Read & Underline — Practice
Read the text and choose the most suitable answer for each question. Tap the option to select it, then press Check Answers.
Passage
A young woman was travelling in Italy. She was in a street in Florence, admiring some leather handbags in a shop window. Suddenly, an old woman touched her arm and said in Italian, “Excuse me, Miss.”
“Yes?” asked the young woman, wondering what this old woman wanted.
‘Is there someone in your family, maybe your mother, called Jennifer?’
“Yes’, said the young woman. ‘My mother’s name is Jennifer. Why? How did you know that?’
‘Because you look exactly like the lady who taught me English when I was living in Boston in 1950.” replied the old woman.
“That’s strange,’ said the young woman. ‘I come from Boston. But no one in my family is a teacher.’
‘Are you sure?” asked the stranger. ‘Pretty sure,’ she said, but feeling doubtful.
That night back at the hotel, the young woman phoned her parents’ home in Boston and she told her mother what had happened that day. Her mother told her that for about five years in the 1950s she had volunteered to help foreign students to learn English. Many of them had come to America from Italy.
A young woman was travelling in Italy. She was in a street in Florence, admiring some leather handbags in a shop window. Suddenly, an old woman touched her arm and said in Italian, “Excuse me, Miss.”
“Yes?” asked the young woman, wondering what this old woman wanted.
‘Is there someone in your family, maybe your mother, called Jennifer?’
“Yes’, said the young woman. ‘My mother’s name is Jennifer. Why? How did you know that?’
‘Because you look exactly like the lady who taught me English when I was living in Boston in 1950.” replied the old woman.
“That’s strange,’ said the young woman. ‘I come from Boston. But no one in my family is a teacher.’
‘Are you sure?” asked the stranger. ‘Pretty sure,’ she said, but feeling doubtful.
That night back at the hotel, the young woman phoned her parents’ home in Boston and she told her mother what had happened that day. Her mother told her that for about five years in the 1950s she had volunteered to help foreign students to learn English. Many of them had come to America from Italy.
📝 2022(2023) O/L English Past Paper – Test 7
📖 Introduction (English past paper)
Preparing for the G.C.E. Ordinary Level English Exam can feel overwhelming 😓, but practice makes perfect 💪. This page brings you English Past Paper Test 7 (2022/2023), designed to sharpen your reading comprehension, grammar, and exam techniques.
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- ✨ Reading Passage – Carefully selected to test your understanding of context and vocabulary.
- 🧐 Multiple-Choice Questions – Practice answering exam-style questions with confidence.
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- 🎯 Exam-Focused Practice – Every question is aligned with the O/L English syllabus.
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💡 Tips for Students (English past paper)
- 📖 Read the passage twice before answering.
- ✍️ Eliminate wrong options to narrow down choices.
- ⏳ Practice under timed conditions to simulate the real exam.
- 📌 Review mistakes and learn from them.
🎉 Final Note
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