ENGLISH LANGUAGE – FINAL EXAM (TEST B) NAME AND SURNAME______________________

DATE_______________ CLASS_____________

1. Read the text and fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the verb (20p.)

Dear Cindy,

My name ______________ (to be) Peter. I ______________ ( live) in the suburbs of Boston with
my family. Most people _________________ (believe) we _____________ (to be) rich because we
_________________ (to live) in a big house. But our family ______________ (seem) to be like any
other one. Have a look:

Maggy, my wife, _______________ ( like) cooking. She _______________ ( enjoy) being in the
kitchen with her friends. At the moment she ________________ ( make) a cake and you ___________
(can not) talk to her.

What really _________________ (worry) her is our daughter who ________________ ( prefer) to
chat in front of her computer instead of cooking with her. Like many teenagers, Jenny
_________________ ( think) it __________________ (to be) easier to get advice from someone you
_________________ (not + go to) see later. It's 5 pm. now, and Paul, my son, _______________ (play)
basketball in the garden and I ________________ (watch) TV, and I __________________ (wait) for
this delicious cake that Maggy _______________ (cook) . I told you, a family as yours. '

I hope to ____________ (see) you again.

2. Answer the questions about the text with TRUE or FALSE (5p.)
 Peter’s family is very rich. _________
 They live in a building. _________
 Peter’s wife loves cooking. __________
 Peter’s daughter likes helping her mother in the kitchen. __________
 At the moment his son is playing football. ___________
 3. Look, read and write using IS/ISN’T or ARE/AREN’T and WAS/WASN’T or
WERE/WEREN’T (13p.)

This is Newtown seventy years ago! There ___________ a butcher’s and greengrocer’s, but there
______________ a supermarket. There ____________ a library, but there _____________, but there
________________ a police station. There____________ a baker’s too! There _____________ many
cars then!

This is Newtown now! There ___________ a restaurant, but there _________ a post office. There
_____________ a circus and there ________ a station, but there _____________ a library. There
____________ a lot of cars now!

4. Write the PLURAL OF THE NOUNS in the blanks (10p.)

 She’s putting twelve ___________ (candle) on the birthday cake.
 Look! Some ___________ (person) are coming in.
 There are a lot of ____________ (wolf) at the zoo.
 There are a lot of ____________ (bus) in the street.
 Kim is buying three ____________ (can) of cola.
 There are a lot of ____________ (child) in the park.
 Bob is holding some ____________ (knife) and ___________ (fork).
 There are some _____________ (glass) on the table.
 Ann is buying some ____________ (mango) at the market.

SCORING SCALE:

0-9 Insufficient (1) 30-39 Very good (4)

10-19 Sufficient (2) 40-48 Excellent (5)

20-29 Good (3)