- Because it wouldn't be nice for the people to see a double of their King.
3- Because the King was poisoned and if he wasn't crowned that day, his brother Michael
would take the crown. So Rassendyll was asked to take the King's place.
C. Find the mistake in each of the following sentences and correct it:
( 2 marks ) (One mark each)
1- playing squash ….. held prisoner
2- Flavia.........Fritz
E- Writing ( 6marks)
8-) The paragraph will be scored according to the following criteria:
- The topic sentence and its development .
- Relevance of what is written to the topic provided.
- Syntactic variety, and correct spelling.
F- Translation
9) A- Translate into Arabic: (3 marks)
( 2 marks )
( 2 marks )
( 2 marks )
( 5marks)
‫ شخص سنوياً وفقا لما يذكره‬150.000 ‫إن االحتباس الحراري ليس مجرد تهديد لصحتنا في المستقبل فهو يؤدي بالفعل إلي وفاة اكثر من‬
.‫فريق من علماء الصحة و المناخ في منظمة الصحة العالمية‬
B) Translate into English: ( 2 marks)
1-Egypt has charming nature, wonderful weather, stunning views and an ancient (deeprooted) cultural heritage.
2- It’s necessary to build up a strong generation aware of the problems of his country and
how to solve them.
‫مع اطيب التمنيات للجميع بالتوفيق والنجاح‬
( Good luck )