English 2AC semester 2: practice test
This original English 2AC semester 2 practice test combines animal descriptions, comparisons, town locations, sports vocabulary and present tenses. Answer independently, then check the explanations and suggested 20-point guide. It is a revision resource for Wild animals, City and space and Sports day, rather than an official school examination.
English 2AC · S2
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By the end of this lesson, you can
- Combine the second-semester skills
- Use only the evidence given by a task
- Revise a paragraph using clear criteria
Before you startRead short English sentences and familiar school vocabulary
Un bon cours, ça se partage.
Start with the situation
Combine the second-semester skills. Use only the evidence given by a task. Revise a paragraph using clear criteria.
A project near the library
Our school is next to a library. Opposite the library, there is a small park. Three pupils are preparing an English display for the school sports club. Ilyas is drawing animal cards, and Sami is writing the labels. The giraffe drawing is six centimetres tall, the zebra drawing is four centimetres tall, and the rabbit drawing is two centimetres tall. These are drawing sizes, not real animal heights. The pupils usually work in the classroom, but today they are working in the library. They can use the tables, but they must leave them tidy. After the project, they want to practise a relay in the playground.
How should you attempt the test?
Use about forty minutes as a suggested practice period, and write answers before opening corrections. Read the passage twice: once for the situation and once for details. The exercise measurements describe drawings. Keep this limit when making comparisons; do not turn a classroom chart into a claim about animal world records.
The tasks practise skills associated with the three selected second-semester unit themes. Your class textbook or teacher may organise them differently. This page is an original practice set and does not reproduce an AlloSchool paper, claim official status or predict the questions in a school test. Treat the result as information about what to practise next.
How does the suggested score work?
The reading task gives four points, one for each requested detail. The comparison, there forms, present-tense and modal tasks give two points each. The writing task gives eight points: content two, organisation two, grammar two and spelling or punctuation two. The reflection task is unscored. This totals twenty without turning personal reflection into a mark.
A writing answer can use different people, places and activities from the sample. Check the task constraints, not whether the wording matches a model. For an animal paragraph, do not reward invented factual records. For a town paragraph, check consistent positions. For a sports scene, match the verb forms with the time reference and keep the people’s actions clear.
| Task | Suggested points |
|---|---|
| Reading | 4 |
| Comparisons | 2 |
| There is/are | 2 |
| Present tenses | 2 |
| Modals | 2 |
| Writing | 8 |
A supported superlative
The giraffe drawing is the tallest of the three drawings.
- The statement is supported by 6 cm, 4 cm and 2 cm. It describes the chart, rather than all real animals.
How can the corrections guide revision?
If a location answer is wrong, sketch the three buildings and label next to and opposite. If a comparison is wrong, write the adjective’s three forms and name the group you compare. If the present tenses are confused, mark usually as routine and today as the current situation, then check the subject of be.
Finish with one new sentence using a rule you missed. Repeating the exact answer while looking at it can hide uncertainty, whereas a new example shows whether you can transfer the rule. After a short break, retry the missed task from the question alone. Keep one revision target small enough to practise in a few minutes.
A method you can reuse
Step by step
Work step by step
- Complete the tasks without corrections.
- Mark with the suggested criteria.
- Explain your corrections from the text or a rule.
- Write a new example and retry your weakest task.
Remember
The measurements are for drawings. Keep the comparison’s group clear, and remember that this practice set has no official examination status.
Frequently asked questions
Is this an official second-term English 2AC test?
Which themes does it revise?
How do I mark my writing?
Quiz: 2 questions
2 questions are randomly selected from this lesson’s 2-question bank. Choose one answer for each question and get an immediate explanation.
Q1The drawing heights support a comparison of …
Incorrect answer
The task explicitly limits the measurements to drawings.
Correct answer: the three drawings
The task explicitly limits the measurements to drawings.
Q2Today they … in the library.
Incorrect answer
They takes are + working for the current situation.
Correct answer: are working
They takes are + working for the current situation.
Your score
0/2
Start with the worked examples
Read the lesson in small sections. Write your own example for each rule and try the Easy exercises before returning to the quiz.
Review: 2 missed questions
The drawing heights support a comparison of …
Correct answerthe three drawings
The task explicitly limits the measurements to drawings.
Today they … in the library.
Correct answerare working
They takes are + working for the current situation.
Exercises with answers
7 exercises, from easy practice to challenges. Try each one yourself, then reveal the answer and explanation.
Exercise 1
EasyWhere is the school in relation to the library? What is opposite the library? Who writes the labels? Where are the pupils working today?
Answer and explanation
The school is next to the library; a small park is opposite it; Sami writes the labels; today they are working in the library. Award one point for each correct detail.
Exercise 2
EasyUse the drawing data. Complete: The giraffe drawing is … than the zebra drawing. The rabbit drawing is the … of the three.
Answer and explanation
Taller; shortest. One point each. All heights refer to drawings, and the rabbit drawing is 2 cm.
Exercise 3
IntermediateComplete: There … a park. There … three pupils.
Answer and explanation
There is a park. There are three pupils. One point for each correct singular or plural form.
Exercise 4
IntermediateComplete: The pupils usually … in the classroom. (work) Today they … in the library. (work)
Answer and explanation
They usually work in the classroom. Today they are working in the library. One point each for routine and action now.
Exercise 5
IntermediateComplete from the text: The pupils … use the tables, but they … leave them tidy.
Answer and explanation
Can; must. Permission or ability to use the tables is different from the obligation to leave them tidy. One point each.
Exercise 6
IntermediateChoose one task and write 70–100 words: describe your neighbourhood with three places and two location expressions, or describe a sports event happening now with three actions and a feeling.
Answer and explanation
Award content /2, organisation /2, grammar /2, spelling and punctuation /2. For the neighbourhood, check consistent locations and there is/are. For sports, check three current actions with am/is/are + ing and a clear feeling. Different accurate paragraphs are possible.
Exercise 7
ChallengeChoose one corrected error and write a new example using its rule.
Answer and explanation
One possible answer: I used is with three pupils. My correction is There are three pupils. My new sentence is There are two parks near my school. This reflection is unscored.