Concursurile Internaionale colare WINNERS

Clasa a V-a

1. Which one is a season?

a. seaside; b. broomstick; c. spring; d. snowflakes; e. sunshine.

2. Fill in the missing words: If the temperature is .., it will be .

a. low/cold; b. up/cold; c. high/chilly; d. low/warm; e. down/sunny.

3. All the children brush their teeth . They are brushing their teeth .. .
a. then/every Sunday; b. every time/quick; c. every day/ now; d. usually/now; e. now and
then/always.

4. Guess the right question:

a. You surfing go summer in do?b. In summer your do surfing go? c. Surfing you go do in summer?
d. Do you go surfing in summer? e. In surfing summer your do go?

5. The leaves .the ground in autumn.

a. feels; b. flows; c. fill in; d. felt; e. fall on.

6. .. long distances must be tiring and boring.

a. Enjoyng; b. Hiking; c. Missing; d. Liking; e. Seeing.

7. Last year my parents were in Paris. They travelled . plane.

a. of; b. with; c. on; d. off; e. by.

8. Add two words to the list: secretary, actor, farmer, .., . .

a. library/pupil; b. teacher/book; c. doctor/ film; d. pilot/nurse; e. politician/movie.

9. Give the opposites of these words: dark/difficult.

a. colour/hard; b. light/easy; c. bright/busy; d. late/early; e. slow/noisy.

10. She enjoys .

a. run in the garden; b. travel to Paris; c. ski in winter; d. sunbathing on a golden beach;
e. walk along the street.

11. English is my favourite . .

a. library; b. description; c. card; d. question; e.subject.

12. . hobby is listening to music?

a. whom; b whose; c. why; d. what; e. where.

13. He always wears blue jeans, .?

a. isnt he; b. doesnt he; c. does he; d. dont he; e. do he.
14. To win- won- won means:
a. a depi; b. a petrece; c. a crede; d. a ctiga; e. a avansa.

15. The Chemists, the Greengrocers, the Butchers, the Bakers are all names of:
a. buildings; b. festivals; c. stories; d. films;e. shops.

16. Cycling, walking, fishing, hiking are . activities.

a. oceanic; b. outdoor; c. travelling; d. mountainous; e. adventurous.

17. Fill in the missing month: ., April, May.

a. January; b. September; c. June; d. February; e. March.

18. I stayed two weeks at the seaside . I really liked it a lot.

a. before; b. because; c. after; d. ago; e. between.

19. You are .. to make new friends.

a. right; b. reading; c. teach; d. going; e. jumping.

20. There must be a lunch break . .

a. in the evening; b. at night; c. in the morning; d. at five oclock; e. at noon.

21. The wind is .. strongly outside.

a. showing; b. arriving; c. doing; d. shining; e. blowing.

22. Easter is coming. Write a short letter to your pen-friend about what your think you will do
at Easter. Finish your letter with an invitation.

Clasa a VI-a

1. Complete the warning: things in the water!

a. Dont feed; b. Dont throw; c. Dont save; d. Dont pollute; e. Dont protect.

2. Find the word to name the group that follows:a low temperature, a headache, a sore throat.
a. symptoms; b. medicine; c. forecast; d. situations; e. programmes.

3. What is the shop-assistant doing? Choose the best answer.

a. He is reading a letter; b. He is playing tennis; c. He is buying pencils;
d. He is going to the cinema; e. He is selling a book.

4. Whats the meaning of to borrow?

a. a cumpra; b. a da cu mprumut; c. a lua cu mprumut; d. a mprumuta;
e. a tranzaciona.

5. A person who is very fond of reading is called .

a. a teacher; b. a reader; c. a bookworm; d. a collector; e. a writer.
6. The Prince and the Pauper is written by:
a. Charles Dickens; b. William Shakespeare;c. Edmondo de Amicis;
d. Daniel Defoe; e. Mark Twain.

7. Fireworks are:
a. jocuri; b. glume; c. teme; d. artificii; e. impresii.

8. A fridge, a kettle, an iron, a freezer are all:

a. puzzles; b. household items; c. shapes; d. useful machines; e. clues.

9. My parents have lived in this village . 2002.

a. for; b. behind; c. into; d. about; e. since.

