Date: February 17th, 2015

Name:

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(10 points given)

I.

Put the following verbs at Past Perfect Tense, adding BEFORE:

e.g. Bill saw the house. Bill had seen the house before.
(10 points each sentence)
1) I was in London.
2) We ate a lot of sweets.
3) Roy read the newspaper.
4) They said something to me.
5) He wrote a book about trees.
(5 points each)
II.

Match the pairs of sentences with their meaning:

1. When my sister left, Jim and I had an argument.

2. When my sister left, Jim and I were having an argument.
a) She left during the argument.
b) She left before the argument

3. When Ann saw the snake, she ran up the stairs.

4. When Ann saw the snake, she was running up the stairs.
c) She was on the ground floor when she saw the snake.
d) She was on the stairs when she saw the snake.

5. When Tim arrived, they were watching Titanic on video.

6. When Tim arrived, they watched Titanic on video.
e) He watched the whole film with them.
f) He didn't see the start of the film.

7. When I spoke to John, he looked at his newspaper.

8. When I spoke to John, he was looking at his newspaper.
g) He didn't want to speak to me.
h) I interrupted his reading.

Barem:
Se puncteaz orice alte modaliti de rezolvare corect a cerin elor. Nu se acord punctaje
intermediare dect cele precizate explicit prin barem.
Se acord 10 puncte din oficiu. Nota final se calculeaza prin mpartirea punctajului total
acordat pentru test la 10.
Partea I:
1. I had been in London before.
2. We had eaten a lot of sweets before.
3. Roy had read the newspaper before.
4. They had said something to me before.
5. He had written a book about trees before.
Partea a II-a:
a-2; b-1; c-3; d-4; f-5; e-6; h-8; g-7