Контрольная работа по английскому языку для 8 класса к учебнику Тер-Минасовой.

Test 8^th form

I.   Put the words given in brackets in the correct tense form

       (Past Simple or Past Continuous).

1. I (to play) computer games at five o’clock yesterday.

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

3. We (to watch TV) the whole evening yesterday.

4. When I (to come) into the kitchen, mother (to cook).

5. I (to read) a book while my sister (to play) computer games.

6. She (to do) her homework yesterday.

7. Fleming (to discover) penicillin in 1928.

8. I (not to sleep) at nine o’clock yesterday.

9. Where he (to go) yesterday?

10. My brother (not to play) tennis yesterday.

11. She (to sleep) at midnight.

II. Write five types of  questions to the sentence (general question, special question, tag question, alternative question, who  question).

Mike travelled to Moscow last year.

       III. Complete the sentences: put the adjectives in brackets in

       appropriate form:

1. This man is (brave) than that one.

2. This child is the (curious) of all.

3. This student is the (creative) in his class.

4. Chinese is (difficult) than English.

5. She speaks Italian (good) than English.

6. January is the (cold) month of the year.

7. He was (careful) than I was.

8. It is one of the (dangerous) road in the city.

IV. Complete the sentences using the correct forms of the words.

1. After an hour of … the astronauts understood           EXPLORE

    that there was no life on that planet.

2. The … of the book printing changed the                    INVENT

     human outlook.

3. Her … of the subject is very poor.                              KNOW

4. Our country got wonderful … in space                      ACHIEVE

    exploration.

       5. The long-term hotels in this area are often …            DANGER

6. Hong Kong is famous for its quick economic …       DEVELOP

7. We had a good … of things to do there.                     CHOOSE

8.  At the award ceremony the … collected a gold

       medal for his excellent Russian.                              WIN

9. The … disappeared into  the jungle.                           EXPLORE

10. This Cathedral was the most magnificent  …           BUILD

      in London.

V. Fill in the words in the text:  behind, to the seaside, pick, grow, spend,  look forward to. 

Everybody likes summer holidays. So do I. They are the long

est in the school year. We always have a lot of fun in summer.

I always 1.    …  the end of May, when they start.

I usually 2. …  my summer holidays in the country, in a village not

far away from our city. We usually get there by car or by bus. Our fam

ily has a country house there. There is a nice garden 3. …  the house. In summer my parents and I  4. …  different fruit and vegetables there. I always help my mum with work in the garden. I like to water

the flowers. Every day when the weather is warm we go to the

river to swim. I can swim well. My father and I are fond of swim

ming and fishing. Sometimes  my parents and I go to

the forest to 5. ….  berries and mushrooms. I have a lot of friends

in the country. We often play football or volleyball. We always

have a good time. In August my parents and I went 6. … .

VI. Write a composition about your summer holidays.