SZKOLNY KONKUS JĘZYKA ANGIELSKIEGO
Grammar/vocabulary
NAME
CLASS
I.
Decipher the abbreviations (write them in full words in English) (5):
example: ET –Extra Terrestrial (actually, it’s not English Teacher☺, although there are some
similarities )
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
NASA- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
FBI-Federal Bureau of Investigation
CIA- Central Intelligence Agency
EU – European Union
UN- United Nations
II.
Complete the sentences using the right form of the verbs in brackets(5):
example: English (be always) has always been my favourite subject.
1. Last Sunday, when I came back home my wife (listen) had been listening to the
same CD for three hours.
2. It is 10 o’clock now. At 12 o’clock he (type) will have been typing this report for 5
hours but he may finish it in the evening.
3. What (she cook) was she cooking when you (enter) entered her kitchen last
Saturday?
4. She (work) has been working hard since Monday, but she hasn’t finished the report
yet.
III.
Complete the sentences with one word built from the words given in
brackets(5):
example: English is definitely my (favour) favourite subject at school
1. This spider is (poison) poisonous.It can kill you.
2. Carol is a very (suspect) suspicious person. She thinks all the people are trying to
trick her.
3. Many mothers with young babies suffer from (tired) tiredness.
4. The news of Scott’s death and (disaster) disastrous expedition shocked the world.
5. She’s a very (organise) disorganised person. She can never remember where she
put her things. There’s always a mess on her desk.
IV.
Write a synonym (one word) (5):
example: big-large
1. silent- quiet/taciturn/mute
2. unhappy- depressed/miserable
3. wealthy- rich/well-off..
4. baggage- luggage
5. wonderful- magnificent/marvellous/
miraculous/fantastic...
V.
Translate into English the fragments in brackets(5):
example: (Pisanie) Writing English tests is my favourite pastime.
1. I won’t come (chyba że) unless Mark himself invites me.
2. If (byś mi powiedziała) you had told me about it yesterday, I would have dealt with it.
3. Listen! Some dead bodies (właśnie zostały znalezione) have just been found in the
ruins.
4. Nobody likes (być wyśmiewanym) being laughed at
5. (Ani)Neither my dad (ani) nor my brother likes football.
VI.
Write the missing word (only one in each gap) (5)
example: -I love learning English.
- So do I
1. There are a lot of fascinating problems in the English grammar, aren’t there ?
2. -I won’t forget this English competition. – Neither/Nor will I.
3. The past participle of the verb catch is caught
4. There are two men in the picture. One man is wearing a suit, the other man is wearing
casual clothes.
5. This watch is almost the same as that one.
Uzupełnij każde z niedokończonych zdań tak, aby zachować znaczenie
zdania wyjściowego. Nie zmieniaj podanych fragmentów. Jedna kreska
odpowiada jednemu brakującemu słowu (5p):
example: Everybody loves English in our school.
English is loved by everybody in our school.
1. It’s too big.
It’s not small
enough
2. I borrowed some money from my friend.
My friend lent me some money.
3. It is said that Columbus discovered America.
Columbus is said to have
discovered America.
4. “Why don’t we go to a concert?”, he said.
He suggested going to a concert
5. “Are you going to buy that house?”, he asked them.
He asked them if they were going to buy that house.
VII.
VIII.
Choose the right answer (there is only one!) (5):
example: I really enjoy learning ________________.
a. English
b. German
c. Physics
d. Biology
1. I’ m getting so fat that I must stop ____________ sweets.
a. eat
b. to eat
c. eating
d. eaten
2. It’s a pity we took the plane. It was so expensive. I wish we ________________
a. had travelled by car b. we hadn’t travelled by car c. travelled by car
d. had taken the plane
3. Why is Sawyer late? He might ________________________
a. has overslept b. have overslept
c. oversleep d. overslept
4. When I was a child, my father __________________me to the river every Sunday.
a. taked
b. had taken
c. used to took
d. would take
5. This English competition has been so ___________________ for me
a. boring
b. dull
c. unnecessary
d. enjoyable
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