Контрольная работа за 1 четверть 8 класс

8-й класс  Контроль навыков письма 1 / Writing Test 1

Fill in the missing word/phrase. There are four words you do need to use.

• home-cooked    •reliable         •side                •nourishing                 •mashed   •fussy
• stubborn  •nephew     •packed           •spicy    •poached       •undercooked    •raw    •slim

1. I will have the grilled fish with steamed rice and a _____ salad, please.
2. Would you like to stay for dinner? We’re having roast chicken with _________ potatoes.
3. Linda takes a _____ lunch to work, because he doesn’t like leaving the office to eat out.
4. I really don’t know what to cook for my son. He’s such a _______ eater that I’m afraid he won’t like anything I serve.
5. Milk and other dairy products are very ________for young children, as they help them grow strong and healthy.
6. Ben eats out so often that he always welcomes the chance to have a nice ________ meal whenever he visits his mother.
7. Nadia is a pretty girl with blue eyes and a(n) ________ build.
8. Meg made a delicious ______sauce for the spaghetti.
9. Don’t worry, Greg will be here on time; he’s very ________ .
10. Tim is so _______! He never listens to anyone and does whatever he wants.

Underline the correct item

11. There’s someone at the door. I go/will go and see who is it.
12. I promise I am helping/will help you with your homework as soon as I can.
13. The film starts/is starting at 7:00. Do you want to go to dinner before that?
14. Nicole is always interrupting/has always interrupted me whenever I tell a story. It’s so annoying!
15. Watch where you’re going! You are falling/are going to fall into that hole!
16. We took Jill out to lunch to cheer her up, because she’s been going off/going through a rough time at work.
17. The new clothes shop has a great variety of jeans and shirts at very low/poor pries.
18. My aunt made a delicious raw/spicy sauce for the spaghetti.
19. Daniel is too/enough selfish to care about what others think of him.
20.  I rarely pay in/with cash.

Put the adjectives in brackets into the correct form.

21. Tim is ______(sociable) person in our family.
22. Ron is _____(patient) teacher I have ever had.
23. Don’t you think your niece needs to be a bit ____(sensitive) to other people’s feelings?
24. According to an English saying, the _______ (old) we grow, the wiser we become.
25. His nephew was very rude to Nicole. I think that _______ (little) he could do is apologise to her.

Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect or the present perfect continuous.

26. Can we go soon? We____ (walk) around this department store for the last two hours!
27. I ____ look through these cookbooks for a good seafood recipe for over an hour, but I can’t decide on one. Can you help me choose?
28. ________(you/try) the new Chinese restaurant that opened last week yet?
29. Do you want to go shopping? I _____(not/spend) my birthday money yet and I want to buy a new outfit for the party.
30. Phillip ________(never/buy) anything from a flea market before.

Ключи:	9 reliable 10 stubborn 11 will 12 will 13 starts 14 is interrupting 15 are going to fall 16 going through 17 low	18 spicy 19 too 20 in 21 the most 22 the most 23 more 24 older 25 the least	26 have been walking 27 have been looking 28 have tried 29 haven’t spent 30 has never bought	Критерии оценивания
1 side 2 mashed 3 packed 4 fussy 5 nourishing 6 home-cooked 7 slim 8 spicy				Количество верных ответов	26-30	16-25	6-15	5 и менее
				Оценка	5	4	3	2