OLIMPIADA LA LIMBA ENGLEZA

NAME............................................CLASS............................... OLIMPIADA LA LIMBA ENGLEZA - FAZA PE SCOALA-nr.15 CLASA A VIII-A - MARTIE 20081 Rewrite these sentences using the passive form. 1 The police accused him of the murder.

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2 The police are investigating two other murders.

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3 We put the water into the saucepan and boil it.

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4 Someone has stolen Helens bag!

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5 His parents gave him a new computer for his birthday.

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6 They had made the pizza that morning.

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7 Dickens wrote Great Expectations and A Tale of Two Cities.

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8 They will finish the new bridge by next month.

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9 Millions of people have read the novels of Agatha Christie.

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10 Monkeys brought him up in the jungle.

___________________________________________________________________________________________2 Rewrite these questions using reported speech. 1 Do you like ice cream? my aunt asked me.

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2 Where are you from? the man asked me.

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3 Why dont you take up the piano? my mum asked us.

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4 Have you ever been to Disneyland? she asked me.

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5 When did you last go to the dentist? the teacher asked me.

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6 Can you speak any other languages? the woman asked us.

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7 Must you leave so soon? I asked the girl.

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8 Will we see some paintings by Picasso? she asked me.

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9 Why do you wear jeans all the time? he asked her.

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10 Did you enjoy the film? she asked me.

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3. Read this text and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space.

When I (1)____ to give Gossip Magazine an interview I had no idea what kind of magazine it was. I was expecting the interviewer and a photographer at five in the afternoon, and as it was still half past four I (2)____ to take a look at the latest issue while I waited.

There was a photograph of me on the cover and inside it said that I (3)____ married in secret the year before and (4)____ now about to divorce my husband, who, according to their information, (5)____ a famous businessman. None of this was true, of course I was still single, and my boyfriend was not famous at all. The rest of the article (6)____ details of my marriage and explained the reasons for my divorce!

Needless to say, when the interviewer arrived I was furious! I told her I (7)____ answer any of her questions and asked her and the photographer (8)____ my house at once! She (9)____ for the article that I had read and explained that she (10)____ nothing to do with it.

1 A accepted B agreed C answered D approved

2 A thought B decided C considered D cared

3 A was getting B got C had got D have got

4 A was B would be C was being D am

5 A was B had been C has been D would be

6 A explained B said C made D gave

7 A did not B will not C do not D was not going to

8 A leave B to leave C would leave D should leave

9 A explained B is sorry C apologized D regretted 10A was having B would have C has D had had

4 Choose the correct tense in these sentences. 1 What do you do/are you doing first when you get up in the morning?

2 I cant come out now. I am writing/write a letter

3 She first has met/met Tom at a Christmas party

4 Look! You have dropped/dropped the pizza on the floor now!

5 When she came home, her husband had already/was already cooked the meal.

6 What were you doing/had you done when I phoned you last night?

7 I have never seen/will never see such a great film before.

8 She was sleepy because she had been studying/has studied until 2.00am.

9 Where have you been? Everybody waited/has been waiting for you!

10 She didnt use/is not used to drive but now she drives everywhere.

11 I must go now. I will see/will have seen you at the same time next week.

12 Shall I give you a lift into town? I will go/am going that way anyway.

13 Its really cold today. I think it is going to snow/snows tonight.

14 When do you think you will be/will have finished that report?

15 I am going to have/have my computer fixed next week.

16 President Kennedy has been/was assassinated in 1963.

17 They have/are having the house redecorated at the moment.

18 If you will find/find my wallet, please phone me immediately.

19 I would take a holiday now if I didnt/wouldnt have so much work.

20 What would you have done if you havent/hadnt found a taxi that night?