Final Test English Minors, 1st year Name:

No.2 Group:

1. Fill in the past tense, past participle and present participle forms of the following verbs. Mind
you! They might be regular or irregular! (5p; 0.5/item)
1. slink - - .. -
2. flow - - .. -
3. stride - - .. -
4. sew - - .. -
5. fly - - .. -
6. strike - - .. -
7. kneel - - .. -
8. stroke - - .. -
9. lay - - .. -
10. shrink - - .. -

2. Fill in the blanks with the suitable tense of the verbs given in brackets: (15p; 1p/item)
1. Where have you been? I . (wait) for you for more than three hours!
2. Why .you (leave) so early yesterday evening?
3. Sam ..(not know) he has been adopted. Its a secret.
4. Our kitchen .. (decorate) at the moment, so weve been eating out for the past
week.
5. He was nervous, as he ..never .(be) at the opera before.
6. I(eat) five cakes already! Theyre absolutely delicious!
7. Why are you all wet? Well, I (wash) the car. Oh, I .
(wash) mine yesterday
8. By the time he got to the hospital, his wife (already die).
9. The restaurant (situate) next to the cinema, you cant miss it.
10. Ive got the flu, so I(work) at home this week.
11. It .. .. (snow) all night and the roads are slippery.
12. When we first saw the flat, it (not live) in for more than four years.
13. Father .. (buy) us a lovely fir-tree last week.
14. How long the Smiths ..(live) in Birmingham?
15. My brothers . (be) very nice to me today. I wonder what they are getting up to.

3. Identify and label the tenses below: (10p; 1p/item)

1. is celebrated
2. will have had
3. lies
4. had been eaten
5. is eating
6. will leave
7. will have been teaching
8. was being painted
9. will be being laid
10. has been being watched

4. Put the following verbs at the tenses suggested in brackets (5p; 1p/item):
1. stroke (Past Continuous):
2. creep (Past Perfect):
3. bind (Future Perfect Passive):

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4. bite (Present Perfect Passive):
5. burgle (Past Continuous Passive):

5. Circle the best option to fill in the gaps below. Sometimes more than one option is correct: (10p;
1p/item)
1. Aunt Betty .us quite often when we were kids.
A. would scold B. used to scold C. has scolded
2. She .. a very interesting movie two weeks ago.
A. saw B. used to see C. was used to seeing
3. In his youth, he her much more than he does today.
A. used to love B. would love C. got used to loving
4. I was an awful cook in my teens, but in time I ..it.
A. was used to B. used to C. got used to
5. Im exhausted because I .. working so much after hours.
A. am not used to B. used to C. would be
6. I ..the floors twice this morning.
A. used to scrub B. scrubbed C. would scrub
7. Dan for Lufthansa at the beginning of his career.
A. would work B. used to work C. worked
8. When Sue was little, she . a lot of lovely paper toys.
A. would do B. did C. used to do
9. Sharon ..long dark hair before she had it cut and dyed it blonde.
A. used to have B. is used to having C. would have
10. I havent always worked as a doctor, in my youth I a nurse.
A. was B. was being C. used to be

6. Complete the second sentence using the word in bold (6p; 1p/item):
a. I started this job 5 years ago. been
I have .
b. When we talked, his exact words were: Ill be sleeping tomorrow at 9 p.m. would
He told me he ..
c. Our 25th wedding anniversary is at the end of next year. for
By the end of next year we ..
d. I havent been to the cinema for two months. time
The was two months ago.
e. Its four weeks since I spoke to Paul. have
I
f. When did they announce their engagement? ago
How engagement?

7. Translate the following Romanian sentences into English, paying attention to the tenses you have
to use: (5p; 1p/item)
1. Sunt foarte suprat! Plou de azi diminea i nu pare c se va opri curnd!
.......................................................................................................................................................
2. Plou foarte des la tropice.
.......................................................................................................................................................
3. Ieri a plouat foarte tare timp de trei ore.
..
4. Plou afar i nu pot s ies la plimbare.

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 5. Nu a plouat niciodat aici.

8. Turn the following in the Passive voice (5p; 1p/item):
1. They are dealing with the problem as we speak. The problem
2. People drank a lot of whisky at last nights party. A lot of whisky ..
3. They have analysed the problem thoroughly. The problem
4. The storm had brought a lot of dirt in our yards. A lot of dirt
5. He will publish his new book in March. His new book

9. Give the Interrogative and Negative counterparts of the following affirmative sentences: (5p;
1p/item)
1. Shes got lovely blue eyes. Interr.: .?
Neg.: ..
2. Ive been ironing all morning. Interr.: .?
Neg.:
3. Peter has a new Porsche. Interr.: ?
Neg.:
4. Theyre looking for a new place. Interr. : ..?
Neg.:
5. Peter gave her a bunch of flowers. Interr.: .?
Neg.: ..

10. Specify which of the following bolded verb forms functions as an auxiliary and which as a full
verb by writing A and/or F after each sentence: (5p; 0.5p/item)
1. Last night at 8 we were having dinner with the family. .;
2. I have a terrible headache.
3. She had never had a poney before. ;
4. Why are you being so rude to me today? ..; .
5. Is your father at home? ..
6. He has been following me all along. ; .
7. Hes got short, brown hair. .
8. What do you do for a living? ; .
9. My T-shirt is being washed at the moment. .; .
10. I have been here since 5 oclock. ;

11. Put the verbs in brackets in the Simple or the Continuous Present: (5p; 0.5p/item)
1. What exactly .. this box ..(contain)?
2. I . (realize) I have to change my attitude.
3. How much the baby (weigh)?
4. Ewan McGregor .. (appear) in a new movie.
5. I (see) youve had your hair cut. It .. (look) nice.
6. How many cars .. Bob .(have)?
7. Mike .. (look) out the window to see whether its really raining.
8. Your hair . (feel) like silk. What shampoo do you use?
9. These flowers (smell) absolutely divine!
10. Who . this bag (belong) to?

12. Translate into English, paying attention to the words in italics describing facial features (4p;
1p/item)
1. Jane are suvie blonde i de obicei i poart prul n cozi mpletite.

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2. Dl. Morse are o frunte nalt i ridat i sprncene stufoase.

3. Are o cicatrice pe obrazul stng i o aluni pe brbie.

4. Avea un co mare sub nasul ei crn.

13. Translate into Romanian (20p):

People always said that Irene had total recall. She seemed to remember the smallest details of things they
had long forgotten the words of old pop songs, the shades of old lipsticks, minute-by-minute
reconstructions of important events like Graduation Day, or peoples weddings. If ever you wanted a step-
by-step account of times past, they said to each other: ask Irene. Irene rarely took herself through the
evening before the day she was due to be married. But if she had to, she could have done it with no
difficulty. She remembered the lilac in the garden, the polish on all the furniture, the orange blossom in
the house

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