Consolidation Review A
Units 1 & 2 · Full Paper
Well-being · Leisure Time · Egyptian Baccalaureate, 2nd Year
This is a paper, not a lesson
Nothing here is new. Nine exercises and an essay, all drawn from the ten lessons you have already done — which makes it the first chance to practise the other skill: sitting an exam. Where to start, what to leave, and how to make sure the essay gets written.
How to attack a whole paper
The essay is last and biggest. That combination is why students run out of time for it. Decide its minutes before you start, and give it those minutes even if section 1 is not perfect.
1 · Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d
Fifteen questions, worth the same each. These are the fastest marks on the paper — work down them and do not linger.
0 of 15 answered · 0 correct
1. After improving her sleep, diet, and relationships, Hind noticed a clear improvement in her well-being. What does well-being mean here?
2. A podcast host invited only guests who agreed with him and dismissed opposing opinions without discussing them fairly. Which situation is the clearest example of being biased?
3. Constant social comparison made Ahmed feel that his life was less successful than the lives he saw online. What does social comparison mean here?
4. “A mindful student thinks before sharing photos online.” The adjective mindful has an antonymous meaning to ________ .
5. The musicians attended several rehearsals before performing in front of the audience. What does rehearsal mean here?
6. Many students enjoy ________ music or painting in their free time.
7. Nour decided ________ the school orchestra to develop her musical skills.
8. When someone becomes completely absorbed in a creative activity and loses track of time, they experience a state of ________ .
9. After completing the difficult cycling trip, the narrator felt proud and experienced a strong ________ .
10. Setting clear screen-time ________ can help young people balance online and offline activities.
11. Completing a difficult physical activity can give a person a strong sense of ________ .
12. Which persuasive technique is used in “Do we really want to live in a world full of pollution?”
13. What is the main effect of a rhetorical question?
14. Which of the following is an intensifier?
15. What is usually included in the closing of a diary entry?
In the exam · “Only one sentence in each group is grammatically correct”
It looks like this: Four sentences that all say roughly the same thing, lettered a to d. One is correct.
Always: do not hunt for the right one — all four were written to sound plausible, and “sounds right” is not a test you can pass. Eliminate, and check four specific things: the relative pronoun (who for people, which for things), whether both halves of a conditional match, the verb pattern after verbs like suggest, and whether a past participle really is the participle (risen, not rose).
2 · Only one sentence in each group is grammatically correct
Each group tests exactly one of the four checks above.
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3 · Read the text, then answer the questions
Read all six paragraphs before answering anything — the last one is where the meaning of the story settles.
1Nadia used to enjoy taking photos, but recently, posting them on social media had become stressful. Every morning, she checked the accounts of several popular teenagers before getting ready for school. Their clothes always looked fashionable, their rooms seemed perfect, and their weekends were full of exciting activities. Nadia began to feel that her own life was ordinary and uninteresting.
2One Friday, Nadia and her best friend, Jana, went to a small café after school. They laughed, talked about their week, and shared a piece of chocolate cake. Nadia took several photos, but before posting one, she spent nearly twenty minutes editing it. She changed the light, removed a small mark from her face, and carefully chose a picture that made the café look more expensive than it really was. Finally, she posted it with the words, “Perfect afternoon!”
3A few minutes later, the photo received many likes. At first, Nadia felt pleased. Then Jana looked at her and smiled. “It was a lovely afternoon,” she said, “but it wasn’t perfect. We waited thirty minutes for our food, and you almost dropped the cake!” They both laughed. Suddenly, Nadia realized something important. She was doing exactly what other people did online — showing only the best part of an experience.
4That evening, Nadia looked again at some of the accounts she usually followed. This time, she viewed them differently. Perhaps the people in those perfect photos also had difficult days, worries, and ordinary moments that nobody saw. She understood that comparing her complete life with someone else’s selected moments was unfair.
5Over the next few weeks, Nadia changed some of her online habits. She unfollowed accounts that regularly made her feel less confident and followed people who shared realistic stories and positive messages. She also reduced the time she spent checking her phone. Instead, she joined a school art club and began meeting Jana for walks on weekends.
6Nadia did not stop using social media. She still enjoyed sharing photos and keeping in touch with friends, but she no longer measured a good day by the number of likes she received. She had learned that social media could be enjoyable and useful, but real confidence came from accepting herself and appreciating the life she actually lived.
You have met this story before as a term. It is the highlight-reel effect from lesson 1.1, told as a narrative — twenty minutes of editing an afternoon that was already good, posted as “Perfect afternoon!”
A · Choose the correct answer
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1. Nadia initially felt dissatisfied with her life because she ________ .
