CLASA A IX-A, SECŢIUNEA A

INSPECTORATUL ŞCOLAR JUDEŢEAN PRAHOVA

OLIMPIADA DE LIMBĂ ENGLEZĂ

ETAPA JUDEŢEANĂ
18.03.2017
CLASA A IX-A, SECŢIUNEA A

VARIANTA 1

Question I
(50 points)

Write a 250-word narrative essay ending like this: ‘She gave a sigh of relief as the police officer went
away’. Give your story a suitable title.

Question II
(25 points)

Last Sunday you went to a concert with your friends. Write a letter to Sam, your English pen friend, telling
him about the venue where it took place, who you went with and the atmosphere there. (120-150 words).
Do not sign your letter.

Question III (25 points)

A Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.

(10x1p=10 points)

Diana looked up her boyfriend’s phone number in the telephone directory because she 1) ……………
(forget) it. She was quite surprised when his phone 2) ……………. (answer) by a woman. “Er, hello … . Is
John there?” “Yes, but he 3) ……………… (have) a shower at the moment”. So Diana asked the woman
to tell him that his girlfriend 4) ……….. (phone). Half an hour passed and she 5) …………… (begin) to get
impatient. She said to herself, “If he 6) …………….. (not/ring) in two minutes, I 7) …………… (phone) him
back”. Two minutes later she phoned him back. This time a man 8) ……………. (answer). “John Jacobs
speaking”. “You 9) ……….. (not be) my boyfriend!” exclaimed Diana. “I know,” he replied. “That’s what I
10) …………….. (try) to tell my wife for the past half hour!”.

B Use the word in capitals at the end of each sentence to form another word that fits in each blank
space.
(5x1p=5 points)

Puppets are dolls representing

(1)……….or modern characters in 1 TRADITION
stories. They are a popular form of
(2) ....... for both children and adults. 2 ENTERTAIN
Some puppets seen in Europe today

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were (3) .......created in Italy in the 3 ORIGIN

1500s. A puppet show was an (4)..... 4 EXPENSIVE
way to enjoy yourself so people could
go to see the same (5) .......again and again. 5 PERFORM

C For each of the sentences below, write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the original
sentence. You must use between two and five words, including the word given. The word must not be
altered in any way.
(5x2p=10 points)

1. The food was so good we had to leave a tip. SUCH

It………………… that we had to leave a tip.

2. The match will be played tomorrow unless it rains. LONG

The match will be played tomorrow as ………….…any rain.

3. ‘What do you think of the college?’ she asked me. ASKED

She……………………of the college.

4. It started raining on Saturday and it has not stopped yet. SINCE

It………………….Saturday.

5 After walking five miles he was tired. COME

He …………….. foot and was tired.

Nota: Toate subiectele sunt obligatorii. Timp de lucru: 3 ore.

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