Timpul efectiv de lucru este de 45 de minute.

PARTEA I (60 de puncte)

A. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form of Present Simple or Present Continuous:

Dear Molly,
I 1) ______ (write) from the gorgeous island of Jamaica! Jim and I 2)____ (stay) in a five-star hotel
by the sea. Right now, I 3)_____ (sit) on the balcony and I 4)___ (drink) a delicious fruit punch. Jim
5)___ (walk) along the beach. The weather is hot and sunny. Tonight we 6)____ (go) to a festival.
The Jamaican people 7)_____ (make) you feel happy as they 8) ______ (be) cheerful and kind. I
9)____ (love) it here so much that I 10)_____ (not/want) to leave! See you soon!
(10x1p=10p)

B. Use the verbs given in the Past tense to fill in the blanks: chase, feel, be, shout, drive, stop, begin,
try, take, come.

Gordon and Celine decided to go to Red Rock Safari Park. First, they 1) ___ into the park and
Gordon 2)____ the car. He 3)_____ some pictures of the lions. After
that, he 4)____ to start the car again. Suddenly, smoke 5)______ to come out
of the engine. A few minutes later, the front of the car 6)______ on fire, so Celine beeped the horn
and 7)______ for help. Just then, a park ranger 8)____ along in his jeep to help them. Finally,
another jeep arrived and 9)_____ the lions away. Gordon and Celine 10)_____ very lucky to be
alive.
(10x2p=20p)

C. Ask questions to which the words underlined are the answers:

Lily lives in Greendale. She is a typist. She works in an office in the town centre. In her spare time,
Lily likes to do sports. Her best friend is Sophie. They met two years ago when they were at
university. They are friends because they have the same hobbies. They go walking together once a
week. Sophie drives them to the countryside in her car. Lily and Sophie are having a rest at the
moment. Sophie is tired today because she went to bed very late last night.
a. ___________________________________
b. ___________________________________
c. ___________________________________
d. ___________________________________
e. ___________________________________
f. ___________________________________
g. ___________________________________
h.____________________________________
i. ____________________________________
j. ____________________________________
D. Underline the correct adjective:

a. The streets in Los Angeles are very crowded/heavy.

b. Big cities are often quiet/noisy and polluted.
c. The street was too narrow/wide. Tom couldn’t drive his new jeep along it.
d. He couldn’t buy the shoes because they were too expensive/cheap.
e. He’s a very clever/silly child. He knows all the answers.
f. Don’t go near the river, it’s very safe / dangerous!
g. That is a(n) difficult/easy question. I can’t answer it.
h. It was a boiling cold/hot day, so we went to the beach.
i. He wasn’t scared when the fire started. He was very brave/blind.
j. I like my teacher. Her lessons are very interesting / dull.
(10x1p=10p)

PARTEA a II-a (30 de puncte)

E. Write a letter to a friend of yours telling him/her about your summer holiday.
You should include information about the places you visited, the weather, the activities, the location,
food and people you met. Do not use more than 100 words.
Start and end your letter in an appropriate way.
BAREM DE EVALUARE SI DE NOTARE

MODEL
• Se punctează oricare alte formulări/ modalităÅ£i de rezolvare corectă a cerinÅ£elor.
• Nu se acordă punctaje intermediare, altele decât cele precizate explicit prin barem. Nu se
acordă fracÅ£iuni de punct.
• Se acordă 10 puncte din oficiu. Nota finală se calculează prin împărÅ£irea punctajului total
acordat pentru test la 10.

PARTEA I (60 de puncte)

A. 10 x 1p=10 points
1. am writing; 2. are staying; 3. am sitting; 4. (am) drinking; 5. is walking; 6. are going; 7. make; 8
are; 9. am loving; 10. don’t want.

B. 10 x 2p= 20 points (1 point for each verb placed in the correct gap + 1 point for each
correct form of the verb)
1. drove; 2. stopped; 3. took; 4. tried; 5. began; 6. was; 7. shouted; 8. came; 9. chased; 10. felt.

C. 10 x 2p= 20 points (1 point for each correct question word + 1 point for the correct word
order in each question)
a. Where does Lily live?
b. What is her job? / What does she do?
c. Where does she work?
d. What does she like to do in her free time?
e. Who is her best friend? / What is the name of her best friend?
f. When did they meet? / How long ago did they meet?
g. How often do they go walking together?
h. Who drives them to the country side?
i. What are they doing at the moment?
j. Why is Sophie tired today?

