Nume: Septembrie, 2017

Clasa: a 9-a

TEST DE EVALUARE INIŢIALĂ

PART I 60 points

Read the text below and complete the following tasks. Write all your answers on the
Answer Sheet.

There are many names for Australia – Oz, Down Under, and the official name, the
Commonwealth of Australia. But the name that Australians like is “the Lucky Country”. It
probably didn’t seem very lucky to the first European settlers. They were convicts who had been
transported from Britain. But after gold was discovered in the 1850s, thousand of free settlers left
the cold, dark industrial towns of Britain to find their place in the sun. Australia has a
population of about sixteen and a half million people. In a country of over seven a half million
squares kilometers – the sixth largest in the world – this is a small population. At least three
cities in the world have larger population than the whole of Australia.

1. Mark T (true) or F (false) the following sentences: 5 x 6p = 30 p

a. Australia is also known under the name of Down Under.

b. The first European settlers were teachers and doctors.
c. Gold was discovered in 1870s.
d. Australia has a population of about sixteen and a half million people.
e. The convicts had been transported from France.

2. Match the words in bold in the text to their definition given below. Write your answers
on the Answer Sheet. 5 x 2p = 10 p

A. A person who settles in a new country or a colony.

B. Having factories that actively make a product.
C. A person found or declared guilty of an offense or a crime.
D. Appointed, authorized, or approved by a government or organization.
E. All of the people inhabiting a specified area.

3. Underline the right form: 5 x 2 p = 10p

1. I’ll give him your news when I see / will see him next week.
2. He’s quite excited because he will start / is starting university next month.

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 3. According to the timetable, the train leaves / will leave at 7 o’clock tonight.
4. I don’t know what to cook for dinner. Oh, I know! I make / will make a pizza.
5. As soon as it gets / is going to get dark, come round to my place.

4. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense. 5 x 2p = 10p

1. I ................................................ (not believe) a single thing you’ve told me!

2. He usually ....................................... (work) in an office in London.
3. At the moment he ...................................... (work) in an office in Birmingham.
4. My brother ............................................ (play) tennis yesterday at 10 a.m.
5. Sara ................................................ (not water) the flowers recently.

PART II. 30 points

Write an informal letter inviting your friend to a party. (10 – 15 lines)

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MARKING SCHEME

PART I. (60 points)

1. Read the text and mark the following sentences as T (true) or F (false). 5 x 6 p = 30p

a - T, b - F, c - F, d - T, e - F.
2. Match the words in bold in the text to their definitions given below. 5 x 2 p = 10p

A – settler, B – industrial, C – convict, D – official, E – population

3. Underline the right form. 5 x 2 p = 10p

1 – see, 2 – is starting, 3 – leaves, 4 – will make, 5 – gets

4. Put the verb in brackets into the correct tense. 5 x 2p = 10p

1 – don’t believe, 2 – works, 3 – is working, 4 – was playing, 5 – hasn’t watered

PART II. (30 points)
Task achievement & original input ......... 10p
Organisation ................................................ 5p
Organisation / layout – 2p
Cohesion and coherence – 2p
Length constraint – 1p

Language accuracy and variety ................... 5p

Correct use of grammar structures – 3p
Accurate spelling and punctuation – 2p

Register and Vocabulary ................................... 10p

Appropriate register and vocabulary – 5 p
Range of vocabulary – 5p

TOTAL: 90 p + 10 p granted = 100 p