Olimpiada de limba englez Clasa a VII-a Faza pe scoala 26 ianuarie 2012

Subiectul I A. Fill in the blanks using much, many or a lot (of). 1. How __________ water do you usually drink a day? 2. Frank couldnt go to the party because he had too ___________ work to do. 3. How __________ people were there at the cinema? There were __________ . The film was really nice. 4. Jim failed the exam because he made too ________ mistakes. 5. There were ___________ people at the meeting. It was really crowded. 6x 1p= 6p B. Fill in the gaps with adjectives formed by adding -ed or -ing to the words in brackets. 1. I hate this weather! The sky is always grey. Its really __________________. (DEPRESS) 2. Paul says that his job is _____________. (BORE) 3. The film was so ___________________. The girls felt really ________________. (FRIGHTEN / SCARE) 4. I didnt understand what the teacher meant. I felt so ___________________. (CONFUSE) 5. Claire teaches young children. Its such a ______________ job! At the end of the day shes always _________________. (TIRE / EXHAUST) 7x 2p= 14p C. Fill in the blanks with the correct words. 1. I cant think of an ____________________ for his absence. (EXPLAIN) 2. The accident caused the ____________________ of five people. (DIE) 3. Lots of accidents happen because of ________________ drivers. (CARE) 4. They need the governments ____________________ before they can go ahead. (APPROVE) 5. The government is taking measures to reduce _____________________. (EMPLOY) 5x 2p= 10p D.Choose the correct option A, B, C, or D. 1. Tom hasnt got..money, but hes a very kind young man. A. a B. many C. much D. some

2. The mountaineer was striving..to get to the top of the mountain. A. less B. hardly C. hardy D. hard

3. Lets look into this shop, ..? A. dont we B. shall we C. lets not D. shant we

4. Why dont we a phone call from here? A. do B. take C. make D. get

5. The pyramids were biggerwe had imagined. A. as B. then C. than D.but

6. You dont smoke, do you? ... A. Not B. No, dont. C. Yes, I dont. D.Yes, I do.

7. His girlfriend is .than me. A. taller B. tallest 8. We have to arrivetime. A. by B. to C. on D.C. more tall D. more taller

9. They worked ..and .. . A. harder..harder B. hardly.harder C. hardly..quickly D. hard..quickly

10. Its ..2008. A. the October 20 B. of 20th October C. the 20th of October D. October of 20th 10 x2p= 20p D. Complete with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. John ___________________ (carry) a heavy backpack to school every day. I ___________________ (do) my homework right now. Toni Morrison ___________________ (write) Beloved some twenty years ago. It ____________________ (rain) since early this morning. She ____________________ (not mention) his name lately. He ___________________ (work) for Exxon Mobil when he __________________ (get) a new job offer. He __________________________ (already/leave) when the taxi _________________ (arrive). They ____________________ (announce) the winners next Tuesday. I ______________ (give) up smoking last year. The film ______________ (not start) yet. 10x 3p= 30p

Subiectul al II- lea Write a composition in 120 words, beginning with the following words and give it a title: When our parents entered the house, they couldnt believe what they were seeing

Toate subiectele sunt obligatorii. Timpul de lucru este de 2 ore.