D. 10 x 1p= 10 points
a. crowded; b. noisy; c. narrow; d. expensive; e. clever; f. dangerous; g. difficult; h. hot; i. brave; j.
interesting.

PARTEA a II-a (30 de puncte)

E. 4 points for appropriately beginning and ending the letter:

- 2 points the beginning: Dear + the friend’s name

- 2 points the ending: Best wishes / Love / Lots of love /Yours + the sender’s name

6 points for correct grammar structures and connectors

5 points for the use of appropriate vocabulary
10 points for covering the aspects demanded by the task
3 points for a balanced structure (greeting/introduction, content, conclusion)
2 points for the general impression
 TEST DE EVALUARE

Numele şi prenumele elevului......................................

Data susţinerii testului..................................................

● Pentru rezolvarea corectă a tuturor exerciţiilor se acordă 90 de puncte. Din oficiu se acordă 10 puncte.
● Timpul efectiv de lucru este de 45 minute.

I Fill in the blanks with the following words : 2px5 = 10p

adventure , autobiography , historical fiction , non- fiction, short story

1.It’s a ________________________ about a man whose life changes when he meets someone at the
airport. It’s only 25 pages long .

2 He mostly reads___________________________. He especially likes books about art.

3 The last __________________________ story I read was about a man who is in a plane crash in the
Brasilian jungle.He gets bitten by a snake and nearly dies.

4 My favourite _____________________________ is by a famous singer. She writes about her life really
well.

5 This ___________________________ novel is set in 1492 and tells the story of a young boy working on
Columbus’s ship the Pinta .

II Complete the text with the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in brackets .
0,25x8=20p

Last night Dave ___________________ ( watch) TV when the suddenly saw his friend Jason on the
screen. “Jason McDermont ____________________ ( stop) two thieves today outside Alpha Bank in King
Street , the presenter said .”How _________________( you/ stop) them Jason ?”

“I ______________________ (ride ) my bike on the pavement outside the bank when two men ran out
of it “, Jason answered. “They __________________ (wear ) masks , but I knew they were bank robbers .
I tried to stop them , but I ____________________ ( hit) them with my bike and we fell to the ground
.When the police arrived , they arrested the two men “

“ What _______________________ ( the police / say ) to you Jason? “ the presenter asked.

“ They were very angry with me because I ______________________ ( cycle) on the pavement. In fact , I
had to pay a fine of 20 $” .

III. Read the following text:

Marco Polo was born in 1254 in the Venetian Republic. At the time, Venice was the centre of the
VenetianRepublic. Marco Polo was only 17 years old when he, his father, Niccolo and his uncle, Maffeo,
decided to go to China. It was Pope Gregory X who sent them to visit Kublai Khan who was the emperor
of China at that time. During their visit there, Marco Polo told Kublai Khan many stories about different
lands and the emperor liked them so much that he gave Marco a job, sending him on different
diplomatic missions. He was also made the governor of Yangzhou, an important trading city. Later
Marco Polo went back to the Venetian Republic and he talked about his experience in China. Only few
people truly believed his stories. In 1298 he went to jail during a war between Genoa and Venice and
while being there, he dictated all his stories about his experiences in China to another man in jail. The
stories became a book, ‘The Travels of Marco Polo’ and each chapter covered a specific region of China,
telling about the military, farming, religion and culture of that particular area. Marco Polo got out of
prison in 1299 and he went back to Venice to join his father and his uncle. In 1300 he got married and
had three children. Marco Polo died in 1324 when he was almost 70ears old. 

Write if the following sentences are T (True) or F (False): 0,20x4= 0,80p

1. Marco Polo was only 17 when he joined his father, Maffeo and his uncle, Niccolo in China..........

2. Kublai Khan was the Emperor of China at that time. ..........

3. Marco Polo told Kublai Khan a lot of stories about Venice. ..........

4. ‘The Travels of Marco Polo’ included stories about Marco Polo’s travels all around the world. …………
Answer the questions.

Write full sentences. 0,35x2 = 0,70 p

1. What was the name of the city Marco Polo was governor of?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………

2. Why did he go to prison in 1298? …………………………………………………………………………………………………

IV Complete the sentences using a comparative or a superlative . 0,50x4=20p

1 She wants to travel to a ___________________ location.

2 Tom is ____________________________ than Richard. I’m sure he’ll make it to the top.

3 Jerry has ________________ money than Ben .

4 Yesterday was the ________________ day of the year .

V Imagine you won a big prize: a day to spend with your favourite star. Write a letter of about 100
words to an English-speaking friend telling him/her about three exciting things you did together with
this famous person 25p