Административная контрольная работа по английскому языку-8класс

Variant 1

№1. Put the verbs in the Past Continuous.

1.        Around me people (to talk) Russian, Italian and English.

2.      Arnold (to talk) to some of the other guests on the terrace when Hardy came.

3.      You (to play) chess at six o'clock?

4.      All night long the stars (to glitter).

№2       Put the verbs in the    Past Simple                      

1. Yesterday he (to wash)  his face at a quarter past seven.         

2. I ( to work)  at school 3 years ago 

3. We ( to study)  at university in 1998.      

4. My mother (not to like)  milk in her childhood.

№3.Fill in the appropriate words: weather, misty,  rainstorm, cold.

1.      I looked through the window and saw that it was a grey  … morning.

2.      There was an awful … yesterday. It rained hard and a strong wind was blowing.

3.      The weather forecast says there will be … weather.

4.      Weathermen collect information about  ...

№ 4.  Put the verbs Past Simple or Past Continuous

1.I (to play) computer games yesterday.

2.I (to play) computer games at five o'clock yesterday.

3.He (to play) computer games from two till three yesterday.

№5.  Put the words in right order and translate the sentences:

1)    music, I, a long, for, have not, time, listened, to.

2)    Galileo, telescope, the first, made, it, and, looked through.

№6. The word in capitals above each of the following sentences can be used to form a word that fits suitably in the blank space. Fill each blank in this way.

Example:  DISASTER

More than 200 people were killed during the disastrous hurricane in 1992.

1. CHANGE

Thank goodness that our weather isn't so ….

2. SUN

When we got to Spain, it was very hot and ….

3. EXPLORE

Neil Armstrong was the first … on the Moon.

4. SCIENCE

We have already discussed the most important … problems on our planet.

№7. Choose the correct form of the verb.

1. I … him before we met at the concert.

   a) didn't see     b) wasn't seeing         c) hadn't seen

2. When mother came home, the children … the soup.

   a) ate       b) were eating       c) had eaten

3. The telegram … some minutes after he had left.

   a) came    b) was coming       c) had come

№8.  Reading 

                                                  William Shakespeare

On April 23, 1564 William Shakespeare was born in Stratford - upon - Avon. His mother was the daughter of a farmer. His father was a glove - maker. William attended a grammar school in Stratford and had quite a good education. There he learned to love reading.

While he was a teenager, he married a woman some years older than himself. He had three children: the eldest is the daughter and then twins – a son and another girl. In 1587 William went to work in London leaving his family at home. Some people say that the reason was his love of poetry and theatre.

In London Shakespeare began to write plays and become an important member of a well - known acting company. Most of his plays were performed in the new Globe Theatre built on the bank of the river Thames. In 1613 he stopped writing and went to live in Stratford when he died in 1616. His plays are well - known and still acted not only in England but in the whole world.

A. Complete the sentences according to the text

1. Shakespeare was born…

a) on April 22             b) on April 23             c) on August 23

2. Shakespeare’s father was…

a) a glove - maker       b) a clock - maker       c) a shoe - maker

3. At school William learned to love…

a) dancing                   b) reading                   c) singing

4. Shakespeare went to work in…

a) New York              b) Cardiff                   c) London

  KEYS:

1. were talking, was talking, were plying, were glittering

2. washed, worked, studied, didn’t like

3. misty, rainstorm, cold, weather

4. played, was playing, was playing

5. I have not listened to music for a long time.

Galileo made the first telescope and looked through it.

6. Changeable, sunny, exploration, scientific.

7. 1.c, 2.b, 3a.

8. 1. b, 2.a, 3. b, 4. c.

Variant 2.

№1.       Put the verbs in the    Past Simple                      

1. Our children ( to play)  football last year

2. You ( to work) at the hospital last week?  

3. We ( not to rest)  yesterday 

4. My friend (to live)  in America 2 years ago.     

№2. Put the verbs in the Past Continuous.

1.He drank some of the wine and ate several chunks of bread while he (to wait) for his dinner to come up.

2.The family (to prepare) for the party.

3.A few minutes later Edward (to hurry) through the streets to his bus stop.

4.She (not  help) mother about the house from two till seven.

№3. Fill in the appropriate words: climate, mild ,changeable

1.  The weather in April is always … : it may be rainy in the morning and warm and sunny in the afternoon.

2.  What do you know about the … of Moscow and other parts of Russia ?

3.  Why do you think most people prefer to live in places with … climate ?

№ 4.  Put the verbs Past Simple or Past Continuous

1.We (to play) computer games the whole evening yesterday.

2.What  Nick (to do) when you came to his place?

3.We (to  go) to London two years ago.

№5.  Put the words in right order .

1.were, something, They, interesting, looking at, more.

2.careful, should be, Spacemen, with, very, their, spacesuit.

№6. The word in capitals above each of the following sentences can be used to form a word that fits suitably in the blank space. Fill each blank in this way.

Example:  DISASTER

More than 200 people were killed during the disastrous hurricane in 1992.

1. TYPE

A very violent wind is … of a tornado.

2. LOVE

It’s a… day, isn’t it?

NATURE

…disasters, such as tornadoes and hurricanes, can damage houses and hurt people.

 3. RESEARCH

The young … has received a small grant to continue his exploration.

№7. Choose the correct form of the verb.

1. The telegram … some minutes after he had left.

   a) came    b) was coming       c) had come

2. While we … the road I saw Victor.

   a) crossed     b) were crossing      c) had crossed

3. When … your sister … to London?

   a) did … go    b) was … going   c) had gone

№8.  Reading 

                                             A Sad Story

Three men came to New York for their holidays. Their names were Tom, Pete and Andy. They came to a hotel and asked for a room. The friends got a room on the forty - fifth floor.

They went sightseeing, visited the picture gallery and looked into some shops. In the evening they came back to the hotel from the cinema.

The servant in the hotel told them: “ I’m sorry, gentlemen, the lift doesn’t work. If you don’t want to go up to your room, you can sleep here, in the hall. I’ll bring you the bed linen. ”

“ No, no”, said the men, “ we shan’t sleep in the hall. We shall go up to our room. ” Then Tom said to his friends:” It’s not easy to go up to the forty - fifth floor. I know what we shall do. I shall tell you a lot of jokes. Andy will sing us songs and Pete will tell us an interesting story”.

The three friends went up to their room. They listened to Tom’s jokes, then Andy sang songs. When they came to the thirty - fifth floor, Tom said to Pete: “ Now we shall listen to your long and interesting story. ”

“ Yes”, answered Pete, “but my story is short and very sad. I have no key with me. It is on the table in the hall. ”

Write down if the sentences are true to the text or false

1. Three men came to a restaurant.

2. Three men visited a picture gallery.

3. They came back from the cinema in the afternoon.

4. Pete will sing songs.

KEYS:

1. played, did you work, didn’t rest, lived.

2. was waiting, was preparing, was hurrying, was not helping.

3. changeable, climate, mild

4. was playing, was doing went.

5. They were looking at more something interesting.

Spacemen should be very careful with their spacesuit.

6. Typical, lovely, natural, researcher.

7. 1-a, 2-b, 3-a.

8. 1-f, 2-t, 3-f, 4-f.