NAMEGRADE

ALL TENSES EVALUATION

Obiective cadru: 1.Sa cunoasca formele verbelor neregulate 2. . Sa recunoasca timpurile verbale 3. Sa utilizeze corect timpurile verbale in concordanta cu logica textului

Obiective specifice: 1. Sa utilizeze corect Past simple si Present perfect simple in functie de precizarea/neprecizarea momentului desfasurarii actiunii.

2. Sa faca diferenta intre Present perfect simple si Continuous cu SINCE/FOR in functie de continuitatea actiunii in prezent3. Sa aplice corect combinatiile Past simple & continuous4. Sa cunoasca modurile de exprimare a viitorului: be going to, present continuous, future tense.

I.Choose the most appropriate of the underlined words:Obiectiv operational: sa aleaga timpul verbal corespunzator situatiei de comunicare

1. He looks very pale. I think he’ll faint/ he is going to faint.2. My brother will be/ is going to be a famous scientist when he grows up.3. Somebody’s at the door. I’ll/ I’m going to see who it is.4. They need to be home early today so they leave/ are leaving at six.5. Our guests will be in plenty of time providing the traffic is not/ will not be bad.6. Sue asked me if I would/ will be so kind as to give her a lift.7. What sort of job do you think he will do/ will be doing in a few years time?8. By the time our parents get back all the food will have gone/ will go.]9. “I’ll do/ going to do that for you”, she told me.10. The two politicians are to/ will discuss the current political affairs.

II. Underline/circle the correct form:Obiectiv operational: sa aleaga timpul verbal corespunzator situatiei de comunicare

“Wake up, Alice dear!” said her sister. “Why, what a long sleep you’ve had/you had had!”“Oh, I’ve had such a curious dream!” says/said Alice. And she told her sister, as well as she can/could remember them, all these strange Adventures of hers that you have/had just been reading about; and when she have/had finished, her sister kissed her, and said, “It was/has been a curious dream dear, certainly; but now run into your bed; it’s getting/it was getting late”. So Alice got up and run/ran off, thinking while she ran, as well as she can/could, what a wonderful dream it has been/had been.

III. Underline the most suitable verb form:Obiectiv operational: sa aleaga timpul verbal corespunzator situatiei de comunicare

1. He had been/was upset because he had lost his wallet. 2. When I arrived home Tom has already left/ had already left.3. They were having/had dinner when the lights went off.4. He had been lying on the beach for two hours when his brother arrived/was arriving.5. The tourists left/had left the hotel before we arrived.

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6. When I opened/ was opening the door I found out that the flat has been/had been broken into.7. It was late when I arrived at the cinema so they didn’t let /hadn’t let me in.8. When the housekeeper opened the door, she saw that somebody was/were walking through the hall

in muddy shoes.9. His friends have already finished/ had already finished eating when the waiter brought them the

refreshments 10. When the taxi arrived we have been waiting/had been waiting for twenty minutes.

IV. Complete the following lines with the words given in the box:

send, learn, do, attend, work, drop, trust, survive, achieve, cope

Obiective operationale: 1. sa aleaga verbul corespunzator intelesului frazei 2. sa utilizeze timpul verbal corect

Oliver Wilmore is just such a pupil. He is particularly lucky. His school……..(1) on adventure camp twice a year. He……..(2) three scout camps each year with adventure activities. He………..(3) even more adventure skills as a voluntary trainee soldier. “Most weekends”, says Oliver, “I’m off………..(4) something. It’s great camping and canoeing and doing rope work in cliffs! It’s the………(5) together, we have to………..(6) one another. Therefore, it’s us that …….(7) it, not just me. I’ve learned to……..(8) You could …………..(9) me in the mountains, with my kit, and I’d be able to………(10) really well.”

V. Read the text and choose the best alternative to fill in the gaps:Obiectiv operational: sa aleaga timpul verbal corespunzator situatiei de comunicare

He…….(1) running at school and raced in school competitions from the age of eight, but not with any plans to be an Olympic athlete. “It………(2) the late Sixties, early Seventies, remember. Sport was only something you did when you…….(3) nothing else to do. It wasn’t something you………(4) think of making a living out of, except maybe as a PE teacher. I don’t know of anyone who……..(5) as a career, except perhaps kids who went to Eton.”Christie and his family……..(6) from racial harassment – on occasion at the hands of the police. He…….(7) also been stopped more than once in order to explain why he………(8) in possession of a new car. But he says these experiences do not mean that when he………(9), he is, or ever………….(10) fuelled by a sense of grievance.

