First term exam.
In 1830, France occupied Algeria. The French army was everywhere. The Algerian people refused to be
Colonized and many wars started. A lot of people died in order to free the country. On the 8th of May 1945, the Algerian people organized a pacific demonstration to ask for their liberty. Millions of the Algerian citizens participated inside and abroad Algeria. In France, hundreds of people were killed and lots of them were thrown in the “Saine River”. The same thing happened in Algeria. Thousands of people were killed especially in Setif, Skikda and Guelma. They were the martyrs of freedom.
Every year, the Algerian nation celebrates the 8th of May in the memory of these people and to remember the history. Our independence was highly paid by the blood of martyrs.
Part one: (14pts)
Reading comprehension.
Read the text and answer these questions.(2pts)
Did the French occupy Algeria?
Did the Algerians accept to be colonized?
Read the text and write “true” or “false». Correct the wrong statement.(3pts)
In 1830, Algeria got its independence.
The Algerian people disliked to be colonized.
Thousands of people were killed because they asked for their liberty.
Lexis: .(2pts)
Find in the text words that are closest in meaning to the following.
Took part =……………………. Began = …………………..
Find in the text words that are opposite in meaning to the following.
Accepted #...................... Outside #........................

Mastery of language:
Derive opposites from the following words by adding a prefix.(2pts)

Regular
Legal
Polite
justice





Reorder the following words to get coherent questions.(3pts)
Did / revise /he /? /yesterday
she/ absent /was /? /
go /did / Where /? / you /

Classify the following verbs according to the pronunciation of their final “ed”.(2pts)
Occupied / started / happened / participated


/ d / / id /
- ……………………..
- …………………….. - ……………………..
- ……………………..



Part two: (6pts)
Written expression.

You recently participated or saw a demonstration. It was organized to celebrate the 5th of July,
(The independence day of Algeria).
Write a paragraph about this demonstration.
Good luck