10. Guess it! Its long, sometimes white, sometimes black and it is used for drying your hair
with.
a. a cleaner; b. a phone; c. a hair dryer; d. a recorder; e. a washer.

11. Which word does not refer to a celebration in Britain?

a. Christmas day; b. September time; c. Easter time; d. April Fools day;
e. New Years Eve.

12. We dont like homework every day is:

a. an exclamation; b. an affirmative sentence; c. an interrogation;
d. a negative sentence; e. a judgement.

13. Complete the missing pair: When you go to France?

I there two years ago.
a. have/go; b. does/went; c. head/was; d. were/went; e. did/ went.

14. Choose the proper words: I known my teacher .two years.

a. have/in; b. have/for; c. have/since; d. had/to; e. had/in.

15. R.O.M. stands for:

a. Romanian Old Match; b. Rest Only Monday; c.Read Only Memory;
d.Run Old Memory; e. Rock Old Music.
16. Los Angeles is famous for its magnificent:
a. farmland; b. continental land; c. mountain land; d. Disneyland; e. Eurodisney.

17. George Enescu was a famous .. .

a. French singer; b. Romanian composer; c. Italian politician; d. German novelist;
e. Spanish musician.

18. We are busy .. Sunday morning.

a. at; b. in; c. on; d. into; e. next to.

19. London is situated on the banks of the river .

a. Nile; b. Amazon; c. Danube; d.The Thames; e. Loire.
20. Can you ride a . ?
a. book;b. horse; c. mouse; d. computer; e. magazine.

21. Oxford is a beautiful city in:

a. Italy; b. Greece; c. Scotland; d. Spain; e. England.

22. Write a diary page about a special day in your life. Use the following words: so, finally, next, after that,
first in a logical order.

Clasa a VII-a

1. The Beatles were a popular .. pop group.

a. South American; b.English; c. Irish; d. Scottish; e. Hungarian.

2. Who invented an early microphone ?

a. Jules Verne; b. Mother Teresa; c. Thomas Edison; d. Walt Disney; e. Brad Pitt.

3. A craze is something .......... for a few months or years.

a. important; b. funny; c. stupid; d. fashionable; e. interested.

4. The official home of the American president in Washington D.C. is:

a. Whitehall; b. The White House; c. Westminster Abbey; d. The World Trade Center;
e. The Buckingham Palace.

5. Robin Hood to give to the poor, that is why he was so popular.

a. robbed the rich; b. lived in a city; c. stole a bank; d. rested in a forest; e. took the law.

6. Madame Tussauds ............. is one of the most fascinating places in London.

a. House; b. Gardens; c.Wax Museum; d. Shop; e. Office.

7. Choose the correct grammatical category of the underlined words:

We are told you are taking care of them.
a. present simple; b. present continuous; c. participle; d. present passive; e. future.

8. In the sentence: I must visit him, the verb must expresses:

a. intention; b. obligation; c. possibility; d. permission; e. probability.

9. Put in the correct form of the adjective: Girls usually speak .. than boys.
a. quiet; b. quietly; c. more quietly; d. most quietly; e. the most quietly.

10. Finish the sentence with a question tag: We cant go to the seaside now, ?
a. we can; b. we couldnt; c. couldnt we; d. can we; e. cant we.

11. Which is the past tense of the following verb: to speak?

a. spoked; b. speaking; c. speakt; d. spoken; e. spoke.
12. Which word does not belong to the list?
a. dining car; b. ticket; c. station; d. street; e. biologist.

13. Dessert is:

a. an abandonned person; b. a large area with very little water; c. what one deserves; d. sweet food;
e. a hot area.

14. The Channel Tunnel from England to .. is nearly 50 kilometers long.

a. Spain; b. Germany; c. Portugal; d. Italy; e. France.

15. Venice is a popular destination for tourists who like to go on the .. .

a. fields; b. canals; c. tunnels; d. channels; e. railway.

16. The computer is the greatest invention of the . Century.

a. 18th; b. 22nd; c. 21st; d. 20th; e. 19th.

17. London Heathrow Airport is . than Budapest Airport.

a. busy; b. more busy; c. busier; d. the most busy; e. busyer.

