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People's Democratic Republic of Algeria

Biskra Eldjadida Middle School Date : Wednesday, December 7th, 2016


Class: 2MS...... Full name :…………………………………………………………..
English Exam of the First Term
The text:

Moufdi Zakaria (born, Zekri Cheikh) was a famous


Algerian poet and writer. He was born on 12 June 1908 in
the M'zab region of Algeria. He was given the nickname
of Moufdi by a school friend.
His higher education was in Tunis where he met a number
of poets including Aboul-Qacem Echebbi. His first poetry was
published in a Tunisian newspaper in 1925.
In 1956, he was imprisoned in Serkadji prison where he
wrote a poem called Qassaman or The Pledge. This poem became
the Algerian national anthem.
Zakaria died in 1977 in Tunisia but his body was buried in
Algeria. Adapted from : Wikipedia.

Part one : Reading Comprehension

1/ Read the text then complete this table. 3 pts

Full name Date and place Nationality Occupation Achievements Date and place
of birth of death

2/ Read the text again then answer these questions. 2pts

a- Was Moufdi Zakaria Tunisian ?


…………………………………………………………………………………….
b- When was his first poetry published ?
…………………………………………………………………………………….

3/ Match the words on the left with their antonyms on the right. 2pts

Was born last

Famous died

First freed

Imprisoned unkown
2 / Mastery of the Language

1 / Rewrite the sentences using the possessive case (’s ) and possessive pronouns as in the example.
(2pts) . Example: David has a car = It’s David ’s car = It’s his.

a- Nawal has a PC. = it’s ………………………………………................ = It’s ……………


b- The pupils have books. = They are …………………………………… = They’re …………

2/ Write the questions for these answers using ‘wh question words’. (3pts)

a-……………………………………………………………………. ? I live in Biskra.

b-……………………………………………………………………. ? It’s an octopus’s mouth.

c-……………………………………………………………………..? Nadia is 12 years old.

3/ Classify these words according to their final ‘es’ pronunciation. (2pts)

Flowers- watches- poets- writers

/s/ /z/ /iz/


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Part Two : Situation of Integration

Using the following notes, write the short biography of the famous Algerian singer Warda Al-jazairia.

Birth name : Warda Fatouki.

Date and place of birth : July 22 , 1939 in Puteaux , France.

Father : Algerian. Mother : Lebanese.

Famous for : singing Algerian patriotic songs like ‘biladi


ouhibouki’ for the great Algerian poet Moufdi Zakaria.

Date and place of death :May 17 , 2012 in Cairo, Egypt but she
was buried in Algiers' El Alia cemetery, which is reserved for
national heroes.

You can start like this :

Warda Al-jazairia was a famous Algerian singer. Her birth name was ………………….She was born
on……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………….

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………
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……………………………………………………..…………………………………………………………………….

" ‫ﺗﺴﺎﺑﯿﺤﮫ ﻣﻦ ﺣﻨﺎﯾﺎ اﻟﺠﺰاﺋﺮ‬ ‫ﺑﺸﻌﺮ ﻧﺮﺗﻠﮫ ﻛﺎﻟﺼﻼة‬ ‫ "ﺷﻐﻠﻨﺎ اﻟﻮرى و ﻣﻸﻧﺎ اﻟﺪﻧﻰ‬Algerian Iliad by Moufdi Zakaria

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