2. Nadia’s edited café photo shows that social media users sometimes ________ .
3. The phrase “viewed them differently” in paragraph 4 suggests that Nadia ________ .
4. Choose an appropriate heading for paragraph 5.
In the exam · “Find a sentence from paragraph X that shows…”
It looks like this: An instruction to locate evidence, with lines to write it on.
Always: give the sentence. The answer is a quotation, copied out in quotation marks — not a description of it. Students find exactly the right sentence, write “she realised she was only showing the good part”, and score nothing having done the hard part correctly.
Question 5 · answer: “She was doing exactly what other people did online — showing only the best part of an experience.” (paragraph 3)
In the exam · “What can you infer…”
It looks like this: A question about something the text implies but never states, usually asking you to justify.
Always: give BOTH halves. Something the text does not say — that is the inference. Something the text does say — that is the justification. An answer with only the first is a guess; an answer with only the second is a quotation. “I can infer that… because the text says…” is a sentence shape that works on any paper.
4 · Read the Student Council message
Our well-being fair will offer free fruit, advice sessions, and a rest area. The snacks provided by local farms will be available to everyone, including students with different dietary needs. If you notice a classmate who seems overwhelmed, invite them to the support desk without making assumptions. Suggestions collected after the fair will help us plan a more welcoming event next term.
- Identify two ways the fair aims to be inclusive. Explain how one of them could help a wider range of students.
- A student notices that a classmate seems overwhelmed during the fair. What responsible response should the student choose? Use evidence from the message and explain why it is respectful.
Question 2’s answer is in the message itself: invite them to the support desk without making assumptions. The question asks why that is respectful — so say it: it offers help without deciding for them what is wrong.
State whether each statement is True (T), False (F) or Not Given (NG). Justify your answer.
5 · Read the information, then decide whether the statement is true or false. The book prints a Justification row, so there is a box waiting for the half of the marks students usually leave empty.
1. The highlight-reel effect happens when people share every detail of their lives honestly.
2. A person with strong self-efficacy believes that they can achieve goals and make positive changes.
3. Structural barriers are always caused by people’s personal choices.
6 · Complete using the correct form of the word in brackets
0 of 3 correct. One word per gap unless it is obviously a number.
Creative activities improve cognitive (1) (flexible) and help people adapt to new situations. The two teams played (2) (competitive) until the final whistle. The students participated (3) (active) in the school sports competition.
7 · Complete the text with the appropriate structure
0 of 5 correct. One word per gap unless it is obviously a number.
Last term, our school introduced a well-being program. If students (1) (attend) the sessions regularly, they may find it easier to manage stress. The teachers explained that students (2) (follow) healthy routines often perform better at school. If the program (3) (start) earlier, fewer students would have experienced severe exam stress. Some students said that they (4) (feel) more confident if counseling were available every day. If the program continues next term, the school (5) (organize) additional mindfulness activities.
In the exam · “Find the word or phrase in the text that could replace…”
It looks like this: A short passage, then a list of words with arrows for you to fill in.
Always: take the answer from the text, not from your own vocabulary. Writing “real” for authentic is a perfectly good synonym and earns nothing — the passage says genuine. Underline as you read, then lift the words out.
Art lessons can give teenagers a special space to express themselves. In this setting, students are encouraged to give genuine responses, not copied ones. Drawing and drama also support mental growth because learners think, imagine, and solve problems. When students work on a shared project, their participation usually increases. They also learn adaptability when their first plan does not succeed. Before presenting their work, a short practice can help them feel more confident and ready.
8 · Find the word or phrase in the text
0 of 6 correct. One word per gap unless it is obviously a number.
1. arena → (1) · 2. authentic → (2) · 3. cognitive → (3) · 4. engagement → (4) · 5. flexibility → (5) · 6. rehearsal → (6)
Consolidation Review A · Exercise 9
Spend about 20 minutes
Write an essay of about 150–180 words on the following topic.
“To what extent does social media affect teenagers’ self-image?”
The mark weights shown are teaching weights, worked out from the textbook’s own task types and its Justify–Reason–Evidence structure. They show you how a full answer is built and what an examiner is looking for. They are not a published ministry mark scheme.
Four habits for a whole paper
- Fast marks first — the multiple choice is worth the same per question and takes seconds.
- Protect the essay: decide its minutes before you start.
- On “only one is correct”, eliminate rather than hunt, and check the four specific things.
- When a question says find a sentence or find the word in the text, the answer is copied out of the text — not written by you.
To what extent is the phrase to watch on every essay in this course. It never wants a speech. It wants a position, evidence on both sides, and a conclusion that says how much — which is what all ten lessons before this one have been building.