Realizat: Stephan Negru Onesti, jud.

Bacau

Test Paper
Name & Surname:.............................

1. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the following verbs in
brackets: ( 14 points ; 2 x 7 )

a) I would go to the drugstore if I ............... ( to be ) you.

b) If they .................. ( to tell ) her what the weather was like, she would
....................... ( to choose ) not to go to Bucharest.
c) Look! It ................. ( to snow ) outside! How is it possible?
d) She ........................ ( to complain / always) about her job. It really annoys me.
e) If the weather is nice, I .................... ( to go ) swimming.
f) Yesterday, Alan .............. ( to lay ) on the beach and soaked up the sunshine.
g) He recalled the days when he had…………. ( to tread ) the boards.

2. Choose the correct answer! There’s only one right answer. (9 points)

She made a .................. amount of money in a very short time. ( 3 points )

a) prodigious
b) productive
c) profitable
d) valuable
e) good
f) profound

He is such a ..................... worker that he’s bound to get dismissed soon. ( 3 points )
a) slovenly
b) morbid
c) slight
d) meticulous

........................... that they were about to come to the party. ( 3 points )

a) He know a little
b) He knew very little
c) Little did he know
d) Did he know little
e) He has only known
f) He knew little things

3. Translate the following expressions into your language. ( 13 points )

a) Call it a day
b) (I haven’t) the foggiest idea
c) ( to ) Laugh it off
d) get out of hand
e) let someone off the hook
f) under the weather
g) on the ball
h) on cloud nine
i) bent out of shape
j) sign off on
k) spur on
l) sack out
m) (to) turn in
Realizat: Stephan Negru Onesti, jud. Bacau

4. Fill in the blanks with ONE word that fits best each gap: ( 10 points )

“She waited……….(1) his answer and received…………(2) but a blank look. She knew
the problem: many of…….(3) words, words every tenth-grader should know, were foreign to
him. “Classified” overwhelmed him. “Science has………(4) own vocabulary,” she said. “He
didn’t know it. “ He didn’t know what a cell was, or an atom. He didn’t have the foundation
to…………..(5) out meanings through prefixes and suffixes. […] “

5. Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the words
in brackets: ( 15 points; 2,5 x 6 )

a) He was very upset with me. He told me: “ I do not need your …………” ( APPROVE)
b) She is always playing the piano when someone wants to study. It’s a very
……………. thing. ( ANNOY )
c) Stephan’s tooth was very ………….. so he had to go to the dentist. ( PAIN )
d) Do not forget to ………….. your shoelaces before taking them off. ( TIE )
e) This is a terrible song. It’s very …………… ( TUNE )
f) This book …………….. as a series of lectures about shipwrecks, which were given
two decades ago. ( ORIGIN )

6. Complete the second sentence so that is has a similar meaning to the

first sentence. Do not change the word give. You must use between
three and six words, including the given word: ( 12 points )

a) There have been many debates about the origin of the language recently.
The origins of the language ………………………………..recently. ( MUCH )

b) He doesn’t like it when people tell him what to do.

He doesn’t take kindly ………………… what to do ( TOLD )

c) This is one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

………………………… seen such a beautiful place like that. ( NEVER )

d) It was a bad idea for him to lie to his parents like that.
He……………………….than to lie to his parents like that. ( SHOULD )

7. Describe your ideal teacher. ( No more than 200 words ) ( 17 points )

Success!!

+ 10 points