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PRE-OLIMPIADA DE LIMBA ENGLEZĂ

CLASA a-VI-a
18 MAI 2019

TIME: 120min

I . Fill in the gaps using Present Simple, Present Continuous or Future Simple: 20p (2px10)

1. What time ………………..(you/usually/go) to bed?

2. Anna feels ill, so she …………………(play) basketball.
3. Pay attention Phillip! ………………(you / listen)?
4. Mr. Jones ...................(be) back at about 7.30 .
5. .......................(we/ see) you tomorrow evening?
6. I expect lots of people ……………….(buy) Alan White’s new book.
7. “What…………….(you/do) in my room?
“You…………………(have) my dictionary and I ………………(need) it.
8. “……………..(he/ write) an e-mail to Jenny?”
“Yes. He wants to invite her to his party.

II. Complete the following sentences using the correct degree of the adjective given in the
brackets: 10p. (1px10)
1. This cake is ......................(good) the one you baked last week.
2. My mother is much .......................... (patient) my father. She never loses control.
3. These are ………………(thrilling) holidays we have ever had.
4. Last night I went to bed ...............(early) my sister. She stayed up till 2 a.m.
5. This is …………………. (interesting)play I have ever heard on the radio.
6. Our hotel was very big. I expected it to be .....................(small).
7. That is probably ........................ (wise) thing to do.
8. Don’t you think green apples are ……………….. (tasty) red apples?
9.Grace’s proposal is…………………………(good), but Joan’s proposal is
……………………..(good).

III. Choose the correct item: 10p. (1px10)

1. Martin works hard/hardly in his new job.

2. Do you fancy going/to go to the cinema?
3. Who’s / Whose books are these?
4. Ann catches the bus, doesn’t / isn’t she?
5. Jim got lost, did he /didn’t he?
6. I love its/ it’s colour!
7. This is my/mine brother.
8. Jim works well/ good for a beginner.
9. You will read this, will you/won’t you?
10. All the food in our restaurant is freshly/fresh prepared.

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IV. Find the errors in the past simple verbs and write the correct form. Be careful with the
irregular verbs! 10p. (1px10)

Melissa Burn always loveed the book Alice in Wonderland. Her father buyed it for her
fifth birthday, and he often readed it to her. She really liked the pictures, and when she getted
older she enjoyd reading it herself. When her daughter Amanda was 7, she gived her a new copy
of the book, with beautiful colour pictures. Amanda hate it! She sayed it was frightening, and
that the animals in the story looked horrible. She prefered the Telly Tubbies! Melissa taked the
book away and hided it in the attic.

0 loved 4 ………… 8 …………

1 ………… 5 ………… 9 …………
2 ………… 6 ………… 10 …………
3 ………… 7 …………

V. Ask questions for the underlined words: 20p (2px10)

1. Adrian runs in the park because he loves it.

2. My favorite color is purple.
3. Helen came home late last night.
4. An old friend came to see me yesterday.
5. My friends don’t live near my house.
6. David doesn’t like baseball.
7. There won’t be any lessons tomorrow.
8. My mum is having lunch with Tina’s mum.
9. Tom goes to the cinema twice a month.
10. Adriana and Marco can go to the movies on Friday.

VI. Match the two halves of the following sentences: 20p. (2px10)

1. Do you a. wants to give them a home.

2. I really b. have ten Euros to give us?
3. I am c. like little puppies?
4. Some dogs d. ten Euros a week to pay for a dog’s food and care.
5. No one e. aren’t as young and cute as me!
6. It costs f. looking after us.
7. Do you g. an abandoned dog.
8. Good people are h. write letters to everyone who helps us.
9. Every week, we i. waiting to give you its love
10. This little dog is j. hope you are a kind dog lover.

BONUS: 10 p TOTAL SCORE: 100 p

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PRE-OLIMPIADA DE LIMBA ENGLEZĂ

CLASA a-VI-a
18 MAI 2019

Barem

I. 1.do you usually go; 2. isn’t playing; 3.are you listening; 4.will be; 5.will we
see; 6.will buy; 7.are you doing, have, need; 8.is he writing.
20p (2px10)

II. 1.better than; 2.more patient than; 3.the most thrilling; 4.earlier than; 5.the
most interesting; 6.smaller; 7.the wisest; 8.tastier than; 9.good, better than
10p. (1px10)

III. 1.hard; 2.going; 3.whose; 4.doesn’t; 5.didn’t he; 6.its; 7.my; 8.well; 9.won’t;
10.freshly.
10p. (1px10)

IV. 1.bought; 2.read; 3.got; 4.enjoyed; 5.gave; 6.hated; 7.said; 8.preferred; 9.

took; 10.hid
10p. (1px10)

V. 1. Why does Adrian run in the park?

2. What/ Which is my/your favourite colour?
3. Where did Helen come late last night?
4. Why did an old friend come yesterday?
5. Who doesn’t live near my house?
6. What doesn’t David like?
7. When won’t there be any lessons?
8. Whose mum is my mum having lunch with?
9. How often does Tom go to the cinema?
10.When can Adriana and Marco go to the movies?
20p (2px10)

VI. 1.c; 2. j; 3.g; 4. e; 5.a; 6. d, 7.b; 8. f; 9.h; 10. i

20p (2px10)
BONUS: 10 p

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