18. Put the correct preposition into the following statement: The Brown family are staying
. home this afternoon.
a. in; b. to; c. into; d. onto;e. at.

19. The two ideas of a sentence are separated by a .

a. dots; b. periods; c. exclamation; d. comma; e. hyphen.

20. The Mona Lisa is a .. .

a. camera; b. game; c. composition; d. village; e. painting.

21. In Australia people drive ..-hand side of the road.

a. on the left; b. to the left; c. on the right; d. to the right; e. on both.

22. Write a presentation of a special place or a beautiful building which you consider to be
a wonder of Romania.

Clasa a VIII-a

1. Choose the right explanation for the underlined words:

All the objects are packed in the room.
a. past passive; b. present passive; c. past perfect; d. present perfect passive;
e. perfect infinitive.

2. We could do it very easily. In this sentence, could expresses:

a. obligation; b. necessity; c. intention; d. possibility; e. prohibition.

3. What is Stonehenge?
a. a prehistoric monument; b. a modern monument; c. a temple; d. a special building;
e. a castle.

4. Choose the correct form of the adjective:

My father drives the care .. than my mother.
a. carefullyer; b. more carefully; c. more carefullyer; d. the most carefully;
e. most carefully.

5. Neither the boys nor their sister .. the truth yet.

a. know; b. dont know; c. knows;d. do knows; e. doesnt know.

6. Finish the sentence with a question phrase:

Hell take Caroline to the circus this evening, ?
a. shall he; b. Will he; c. shant he; d. wont he; e. he will.

7. Recognize the past tense for the verb to lay:

a. laid; b. lied; c. lie; d. lain; e. layd.

8. Circle the word which is different:

a. dreadful; b. awkward; c. horrible; d. awful; e. terrible.

9. A gambit is:
a. a risly action; b. a strategy; c. an intention; d. an opening move in chess;
e. a chance.

10. The fastest train in the world is .. and travels at . kilometers per hour:
a. Japanese/261; b. Chinese/300; c. German/500; d. English/350;
e. American/480.

11. Which animal is lucky in Britain?

a. a cat; b. a white cat; c. a black cat; d. a kitten; e. a grey cat.

12. You havent sent me an e-mail .. a long time.

a. since; b. to; c. at; d. for; e. up to;

13. People would get worried if they .. a reply.

a. didnt receive; b. receive; c. will receive; d. wont receive; e. received.

14. Anyos Jedlik was a famous . .

a. German composer; b. Hungarian inventor; c. Italian musician; d. French poet;
e. Russian writer.

15. Britain used India.

a. to link; b. to spend; c. to visit; d. to control; e. to travel.

16. Romania doesnt have borders with:

a. Ukraine; b. Serbia; c. Hungary; d. Bulgaria; e. Germany;
17. Brackets are also called:
a. parentheses; b. slashes; c. dashes; d. dots; e. italics.

18. In English, a point (.) is used instead of a , when writing decimals.

a. quarter; b. fraction; c. comma; d. system; e. number.

19. The virtual world of the internet is called:

a. cyberspace; b. newbie; c. forum; d. icon; e. site.

20. Define the word intelligible:

a. plain;b. reliable; c. obvious; d. ponderous; e. intelligent.

21. Mark the clipped form of the word helicopter:

a. helcopter; b. helicopt; c. helicon; d. heli; e. copter.

22. Write a letter to your friend about how traditional or modern you are in your tastes.
Refer to your changes in style, to what you used to wear and what you wear now.

Clasa a IX-a

1. Fill in the gaps in the following sentence :No matter how hard she, she.. me shes right.
a) trys/convince; b) tries/wont convince; c) try/will convince; d) will try/convince; e) shall try/will
not convince.

2. Finish the sentence : Im interested in..

a) buy this book; b) to play badminton; c) watch the film; d) to fly over the city; e) things like
painting and drawing.

3. Which is the past tense of the verb to catch?

a) catched; b) will catch; c) caught; d) had caught; e) has caught.

4. Finish the sentence : They havent caught any fish,.?

a) has they; b) hadnt they; c) hasnt they; d) havent they; e) have they.

