INITIAL TEST

NAME:____________________________________ DATE:________________________
SURNAME:________________________________ FORM: THE 8TH L2

PART I____________________________________________________ ____ _40 points

1. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Continuous or Present Simple. (20 points)

1. The children _________________________ (play) football in the courtyard every weekend.

2. My friend __________________________ (work) on the computer right now.
3. Listen! The baby ________________________ (cry).
4. They _______________________ (not read) a story at the moment.
5. Jane sometimes ____________________ (drive) to her office.
6. Our friends _______________________ (not go) on holiday every year.
7. My dad usually ________________________ (drink) coffee in the morning.
8. We ____________________________ (listen to ) the teacher now.
9. Many people ________________________ (visit) Paris every year.
10. Mother ____________________________ (cook) lunch at the moment.

2. Read the text and answer the questions. (20 points)

Hi, I am Kate. Laura is my best friend. We are in the third grade. We do everything together. We walk to school
together. We eat lunch together at school. Laura’s mother gives her tuna sandwiches for lunch. My mother gives me
peanut butter sandwiches for lunch. We share our sandwiches with each other. Sometimes Laura gets apples for lunch.
Sometimes I get peaches. We share our fruit with each other. We help each other with our homework. She helps me
with history. I help her with arithmetic. We spend the weekends together. Her parents invite me to their house, or my
parents invite her to our house. I spend the night at her house, or she spends the night at my house. We talk about
everything. We talk about our brothers. They are so silly. We talk about our teachers and our parents. We love them.
We talk about the boys in class. We don’t like them.

a. How do they get to school? _________________________________________________________________

b. What does Kate have for lunch? _____________________________________________________________
c. What do they do together? _________________________________________________________________
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d. Do they like boys? ________________________________________________________________________
e. Do they love their parents? __________________________________________________________________

PART _II___________________ ______________________________________________________(30 de puncte)

Write a paragraph about yourself. Include the following information: age, likes and dislikes, hobbies, family
and friends. Do not use more than 80 words.
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GOOD
LUCK!!!!

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+ 10 points BONUS