Administrative test

КОНТРОЛЬНА РОБОТА З АНГЛІЙСЬКОЇ МОВИ

ЗА КУРС 8 КЛАСУ

УЧНЯ/УЧЕНИЦІ 8 КЛАСУ

Прізвище___________________Ім’я_____________________________

READING

I. Complete the text with the words from the box.

THE ISLE OF MAN

The Isle of Man is 1)______ in the Irish Sea at the geographical 2)_____ of the British Isles. Its total 3)____ is 572 square kilometres. As well as the main island of Man itself, the Isle of Man 4)____ some nearby small 5)______ .They are the partially inhabited Calf of Man and the 6)____ Chicken Rock and St Patrick’s Isle. The 7)____and the largest city of the Isle is Douglas. The8) ____of the state is Queen Elizabeth II, who holds the title of Lord of Man. The Crown is represented by a Lieutenant Governor. The island is not 9)_____ of the United Kingdom, but foreign 10)_______ and defence are the responsibility of the government of the United Kingdom.

ІI. Match the problems with the advice.

1. My sister always takes my CDs without permission. Last week she took them to a party and lost three of them.

2. My eyes hurt me a lot and I can’t see the blackboard at school.

3. I’ve lost three books from our school library. I think I left them on the train. I’m scared to tell Mr. Jones (he’s my teaсher).

4. My mother bought me a horrible shirt for my birthday. She thinks I like it and now she wants me to wear it to the party. Help!

5. I used to like a band called “The Babes” but now I hate them. I’ve removed the posters from my bedroom wall but I’ve still got Babes curtains. They were very expensive and Mum says I can’t have any new ones.

a) Be honest and tell her the truth! I’m sure she will understand.

b) Come on! Be brave. We all do things like that sometimes. If we didn’t, we wouldn’t be humans.

c) If I were you, I’d hide them in a secret place.

d) Why not? You can get some really cool ones these days.

e) Would you be able to find some little jobs and earn some money? Then you should play for books yourself.

III. Read the text and do the tasks

Love to languages

Bernard Berg, Professor of Linguistics, started as an English language teacher. He was always good at languages at school, so he decided to take his degree in French and German first. When he finished his university studies in Oxford he began teaching in a secondary school in England. Two years later, however, he met someone by chance who offered him a job teaching English to foreign students during the long summer holidays. His students were adults and he enjoyed the work greatly. He soon found he was interested in languages of different countries. Since then he has specialized in this work.

First he went to Africa for two years and then he spent a year in Spain. After that he went to Italy where he worked for three years. He hasn’t been to South America yet but he plans to go there next. He has taught men and women of all ages and of all nationalities. He has also learnt to get on with people of all walks of life. Now he is a writer but his interest in foreign languages never lessens.

I. Choose the correct answer.

1. Bernard Berg is _____________ . a) a teacher b) a professor c) a student

2. At school he was good at _____________ . a) languages b) mathematics c) biology

3. Bernard Berg studied in ______________ . a) Cambridge b) Oxford c) Eton

4. He was offered to work as a teacher __________________ .

a) two years later b) three years later c) four years later

5. He was offered to work during __________________ .

a) autumn holidays b) winter holidays c) summer holidays

6. Bernard Berg specialized in teaching ________________________________ .

a) geography of different countries b) economy of different countries c) languages of different countries

WRITING

I. Vocabulary. Underline the correct adjective.

1. She is patient/ impatient. She doesn’t mind waiting.

2. He is funny/ serious. He always tells jokes.

3. She is generous/ mean. She always spends money on other people.

4. To get a higher university/ education students have to enter an education/ a university.

5. Sixteen-year-old children go to secondary/ primary school.

6. It’s important for students to take a(an) workshop/ exam and pass it well.

II. Put the verbs in brackets into Past Simple or Past Continuous.

1. Tim _______________ (play) football when he _________ (fall) and hurt his leg.

2. Simon was working on his computer while James ______________ (talk) on the phone.

3. Frank ________________ (write) a report while his boss ______________ (read) the papers.

4. Sandra ________________ (watch) TV when her mum _________ (get) home.

5. It ______________ (rain) and a lightning _______________ (flash) in the sky as Lisa was driving to the station.

6. The children _________________ (do) their homework while their parents ______________ (pack) the bags.

III. Complete the sentences with the appropriate forms of the verbs in brackets

( Present Perfect, Past Simple, Present Perfect Continuous )

1. He ____________ (to read) the text for 3 hours. Now he can retell it.

2. Abby ___________ ( to live) in France since 1999.

3. They__________________ ( to show) a brand new movie.

4. We ________________ ( to work) at the plant 5 years ago .

5. He ____________ (to read) the text and now he can retell it.

6. They ___________ ( to live) in France in 1979.

7. It __________________ ( to snow) for four hours.

8. They ________________ ( to work) since nine o’clock.

IV. Choose the correct verb from Active and Passive Voice

1. The book (wrote / was written) by Hardy.

2. Four people (have killed / have been killed) in a train crash.

3. A famous architect (was built / built) the bridge.

4. The house (bought / was bought) by a pop-star.

5. Local police (have been arrested / have arrested) the bank robber.

6. I (arrived / was arrived) last Friday.

7. The room (will clean / will be cleaned) later.

8. ‘Did you go to the party?’ ‘No, I (didn`t invite / wasn`t invited).’

9. It`s a big company. It (is employed / employs) two hundred people.

10. Tom (has lost / has been lost) his key.

II. Write a short e-mail to a pen friend describing yourself.

Include this information:

-your name and age;

-where you are from;

-your personality;

-your hobbies and interests.

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