NUMELE ȘI

PRENUMELE

Școala Gimnazială Nr. 11 Botoșani

Concurs interjudețean” START SPRE UNITATEA DE

PERFORMANȚĂ”, ediţia a VIIl-a, 2024 ÎNVĂȚĂMÂNT
LIMBA ENGLEZĂ - CLASA a VI-a

Toate subiectele sunt obligatorii.

Timp de lucru: 120 de minute
Se acordă 10 puncte din oficiu

SECTION I - READING COMPREHENSION (30 points)

Read the following article.

Everyone knows The Voice! It’s a talent show for people who want to become famous singers. All
of the singers on the show are good and some of them are excellent! There are lots of other talent
shows around the world as well. In many countries, talent shows are the most popular shows on
TV.
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There are shows like Got Talent for musicians, people doing magic, singers ..... and lots more.
There’s a show for dancers, too. It’s called Strictly Come Dancing. Every year there are new ideas
for talent shows. There are even some national talent shows for robots and singing dogs!
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Yes, most of the talent shows on TV are live. It’s also possible to go to the studio and be a
member of the audience. Then you can watch a talent show live on stage.
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I’m sure you know the answer to this one. Usually, the people watching the show on TV and in
the theatre vote for who (or what!) they like best. Sometimes famous people are the judges as
well. On Masterchef, only the professional chefs choose the winner.
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In a competition there is always a winner. The winner of the final usually gets a prize and
sometimes becomes a star. On some shows the runner-up gets a prize too and a few of them
become stars. On a few shows, the winner gets nothing – but they often become famous!
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Most of the time, the people on the shows can say, sing or do what they want to. Sometimes, the
shows tells them the words to say, so they are a bit like actors or performers. But this doesn’t
happen on all the shows.

Exercise 1. Choose the most suitable question from the list below (A-E) for each part (1-5)
(5x2p=10 points)
A. Do talent shows tell people what to say or can they choose?
B. What different kinds of talent shows are there?
C. What do winners of talent shows usually get?
D. Who chooses the winners?
E. Are talent shows live?
Exercise 2. Answer the questions about the article. Give full answers. (5x2p=10p)

1.What talent show is there for dancers?

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2.Where can people go to watch a talent show live?
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3.Who are the judges of talent shows?
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4.What happens to the runners-up on talent shows?
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5.Why are some of the people on talent shows a bit like actors?
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Exercise 3. Complete the sentences with words from the article. Use each word once only.
(10x1p=10p)
1.She’s the best cook on the show. I want her to win the ......................... .
2.There were eight singers on a small ................... . It was very crowded!
3.We went to see the live show in a very big .................... .
4.He won a talent show four years ago. Now he’s a big ........................ .
5.Sometimes the person who comes second, the ................... , gets upset when another person
wins.
6.I’d love to be in the ................... for Got Talent and watch the show live.
7.The ...................... for some talent shows is money and the chance to make an album.
8.Talent shows often have three ............................ and they choose the best person together.
9.Talent shows end with ............... and someone wins.
10. People can ............. their favourite person by text.

SECTION II GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (40 points)

Exercise 1. Circle the correct answer. (10x1p=10p)

1. Mary .............. to speak Russian before she met Ivan.
A. use not B. hasn’t used C. wasn’t used D. didn’t use
2 You look worried. ...................... about what happened last night?
A. Do you think B. Are you thinking C. You think D. You are thinking
3 When I’m older, .............. a famous writer.
A. I’m being B. I be C. I’m going to be D. I will to be
4 Will lives quite near here, .............. he?
A. don’t B. lives not C. doesn’t D. isn’t
5 You .............. help me, but you can if you want to.
A. don’t have to B. didn’t need to C. mustn’t D. haven’t to
6 His house was ............... to the train station than I expected.
A. further B. far C. farthest D. farther
7 We’ve got too .............. money left, so we’ll have to be careful what we buy.
A. few B. little C. much D. many
8 Do you have ........ advice for someone who wants to become an inventor?
 A. any B. an C. few D. some
9 That’s the girl ............. grandfather helped to develop the Internet.
A. which B. that C. whose D. who
10 I’m sleeping in Jim’s room tonight, ..................I?
A. am not B. don’t C. aren’t D. isn’t

Exercise 2 Underline the mistake in each sentence and write the correct word.
(10x 1p=10p)
1. He didn’t went to work yesterday.
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2. My best friend is very good in sailing.
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3. I really like buy clothes online.
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4. When we were younger, we use to visit my grandparents every weekend.
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5. The fresh air of the countryside is most important thing for me.
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6. I love my town and the better thing is the new shopping centre.
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7. Yesterday evening, when the crime happens, I was at home having dinner with my family.
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8. She say she was Spanish
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9. He works hardly every day.
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10. The tourists got to the hotel late yesterday night.
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Exercise 3 Write questions for the underlined words. (5x1p=5p)

1 James arrived late. ………………………………………………………?
2 She likes ice-skating. ……………………………………………..?
3 The film was boring. …………………………………………….?
4 The show started at ten o’clock. ………………………………………?
5 I have got five brothers. ……………………………………………….?

Exercise 4 Put each verb in brackets into the present simple, present continuous or the past
simple. (5x2p=10p)
1) What (you/do)______________________________? I’m an architect.
2) The door was open, so the dog (run) ________________________ into the kitchen.
3) Can you help him? He (not understand) ________________________ .
4) I’m sorry. I can’t talk long. I (study)_________________________ for an examination.
5) I (meet) Sam this afternoon.

Exercise 5 Put the words in order to make sentences. (5 x1p=5p)

1 mum /my /a /me /new / birthday /for /gave /bike/ my
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2 them /email /an / explained/ Susan /everything /in
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3 showed /her /Jessica /photos /holiday /us
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4 our / Canada/ summer / cousins /are/ in / visiting / next /we
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5 teacher /our /us / grades / tell /didn’t / Biology /our
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SECTION III WRITING (20points)

Write a text (about 80 words) describing how you and your family usually spend Easter.
Include the following information in your text:
 What type of celebration is Easter?
 How do you prepare for it?
 What do you usually do on Easter days?
 What traditional food do you eat?
 Do you like Easter? Why/why not?

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