NAME:

GRADE:

DATE: INITIAL TEST

I. Choose the correct answer: (30x1=30p)

1. He go/goes to work by bus.

2. She is watching/watches TV at the moment.

3. I have read/read the instructions but I didn't understand them.

4. I live/have been living in Bucharest for ten years.

5. Once upon a time, there was/is a princess who lived in a castle.

6. I was listening/am listening to music when the light went off.

7. They have already locked/had already locked the gate when John came home.

8. You will finish/finish the work later.

9. It is going to rain/ rains, I can see the clouds.

10. She's busy right now. She has/is having a shower.

11. This may /can't be John. He is taller than that.

12. Could/Should you open the window? I think it is too hot in here.

13. One must/mustn't smoke in gas stations.

14. My grandparents must/ might be in the garden, but I am not sure.

15. My colleagues say I can/should take some rest, or I will have some health problems.

16. My house is big/bigger than yours.

17. This is the most interesting/ the interesting book I have ever read.

18. I need far/further information on this topic.

19. She shouted angry/angrily at him.

20. This is a very usefully/useful object.

21. Don't worry! You can rely on /to Michael.

22. You have an obsession with/for that girl.

23. I am thinking to/of buying a new car.

24. I asked for/to some more coffee.

25. I don't like people staring on/at me.

26. I prefer dancing to/for swimming.

27. I always mix your purse for/of Jane's.

28. All the employees of the company must participate to/in team-buildings.

29. She has always had talent in/at singing.

30. This is an extreme case for/of anorexia.

II Correct the following sentences by taking out the inappropriate word.

1 He has an uncle who he likes fishing.
2 Sharon did has met many famous film stars.
3 The car who they had rented broke down after half an hour.
4 This jumper it is too small for me.
5 The children had a great fun at the fair.
5 x 2 = 10p

III Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.

1 I .............................................. (live) in this town since I was born.
2 Alice ...................................................... (normally/cut) her hair herself.
3 Sarah is very happy. She .............................................. (win) a poetry competition.
4 While the dog ....................................................... (dig) in the garden, it found a bone.
5 The teacher ................................................... (teach) the children a song yesterday.

IV. Write a descriptive essay about your last summer vacation. Write 100 150 words.

( Content; Organisation and Cohesion; Structures and Vocabulary; Register and Style- 40 p)

+ 10 points granted

Marking scheme
I. Choose the correct answer: (30x1p=30p)

1. goes

2. is watching

3. have read

4. have been living

5. was

6. was listening

7. had already locked

8. will finish/finish

9. is going to

10. is having

11. can't

12. Could

13. mustn't

14. might

15. should

16. bigger

17. the most interesting

18. further

19. angrily

20. useful

21. on

22. with

23. of

24. for

25. at

26. to

27. for

28. to

29. at

30. of

II 1 who 2 did 3 who 4 it 5 a

III 1 B 2 B 3 A 4 C 5B

IV. Write a descriptive essay about your dream summer vacation. Write 100 150 words.

( Content; Organisation and Cohesion; Structures and Vocabulary; Register and Style- 40 p)

Total-100 POINTS