ENGLISH CHALLENGE 2016

6th GRADE

Subject 1. A. Read and complete with the words from the box.. There are two extra
words. (10 x 1 = 10p)

month bag family to excited help driving car happy hour his bus

It was a cold but bright Friday afternoon in Seattle and Daryl Jane was very 1)
……………..He packed his skis, his sleeping bag, and few clothes in his jeep and set off to Mount
Adams. He was looking forward 2) …………. spending the weekend with his friends.
Daryl was familiar with the area, so he took a shortcut through a country road. He was 3)
……………. along in the jeep when the tyres got stuck in the snow. Within minutes it started
snowing heavily. Soon snow began to cover his car. He tried calling for 4) …………. , but his
mobile phone wasn’t working. He knew he was in trouble. He decided to stay inside the car and he
wrapped himself in his sleeping 5) …………… to keep warm. Daryl had some banana chips, rice
cakes and some water with him. He hoped they would be enough until someone found him.
The hours passed and the food and water ran out. He ran the engine for a few minutes every
6) ………….. to melt the snow. He was lonely and scared and he started writing goodbye notes to
his 7) ………….. Then the next morning he heard a snowmobile and he knew he was safe. He felt
8) …………… and proud of himself. He managed to survive for three days in his 9) ……………. in
almost 2 metres of snow without any injury, thanks to 10) ……………. patience and survival skills.

B. Answer the questions. (6 x 1 = 6p)

1. Where did Daryl want to go? ………………………………………………………….………
2. How did he feel? ………………………………………………………………………………
3. Why didn’t he get to Mount Adams?..........................................................................................
4. How did he keep warm? ……………………………………………………………………….
5. How much time did he spend in his car? ………………………………………………………
6. How did he feel in the end? ………………………………………………………………..…
C. Make up questions for the following answers (4 x 1 = 4p)
1. It was cold. ……………………………………………………………………………………
2. He was driving along in his jeep. ……………………………………………………….……
3. Because his mobile phone wasn’t working. ………………………………………..…………

4. To melt the snow. …………………………………………………………………………….

Subject 2. Look at this list of regular and irregular verbs. Which one is the odd one
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out? Underline the odd verb. (10 x 1 = 10p)

1. come – take – drive – laugh 2. cost – ride – cut – shut

3. bite – break – watch – wake up 4. leave – live – look – like
5. cry – dry – buy – try 6. meet – make – listen – lose
7. love – see – enjoy – hate 8. took – forgot – been – fell
9. eaten – bitten – written – went 10. swum – drank – became – rang

Subiect 3. Underline the correct preposition: (10 x 1 =10p)

1. Brazil is famous for/in its sunny 6. Helen was very excited for/about her
beaches. prize.
2. I’m not very good for/at Maths. 7. Peter isn’t very keen for/on playing
3. Your computer is different with/from golf.
mine. 8. My brother is interested about/in
4. Kate is afraid for/of mice. computers.
5. My teacher was very pleased with/to 9. Why are you so angry for/with me?
me. 10. Sam was late at/for school
yesterday.

Subject 4. Fill in the missing words in the following poem about the Plural of Nouns.
Choose from the box on the right (16 x 1 = 16p)

No wonder the English language is so very difficult to learn.

a. Hat
I sometimes wonder how we manage to communicate at all!
b. Booth
c. Cats
We'll begin with a box and the plural is (1) ________.
d. Geese
But the plural of ox should be (2) _______, not oxes.
e. Houses
The one fowl is a goose but two are called (3)_______, f. Teeth
Yet the plural of(4) _________ should never be meese. g. She
h. Mice
You may find a lonely mouse or a whole set of (5) _______, i. Oxen
Yet the plural of house is(6) _________ not hice. j. Him
k. Boot
If the plural of man is always called (7)__________, l. Feet
Why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen? m. Boxes
n. Men
If I speak of a foot and you show me your (8)________, o. Those
And I give you a (9) _____, would a pair be called beet? p. Moose
If one is a tooth and a whole set are (10) _________,
Why should not the plural of (11) ____ be called beeth?

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Then one may be that and three would be (12)_______,
Yet (13) ____________ in the plural wouldn't be hose.
And the plural of cat is (14)___________ and not cose.

Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and (15) _______,
But imagine the feminine (16)________, shis and shim,

So English, I fancy you will all agree,

Is the funniest language you ever did see.

Subject 5. Complete these sentences with either present simple or present continuous.
(10 x 1 = 10p)
1. You look very happy. Where ………………………… (you/go)?
2. He usually …………………… (play) the guitar in his room, but now he
……………………………….... (play) in the living room.
3. In summer, she ……………….………. (spend) her weekend at her grandparents.
4. Look! He …………………………….. (sleep) like a baby.
5. Thomas always …………..………….. (get up) before seven o’clock.
6. ‘Someone ……………………..…….. (wait) for you outside.’ ‘Who is it?’
7. They ………………………………….. (visit) Paris once a year.
8. ‘What ……………………………..…(want) to read this holiday?’ ‘I think an
adventure book would be great!’
9. ‘Please, be quiet!’ ‘The baby ……………………………..…….(take a nap).’

Subject 6. Match the beginnings and the endings below to make dialogues at school
(1 x 10 = 10 p)
1. Would you like to do the project a) I was sick and I stayed in bed all day.
together? b) I don’t know yet. I don’t feel prepared
2. Oh, I’m going to be late at school enough.
again! c) No, I’m going to stay with my
3. Where were you last week? grandparents.
4. Are you going to the tennis d) Yes, of course. I like working with you,
competition? guys.
5. Who is going to be your desk mate this e) Evelyn. She’s very good at Maths and
year? History.
6. Do you think Mark is angry with me? f) No problem. Just go in and apologise!
7. Are you going to spend your holiday g) I really need to wake up earlier to catch
abroad? the school bus.
8. Are you going to the gym now? h) In the blank spaces of your papers.
9. What should I do if I want a high i) Study harder than before!
grade? j) I’m afraid not. I forgot my trainers at
10. Where should we write the answers? home.

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Subject 7. (14 p)
Write a story for your school English magazine
 When and where the story happened, who the main characters were
 Write the events in the order they happened
 What happened in the end – the characters’ feelings
Use between 100-150 words.
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Timpul de lucru: 1 oră

Total: 100 puncte
10 puncte din oficiu

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 BAREM DE CORECTARE
ENGLISH CHALLENGE 2016
6th grade

Subject 1 A. (10x1=10p) B. (6x1=6p) C. (4x1=4)

1. excited 1. He wanted to go to 1. How was the weather
2. to Mount Adams. like?
3. driving 2. He was very excited. / 2. What was he doing
4. help He felt excited. when the tires got
5. bag 3. He didn’t get there stuck in the
6. hour because he got stuck snow?/What happened
7. family in the snow. when his car got stuck
8. happy 4. He wrapped himself in in the snow.
9. car his sleeping bag. 3. Why couldn’t/didn’t
10. his 5. He spent three days in he call for help?
his car. 4. Why did he run the
6. He was very happy engine every hour?
and proud of himself.

Subject 2 (10x1 =10 p) Subject 3 (10 x1=10p) Subject 4 (16x1=16p)

1 – laugh 1.Famous for 1 – m(boxes)
2 – ride 2. Good at 2 – i (oxen)
3 – watch 3. Different from 3 – d (geese)
4 – leave 4. Afraid of 4 – p (moose)
5 – buy 5. Pleased with 5 – h (mice)
6 – listen 6. Excited about 6- e (houses)
7 – see 7. Keen on 7- n (men)
8 – been 8. Interested in 8- l (feet)
9 – went 9. Angry with 9- k (boot)
10 – swum 10. Late for 10- f (teeth)
11- b (booth)
12- o (those)
13- a (hat)
14- c (cats)
15- j (him)
16- g (she)

Subject 5 (10x1=10 p) 4 – is sleeping 8 – do you want

1 – are you going 5 – gets up 9 – is taking a nap
2 – plays / is playing 6 – is waiting
3 – spends 7 – visit

Subject 6 (10 x1=10p )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
d g a b e f c j i h

Subject 7 (14 p)
Coherence and organisation of ideas – 10p
Language accuracy – 1p
Grammar and range of vocabulary – 1p