Test initial

Test initial

Clasa a IX-a

I. Read the following sentences. Choose the alternative which suits the meaning best.

1. If I had wings I would fly/will fly among the stars.

2. She is looking for/ has been looking for her wallet for half an hour.

3. The Earth moves/ is moving round the Sun.

4. It usually snows/ is usually snowing in December.

5. Last year our house was seriously damaged/ has been seriously damaged.

6. I don`t think it is a good idea to have a party now. The baby is sleeping/sleeps.

7. Jim told me he won/had won the lottery the week before.8. She wanted to know when did the train leave/the train left.

9. This isn`t my biggest problem/most big problem now.

10. You don`t like her, don`t you/do you?II. Correct the mistakes:

1. I phoned her as soon I heard the news.

2. Are you interested on old cars?

3. I have seen already the film.

4. What are the news?

5. They saw the film, did they?

6. There isn`t nobody in the garden.

7. How long are you waiting here?

8. When did she wrote the letter?

9. You are driveing me mad!

10. My boyfriend isn`t love me.III. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each space.

Quinn went back .(1) the living-room and sat (2)on a chair. He saw a half-smoked .(3) with lipstick on it in an ashtray. He picked it up and smoked it. Then he went . (4) the kitchen, opened the refrigerator and found a loaf of bread and some orange (5). He ..(6) the juice, ate three slices of bread and then returned to the .(7), where he . (8) down in the chair .(9). Fifteen minutes ..(10) he heard someone coming up the stairs, a jangling of keys outside the door and then the girl from the photograph ..(11) the apartment. She was (12) a white nurse`s .(13) and holding a brown grocery .(14) in her arms. When she saw Quinn, she ..(15) the bag and screamed.IV. Do you have an idol? Write about him/her(6-10 lines)