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Admitere Clasa A IX I. Write The Verbs Into The Correct Tense

The document provides instructions for completing a series of grammar and vocabulary exercises. It includes: 1) A section where students are asked to conjugate verbs into the correct tense to complete sentences. 2) A passage with blanks that students must fill in with the best fitting words. 3) Sentences where the second part must be completed to have a similar meaning to the first using the provided word. 4) Words that must be changed to the correct form to complete sentences about survival in the jungle. The exercises test a variety of grammar and vocabulary skills.

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Admitere Clasa A IX I. Write The Verbs Into The Correct Tense

The document provides instructions for completing a series of grammar and vocabulary exercises. It includes: 1) A section where students are asked to conjugate verbs into the correct tense to complete sentences. 2) A passage with blanks that students must fill in with the best fitting words. 3) Sentences where the second part must be completed to have a similar meaning to the first using the provided word. 4) Words that must be changed to the correct form to complete sentences about survival in the jungle. The exercises test a variety of grammar and vocabulary skills.

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Admitere clasa a IX

I. Write the verbs into the correct tense:


1. Where’s John? He ………………………… (listen) to a new CD in his room.
2. Don’t forget to take your umbrella with you to London. You know it always …….…….. (rain) in
England.
3. Jean ………………………… (work) hard all day but she ……………….. (not work) at the moment.
4. Look! That boy ……………………….. (run) after the bus. He …………………. (want) to catch it.
5. He…………………..(speak) German so well because he …………………. (come) from Germany.
6. Shh! The boss ………………………… (come). We ………….…. (meet) him in an hour and nothing
is ready!
7. …………you usually………………….. (go) away for Christmas or ……………….. you
………………………. (stay) at home?
8. She …………………………… (hold) some roses. They ………..…………… (smell) lovely.
9. Oh no! Look! It ……………………….. (rain) again. It always ……………. (rain) in this country.
10. Mary ……………………………(swim) very well, but she………………….… (not run) very fast.
11. ….…you …………………….(enjoy) this party? Yes, I ………..…………… (have) a great time!
12. Sorry I can’t help you. I ………………………………….. (not know) where she keeps her files.
13. What …………..you……..……(do) next Saturday? Nothing special I …………… (stay) at home.
14. I …………… (think) your new hat ……………………. (look) nice on you.
15. I …………… (live) with my parents but right now I……………………….. (stay) with some friends
for a few days.
16. I can’t talk on the phone now. I ……………………………..(drive) home.
17. Where are the children? They ……………………………………… (lie) on the beach over there.
18. You never ………………………… (listen) to a word I say! You ……………………. Always
(listen) to that mp3 player!
19. He………………………………..… (not understand) what you …………………………. (talk)
about. He’s foreign.
20. How much ………………. Your suitcase ………………. (weigh)? It ………………….. (look) really
heavy.

II. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space.
In 1846 an Irish immigrant in New York named Alexander Stewart opened a business called the
Marble Dry-Goods Palace. By (15) ……………….…. so, he gave the world something completely new –
the department store. Before this, no-one (16) ………….…. tried to bring together such a wide range of
goods (17) ………..…. a single roof. The business did very (18) ……………. . It expanded rapidly and
soon had (19) ………….…. staff of two thousand. For Stewart even that was not enough, (20) …………..
In 1862 he moved to an eight-storey building nearby, (21) …………..……. he renamed A.T. Stewart’s
Cast-Iron Palace. It was, (22) …………..…. for many years would remain, the largest shop in the world.
Others followed Stewart’s example and soon there were stores (23) ……………. His in many major cities
in the United States. We don’t (24) ……………. When people started calling them department stores.
The expression wasn’t used in print (25) …………..……. 1893, when it appeared in Harper’s magazine,
but the way that it is used there (26) ………..……. it clear that it was already widely understood. (27)
…………..…. is certain is that department stores completely changed the shopping experience for
millions of people. They offered not only an enormous range of goods, (28) ………………. Also levels
of
comfort, luxury and excitement previously unknown to customers. Almost from the start they had
restaurants, toilets and many (29) ………………. Facilities, so (30) ……………..……. was no need to
go elsewhere for anything.
III. For questions 31 – 40, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the
first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and
five words, including the word given.

31.- Can you understand what this paper means?


Sense Can you ………………………………………..………………… this paper?

32.- It wasn’t necessary to meet me at the airport yesterday.


Needn’t You ……………………………………….…………… me at the airport yesterday.

33.-It was unkind of you to talk to her like that.


Not You ……………………………………………………………… to her like that.

34.-I saw the film although I strongly dislike thrillers.


Spite I saw the film in ……………………………………………………… of thrillers.

35.-It’s not possible to play tennis because of the rain.


Makes The rain ………………………………………………………. To play tennis.

36.-I’ve never tasted such good food before.


Ever It is the ………………………………………………….. tasted.

37.-Do your parents allow you to watch TV late at night?


Let Do your parents …………………………………………………. TV late at night?

38.-“Did you write a note for Anna?” I asked my mother.


She I asked my mother ………………………..…………………. a note for Anna.

39.-He gave me the money first, and then he left.


After He left ……………………………..……………………………….. the money.

40.-I don’t find it difficult to get up early any more.


Used I …………………………………………………………………………. Up early.

IV. Write the words in the correct form:

SURVIVAL

POSSIBLE The weather made their progress (0) ..impossible.. As it had been raining
HEAVY (56) ………………………………… all night they had to be very
CARE (57) …………………………… as they walked through the thick jungle. Their
JUDGE good (58) …………………………… would help them overcome the
SET (59) …………………………. and get back to civilisation with only minor injuries.
BEARABLE Although things were (60) ……………………………..… they had to be
OPTIMIST (61) …………….… because it was the only way they could help each
LEAD other through this difficult situation. Their (62) … , chosen for his knowledge, would
IMPORTANT help them in every way. The (63) ………………………..… of this training was to
HARD (64) ……………………………… them for the special task ahead of them. However,
DANGER they had never imagined how (65) ………………………… it would turn out to be.

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