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Name: …………………………………………………………..

Class: ………………

Diagnostic Evaluation Test

*Reading and interpreting: Read the text and do the activities:


1- Choose the correct alternative to complete each blank in the text:

1- (win- won- winning). 2- (in- on- at). 3- (have- had- having). 4- (until- before- afterwards).
5- (twelves- twelve- twelfth). 6- (who- where- what). 7- (aren’t- doesn’t- isn’t). 8- (in addition- addition-
additional). 9- (how- when- who). 10- (youngest- young- younger). 11- (at- in - on). 12- (are- does- is).

More than 2000 years ago, a Greek man called Leonidas of Rhodes, competed in the Olympic
Games and (1) …………. Three first-place crowns. He repeated these victories during the following
three Olympic Games, and twelve years later, (2) …….. the age of 36, he (3) ……… won a total of
12 crowns. The record lasted (4) ………………. The 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil when Michael
Phelps, 31 years old, won his (5) …………………….. gold medal for an individual sport. Unlike
Leonidas, (6) …………… was a runner, Michael Phelps is a swimmer. Also, Michael Phelps (7)
………………….Greek, he is an American.
Amazingly, (8) …………………………………….. to the 12 gold medals he has so far won,
Phelps has won 10 more Olympic gold medals in relay competitions (for a total of 22 gold medals).
He began swimming (9) ………………….. he was 7 years old and he became one of the (10)
……………………………. ever swimmers on an American Olympic team when he was only 15
years old. Before he was 16 years old, (11) ……………. 2001, he had broken a world swimming
record. He stands at 6 feet four inches (193 cm), and one of his nicknames (12) …………. ‘the Flying
Fish’.

2. Read the text and answer these questions:


A- Where did the Olympic Games first occur?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
B- What did ancient Greeks give to winners instead of medals?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
C- What are the main differences between Leonidas and Phelps?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. Find in the text words that are closest in meaning to the following:
A- Contested= ……………………….. B- Contrary to= ……………………….
* Text Exploration :

1 / - Complete the following table:

Verb Noun Adjective


To practise ………………………………… ………………………………

………………………………… Competition ………………………………

…………………………………… ………………………………… different

2/- Complete the sentence B so that it means the same as the sentence A:
A- The world record was broken by Michael Phelps.
B- Michael Phelps ……………………………………………………………………………………….. .
A- The journalist said, “Phelps is a pool shark”.
B- The journalist said that ………………………………………………………………………………… .

3/- Put the verbs between brackets in their correct forms :


A- The Olympic games (to occur) …………………. every four years.
B- Algeria (never to organise) ……………………………………………. the Olympic Games.
C- Toufik Mekhloufi (to win) ……………………. A solver medal for Algeria the Olympic Games of Rio
in 2016.
D- After Michael Phelps (to turn) ……………..……15, he (to become) ………………….. the youngest
American to join an Olympic Team.
E- Tokyo, the capital city of Japan, (to organise) ………………………. The Olympic Games of 2020.

4/ - Ask questions about the underlined words:

*Michael Phelps broke the world record in 2016.

*He had broken the world swimming record.

*His nickname is ‘the Flying Fish’.

A- ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……..

B- …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. .

C- …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. .

D- …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. .

E- ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………... .

5/ - Classify the following words according to the number of their syllables:

record- crown- competition- compete- victory- school.

One syllable Two syllables Three syllables Four syllables


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