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Dear Sara
I was very happy to receive your nice message. Thank you very much. You said that you found my name in a list of penpals. I am really interested in South America, so I would really like to be your keypal
I am fifteen years old. I am not as tall as you. I have brown straight hair and green eyes. My family is different from yours. I do not have a large family. I live with my mother here in fairbanks. She works for a TV station. My father died ten years ago. I do not have any brothers and sisters. My grand parents live in Miamy, Florida. We do not see each other very often
I go to school everyday from 8 am to 4 pm. I am a student, but I study languages. I learn Spanish and French in high school I sometimes have lunch there. At 4, when it is sunny, I take my bike and go to the park. The weather in Alaska is extremely cold. When it is cloudy, I watch TV, read books or play cards, I also play tennis every Saturday. In winter, I go skiing in France or Italy. In my next message I will send you a map and a newspaper story about Alaska
I hope to hear from you soon
Yours sincerely
Robert Austin
PART ONE / Reading
A/ Comprehension
1- Choose the correct answer : the e-mail is
a- A correspondence
b- An apology
c- An invitation
2- Read the e-mail then fill in the table
Frequency adverbs
Degree adverbs
1- 2-
1- 2-
3- Answer the questions according to the text
a- Who is the sender of the e-mail
b- Where is he from
c- What does Robert do after school
d- List some of his interests
4- What / Who do the under lined words refer to in the text
a- Yours
b- We
B/ Exploring The Text
1- Find in the text words or phrases that are opposites to
a- Curly
b- Sad
2- Put the verbs between brackets in the correct form and the adverbs in their right place
a- Carla (be) cheerful (always)
b- She (arrive) late at school (hardlyever)
c- John (learn) his lessons and English for him is difficult (not at all)
3- Ask questions on the words that are underlined
– We live in a small town in Scotland
4- Supply punctuation where necessary
emily brown lives in london she is sixteen
5- Put a stress mark where appropriate
Keypal – receive – weather
PART TWO / Written Expression
Choose only one topic
Topic 1
Write an e-mail to a penfriend following the plan
– Introduce your self
– Describe your regular activities
– Introduce your family
Topic 2
Write a composition of about 8 lines on the following topic
Do you send your messages by e-mail or by snail mail. Why
