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DATA:
INITIAL TEST
8th grade
I. Put the verbs in brackets into the suitable tense:
1. Lynne(sing) while she.(clean) the windows, yesterday at 4.
2. I..(see) the film many times until now.
3. Mrs. Johnson..(teach) us, when Joe entered the room.
4. Listen! Someone..(watch) TV in your room!
5. ...(he/ meet) a famous person?
6. .....( Sue/ write) at the moment?
7. Ellen.....(not want) to become an actress.
8. ..(grandpa/think) you are right?
9. When I.(see) him on Monday, he was selling vegetables.
10. I..(have) any money, I ..(go) to the seaside last summer.
II. Rewrite the sentences into the Passive Voice :
1. Mark opens the door....
2. She doesnt close the book...
3. Children didnt win the prize....
4. They didnt make their beds.
5. Jane will buy a new computer...
III. Encircle the right sentence :
1.Have you seen/Did you see him on Sunday?
2.When I got/was getting there, I was noticing/noticed him.
3.He has seldom done/seldom has done that.
4.One day, when he fished/was fishing in a river, he was seeing/saw a crocodile.
5.I have sold/sold my car.
IV. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence:
1. Steve left before my arrival. When I
2. Do you need any help with your suitcase? Shall..?
3. I last saw David in1990. I.since 1990.
4. What is your usual time of arrival at school? When?
5. Imagine you owned a robot. What would you do? What?
V. Choose the correct form that fits best:
I am going to a wedding 1. (last/next/at/from) Saturday. My great friend, Marie and her fianc, George, are 2.
(becoming/having/going/getting) married. They have known each other 3. (after/until/for/before) five years, but
they have only been going out together a short time. I must say we were all rather 4.

(please/surprised/friendly/interesting) when they announced that they were engaged. The wedding will be in the
church near Maries parents home and
5. (afterwards/yet/however/because) there will be a party in the Church Hall.
VI. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form :
1. I (to see) your brother last week, but I(not to meet) his new girlfriend yet.
2. I (take) my medicine before I went to bed last night.
3. She(to do) her homework yesterday when the postman (ring)the bell.
4. Look! The plane (to land) now!
5. I have a terrible headache, I (to learn) for two hours.
6. When you last (see) your sister?
7. He (meet) her as he (cross) the bridge.
8. By the time the ambulance arrived three people (die).
9. I (understand) exactly what you mean.
10. Hardly I(enter)the door, when the phone (ring).
VII. Complete each statements or questions with modal verb can,could or should in the Passive
Voice.
1. Some interesting animals .at the Zoo. (can / find )
2. This food for up to one week. (can / refrigerate)
3. How often ...the students ( should / test )
4. A hamburger ..with your hands, not a fork. ( should / eat )
5. Hefor that mistake. (could, punish)
GOOD LUCK!

Profesor: Priseceanu Simona

SCOALA CU CLASELE I-VIII ZARNESTI, MALURENI