República de Moçambique

Ministério da Educação e Desenvolvimento Humano

Escola Secundária Domingos Fondo de Chitondo-Sul (Zavala)
Student name:_______________________________, Nr.:______, Stream:______
Informal Test – 1 Ird trimester 2025 Grade: 12 Subject: ENGLISH
Section I. Read attentively the following text and answer the questions.

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela is one of the most respected people in the world. For countless reasons he is a huge
hero. He is a person all of us can learn many lessons from. He has seen almost everything in his nine
decades, from being tortured to becoming president of the country he loves. He retired in 1999 but
continued to travel the world helping people. Nelson was born in 1918 into a South Africa that was
divided along black and white racial lines. He says he had a wonderful childhood. He first learned of
the terrible apartheid system when he studied to become a lawyer. This led to his involvement in the
African National Congress (ANC), which he later became the leader of. The South African
government did its best to keep Mandela from spreading his message of equality for blacks and racial
unity. It put him in prison for 27 years. He became famous around the world as an icon of the struggle
for freedom in South Africa. Rock stars, actors, politicians and ordinary people campaigned to free
him and end apartheid. Mandela was released from prison in 1990 and the world rejoiced. His never-
ending hope, energy and enthusiasm won him the hearts of millions. He received the Nobel Peace
Prize in 1993. A year later, he was elected to be his country’s first ever black president. Today, he is
still hard at work offering advice about global problems.

Read the article and decide on the right possibility.

1. The document says that Nelson Mandela is one of the most respected people in the world
because: A. He is from South Africa B. He is a huge hero

C. He was in prison for long time D. He fought against ANC

2. The word countless on line 1 means:

A. admired B. abused C. numerous D. association

3. Mandela received the Nobel Peace Prize in ___________.

A. 27 years B. 1990 C. 1994 D. 1993

4. Mandela was released from prison when he was:

A. 27 years old B. 72 years old C. 81 years old D. 75 years old

5. Nelson Mandela became the first black South African president when he was:

A. 76 years old B. 72 years old C. 81 years old D. 75 years old

SECTUION II. Choose the right word to complete each gaps. (there are 17.5 marks)

6. When some people are treated worse than others, this is----------

A. duty B. slave C. discrimination D. rights

7. Mario ________ is called a prince, fell in love with Matilde.

A which B. whose C. who D. whom

8. A person who is sold or bought for slavery is a:

A. child B. girls C. at risk D. slave

9. Freedom to say what you think is a freedom of_____________________.

A. rights B. speech C. war D. exploitation

10. I am ___________ to work at 6:00 o’clock every morning

A. used to go B. used to going C. went D. use to going

11. Children shouldn't have to put their lives in-------fighting as soldiers.

A. fence B. abduct C. danger D. infanticide

12. To be in a danger means_______________________.

A. to be at risk B. to fence C. to be allowed D. to permit

13. An illiterate person can’t _________________or write.

A. speak B. read and write C. listen D. speak and write

14. We were waiting for the teacher to bring _____ the tests.

A. me B. us C. him D. myself

15. My mother cut ________ while she was cutting vegetables.

A. myself B. himself C. herself D. ourselves

16. Mozambique _____ a lot since 1975.

A. has changed B. have changed C. will change D. changed

17. My sister __________tennis once or twice a week

A. is playing usually B. Is usually playing C. usually plays D. plays usually

18. I did my homework while I _____ television.

A. watching B. watched C. had watched D. was watching

19. If she asks for money, I _____ her.

A. will give B. gives C. given D. gave

20. The manager _____ soon.

A. will arrive B. is arriving C. has arrive D. arrived

21. She is never late ______________ school.

A. on B. for C. by D. and

22. I met Jane while I was walking on the beach, ________________?

A. wasn’t I B. was I C. did I D. didn’t I

23. If I _____ the address, I would have gone there.

A. known B. know C. have known D. had known

24. The doctor told me to ___________smoking.

A stand up B give up C wake up D make up

25. The sentence “this knife is used to cut meat” is in the__________.

A. Present simple active B. Present perfect simple passive C. Present simple passive
D. Past simple passive

26. Everest is the ____________mountain in the world.

A. highest B. higher C. high D. most high

27. Good manners are important in Business. You _____be rude, or you will lose customers
A. don’t have to B. have to C. should D. must

28. We ______ to leave before starting to rain.

A. have B. don’t have to C. ought to D. mustn’t

29. I have been studying at this school ______ 2 years.

A during B. in C. since D. for

30. The invoice was sent to the customer ________ago.

A. for a long time B. since last week C. two weeks D. since

31. in the sentence “if you cut your leg, you get wounded” is in:

A. Zero conditional B. second conditional C. first conditional D. third conditional

32. In the sentence “ they will die, if they drink poison”, is in:
A. Zero conditional B. second conditional C. first conditional D. third conditional

33. “If the children studied hard, they would get brilliant points” the sentence is in:

A. Zero conditional B. second conditional C. first conditional D. third conditional

34. The school yard ____________________ by the local members of the community.

A. build B. is being built C. was building D. to build

35. The Zambezian chicken ______________ at this moment, I am telling you.

A. is being cooked B. is cooked C. was cooked D. to cook

36. Kakana is a traditional Mozambican food. It _____________with a special small

bitter vegetable.

A. is made B. is being made C. was being D. made

37. All these are the school subject except: ________________

A. Drawing B. Physics C. news D. Biology

38. The ________ thing we do before we go to the classroom always is to sing “Patria
Amada” at 6:45.

A. before B. fast C. first D. finally

39. All these are the school material except: _______________

A. teacher B. ruler C. rubber D. pencil

40. One of my good dreams in time, _______________ a teacher.

A. were to be B. wasn’t C. was to be D. was too be

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