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A. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form of Present Simple or Present Continuous:
I.............................................(write) to tell you how much I........................................(appreciate)
the money you sent me, and to tell you how I..............................................(get on) in my first term at
university. Actually, I....................................................(really enjoy) myself! I.............................(study)
quite hard as well, but at the moment I..................................................(spend) a lot of time just making
friends. I....................................(still stay) with my friend Sue, and I ........................................(look for)
somewhere of my own to live. Only a few of the first year students.............................................(live) in
college here, and I...........................................(seem) to be spending a lot of time travelling backwards
and forwards. (10 x 1p = 10p)
B. Use the verbs given in the Simple Past Tense or Present Perfect Simple to fill in the blanks:
1. This man……………………… (write) two novels and last year he……………….(write) a play.
2. The tourists………………(have) a great time ever since their arrival. They…………… (arrive) by
plane three days ago.
3. The students………………….(start) the exam at 8 a.m. They ……………………(not finish) yet.
4. Betty………………………………(just buy) a new dress. She………………….(buy) it at a discount
store.
5. No one……………………………(find) Helen’s glasses yet. She …………………(lose) them
during the Physical Education class.
(10 x 2p = 20p)
C. Ask questions to which the words underlined are the answers:
1. ………………………………………………………………………………………….?
Hemingway returned to America in 1918.
2. …………………………………………………………………………………………..?
After graduation from high school , he became a sport reporter for the Kansas City Star.
3.……………………………………………………………………………………………?
When World War I broke out, Hemingway enlisted in the army.
4…………………………………………………………………………………………….?
He published The Sun Also Rises.
5…………………………………………………………………………………………….?
After several safaris in Africa, Heminway wrote one of his best short stories - The Short Happy Life of
Francis Macomber.
6……………………………………………………………………………………………..?
Hemingway went to Spain as a war correspondent.
7. …………………………………………………………………………………………….?
From 1921 to 1927 Hemingway lived in Europe.
8………………………………………………………………………………………………?
In Cuba, Hemingway wrote The Old Man and the Sea.
9. ………………………………………………………………………………………………?
In Canada, Hemingway worked for the Toronto Star.
10……………………………………………………………………………………………….?
Hemingway won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
D. Write the seasons/days of the week/ months of the year
• Nu se acordă punctaje intermediare, altele decât cele precizate explicit prin barem. Nu se
acordă fracţiuni de punct.
• Se acordă 10 puncte din oficiu. Nota finală se calculează prin împărţirea punctajului total
acordat pentru test la 10.
A. 10 x 1p=10 points
1. has written 2. wrote 3. have had 4. arrived 5. started 6. have not finished 7. has just bought 8. bought
9. has found 10. lost
D. 10 x 1p= 10 points