OPŠTINSKA TAKMIČENJA

1998
I FILL IN THE BLANKS. If you think that no word is needed, put a dash.
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A: In ____ 15 century many explorers wanted to find _____ shorter way to India. _____ Italian sailor
Christopher Columbus thought he could reach it by sailing west.
On _____ 3rd of August, 1492, Columbus was given three ships for _____ trip This is how _______ New World
was discovered.
B: Yesterday my brother and I were quarrelling. He got mad and threw a book _______ me. The book hit a vase.
It fell and broke __________ pieces. ________ that moment our mother came _________ the room. She said
nothing. She only looked _________ us angrily. We left the room __________ silence.
II COMPLETE THE POEM BY PUTTING IN THE SHORT FORMS OF THE VERBS IN THE BOX.
we have, I will, there is, that is
Mother, ___________________ a strange man waiting at the door.
Shall I give him what he wants or send him on his way?
OK _________________ give him 5 p Say ___________ all _____________ got today.
III THERE IS ONE MISTAKE IN EACH OF THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES. FIND IT AND WRITE THE
CORRECTED SENTENCE BELOW.
1. Where did you go last morning?
__________________________________________________________
2. As I have not got any car, I shall come by bus.
____________________________________________________
3. Do you like hearing music? _________________________________________________________
4. Ann needn't work hard, because she finds English easily.
_________________________________________________________________
5. What does it like? __________________________________________________________
6. Which kind of work would you to do one day? ______________________________________________
IV ASK
1. who came home late. _________________________________________________________________
2. where the bus stopped. ________________________________________________________________
3. why I was crying. ____________________________________________________________________
V COMPLETE THE SENTENCES. USE THE CORRECT FORM OF THE'WORDS \H BRACKETS
A: Yesterday I went to the zoo and saw a few gray __________ (wolf) with little ___________ (puppy)
Only a few metres away a herd of _________ (deer) was resting in the shade. Some wild ________ (goose) were
swimming in the nearby pond. It was a lovely sight.
B: Barbara Walter is a successful writer. She was only 16 when she __________ (win) her first prize. She
___________ (get) awards since then. She ________________ (now work) on a new book. __________ (write), as
you know, ____________ (always be) her main preoccupation in life.
VI CIRCLE THE BEST ANSWER (a, b or c)
1. What _______________ to her?
a) did happen b) have happened c) happened
f -
2. John is away on holiday. He ____________ to Budva. ,
a) is gone b) has gone c) was gone
3. We never write a letter in red ink, _______________?
a) do we not b) do we c) don't we
4. How __________________ now? Better than last night?
a) are you feeling b) you feel c) you are feeling
5. It's a lovely afternoon. Let's go ______________________.
a) swim b) to swimming c) swimming
6. You do not eat the right things. You eat ________________ junk food.
a) too much - b) lot of c) plenty

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1999
I Use the correct form of each verb in the box to complete the letter. You may need to use some verbs more than once.
fly, leave, reach, stay, meet, be, get, eat Frankfurt, May 27, 1998
Dear Clare,
I (1)__________ Australia at the end of April and now I (2) _____________ closer to Britain every day! I (3)
_____________ now with my German pen friend. Last night we (4)________________ some frankfurters. They
(5)_______________ delicious! I enjoyed (6)___________ them. We (7)____________ home until after midnight.
On Wednesday I (8) ________________ to Belgium. Peter (9) _______________ me at the airport if my letter
(10)__________ him in time.
See you soon, Love, Patricia
II This is the questionnaire for the members of the drama club. Use the words in brackets to make questions.
Example: Who is your favourite actor? (who / favourite actor)
1. _______________________________________________________? (when / born)
2. _______________________________________________________? (how long / a member of the club)
3. _______________________________________________________? (what / especially / interested in)
III Complete the text. Fill in the gaps where necessary.
Have you ever dreamed (1) _____ going (2) _____ Australia? Here's your chance (3) _____ win a holiday!
(4) _____ winners will spend four days in Brisbane. (5) ______ the fifth day they'll visit Sydney (6) _____
they will see most (7) _____ the sights tourists never fail to visit, including (8) _____ Sydney Harbour and (9)
_____ Opera House.
IV Correct and rewrite the sentences. In each sentence there is only ONE mistake (not a spelling one).
1. Don't worry! I will pay for me.
_________________________________________________________
2. What is the longest river in the world, the Amazon or the Nile?
_________________________________________________________
3. There were a lots of apples in the basket.
_________________________________________________________
4. The books aren't our, they belong to him.
_________________________________________________________
5. Nobody doesn't live here.
_________________________________________________________
6. He swims quite good for a boy of six.
_________________________________________________________
7. What a nice weather we are having today!
_________________________________________________________
V Use one of the words in the box to complete the sentences. so, because of, also, but, although, because
____________ it was very late, my friends decided to go out. I couldn't go with them___________ my kid brother;
I had to baby sit for him, ____________ I stayed at home.
VI Put these words in the correct order to make a sentence.
1. the / was / highest / climb / first / mountain / the / he / world’s / to
___________________________________________________________.
2. our/ in / books / how / are / library / many / there ?
____________________________________________________________?
3. for / Japanese / good / the / are / cars / famous / their ?
____________________________________________________________?
VII Complete the conversation
A. Where's John? _______________________________? (still / sleep)
B. Yes. He _________________(not feel) well. He ______________ (have) a. bad cold for the last few days.
A. Oh, it's not just a cold. He _______________ (not be) well since his girlfriend _____________ (leave) him.