5. A clothes conscious person means :

a) wearing modern clothes; b) indifferent to the models; c) preoccupied by the clothes he/she wears;
d) having no interest in; e) not carrying about.

6. becomes more important with stars like Michael Jackson.

a) Black music; b) Light music; c) Modern music; d) Band music; e) Traditional music.

7. Healthy eating refers to :

a) eating what we like; b) having a permanent diet; c) eating food with some vitamins; d) eating varied
and balanced food; e) eating foods rich in starch and fibre.
8. Mathematics ? Sorry, but this is not my .
a) glass of water; b) piece of cake; c) glass of wine; d) piece of information; e) cup of tea.

9. Finish the following food proverb : Too many cooks spoil the .
a) broth; b) food;c) cake; d) course; e) meal.

10. Match these famous couples : - Paris and..

- Ulysses and .
- Queen Victoria and
a) Isolde/Otilia/Jane; b) Penelope/Juliet/Hardy; c) Helena/Jane/Prince Albert; d) Juliet/Isolde/Otilia;
e) Helena/Penelope/Prince Albert.

11. Do you know what these letters :D.I.Y. stand for ?

a) Do it you. b) Do it yourself. c) Do it yet. d) Does it you. e) Did it yourself.

12. Complete the sentences below with the missing information:

- ..brings about important differences in the lives of models.
- We live in a society that..perfection.
a) Energy/have; b) Changes/demands; c) Advertising/demands; d) Ads/ask; e)
Photographers/needs.

13. Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: My sister is a.so she likes to go
to the library every day.
a) bookmarker; b) booklet; c) bookcase; d) bookworm; e) bookbinder.

14. Can you guess what a CD-ROM is ?

a) Compact Disc Romania; b) Civil Driver Romania; c) Consulting Dictionary Room Official Member; d)
Correct Dictionary Romania; e) Compact Disc-Read Only Memory.

15. They are already acting .they were film stars.

a) if only; b) as if; c) less; d) instead; e) if.

16. Complete the two idiomatic English phrases with the right part of the body :
- Dont take it to..,Im sure they didnt mean what they said.
- My sister always has butterflies in her.. when she goes to the dentist.
a) heart/stomach; b) nose/eyes; c) neck/ears; d) toes/heart; e) head/mouth.

17. Find the antonyms of the words below :

- modern
- elevated
- difficult
a) old/formal/easy; b) educated/trivial/hard; c) ancient/trivial/easy; d) now/cultivated/simple;
e) ancient/common/majestic.

18. It is a very famous English game.It has 11 players on each side and its rules are very
complicated.
a) baseball; b) badminton; c) cricket; d) karate; e) bowls.
19. Some adjectives are followed by certain prepositions. Guess them :
-fond
-pleased
-due
a) to/for/on; b) of/with/to; c) with/from/in;d) about/by/in; e) in/of/to.

20. When Peters mother rang up this morning, his son.home.

a) is leaving; b) have left; c) will leave; d) is going to leave; e) had left.

21. Billiards on a special table with pockets.

a) are played; b) is played; c) will played; d) is play; e) are play.

22. Write a letter to your English friend recommending him/her a book you like. Justify your
choice.

Clasa a X-a

1. Give the adjectives corresponding to the following noun : commerce.

a. bad/high; b. expensive/profit; c. profitable/successful; d. ancient/ ready;
e. heavy/mince.

2. If they break the window , they.pay for it.

a. may;b. can; c. might; d. could; e. must.

3. What is the English for papanasi ?

a. Cheese dreams; b. Cheese cake;c. Cheese souffle; d. Cheese pancake;
e. Cheese omelette.

4. Westminster Palace is the seat of the . .

a. British Parliament; b. National Gallery; c. St.Pauls Cathedral; d. Nelsons Column;
e. Millenium Eye.

5. Rum and Port Wine are strong .

a. foods; b. drinks; c. cakes; d. fruit;e. juice.

6. The word redescovery is a . .

a. verb; b. adverb; c. noun; d. subject; e. gerund.

7. My toy is smashing , but yours is .. .

a. more smashing; b. smashingest;c. most smashing; d. as smashing as;
e. not as smashing.

