Full name: __________________________ Class: __________ Date: ______________

TERM PAPER - Sem. II - XIth grade B

1. Opposites - Choose an adjective from the box. Write it next to its opposite.
(10p. / 1p. each)

generous well-behaved pleased tidy quiet

beautiful interesting modern poor miserable

ugly _________ wealthy _________

annoyed _________ happy _________
noisy _________ naughty _________
mean _________ boring _________
old _________ messy _________

2. Tenses and verb forms - In the following conversation put the verb in brackets into the
correct tense or verb form.

(10p. / 0,5p. each)

Example:
Why did you go (go) to the seaside last weekend?

1. Tomorrow Carol_________________(to play) tennis with her team.

2. The weather_____________( to be) very nice today.
3. Yesterday evening I ______________(to watch) television.
4. I__________________(to go) to Maldives next summer.
5. Peter_______________(to wash) his hair twice a week.
6. Next week my uncle_______________(to buy) a new red full optional car.
7. Bernard___________(to eat) pizza once a week.
8. Take an umbrella with you! It______________(to rain).
9. Two weeks ago My sister and I ______________(to have) an important meeting.
10. Every day my students __________(to go) to school.
11. Listen! Pat___________(to play) the piano.
12. Next summer we _________________(to visit) New York and a lot of American cities.
13. My father and my mother____________(to leave) home at 7.30 yesterday morning.
14. In Britain, the banks ___________(to open) at 9.30 in the morning.
15. Last week we_____________(to see) a wild bear.
16. “Can I speak to Ann, please?” “No, She_____________(to have) a shower at the moment.
17. My best friend_______________(to find) a wallet full of money two days ago.
18. In five years I _____________________(to be) at university.
19. She is very clever. She _________(to speak) four languages.
20. Oh my god! I_____________(to lose) my passport during my last voyage.

3. Nouns, adjectives, adverbs, verbs - Use the correct form of the word in brackets.
(20p. / 1p. each)

1. His reaction is fully ______________ taking into account what he’s been through.
(understand)
2. This double-decker coach is quite posh. It’s fitted with _____________ seat belts. (adjust)
3. His face was badly _____________ in the accident. I could hardly recognize him. (figure)
4. It’s challenging for educators to draw students’ attention today, since they seem
____________ in school. (interest)
5. The surgery she underwent was _______________ painful. (excruciate)

1
6. They claimed that their love for each other was _________________. However, in the end,
they split up. (extinguish)
7. Men’s suffrage is an _____________ right today for which we have to be grateful to those
brave souls who fought hard. (alien)
8. I’m ______________ fond of classical music. It inspires me and helps me ____________.
(exceed/ wind)
9. Language _____________ takes time to master, so we might as well enjoy the journey where
we are at, to where we’re going. (competence)
10. Constitutional laws such as the freedom of the individual should be ______________.
(revoke)
11. When I entered the bedroom, I saw Lucy lying in bed in a rather ______________ mood.
(contemplate)
12. Unfortunately, in today’s society, the _______________ of goods has become a primary
concern. (acquire)
13. His desire to help the needy and his determination to fight injustice, were the late
benefactor’s most __________ feature. (distinct)
14. We listened ______________ to the gifted musician as he performed one of his most beloved
pieces of music. (rapture)
15. The _________ distribution of wealth has reduced many countries to a state of
_______________. This is an age-old problem that has remained ____________ for
centuries (.even/ impoverish/ solve)
16. My joy was ____________ when I heard that I had been accepted to college. (repress)
17. Marilyn Monroe has been considered by many as a woman of ____________ beauty.
(impress)
18. Hooliganism and violence in football fields are __________. This ugly phenomenon runs
counter to the spirit of sportsmanship. (justify)
19. Charles Dickens was ___________ in his ability to portray injustice, human cruelty and
misery in such a tangible way. (rival)
20. Ben’s _________________. He keeps spending lots of money in spite of being in the red.
(corrigible)

4. Correct the mistakes - In the following pairs of sentences, one is correct, and in the
other there is a mistake. Tick () the correct one.
(5p. / 1p. each)

Example:
I have watched TV last night.
I watched TV last night. 

1. I did go to the movies recently.

I have gone to the moviesrecently.

2. Are they usually go to the theater on Saturdays?

Do they usually go to the theater on Saturdays?

3. I am not study on Saturdays.

I do not study on Saturdays.

4. I never went to Boston, but I'd like to.

I have never been to Boston, but I'd like to.
5. I went to Bristol University in 1984.
I have been to Bristol University in 1984.

5.

2
6. Conditionals - Read the text about Wendy. Then complete the sentences below.
(10p. / 1p. each)

Wendy's unhappy at home and unhappy at work. She has a boring job and she doesn't earn
much money. Her boss says that he will perhaps give her a pay rise next month, but he isn't
sure yet. She doesn't have a car and she goes to work on crowded buses every day. She
doesn't have a flat, she lives in a small room above a noisy restaurant in the centre of town.
She finds it difficult to sleep because the restaurant doesn't close until after midnight. She
thinks that she will perhaps go and live with her friend, Jenna, but she isn't sure yet because
she likes living on her own.

Example
Jane wouldn't be unhappy if she lived in a quiet flat.

1. Jane _______________ happier if she _______________ a more interesting job.

2. Her boss might __________________________.
3. If she _______________ a car, she __________________________ to work by bus.
4. If she _______________ live above a restaurant, she _______________ it easier to sleep.
5. She might _______________ her friend Jenna.

7. Irregular past tenses

Here are 20 verbs. 10 are regular and 10 are irregular. Write in the Past Simple and Past
Participle for the irregular verbs only.
(10p. / 1p. each)

Base Past Past

form simple Participle

appear
bring
climb
fall
feel
forget
improve
invent
know
let
lose
manage
pass
pick
speak
start
tell
understand
use
want

3
THE SETTING:
Describe what you see in the picture NOW IT’S YOUR TURN:
-place, objects - and where they are.
THE ACTION:
 Speculate about what has
happened / why people are there
 Speculate about what is
happening
 Speculate about how people feel
 Speculate about what is going to
happen next

LOCATION LANGUAGE:
 At the bottom / At the top
 In the foreground / In the
middle / In the background
 In the top left-hand corner / In
the bottom right-hand corner…
 On the left / On the right
 On the left/right-hand side/corner

4
5