2003
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I Make questions for the underlined words or phrases:
1. Jane phoned Paul and Mark.
Who _________________________________________?
2. She rang them up to say hello.
Who _________________________________________?
3. She calls them every day.
How_________________________________________?

II There is ONE mistake in each sentence. Find it and rewrite the corrected sentence:
1. He is interesting in music.
________________________________________________
2. They saw a few sheeps in the field.
__________________________________________________
3. "Hitch-hike" is a word who means to travel free in somebody's car.
________________________________________________________________

III Fill in the blanks with ONE suitable word. Each word should be used only once.
Scrabble is the world's __________ (1) popular word game. For __________ (2) origins, we have __________ (3)
go back to __________ (4) 1930s in the USA, when Alfred Butts found __________ (5) out of work. He decided
that __________ (6) was a market for a board game based __________ (7) words and decided to design
__________ (8). Eventually he made a fortune from __________ (9) in spite of the fact that his original profit was
only three cents __________ (10) game.

IV Complete with a / an , the, or Ø :

Ann wants to become _____ (1) actress when she grows up. They've got _____ (2) drama club at _____ (3) school.
Every year _____ (4) drama club puts on _____ (5) play. They are doing Peter Pan this year and Ann's got _____
(6) part in it. She's got _____ (7) part of Wendy.

V Write the following numbers in words. Example: 10- ten

a) 3011 - _______________________________________________
b) 5738 - _______________________________________________
c) 262000 - ______________________________________________

VI Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the words in brackets:
It snowed _____________ (heavy) (1) last Sunday. There was _____________ (deep) (2) snow in the garden. Ben
and Nick wanted to clear the path. They both worked very ______________ (hard) (3). Nick dug ________ (fast)
(4) than Ben, but Ben worked ________________(careful) (5) than his brother.

VII Choose one of the verbs given below and fill in the blanks with the correct form / tense of the verb:
TAKE, LOOK, SWIM, SPEND, FALL, BE, BREAK, FLY, LIE
Last year the Greys went to Greece on holiday. They ______________ (1) most of their time ______________ (2)
on the beach and _____________ (3) in the warm sea. They ____________ (4) a lot of photographs. Unfortunately
Mr Grey ______________ (5) down the hotel steps and ______________ (6) his arm.
Next week they ________________ (7) to Mallorca. They _______________ (not) (8) to Mallorca before and now
they ___________________ (9) forward to their holiday there.

2004 MAX 40 points

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I Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the words in brackets.
1. You visited Paris last year. What did you enjoy _____________________of all? (much)
2.1 don't want these shirts. I want those green _________________. (one)
3. You are _____________________ than your friend. (lucky)
4. If you can run as __________ as she can, you must be a very good runner. (quick)
5. Is this your dictionary, Tom? No, it's ____________________. (she)
6. This town is much _____________ to live in nowadays than it was some years ago. (bad)
II Fill in the blanks with ONE of the words given below. Each word should be used only once:
ABOVE, INTO, OVER, ON, OFF, FOR, AT, FROM
The old fairy bent (1) ________________ the cradle. "My pretty Princess, you shall have a gift (2) ________ me.
When you are fifteen you will prick your finger (3) ___________ a spindle and die!" (4) _________ this everyone
was in tears. Then the last fairy spoke. "Instead of __________ dying, she shall only fall (5) ________ a deep sleep
which will last a hundred years.
III Complete each sentence with a suitable question tag.
1. She put on her new coat, __________________?
2. You couldn't come earlier, __________________?
3. Nick and Ben will be back soon, ___________________?
IV Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the words given below. LITTLE, FEW
1. I have (1) _______________ books on art than on history.
2. At the moment it is (2) _______________ important thing.
3. She says that only a (3) _______________ children went on the excursion.
V Fill in the blanks with the Saxon Genitive of the words / phrases in brackets.,
1. _______________________ games are sometimes noisy. (Children)
2. The text is about ________________________________ race. (Scott arid Amundsen)
3. _________________________ house is near the church. (The Browns)
VI Make questions for the underlined words / phrases.
1. It was Monday yesterday.
____________________________________________________________
2. The weather was very cold.
____________________________________________________________
3. Susan met Paul.
_____________________________________________________________
4. Susan and Paul usually have lunch at "the Metropolis".
______________________________________________________________________
VII Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms / tenses of the verbs given below:
FIND (just), BE, HAVE, BEGIN, HAVE (already), THINK, CRY, RUN, SPEAK, CAN
Mr and Mrs Dearly were worried because they (1) (not) ____________________ find their Dalmatians, Pongo and
Missis. "Hello...! "(2) ____________ Cruella. As she (3) ___________________ , the cook (4)__________ into the
hall. "I (5) ________________ them! They (6) _______________ in the cupboard and Missis (7) ______________
puppies right now! She (8) ___________________ three!" "Excellent!" Cruella (9) ________________ to smile
(10) ____________________ about her Dalmatian coat.
VIII In each sentence there is only ONE mistake (not a spelling one). Find it and rewrite the corrected sentence.
1. He always writes on German. _______________________________________
2. They walked along the Fifth Avenue. _____________________________________
3. What colour is it's roof? __________________________________________________
4. France is an European country. ______________________________________________
IX Make sentences.
1 . does / to / long / home / it / How / him / get / take ?
_______________________________________________________________________________
2. go / us / fishing / too / The / to / of / like / two .
________________________________________________________________________________
2005 max 40 total ______________________________
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I Choose one of the words given below and fill in the blanks with the correct form / tense of the verb:
SEE THINK DRIVE HAVE STOP BE LEAVE BUY
It was Friday evening. Helen (1)_______________ her office at 5.30 and (2) _____________ out of town towards
her house. She (3) _______________ a fruit seller beside the road. Helen (4) ____________ and (5)
_______________ a melon. 'Mum and I (6) (not) ______________ a melon since last year," she
(7)_____________.

II Write a dialogue between a doctor and a patient Use the correct form / tense of the verbs in brackets.
Doctor: What can I do for you? '
Patient (1)_________________________________ (1)/ I (hurt) my foot /
D: Yes. It’s a bit swollen. (2) ____________________________________? (2) / How long it (be) like this /
P: A couple of days.
D: (3) _________________________________? (3) / How it (happen) /
P: (4) _____________________________________. (4) / I (fall) over /
D: I see. (5) ___________________________________. (5) / I (put) a bandage on it /

III Fill In the blanks with the present tense of the verbs MUST and NEED.
Nick (1)______________ a computer. It (2) (not) ___________________ belong to the newest generation, but it
(3) __________________ be of good quality and it (4) (not) ______________be too expensive.
Nick (5) (not)_________________ a laptop.

IV Write the following percentage in words.

23.5% _________________________________________________________________
V Complete the sentences with the appropriate REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS.
Children often imagine (1) ______________________ in exciting situations.
Have you ever imagined (2) ______________________ in a spaceship -alone?
Can you imagine a car that can steer (3) ________________________?

VI Make comparisons using the words in brackets.

The rhino is one of (1) _________________________ animals in the world. (large)
Its body is (2) _____________________________________than a giraffe's (heavy)
and its head is much (3) _________________________. (big)
But It is not (4) ________________________________ as a hippopotamus. (dangerous)

VII Complete the dialogue with: MANY, SOME, MUCH, ANY, NO.
A: How (1) ___________________________ luggage can we take?
B: We can take (2) _____________ extra food but we can’t carry (3) _______________ unnecessary luggage.
A: You mean to say that I can take (4) _________________ CDs at all?
B: Of course not! You can take (5) ___________________ but not too (6) ________________________.

VIII Fill in each blank with one of these words: on, over, because of, until, in, soon, across, although.
An amateur astronomer in Australia took a picture of a new bright star (1) __________________ he didn’t know
what it was (2) _____________ later. (3) _________________ telephones were ringing, telegrams were sent all
(4) ___________________ the world.

IX Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the words in brackets.
Nick's (1) ________________ to Boston was fine. (fly)
He hopes for another (2) __________________. (invite)
Agatha Christie's thrillers have surprise (3) ______________. (end)
There are some (4) _______________ words in our language. (Holland)
You'll have to buy at (5) ______________________ a dozen. (little)

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2006 max 40 total ______________________________
I Choose one of the verbs given below and fill in the blanks with the appropriate form/tense of the verb
stop; begin; block; crash; hit; throw; die; cause; starve; bring
Many scientists believe that a large asteroid (1) _______________ into the earth 65,000,000 years ago. The asteroid
(2) _______________ huge amounts of dust and water into the atmosphere (3) _______________ out the sun. The
vegetation (4) _______________ off and the dinosaurs (5) _______________ to death. One scientist says that
asteroids (6) _______________ more than half of the species' extinction since life on Earth (7) _______________
600 million years ago.
II There are two mistakes in each line. Underline them and write the corrected forms in the blank spaces on the
right
"A lady which foot this slipper fits is my true love," 1) __________, 2) __________
told the Prince. "I am visited every house in search of her." 3) __________, 4) __________
Cinderellas stepsisters rushed to try out the slipper. 5) __________, 6) __________
They squeezed and pushed so hard as they can, 7) __________, 8) __________
but their clumsy foot were far much big for the tiny shoe. 9) __________, 10) __________
III Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the words in brackets
a) When I saw the two (1) __________ (thief) in my living room, I was really (2) __________. (frighten)
b) You should wear (3) __________ (comfort) shoes when you go sightseeing because it can be quite
(4) __________. (tire)
IV Fill in the blanks with the appropriate pronoun
1. Everybody enjoyed _______________ at the party.
2. Mark and I went to the match with some friends of __________________.
V A dialogue at baggage reclaim at Gatwick Airport In London. Fill in the blanks (1, 2, 3, 7, 8) with the correct
form/tense of the verbs in brackets and make questions for the underlined words (4, 5, 6)
Passenger: "Excuse me. One of my cases (1) ______________________________.” (not arrive)
Officer:” Can I see your ticket, please? You (2) ______________________ (come) from Amsterdam on
flight BA17, and you have three pieces of luggage."
P: "Yes."
O: "Right. I (3) __________________ (take) the details. (4)_______________________________?” (look)
P: "It's black. It's big with my name and home address in Amsterdam."
O: "Thanks. (you) (5) __________________________ (stay) in London?
P: "At the 'Hilton' hotel."
O: "(you) {6) _____________________________ (be) there?"
P:” Two weeks. Until October 5th."
O: Thank you. Don't worry. When it (7) ______________, (arrive) we (8) ________________ (phone) you at
your hotel."
VI Write the dialog between Carol and her friend Amy. Use all the words given below and add the necessary
ones
Carol: "You / late / again! Why / you / can / not / be / time/?"
Amy: "I am sorry. I / just / leave / when / telephone / ring /. It was Ellen.
She / want / some/ help / her English assignment.
Carol: "1) _________________________! 2) _____________________________________?
Amy: "I am sorry. 3) I _____________________ 4) ________________________________.
It was Ellen: 5) ________________________________________________________.
VII Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of
a few, easy, high, a little
Children get sunburnt more 1) ___________ than the adults. Sunscreen for children should have the
2) _____________ possible sun protection filter number, not 3) ________________ than 15 and contain
4) __________________ chemical ingredients than sunscreen for adults

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2007 max 40 total ______________________________
I Circle the correct option (a, b, c or d):
1. I don't think we've met before. You're confusing me with ___________.
a) some other b) someone other e) other person d) someone else
2. She doesn't know how little time ____________________.
a) is there b) it is e) there is d) is it
3. We have seen the birthday present _____________ Jim got.
a) / b) whose c) whom d) what
4. That’s the hotel ________________ we stayed last year.
a) which b) that c) what d) where
5. It was _____________ useful information.
a) so b) such c) such a d) such an
6. It's only ten o'clock. You _______________ hurry.
a) can't b) mustn't c) needn't d) wouldn't
7. I couldn't hear what she was ____________.
a) telling b) saying c) talking d) speaking
8. John's got some great news, __________ ?
a) is he b) isn't he c) has he d) hasn't he

