LUCRARE SCRISA LA LIMBA ENGLEZA PE SEMESTRUL AL II-LEA

CLASA A IX-A A

I. Use the correct quantifyer (many, much, few, a few, little, a little) for each noun.
a) My uncle drinks too ............ alcohol.
b) We have too..................... information about these ruins: it’s impossible to reconstruct their history.
c) There was.................. milk and ..................... eggs left, enough to make a cake for Mary’s birthday.
d) .................... people prefer to spend their summer holidays at the seaside and only ............... stay in
the city because it is way too hot.
e) How ..................... flour do you need to make 2 kilos of bread?
f) How .................... students are there in this class?
g) You don’t need .................... money to travel from Constanta to Bucharest by train, especially if
you are under 18.
h) Unfortunately only................. survivals were found after the terrible plane crush.

II. Translate the following sentences using the correct possessive structures:

a) Imi poți spune ce s-a întâmplat la

ședința de ieri a părinților elevilor
clasei a IX-a?

b) Bunicii colegei mele de bancă

locuiesc la o aruncătură de băț de
casa bunicilor mei.

c) Ieri după-amiază noi am făcut o

plimbare de trei ore prin parcul
orașului nostru.

d) Ei auzeau valurile mării mângăind

plaja de lângă hotelul lor.

III. Supply the correct form of some, any, no or their compounds in the following sentences:
a) You can come and see her ........... time you want.
b) I have .................... important to say to you.
c) He felt so alone because he didn’t know.................... at the party.
d) Linda has got ............. good marks lately and she is very proud.
e) I am sorry but I cannot wait for you! I am already late! I have .............. time to lose!
f) They bought a new house ................... near the beack.
g) His feelings were hurt. He refused to say ................. to ...............
IV. Translate and comment upon one of the following proverbs:
a) Appetite comes with eating. b) Good broth may be made in an old pot.
c)Too many cooks spoil the broth. d) It’s no use crying over the spilt milk.
V. Arrange the following sentences in the order in which the events happened in
Shakespeare’s play Hamlet :

1. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

a) In order th check whether the Ghost was right, Hamlet hires a group of actors to perform a play about the
king’s murder in front of his uncle.
b) Finding out about her father’s death, Ophelia loses her mind and drowns herself into a river.
c) Hamlet, Prince of Danmark, returns from his studies abroad to take part to his father’s funeral.
d) During the duel, Laertes uses a poisoned rapier and deadly wounds the prince.
e) Hamlet kills Polonius, the lord chamberlain, who had hidden in the queen’s room, believing that Polonius was
his uncle.
f) Before his death, Hamlet manages to stab Claudius, thus avanging his father’s death.
g) Convinced now that his father was really murdered by his uncle, Hamlet sets upon avenging his father’s
death.
h) Laertes challenges Hamlet to a duel in order to avenge his father and sister’s deaths.
i) Claudius proves his guilt by leaving before the end of the play.
j) Hamlet talks to his father’s Ghost, who tells him that Claudius, Hamlet’s uncle had committed regicide and
fratricide.
VI. Read the text below and choose the correct answer: