Тестовые задания по английскому языку для 8-9 классов

T E S T

1. Read the text and choose the right answer.

Jessica is twelve years old and she lives in London. She goes to a secondary school and she’s in class eight. Her favourite subjects are Geography and Maths. She likes Science too. She isn’t fond of French and History.

She goes to school with her friend by bus. They meet at the bus stop at quarter past eight. School lessons start at quarter to nine and finish at half past three. After school she goes home and does her homework. Then she spends time with her friends in the park. They play volleyball or rollerblade there. In the evening Jessica watches TV. She practices the clarinet, too.

On Wednesdays she doesn’t go home at half past three. She plays table tennis in the school gym. She isn’t very good at it, but it’s fun. She likes sport. On Saturday mornings Jessica has a clarinet lesson. Then she usually plays cricket with her friends in the garden.

Jessica has got a brother. His name’s Cameron. He’s ten. He goes to a primary school. He walks to school. His classes start at nine o’clock, so Cameron leaves home at ten to nine. He also likes sport. On Tuesday and Friday afternoons he has karate classes. They start at half past five and last for an hour and fifteen minutes.

1. Jessica starts school at …

a) a) quarter past nine	c) quarter to nine
b) b) half past nine	d) quarter past eight

2. Jessica needs about … to get to school.

a) a) half an hour	c) ten minutes
b) b) one hour	d) ninety minutes

3. Jessica doesn’t like … at school.

a) a) Maths	c) French
b) b) Geography	d) Science

4. Jessica goes … with fiends in the park.

a) a) to play tennis	c) to ride a bike
b) b) to play table tennis	d) to rollerblade

5. Cameron is … years old.

a) a) 8	c) 12
b) b) 10	d) 13

6. Cameron does karate … .

a) a) at the weekend	c) every Wednesday
b) b) once a week	d) twice a week

7. Cameron’s karate class finishes at … .

a) a) six thirty	c) half past six
b) b) quarter to seven	d) quarter past seven

2. Choose the true sentence.

a) Jessica goes to a primary school in London.

b) Jessica does her homework when she comes back from the park.

c) Jessica plays a musical instrument at the weekend.

d) Jessica is very good at playing table tennis.

3. Fill in the blanks with “who”, “what’, “when”, “when”, “where”, “why”. Use each word only once.

1. - _________does Jessica usually go for a walk? - In the park.

2. - _________does Cameron leave home for school? - At ten to nine.

3. - _________does the girl usually do in the park? - She rollerblades there.

4. - _________do Jess and her friend meet at the bus stop? - At quarter past eight.

5. - _________doesn’t she go home later on Wednesdays? - Because she plays table tennis.

6. - _________likes sport? - Jess’s little brother does.

T E S T

1. READING. Read the text and be able to do the tasks below.

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Mrs Brown had a daughter. Her name was Lisa. When she was four years old, she had a bicycle. It was red and white, and it had small wheels at its sides, so it always stayed up. Then Lisa did not have a bicycle for a very long time. Now she is twelve years old, and she wants a bicycle. Mrs Brown goes to work by car every day, and she takes Lisa with her to her school and brings her back when she finishes. Her school is on one side of the town, and Mrs Brown’s office is on the other side. Lisa said, “A lot of my friends have bicycles, and they ride to school on them.” Mrs Brown agreed to buy her a bicycle, but she wanted to make sure that her daughter knows traffic rules. One day Mrs Brown stopped her car at a red light and asked Lisa about the meaning of the traffic lights. Lisa said, “Red is ‘Stop’, green is ‘Go’, and yellow is ‘Go very quickly.’”

A Write down whether the following statements are true or false.

1.Lisa had never had a bicycle.

2.She wanted to have a bicycle to go for a ride in the country.

3.Mrs Brown was going to buy her daughter a bicycle.

В Answer the following questions.

1.Why did Lisa want to have a bicycle?

2.Why did Mrs Brown ask Lisa about the traffic rules?

3.How well did Lisa know them?

2. USE OF ENGLISH. Open the brackets and put the verbs into the proper tense form.

Miss Green lived beside a church in a small street. She 1____ (not have) a car. On Fridays she always 2_____(go) to the market by bus. There 3____(be) many people in the bus, but she always 4__(find) a seat.

