INSPECTORATUL ŞCOLAR JUDEŢEAN SIBIU MINISTERUL EDUCAȚIEI

PROBA DE VERIFICARE A CUNOŞTINŢELOR DE LIMBA ENGLEZĂ

pentru admiterea în clasa a IX-a cu program bilingv de predare, sesiunea 2023
Time: 60 minutes

I. Choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D):

1. My father _________________ as a graphic designer for a big company.

A) work B) works C) working D) has working
2. Can you _________________ French?
A) tell B) talk C) say D) speak
3. Did you enjoy the _________________ from London to Tokyo?
A) flying B) fly C) flight D) flew
4. _________________ you like to be a YouTuber one day?
A) Are B) Would C) Do D) Did
5. I’m very tired because I _________________ for this exam for hours.
A) have been studying B) am studying C) study D) had studied
6. They enjoyed the trip, _________________?
A) did they B) didn’t they C) was it D) wasn’t it
7. You _________________ cook dinner tonight because we’re going to a restaurant.
A) don’t need to B) need to C) should D) needn’t to
8. Can I help you _________________ your homework?
A) work B) do C) make D) turn
9. If I saw someone robbing a bank, I _________________ the police.
A) call B) will call C) would call D) can call
10. A new park _________________in my home town last year.
A) is built B) built C) will be built D) was built
11. I haven’t made _________________new friends in the last few years.
A) any B) some C) much D) no
12. We’re going _________________ a trip to Spain this summer.
A) to B) on C) in D) into
13. I stopped gardening when the rain started. I didn’t want to get _________________ .
A) warm B) dry C) windy D) wet
14. My video recorder isn’t _________________. Could you repair it for me?
A) making B) doing C) going D) working
15. Don’t _________________ to post my letters for me.
A) forget B) remind C) remember D) matter
16. It’s cold outside today. You should take a _________________ with you.
A) sock B) belt C) scarf D) glove
17. If you don’t know how to _________________a word, look it up in your dictionary.
A) mean B) spell C) understand D) learn
18. Are you ready to _________________ your meal now, sir?
A) ask B) demand C) order D) explain
19. They only go to the cinema once in a _________________ moon.
A) black B) pink C) green D) blue
20. Liam _________________ his friends when his phone ran out of battery.
A) was calling B) called C) has called D) has been calling

II. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense:

Dear Janet,

I (21 - JUST/ READ) ___________ your email, but my computer (22 -NOT WORK) ___________, so I have decided to send
you a letter.
Next month I (23 - MOVE) ___________ to a new flat and I (24 -ALREADY/BUY) ___________ the furniture. I can’t
wait!
 By the way, I have some news to tell you. While I (25 - LOOK) ___________ for the flat, I (26 -MEET) _________ a
very nice estate agent. His name is Jamie. I’m sure you (27 - LIKE) ___________ him a lot. He (28 -
WORK) ___________ near here.
Now I (29 - WAIT) ___________ for my sister. We are going to a party together later and I (30 – NOT
KNOW) __________ what to wear. My old flat is full of boxes and I can’t find a nice dress.
Hope to see you soon!

Love,
Sharon

III. Read the text below and fill in each gap with ONE word:

Last week, everyone in my class went (31) ___________ the theatre. We travelled there (32) ___________ bus. The theatre is
about 50 kilometres away (33) ___________ our school, so it took us more (34) ___________ an hour to get there. The play
was Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. In fact, it's probably the (35) ___________ famous of all the plays that
Shakespeare wrote. We've studied it at school, so I knew (36) ___________ it was about. It's (37) ___________ love story, but
it's also the saddest play I (38) ___________ever seen. At the end, several of the people in my class were crying. But I loved it
and I would like to see (39) ___________ again. I will always remember the day I spent (40) ___________ my classmates at
the theatre.

IV. Complete the second sentence with one to three words so that the meaning stays the same:

41. Sarah is taller than Emily.

Emily is not ______________________________________________ Sarah.
42. Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.
The Mona Lisa ______________________________________________ by Leonardo da Vinci.
43. He last watched TV five days ago.
He ______________________________________________ TV for five days.
44. It isn’t cold enough to wear a jumper.
It’s ______________________________________________ to wear a jumper.
45. “John will arrive before David”, said Tina.
Tina said that John ______________________________________________ before David.
46. I have never seen such a beautiful place!
This is ______________________________________________ place I have ever seen.
47. I can’t go cycling. I don’t have a bike.
If ______________________________________________ a bike, I would go cycling.
48. How does a teacher differ from a professor?
What’s the ______________________________________________ a teacher and a professor?
49. It would be a good idea to eat more vegetables.
You ______________________________________________ more vegetables.
50. “How old are you?”, she asked me.
She asked me how old ______________________________________________.

V. Read the sentences below and fill in each gap with the correct word derived from the word on the right:

51. I didn’t receive an ____________ to the party. INVITE

52. What ____________ is your new friend? NATIONAL
53. He is such a ____________ musician. TALENT
54. William Shakespeare was a very famous ____________. WRITE
55. Credit cards are really ____________, but you have to be careful with them. USE
56. The weatherman said there is a strong _____________ of rain today. POSSIBLE
57. Don’t share your __________ details on social media. PERSON
58. Actors have to ____________ a lot of words when they are in a play. MEMORY
59. Could you please speak more ___________? SLOW
60. You will lose one point for every ____________ answer. CORRECT

Notă: Se acordă 1 punct pentru fiecare item şi 10 puncte din oficiu. Total: 70 puncte.