INITIAL TEST

Clasa a VII-a

Pentru rezolvarea corectă a tuturor cerinţelor se acordă 90 de puncte. Din oficiu se acordă 10 puncte.
Timpul efectiv de lucru este de 45-50 de minute

I. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form of Present Simple or Present Continuous:
( 10x2p=20p)

It is winter and the snow …............................ ( fall).It usually............................ ( snow) in

January here. Betty and James …...................... (play) in the garden. They............................. (
build) a snowman and they ….............................. ( throw) snowballs. They
…................................( like) the snow very much! Their mother and father
…................................... ( not/ like) it. They always …....................( stay) in the house when it
is cold. Their mother usually …..................... ( watch) TV and their father.....................( listen)
to the radio.

II. Put the verbs in brackets at either the Past Simple or the Past Continuous:

1. I (read)………………………the newspaper when someone (call)……………………me on the

phone.

2. John (eat) ……………………..a burger while his sister (clean)………………………….her room.

3. Mary (enter)………………………the room, (take off)……………………….her jacket and

(put)…………………..her bag on a chair.

4. The weather (get)…………………………worse and worse.

5. While I (walk)……………………….in the park, I (notice)……………………….a man wearing a

funny mask.

(10x2p=20p)

III. Choose the correct adjective:

1. She is very fat/ thin .She must be ill!

2. This homework was terribly difficult/ easy. It took me 2 hours to do it!
3. Janice is very healthy/ ill. She runs 2 miles a day.
4. Lee is very sad/ happy because his cat died.
5. Mako is very friendly/ antisocial. She makes friends easily.
6. I earned $ 1,000.I was very lucky/ unfortunate.
7. He greets all the people he meets! He is so polite/ rude!
8. She is so cautious / confident because she's had her heart broken many times.
9. This towel is damp/ dry because many people used it after washing their hands.
10. She is careful/ careless when she talks to small children.
( 10x1p=10p)
IV. Write the comparative and superlative forms of the following adjectives:
good –
bad –
heavy –
thin –
happy –
sad –
boring –
funny –
beautiful –
ugly –

(10x2=20p)

V. Write a letter to a friend, telling him/her about your summer holiday. Use around 90-100
words. (20p)