MINISTRY OF EDUCATION and YOUTH

REPUBLIC of MOLDOVA

Aprobat Coordonat
Directorul Liceului Teoretic prof. de l.engleză

Term paper in English

The 10th form

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Read the text.

ONLY A FISH BONE
I have a good old friend who lives in a small house on the seashore near the town and port of B.
When I get my leave I sometimes go to see him and stay with him for a few days.
We usually get early, take his old boat, and go fishing. Very often we sail far into the sea, and stay
there till dinner time. My friend knows a lot of fish stories and I like to listen to them as they are very
interesting.
Here is one of them.
Many years ago a young Englishman fell in love with a pretty girl and wanted to marry her. About
tow months before their marriage the young man who served in London was sent to New York on very
important business.
He wanted to come back in tow weeks and promised his sweetheart to write to her. Time passed
quickly and it took him about tow months to do his work.
At last he was free and was going home. Before leaving for London he bought a beautiful diamond
ring through a newspaper. On his way to London he was looking through a newspaper and saw an
announcement of his sweetheart’s marriage with another. He got very angry and threw the diamond ring
overboard.
In some days he was having dinner at a restaurant. While he was eating fish, he bit on something hard.
“What do you think it was?” asked my friend.
“Of course, the diamond ring,” I cried. “No,” said he, “it was only a fish bone.”
Item 1. Choose the correct variant 2 points
My good friend lives
a) in a small house on a seashore
b) in a block of flats
c) in a small house in a village
Item 2. Write the synonym or antonym 2 points
late ( antonym)…………………………….
irritate (synonym) …………………………
Item 3. Circle true or false 2 points
The storyteller’s friend knows a lot of fish stories. T F
The young Englishman got married on his sweetheart. T F
Item 4. Match the words with their definitions: 3 points
1) important a) statement, declaration
2) announcement b) of considerable significance
3) to come back c) to return

Item 5. Answer the question: 6 points

 What make him angry and what did he do?
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Item 6. Develop the idea 10 points

Do you think the young girl’s action is correct? Give your reason.
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Item 7. Write a summary of the story 10 points

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Item 8. Grammar 30 points

1. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
1.She ………………………..(to stay)with her sister at the moment until she finds somewhere to live.
2.Tom is looking for his key. He can’t find it. He……………………(to loose) his key. 3.The sun ………
(to rise) in the west. 4. I’m too tired . I think I ………………………..(to get) a taxi. 5.When I ………….
(to live) in Manchester, I worked in a bank. 6. While I …………………………..(to work) in the garden, I
……………..(to hurt) my back. 7.Most of my friends were no longer there. They ………….……(to
leave). 8. It was my first time in an aeroplane. I was very nervous because I ………(to fly) before. 9.The
tow boys came into the house. One had a black eye and the other had a cut lip. They
……………………………………….(to fight).
2. Fill in articles and prepositions where necessary.
Jane is ………teacher. Her parents were…………..teachers too. I’ll phone you………………Tuesday
morning………….about 10 o’clock. We traveled overnight to Paris and arrived ………….5
o’clock…………..the morning.
3. Report the conversation.
“Don’t come before 6 o’clock” I said to him.
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“Don’t wait for me if I’m late”, Chris said.
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4. Fill in the correct form of the verb in brackets.
Many people would be out of work if that factory…………………………(close) down. If we caught the
10.30 train, we…………………………….(to arrive) too early. What would happen if you ………………
(not to go) to work tomorrow?
5. Open the brackets.
The ………….(early) we leave, the ………….(soon) we will arrived. The situation was
much……………..(bad) than we expected.

6. Write either the masculine or the feminine of the nouns bellow:

cock……………………… uncle…………………………
earl………………………. actor…………………………
king……………………... sultan………………………...

Item 9. Comment on 35 points

“Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain”
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