Name:

Initial Test
English Language L2
8th Grade

I. Complete the gaps in the following sentences with the words on the left: 0.25x6=1.5 points
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a) western 1. A film which makes you feel scared is called a …......................... film.
b) internet 2. You use a …............................... to click onto a computer icon.
c) annoy 3. A …................................. is a film with cowboys, horses and gunfights.
d) mouse 4. People who are always late …........................... me.
e) horror 5. A film in which a lot of things happen is an …............................ film
f) action 6. Teenagers like to surf the …............................ .

II. Choose the correct verb in brackets. 0.20x10= 2 points

1. Every Saturday, John drives/is driving his son to soccer practice.

2. Usually, I work/am working as a professor at the National University in
3.Tokyo, but this summer I study/am studying English in the United States.That’s why I am here in
the U.S.
4. You are looking forward to seeing Rocky, are you/aren’t you?
5. Shhhh! Be quiet! The baby sleeps/is sleeping.
6. Don't forget to take your umbrella. It rains/is raining.
7. It always snows/is snowing a lot during the winter.
8. I'm sorry, but I can't hear what you say/are saying. Everybody talk/is talking so loudly.
9. The police will call/were called to the Festival Village to investigate a break-in.
10. Maddy was/were a heroine yesterday.

III. Write the Past Simple and Past participle forms of the following verbs:20x0.20=4 points
INFINITIVE PAST SIMPLE PAST PARTICIPLE
Begin
Buy
Choose
Drive
Eat
Forget
Know
Make
Sleep
Teach

IV. Describe yourself after the following structure: 0.50x 3= 1.5 points
points
Paragraph I – name, age, status
Paragraph II – height, build, hair, eyes
Paragraph III – hobbies/interests, family

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Name:

Initial Test
School Year
English Language
-th Grade

Answers:

I. 1. – e) horror 0.33x6=2 points

2. – d) mouse
3. – a) western
4. – c) annoy
5. – f) action
6. - b) internet

II. 1. drives 0.38x8=3points

2. work; am studying
3. is sleeping
4. is raining
5. snows
6. are saying; is talking

III. 1. taller 0.25x8=2 points

2. more famous
3. the most beautiful
4. the highest; the longest
5. the worst
6. better; the best

IV. 0.40x5= 2 points

Elevii trebuie sa realizeze descrierea lor urmând o structură data. Fiecare paragraf trebuie sa
conțină informatiile cerute, elevii obținând astfel cate 0.40 sutimi pe paragrapf.

Se vor scadea 0.10 sutimi pentru greșelile gramaticale și 0.10 sutimi pentru greșelile de
vocabular.

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