Контрольная работа по теме "Исследование космоса и сложные времена группы Continuous: Past Continuous и Present Perfect Continuous"

Complete the following sentences with A / AN, THE or no article:

1.       Every summer she goes to ……………..sea.

2.       ……….Earth is the third planet from ……….Sun.

3.       ………. Venus is the hottest planet of ………..Solar System.

4.       ………..Mars looks reddish.

5.       I spent my autumn holidays in ……….. country.

6.       …………. moon is a satellite of our planet. 

7.       …………..Milky Way isn`t the only galaxy in space.

Complete the following sentences with: spaceship, key, explore, has launched, research, astronauts, solve, intergalactic, researcher, space station, telescope, explore

1.       Some galaxies can be seen without a 8)………………….

2.       My little brother is fond of everything connected with space. I have bought him a toy 9)…………….for his birthday.

3.       People spend a lot of money on medical and scientific 10)………………. .

4.       An expedition was sent to 11)………………….  Antarctica. 

5.       Our company 12)……………………….. an international project recently.

6.       13)…………………were repairing the space station the whole week.

7.       He said that it was our 14)……………problem and we have to 15)………………. it as soon as possible.

8.       The 16)………………………… `s job is to get information and to make experiments.

9.       People haven`t invented 17)…………………… starships yet.

10.   Russian and American worked together at the 18)……………… .

Complete the following sentences with the correct form of a verb:

1.       When the teacher 19)……….(came/ was coming/ has come), I 20)…………. (worked / was working / have worked) on the computer.

2.       Granny 21)………… (made / was making / has been making) a cake at 8 pm yesterday.

3.       The pupils 22)……………. (ski / are skiing / have been skiing) for an hour.

4.       They 23)……………… (discuss, are discussing, have been discussing) their plans since morning.

5.       On Monday while he 24)………………….( cooked / was cooking / has been cooking) lunch the postman 25)…….. (brought / was bringing / has brought) him a letter from his friend.

6.       I am tired. I 26)……………… (do / am doing / has been doing) my homework since morning.

7.       My sister 27)……………. (drew / was drawing / has been drawing) a picture at 11 am the day before yesterday.

Translate from Russian into English:

28.   С двух часов

29.   С воскресенья

30.   В течение трех дней

31.   В течение пяти лет

32.   С октября

33.   В течение 20 минут

34.   С Нового Года