EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND EXAMINATIONS SERVICE (EAES)
ETHIOPIAN SECONDARY SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE
EXAMINATION (ESSLCE)
ENGLISH, HAMLIE 2015 E.C/JULY 2023G.C

Direction: Questions 1 - 26 are presented in the form of conversation. The part said by one of the speakers is given, and a blank space is left for the other. Choose the alternative that is most appropriate to complete the dialogue and blacken the letter of your choice on the separate answer sheet provided.

1. Chuchu: Your friend has got a good job, hasn't she?
Meklit: ____________________

1. I feel that the offer is rather too low, birr 2500 a month.
2. She graduated about five years back, you know.
3. Yes, she's got a job. I heard it is out of town.
4. Getting a job is not very easy these days.

2. Eyob: What is your grandma like?
Sisu: __________________

1. She had a checkup yesterday. Right move!
2. She's very old and weak. She is 92.
3. She's now been ill for a year.
4. She likes eating shiro wot.

3. Teacher: Where is the boy sitting over there?
Fola: ______________

1. His name is Zekarias. I don't know his father's name.
2. He is very intelligent. You don't know that, do you?
3. He always fights with people and no one likes him.
4. He is locked up. What I mean is, ... he is jailed.