8. They sing very well at the party, ..?

a. sing they; b. do they; c. didnt they; d. arent they;
e. dont they.
9. Disagree with an affirmative sentence by adding No and an adequate auxiliary.
-You like eating cakes very much.
a. Not,I dont. b. No,I didnt. c. Not,I wont . d. No, I dont.
e. No,I shant.

10. They went to the seaside but we .

a. wasnt; b. didnt; c. arent; d. were; e. did.

11. The Danube between Romania and Bulgaria.

a. flew;b. flowed; c. flows; d. flow; e. is flow.

12. Mark the feminine of hart .

a. she-hart; b. male-hart; c. bitch-hart; d. female-hart; e. no-hart.

13. Fill in the blank : We asked the nurse where the doctor..
a. is; b. were; c. will be; d. have been; e. was.

14. Give the correct translation for a fi sot si sotie .

a. to be a husband and wife; b. to be the husband and wife; c. to be a husband and the wife;
d. to be husband and wife; e. to be wife and husband.

15. Mark the word which cant add the prefix en.
a. lighten; b. bark; c. courage; d. code; e. closure.

16. Find the full form of TB.

a. total belief;b. time boarding; c. tuberculosis; d. try before; e. trust both.

17. Complete the gaps: a grain of. .

a. land;b. soap; c. paper; d. rubbish; e. rice.

18. Supply the necessary article : Whenreport arrived, ..editor readfirst sentence
and then refused to publish it.
a. the/the/the; b. -/the/- ; c. an/an/- ; d. the/-/the; e. the/an/an.

19. .her homework,she went out with her friends.

a. Having finished; b. She finishes; c. She is finishing; d. Having finish;
e. She will finish.

20. Translate the following sentence into Romanian : A taxi was sent for.
a. Este trimis un taxi; b. S-a trimis dup un taxi; c. Se trimite un taxi;
d. Se va trimite un taxi; e. A fost trimis un taxi.

21. To play this sport you have to use a weapon.

a. soccer; b. netball; c. judo; d. hockey; e. fencing.

22. Write a short paragraph starting with If I were. Make references to your
feelings, actions, ideas and hopes. You may identify yourself with a famous person.
Clasa a XI-a

1. Acrophobia means fear of:

a. closed spaces; b. volcanoes; c. oceans; d. pain; e. high places.

2. Can you match the correct phrase to complete the following Beatles song title?
All you need is .. .
a. diamonds; b. love; c. happiness; d. nobody; e. pleasure.

3. Close the door, ?

a. dont you; b. arent you; c. do you; d. will you; e. are you.

4. A piece of music which is composed as a memorial to a dead person is called .. .

a. symphony; b. aria; c. requiem; d. sonata; e. concerto.

5. We always say that the advertising part of the website . to a smaller corner of the
page.
a. should restrict; b. should be restricted; c. should have be restrict; d. should have
been restricted;e. should have restricted.

6. Name an Irish author who spent much of his life in London and won the Nobel Prize for
Literature:
a. W.B.Yeats; b. G.B.Shaw; c. J.Swift; d. O.Wilde; e. Duke of Wellington.

7.You are getting married in Cambridge, ..?

a. dont you; b. havent you; c. will you; d. wont you; e. arent you.

8. If you .. the lottery, you would give up working too much.

a. will win; b. won; c. dont win; d. have win; e. have won.

9. Our last report that teenagers in Britain have very little idea about classical music.
a. decide; b. names; c. prove; d. suggest; e. shows.

10. Sometimes, the most important thing.. is that we are what we eat.
a. remembered; b. to remembered; c. to remember; d. by remember; e. to have
remember.

11. Titanic is the film ever made.

a. sinkable; b. biggest; c. scientific; d. most impressed; e. most expensive.

12. The word petite, coming from French, means:

a. big; b. tall; c. medium; d. small; e. little.

13. The speech was so boring that I asleep.

a. fell; b. were fallen; c. will fall; d. fall; e. shall fall.

14. To eat pizza that contains chemical is very bad for your health.
a. vegetables; b. preservatives; c. minerals; d. fat; e. source.
15. Whenever I travel I always take the minimum of luggage as I believe in .. light.
a. travel; b. voyage; c. trip; d. traveling; e. journey.

