BEM 2013 Correction

I/ Part One
A/ Reading Comprehension

Activity One : Answer the following Questions ( 2pts)
1. Do English children begin secondary school at eleven?
- Yes , they do / Yes / In England ,Children start secondary school at the age of 11.

2. Do all students leave school after GCSE exams?
- No they do not. / No/ After these exams, about 25 % leave school and find jobs.

Activity Two : Match each idea with the corresponding paragraph.( 3pts)

- Paragraph 1: <----> Subjects at secondary school .
- Paragraph 2: <----> Exams at 16 and 18 .
- Paragraph 3 : <----> Types of Secondary school .

Activity 3 : Lexis. ( 2pts)
1/ Synonyms : 1- kids = children . 2- select = choose / take/

2/ Opposites: 1- before =/= after . 2- cheap =/= expensive



Part One :B/ Mastery of Language

Activity One: Supply the punctuation and the capital letters where necessary ( 2pts)

English students have to wear a school uniform, but American ones don’t .


Activity Two : Re-order the following words to get coherent sentences.( 3pts)

1- Children at the age of 5 can go to pre-school in Algeria .
- In Algeria children can go to pre-school at the age of 5
-At the age of 5 children can to pre-school in Algeria.
-At the age of 5 children , in Algeria , can to pre- school.

2- Education is compulsory between 6 and 16 .

3 - Students take the BEM exam at the end of middle school.
-At the end of the middle school students take the BEM Exam.

Activity 3 : Find in the text four words that have the following sounds ( 2pts)

/ei/ ( name) /ai/ ( my)
age – same – they- take- stay-state- Science- like -Design

II/ Part Two :
Written Expression: ( 6pts)


Topic / Organisation / Linguistic Resources / vocabulary .....
(Should be taken in consderation)