Initial Assessment Test

7th grade

Firs name:

Surname:

Date:

PART I (60 points)

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

It is a very cold winter’s day and the snow (1)____________________(fall) now. It usually
(2)_____________________(snow) in December here. Sarah and Peter (3)
____________________(play) in the snow right now, together with other children who live
near them. They (4) ____________________ (make) a snowman. They (5)
____________________ (like) the snow very much but their mother and father
(6)____________________(not/like) it.

They always (7) ____________________ (stay) in the house when it is cold. Mother
usually (8) ____________________ (watch) TV and Father (9) ____________________
(listen) to the radio. At the moment they (10) ____________________ (sit) in the living-
room.

(10x1p=10p)

B. Use the verbs given in the Past Simple tense to fill in the blanks:

be, believe, say, fly, live, make, behave, think, have, walk

Many years ago people 1) ____________________ that some women 2)

____________________ witches. These women didn’t live in big cities. They 3)
____________________ in small villages. People 4) ____________________ they 5)
____________________ strangely because they 6) ____________________ medicines and
drinks from plants and they 7) ____________________ a black cat. People 8)
___________________ that witches didn’t 9) __________________ they 10) _________

___________ on brooms. Do you believe in witches?

(10x2p=20p)
C. Ask questions to which the words underlined are the answers:

a) James lives in New York. _____________________________________________

b) He is a doctor. ______________________________________________________

c) He works in a hospital. __________________________________________________

d) Betty likes watching TV. _______________________________________________

e) Your uncle is Mr. Brown. ______________________________________________

f) They visited London three years ago. ______________________________________

g) She is writing a letter at the moment. ______________________________________

h) You tidy your room once a week. _________________________________________

i) Mary is happy because today it’s her birthday. _______________________________

__________________________________________________

j) That is Robert’s car. _________________________________________________

(10x2p=20p)

D. Underline the correct word:

a) My grandmother has got fivety / fifty hens on her farm.

b) Today is the twenty-three / twenty- third of December 2010.

c) They met in the park next week / last week.

d) The dog is in / between the car and the bike.

e) Did you went / go out yesterday evening, Tom?

f) At 9 o’clock yesterday morning she was having / had breakfast.

g) She is sad because she doesn’t have much / many money.

h) Don’t go by taxi! Let’s go by bus because it’s much more expensive / cheaper.

i) Ben is the goddest/ best player in our football team.

j) I hate reading this book. It’s so boring / interesting.

(10x1p=10p)

PART a II-a (30 points)

E. Write a letter to your friend Jim telling him about the place where you live. You should
include information about the town you live in, your house/ flat and room. Do not use more than
100 words.

Start and end your letter in an appropriate way.