II Fill in the blanks with the appropriate verb forms using each verb only once:
BE, INVITE, PREPARE, TAKE PART, ATTEND, HAVE, MAKE,
Last night we __________ (1) the fashion show of a promising young designer. Emily Johnson is only 20 but she
(already) ____________________ (2) several shows. She __________ (3) 10 when she __________ (4) her first
dress. At the age of 15 she __________ (5) to present her creations at the local fashion show.
Now she __________ (6) her summer collection. Hopefully, next year she _____________________ (7) in London
Fashion Week.
III Fill in all the blanks with one suitable word.
__________ (1) doorbell rang and my sister entered __________(2) waiting __________ (3) someone to let her in.
"You sure picked _________ (4) good day __________ (5) going away," she yelled over __________ (6) shoulder
__________ (7) me as she put __________ (8) sack of groceries she was carrying __________ (9) the table.
"Arizona couldn't be any hotter __________ (10) New York today."
IV In each of the following sentences there is one mistake (not a spelling one). Underline it and write the correct
form in the blank spaces on the right.
1. Mary is a good friend of you, isn't she? ____________________
2. She divided her possessions equally among her two children. ____________________
3. Fifteen divided with five is three, isn't it? ____________________
4. The news spread quickly, didn't they? ____________________
5. Every royal palace has their secrets. ____________________
V Use the appropriate form of the words in brackets to complete the sentences.
1. Those _______________over there are Picasso's, (draw)
2. Some senators reacted _______________ to the President's speech, (angry)
3. _______________ has never been a desirable quality, (lazy)
4. Freeing _______________ from the trap, the mouse ran away, (it)
5. The Smiths had two _______________ holiday last year. (month)
6. She has two _______________. (brother-in-law)
7. This is of the _______________ importance of all. (little)
VI Make three WH-questions for the following sentence.
(Make sure that this sentence is the answer to all of them.)
Tom and Peter were talking to Jim about Margaret.
1. _______________________________________________________________________?
2. _______________________________________________________________________?
3. _______________________________________________________________________?
2008 max 40 total ______________________________
I Circle the most appropriate option:
1. How many sheep ______________ there in the field?
a) is, b) have, c) was, d) are
2. I only bought this book because I was ____________ by its cover.
a) interested, b) attracted, c) invited, d) pleased
3. There were a lot of people but ____________ of them was aware of the danger.
a) no, b) every, c) none, d) neither
4. You __________ worry.
a) mustn't to, b) haven't to, c) oughtn't, d) needn't
5. The coffee tastes ___________ .
a) well, b) awful, c) badly, d) bitterly
6, You should stop _______________ your friends.
a) to criticize, b) criticize, c) to criticizing, d) criticizing

II Fill in the blanks with a suitable pronoun:

1. Pigs eat all the apples _____________ fall down.
2. She has a friend ______________ job is to train dogs.
3. What was the name of the hero ____________ killed the monster?

III Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the words in brackets:
Well, this friend of 1 (we) _______ has a dog, which he bought for his 2 (daughter) ___________ 3(ten) _________
birthday. The dog is always 4(get) _____________ into trouble. It has already 5(dig) _____________ up their
garden. One Friday it turned up with a 6(death)____________ rabbit in 7(it) _____________ mouth, which he
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(drop) ______________ on the floor of 9(they) ____________ living room.

IV Fill in the blanks with a/an, the, or /:

In 1_____ France most of 2_____ people want to have 3_____ very long time for 4_____ lunch.
In 5_____ UK it doesn't seem to be important, because 6_____people take 7_____ very quick sandwich or just
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_____ apple and it's OK.

V Fill in the blanks with the appropriate verb forms using each verb only once:
be, exhaust, buy, get, hide, feel, bring, pretend,
Alan and David came to a small inn and stopped __________ (1) bread and cheese. A pretty girl served them. Alan
told David __________ (2) to be ill. "We __________ (3) in hiding for many weeks", said Alan, "and my friend is
__________ (4). We (not) __________ (5) safe until we __________ (6) across the river." The girl was very sorry
for them. She __________ (7) them a hot meal. Later Alan and David __________ (8) in the wood.

VI Make the questions for the underlined words/phrases:

The jacket cost twenty pounds.
1. ____________________________________________________________?
2. ____________________________________________________________?

VII Correct the following sentences. Rewrite the corrected sentences in the blank spaces below
1. Seventy - six - years old A. Smith said to the reporters:
__________________________________________________________________________:
2. " I don't know why did they keep me so long in prison.
__________________________________________________________________________.
3. Nobody never told me.
__________________________________________________________________________.
4. Now, I am looking forward to live a good life."
__________________________________________________________________________.