SCOALA GIMNAZIALA TEODOR MURASANU,TURDA

INSPECTORATUL COLAR JUDETEAN CLUJ

OLIMPIADA DE LIMBA ENGLEZ
FAZA PE COAL
27 IANUARIE 2017
CLASA A VIII-A

Subiectul 1: Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the

meaning stays the same:
(10X2,5p.=25 points)
1. It is three years since I last met him.
I...
2. If you eat so many sweets, you will get fat.
The more...
3. As soon as we left the chalet, it began to snow.
No sooner...
4. William the Conqueror built the castle in the 11 th century.
The castle...
5. I regret attending that boring lecture.
I wish...
6. Why didnt you tell me that you were leaving?
You should...
7. The project was abandoned because Mark was not interested in it.
If Mark...
8. Did you remember to post the letter?, mother asked Jane.
Mother asked Jane...
9. Have you got a smaller size than this?
Is...
10. The police were following the suspects.
The suspects...
Subiectul 2: Complete each sentence with a word derived from the word
in capitals:
(10X2,5p.=25 points)
1. The...... of his character is acknowledged by everybody.
STRONG
2. Dont be......! Everything will be OK!
PATIENT
3. The......of London began with the Roman invasion in 45 AD.
DEVELOP
4. The road is slippery. You must drive......!
5. Greg often suffers from......in the school holidays.
BORE

CARE

6. My History teacher has a vast......of past events.

7. I have bought a ......dress.
8. I read an interesting......in the local newspaper.
9. When he was younger, he was......to read as much as he could.
COURAGE
10. Dont worry, Mrs. Smith! The spiders bite is quite......

KNOW
WOOL
ADVERTISE

HARM

Subiectul 3: Put the verbs in brackts into the correct verb tense:
(10X2,5p.=25 points)
1 While I (try) ................... to get my car started, a passing car stopped and
the driver (offer)
................... to help me.
2 I (wait) ................... for you for the past hour! What (you do) ................... all
this time?
3 While I (walk) ................... to the bus-stop, I realised I (leave)
...................the cooker on.
4 Why didn't you phone me? If I (know)............. you were ill, I
(come)................... to see you.
5 Hello, Pat. I (phone) ................... to ask if you (do) ................... anything this
Saturday.
6 I(not see) ...................you for ages. What (you do) ...................?
7 Hurry up! I (think) ................... you (be) ................... ready by now.
8 If I (be) ................... you, I (not spend) ................... so much money.
9 Danny's train (arrive) ................... tomorrow evening at 6.00 so we
(meet) .......... him at the station.
10Wish me luck! If I (get) ................... the job, I (let)................... you know.
Subiectul 4:Write a narrative composition of about 180 wors beginning
as follows:As I was going down the street I heard steps just behind
me.-25p.

NOTA: Toate subiectele sunt obligatorii

Timp de lucru: 90 min.

OLIMPIADA DE LIMBA ENGLEZ

FAZA PE COAL
27 IANUARIE 2017
CLASA A VIII-A
BAREM DE NOTARE
SUBIECTUL 1:
1.I havent met him for three years.
2.The more sweets you eat,the fatter youll get.
3.No sooner had we left the chalet than it began to snow.
4.The castle was built in the 11th century by William the Conqueror.
5.I wish I hadnt attended that boring lecture.
6.You should have told me that you were leaving.
7.If Mark had been interested in the project it wouldnt have been
abandoned.
8.Mother asked Jane if she had remembered to post the letter.
9.Is this available in a bigger size?
10.The suspects were being followed by the police.
SUBIECTUL 2:
1.strength;2.impatient;3.development;4.careful;5.boredom;6.knowledge
;7.woolen;
8.advertisment;9.encouraged;10.harmless
SUBIECTUL 3:
1.was trying;offered
2.have been waiting;have you been doing
3.was walking;had left
4.had known;would have come
5.have phoned;are doing
6.havent seen;have you been doing
7.think;should have been ready
8.were;wouldnt spend
9.arrives;will meet/are going to meet
10.get;will let

SUBIECTUL 4:

Grammar accuracy and spelling:10p.

Range of vocabulary:10p.
Length constraint:2p.
Structure:3p.