One of the houses at the corner of Miss Green’s street 5_____(be) empty for a long time, but then a family 6_____ (come) and 7___(live) in it. Their name 8___(be) the Adams. One day Miss Green 9____(visit) Mrs Adams and they 10______ (become) friends. Once Mrs Adams said, “I 11____ (not know) the way to the market. Can I come with you?” “Please do,” Miss Green answered.

They 12_____(put) on their coats and 13____(go) to the bus stop. When they 14___(get) on the bus, it 15____(be) full, but Miss Green 16_____(say), “Perhaps those two very handsome men 17___(give) us their seats.” Six men 18______(stand) up quickly.

3. WRITING. Choose the right variant.

1. Nick is …pupil in our class.

a) strong b) stronger c) the strongest

2. … play musical instruments.

a) Artists b) Musicians c) Pianists

3. Perhaps he …a good mark next lesson.

a) will get b) get c) got

4. Two years … my friend visited Athletics’ Club.

a) go b) ago c) later

5. My favourite … at school is History.

a) class b) place c) subject

6. Do you have … lessons every day?

a) much b) many c) a little

7. Jane always does homework. Her classmates like ….

a) hers b) she c) her

T E S T

1. Прочитайте текст с пропусками 1-10. Вставьте правильный вариант ответа

Potatoes came to Europe from South America in 1533, but people didn’t want to 1 ____ potatoes. It wasn’t easy to make them do it.

King Louis XVI of France 2_____ of a plan. He asked the gardener to grow potatoes in his garden and sent the soldiers to 3____ the beds day and night. If 4_____ came near the garden, the soldiers began to shoot. The people became 5_____ . “These are new plants!” they 6____ . “It 7_____ be good if the king looks 8_____ them”.

In autumn the soldiers dug the potatoes and left them in the garden. When the peasants took 9____ of the potatoes, they didn’t 10_____ to notice it. Soon the peasants took all the potatoes. After it Frenchmen began to grow potatoes and French women learned to cook them.

1. 1) grow 2) grew 3) be growing 4) grown

2. 1) think 2) thought 3) thinked 4) is thought

3. 1) eat 2) see 3) guard 4) study

4. 1) somebody 2) anybody 3) nobody 4) everybody

5. 1) suspicious 2) worried 3) interested 4) indifferent

6. 1) told 2) talked 3) spoke 4) said

7. 1) must 2) may 3) should 4) could

8. 1) at 2) after 3) through 4) for

9. 1) any 2) a lot 3) some 4) a little

10.1) want 2) like 3) remember 4) seem

2. WRITING

You are going to apply for an educational holiday. Fill in the form.

EUROPEAN STUDY CENTER
Easthay University

Buxford LX 92 1AR

Family name (1)__________________________________________________________

First name (2)____________________________________________________________

Full address (3)___________________________________________________________

Date of birth (4)____________________________________________

Nationality (5)______________________________________________

Occupation (6)______________________________________________

Why are you applying for a study holiday? (7)___________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

What language(s) can you speak? (8) _________________________________________

How will you be travelling? (9)_______________________________________________

Signature (10)___________

Date of apply (11) __________________________

3. Answer the following questions:

1) What English-speaking countries do you know?

2) How old is English as a foreign language?

3) Who are the famous English people? Give examples.

T E S T

1. Прочитайте текст с пропусками 1-10. Вставьте правильный вариант ответа

Potatoes came to Europe from South America in 1533, but people didn’t want to 1 ____ potatoes. It wasn’t easy to make them do it.

10. 1) grow 2) grew 3) be growing 4) grown

11. 1) think 2) thought 3) thinked 4) is thought

12. 1) eat 2) see 3) guard 4) study

13. 1) somebody 2) anybody 3) nobody 4) everybody

14. 1) suspicious 2) worried 3) interested 4) indifferent

15. 1) told 2) talked 3) spoke 4) said

16. 1) must 2) may 3) should 4) could

17. 1) at 2) after 3) through 4) for

18. 1) any 2) a lot 3) some 4) a little