1. Three sentences have been deleted from the following paragraph . Reinsert them where appropriate. Write the letters corresponding to the correct answers in the table provided.

In Britain 8% of the working population is unemployed. (1) Service industries and high technology have provided some new jobs. (2) Even with unemployment benefit, being jobless is depressing and frustrating for school-leavers. (3) Other people are often in an even worse situation because companies are not interested in employing them.

Sentence a: But these jobs have not made up for the number of jobs lost.

Sentence b: Indeed, many of them cannot find work because they do not have the necessary qualifications.

Sentence c: this is party due to the decline of manufacturing industries.

1 + 2 + 3 +
c a b

2. In the paragraph below there are five mistakes of various types. They have been underlined and numbered for you. Write the correction of each mistake in the space provided.

Entertainment doesn’t have to be a time-waster  or filler. It can being (1) a profitable way to enrich and improove (2) life. Far from been (3) frivolous or unnecessary, Certain entertaining activities can help maintain Balance and helth (4). One never needs to feel gilty (5) enjoying good entertainment .

  1.   be
 2.   improve
 3.   being
 4.   health
 5.   guilty

   

3. Ali, a friend of yours, has just got his first job. His old parents are happy and expect him to stay with them. But he decides to leave his parents’ home to live on his own. What do you think? Is he making a wise decision? How about his parents?

Ali needs your advice. Write him a letter in which you explain position and give him some advice.

Your name is Samir or Samira . Do not write more than 10 lines. 

Dear Ali,

Les critères suivants sont pris en considération lors de la correction :

  1. ORGANISATION ( coherence + cohesion )

  2. COMMUNICATIVE EFFECTIVENESS

  3. ACCURACY

 

 

 

 

Yours,     
Samir (a)   

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