ENGLESKI JEZIK – VIII razred CODE:_____________________

OPŠTINSKO TAKMIČENJE POINTS (max.40)_____________

28. februar 2009. godine TIME: 60 min.

I Circle the correct option (a, b, c or d) below the text to complete the dialogue:

M: Hi, Dorothy! How nice to see you again.

D: Oh Meg! ______________(1) a long time since we met. I’m so glad we’re in this school project together.

M: You’re right. And look who’s there. Our friend, Marcia Burrows. She called me the other day and kept me
on the phone for ages. Frankly, some things she____________2) to me were so confusing.

D: Oh, I understand what you mean. Poor Marcia, the fact is she doesn’t have______________(3) to talk to.
She’s not a very friendly person. But despite that fact, she knows everything about everyone, including me.

M: Don’t tell me…She knew your secret about that new boyfriend all the time, ____________(4)?

D: Exactly! Come on, the workshop is about to begin any minute now. This could take us ____________(5)
hour or two, I guess. By the way, did you get the detailed plan _____________(6)they sent us last week?

M: Yes, sure. Here it is. But I guess I ____________(7) show it to you, you know every detail in it already.
Except these pictures perhaps. Look, these kids ___________(8) for the members of our team last week.
It should be fun working with them.
1. a) It was b) There is c) It’s been d) It has
2. a) asked b) spoken c) told d) said
3. a) none b) no one c) someone d) anyone
4. a) didn’t she b) hasn’t she c) haven’t you d) isn’t she
5. a) the b) a c) / d) an
6. a) what b) / c) whom d) when
7. a) mustn’t b) can’t c) needn’t d) haven’t
8. a) was chosen b) were chosen c) have chosen d) were choosing

II Fill in the blanks by using the words given in the list. Use each word only once.

SPEAKING KEEP BEDROOM BOOKCASE NAMED ELDER BEHIND

The cartoon series revolves around a boy genius ___________(1) Dexter, who has a secret laboratory filled
with highly advanced equipment hidden ____________(2) a bookshelf or under a rug in his
______________(3). Access to this never-ending laboratory is achieved by ______________(4) various
passwords or by activating the secret switches on the ________________(5). Dexter is normally in conflict
with his ______________(6) sister, Dee Dee, who has a talent for gaining access to Dexter’s lab despite his
best efforts to __________(7)her out.
III There is one mistake in each sentence (not a spelling one). Underline it first.
Then write the correct word on the line on the right. You must write one word for each sentence.

1. Honestly, I prefer your example to their. __________________

2. The show starts in midnight, I think. __________________
3. Where’s the CD what I gave you last week? __________________
4. I’ve been here from 10 o’clock. __________________
5. Around two thousands guests were invited. __________________
6. Make me a favour, will you? __________________

IV Fill in the appropriate forms (tenses) of the verbs in brackets in the active or passive voice.

“This is the best thing I (experience) _______________(1) in my life” said Julia just after she and Tome (leave)
___________________(2) the Grand Hall. She (feel) _______________(3) such joy because of her brother’s
success and that moment she (know) __________________(4) that his time had finally come. Their parents
were also professional musicians who (try) _______________(5) hard to provide the best opportunities for
their children. They were so happy and proud. At that night’s gala concert, a new star (bear)_____________(6)
– Tommy Gallagher, the youngest solo violinist in the state. “You’re going to (achieve) _______________(7)
the most of us all, you’ll see”, said Julia as she (smile) ____________(8) at her brother.

V Read the whole text first. Then fill in each blank with one suitable word (preposition, article, conjunction,
pronoun, particle, verb or adverb ):
In the morning, I saw that one part _______(1) our ship was in the water, not ______(2) from the beach. I
swam out to ________(3) and climbed on board. There was ________(4) one there, but I found guns,
gunpowder, some bread, flour, rum ___________(5)sugar. I made _________(6) small raft from broken pieces
of wood _________(7) bring these things back to the island, but I ___________(8) to go and come back many
time.

VI Write three WH- questions for the following sentence.

(Make sure that this sentence is the answer to all of them.)

Simba took Nala to the Pride Lands.

1. __________________________________________________________?

2. __________________________________________________________?

3. __________________________________________________________?