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Initial test 8th grade

1. Read the text and circle True or False:

2p

Mandy is seventeen and she lives with her parents and her thirteen year
old brother, Ben, in a village near Southampton. Her parents like
swimming but her brother doesn’t. He likes playing football and basketball.
Mandy loves English and Physical Education, but she doesn’t like Math. Her
parents think Chemistry and Physics are very important for both children,
but neither likes them.

Mandy eats health meals. Her favorite food is fish. She also likes fruit and
vegetables. She never eats cakes or biscuits, but sometimes she has some
chocolate. This evening she’s going to have tomato soup and then
chicken, potatoes and vegetables.

a) Mandy’s brother is seventeen. T/F

b) He likes football. T/F

c) Mandy thinks Chemistry and Physics are important. T/F

d) Mandy eats junk food. T/F

e) She eats tomato soup and chicken tonight. T/F

2. Find in the text examples of 2 uncountable nouns and 2 countable

nouns: 2p

Uncountable ________________________

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Countable _________________________

2. Put the irregular verbs into Past Simple:

2p
Present Past simple
1 go
2 See
3 read
4 cut
5 Buy
6 Put
7 Make
8 Write
9 Have
10 Meet

3.Describe your pet or an animal you like. Write about its kind, color. Write
between 4-6 lines.
2p
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Barem

I. 1. 2p (0,4 x5) a) F
B) T
C) F
D) F
E) T

2. 1p (0,25x4) Uncountable – fish,

chocolate Countable –
tomato, potato, vegetable.

II. 1 2p (0,2x10)
Present Past simple
1 Know knew
2 See saw
3 Become became
4 Hold held
5 Buy bought
6 Put put
7 Make made
8 Write wrote
9 Have had
10 Meet met

Compunere scurta 2p – respectarea limitei impuse de spatiu

0,25p
- folosirea corecta a structurilor gramaticale
(it is, I like, is has, etc)
1p
- folosirea corecta a vocabularului 0, 75p