1. A. starting B. started C. have started 2. A. was B. were C. has been

3. A. have B. had C. have had

4. A. could B. were able to C. can

5. A. think B. was thinking C. thought

6. A. suffered B. have been suffering C. have suffered

7. A. has B. have C. had

8. A will be B. is C. was

9. A is running B. has run C. runs

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10. A is B. was C. has been

VI. Rephrase the following sentences so that they mean the same:Obiectiv operational: sa reformuleze frazele pastrand intelesul initial

e.q. She hadn’t seen her granny for three years. It was three years since she had seen her granny.

1. I haven’t seen him for ages.It’s ages……………………………………………..

2. I’ve lived here since twenty-five years.How long……………………………………………

3. Julie has visited Rome twice this year.How many times……………………………………

4. Father has read 200 pages up to now.How many…………………………………………….

5. He hadn’t phoned her for two weeks.How long……………………………………………

6. When did you last have your car repaired?When was…………………………………………….

7. While he was cleaning his room my brother spilt the ink.While………………………………………………

8. First they had dinner, then watched TV.After…………………………………………………

9. She has never been given such a nice album.It’s…………………………………………………

10. After he had written his report he went for a walk.Having………………………………………………

VII. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past forms:Obiectiv operational: sa utilizeze timpul verbal trecut corespunzator situatiei de comunicare

I (enter), closed the door behind me at once, (turn) the key I found in the lock within, and (stand) with the candle (hold) aloft; there it was, the great red room of Lorraine Castle, in which the young duke (die). Or, rather, in which he (begin) his dying, for he (open) the door and fallen headlong down the steps I just (ascend). That (be) the end of his vigil, of his gallant attempt to conquer the ghostly tradition of the place. And there (be) other and older stories that clung to the room; the tale of a timid wife and the tragic end the tragic end that (come) to her husband’s jest of frightening her.

VIII. Correct the mistakes in the following sentences:Obiectiv operational: sa corecteze frazele in functie de timpul verbal corespunzator situatiei de comunicare

1. By the time she was 40, she will live in this town for ten years.2. It’s a surprise party and her friends won’t know anything about it until they got there.3. The other guests arrived before we arrived.4. We danced while you we playing cards.5. They have been learning for one hour when we called.6. When the train came to a standstill, get on and try to find your seats.7. I see the doctor tomorrow afternoon.8. We just left the house.9. Didn’t you finish the test, yet?10. They usually come to school by bus, but today they will come by car.

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DESCRIPTORI DE PERFORMANŢĂ

8 9 1075-84 puncte 85-94 puncte 95-100 puncte

5 6 745-54 puncte 55-64 puncte 65-74 puncte

4mai putin de 44 puncte

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KEY: I.

1. she’s going to faint2. is going to be3. I’ll see4. are leaving5. is not6. would7. will be doing8. will have gone9. I’ll do10. are to

II.

1. ‘ve had2. said3. could4. have5. had6. was7. it’s getting8. ran9. could10. had been

III.1. was upset2. had already left3. were having4. arrived5. had left6. opened, had been broken into1. didn’t let2. was walking3. had already finished

10.had been waiting

IV.1. sends2. attends3. learns4. doing5. working6. trust7. achieve8. survive9. drop10. cope

V.

1. started B2. was A

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3. had B4. could A5. thought C6. have suffered C7. has been stopped A8. is B9. runs C10. was B

VI.1. It’s ages since I last saw him.2. How long have you lived…….?3. How many times has she visited Rome this year?4. How many pages has father read up to now?5. How long is it since he last phoned her?6. When was the last time you had your car repaired?7. While cleaning the room. My brother spilt the ink.8. After they had had dinner they watched TV.9. It’s the nicest album she has ever been given.10. Having written his report, he went for a walk.

VII.1. entered2. turned3. stood4. held5. had died6. had begun7. had opened8. had just ascended9. had been10. there were11. came

VIII.1. she had lived/had been living2. get3. had arrived4. were dancing5. had been learning6. comes to7. am seeing8. have just left9. haven’t you finished10. are coming

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