16. My ..of English place names caused much confusion when I tried to buy a plane
ticket.
a. pronounce; b. pronouncing; c. pronunciation; d. pronouns; e. pronouncers.

17. We were almost ready with the conversation when we were unfortunately .. .
a. seen off; b. set off; c. pay off; d. show off; e. cut off.

18. While she waited her turn to bungee jump, Helen was shivering . .
a. in her shoes; b. down; c. all over her body; d. to her fingers; e. down her spine.

19. We would have missed a lot of things if we . to survive without our computer for
one month.
a. had; b. have had; c. had had; d. will have; e. have.

20. Net is considered to be short form of . .

a. netball; b. networked; c. netting; d. networking; e. internet.

21. Write the names of the following two symbols in words:

-x
-
a. slash/dots; b. times/ ellipsis; c. times/per cent; d. hyphen/degree; e. marks/period.

22. Your English friend is coming to you for a month holiday this summer. Give him/her
some advice on how to get around and which places to visit.

Clasa a XII-a

1. How do you call the following words?

seen scene
right site
made maid
right write
bear bare
way weigh
a. homonyms; b. antonyms; c. synonyms; d. opposites; e. homophones.

2. We have a good relationship our brother.

a. to; b. by; c. with; d. some; e. about.

3. Beneath sounds a little old-fashioned and, in modern English, can be replaced with:
a. next to; b. before; c. below; d. under; e. beyond.

4. Which of the following famous actors were born in Australia?

a. Jean Paul Belmondo; b. Mel Gibson; c. Leonardo di Caprio; d. Nicole Kidman;
e. Julia Roberts.

5. Hungary is the home of inland lake in Europe.

a. the coldest; b. the smallest; c. the hottest; d. the narrowest; e. the largest.

6. The word consensus means:

a. agreement; b. sensibility; c. direction; d. decision; e. improvement.

7. Yesterday, when our neighbours got to the beach, there were no friends .
a. whenever; b. wherever; c. whatsoever; d. ever; e. whatever.

8. Even if it is strange, the Aborigines arrived in Australia from the . .

a. land; b. sea; c. continent; d. air; e. space.

9. In the sentence: They by no means wanted to inconvenience us, the expression by no

means is used to:
a. inform; b. give details; c. add emphasis; d. express stress; e. give an opinion.

10. Everybody knows that French people eat a lot of .. .

a. garlic; b. onion; c. biscuits; d. mustard; e. eggs.

11. Double deckers are:

a. cars; b. buses; c. taxis; d. trucks; e.trains.

12. The remark: We build the best cars in the world and we have the best road system in
the world to drive them on, belongs to:
a. an Italian; b. a Romanian; c. a French; d. a German; e. a Russian.

13. Big Ben is the name of a:

a. tower; b. castle; c. bell; d. river; e. monument.

14. My new friend bored because we .. about tennis all day.

a. was/had been talking; b. have been/talked; c. shall be/have talked; d. are/will talk;
e. is being/been talking.

15. The weather forecast predicted snow but it turned fine.

a. in; b. down; c. out; d. at; e. of.

16. James Dean, , said: Dream as if youll live forever, live as if youll die
tomorrow.
a. a politician; b. a singer; c. a journalist; d. a novelist; e. a film actor.

17. My sister seems to be . In love with Andrew.

a. determined; b. optimistically; c. ambitions; d. hopelessly; e. hesitant.

18. In the sentence: The farmers looked very up about what they were doing, replace the
word up with one of the suitable adjectives:
a. irresponsible;b. timid; c. enthusiastic; d. careless; e. diffident.
19. If I so selfish, I . healthier.
a. hadnt been/would have been; b. was/would be; c. will be/would have been;
d. should be/were; e. havent been/should be.

20. Sparrows, magpies, swallows and ravens are beautiful .. .

a. insects; b. fish; c. dogs; d. snakes; e. birds.

21. Fill in the following quotation about women: If all men are born free, how is it that all
women are born ?
a. mothers; b. loved; c. interested; d. heroine; e. slaves.

22. What would you like to do when you finish school? What are your plans for when you
leave it? Describe the advantages, disadvantages and difficulties of what you hope to do.
Guess what is the best for you.