MINISTERUL EDUCATIEI, CERCETARII SI TINERETULUI
INSPECTORATUL SCOLAR JUDETEAN DOLJ
OLIMPIADA DE LIMBA ENGLEZA FAZA LOCALA -GIMNAZIU -11 APRILIE, 2008 Clasa aVI-a
SUBJECT I
Ask "wh-" questions about the underlined parts of the following sentences:
1.	The English teacher gave us a test last week.
2.	People often go to pubs in London because they have accessible prices.
3.	The top model is wearing a silver dress tonight.
4.	The weather was warm and sunny yesterday.
5.	Nothing has happened so far.
10 points (5 x2p= lOp) SUBJECT II
Find the mistake and write the correct sentences on your answer sheet. (Some sentences may be correct).
1.  A snake hasn't got legs.
2.   When bats sleep?
3.   My cat drink milk.
4.   Bowerbirds can dance?
5.   Kangaroos leave in Australia.
6.   Last night were many strange noises outside.
7.   He is one year bigger than me.
8.   At last the ship it managed to reach the harbour.
9.   How could you make so much mistakes?
10. We didn't have nothing to say about that.
20 points (10 x2p = 20p) SUBJECT III
Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before:
1.   Your friend is a smart guy. What...............................
2.  Is this your first visit to Romania? Have you............................... ?
3.   Her clothes are much more expensive than mine. My clothes..................................................
4.   The film was so violent that I got scared. .............................film that I got scared.
5.  Who do these clothes belong to? Whose..................................?
6.  John does not play football as well as Peter. Peter...................................................
7.   Jimmy is still doing his homework.

Jimmy hasn't...............................
8.   She doesn't often visit us
She rarely...................................
9.   Can you learn ten poems in a day?
 Are you....................................?
10. The correctness of his English is absolute. 
He speaks English.................................
30 points (10x3p=30p) SUBJECT IV
Which is the right choice? Write the correct word in each sentence on your answer sheet.
a.    1. My favourite/ preferred period of the year is spring.
2.   Your hair is too long. Give me those cutters/ scissors and I'll cut it.
3.   I'm sure I'll meat/ meet him at the conference.
4.   Pears/ pairs are ripe in autumn.
5.   They grow a sort of flowery/ floury potatoes in this field.
10 points (5x2p = lOp)
b.    6. Those are my photos. Give.........................
A. me it  B. it to me  C them to me
7. Anne has a son. ..................name is Edward.
A. her  B. his  C. their
8. There ......food in the kitchen.
A. aren't any  B. isn't any  C. isn't some
9. ......girl is your daughter?    
A. what  B. which   C. who
10. Julia is standing............Andrew.
A. after  B. at back  C. behind
11. Peter, is this pen....................?
A. of you   B. you   C. yours
12. It was a good hotel..........the food was very expensive.
A. and  B. but  C. because
13. She is the.........girl in the class.
A. cleverer  B. cleverest  C. most clever
14. There wasn't.............in the garden.
A. anybody  B. somebody  C. nobody
15. That dress is...........big for you.
A. so much  B. too much  C. too
20 points (10x2p=20p)
NOTA: Toate subiectele sunt obligatorii. Timp de lucru - 2 ore. Se acorda 10 puncte din oficiu.