задания для проверки уровня знаний по английскому языку ( 6-7 класс)
тест по английскому языку (6, 7 класс) на тему

                     Use of English (30 minutes)

Maximum points – 35

Task 1 Open the brackets 1–18 and use the right form of the verb. The first one is done for you.

 Mr Sherlock Holmes (0 – sit) __was sitting__ one morning at the breakfast table in his room in Baker Street. His friend Dr Watson (1 – stand)______________ near the window examining a walking stick which a visitor (2 – leave)________________ the day before. “To Dr Mortimer, from his friend,” (3 – write)__________________ upon it. Sherlock Holmes suddenly (4 – turn)______________ to Watson , “The owner of the stick (5 – have)_________________a dog which (6 – be) _______________larger than a terrier and smaller than a mastiff.” Watson was surprised. “How you (7 – know)____________________?” “I (8 – examine) __________________that stick carefully and (9 – notice)_________________ the marks of the dog’s teeth on it,” answered Holmes. “They (10 – be) _____________too broad for a terrier and not broad enough for a mastiff. I suppose the dog often (11– carry) ___________________the stick behind its master. It is a spaniel.” After breakfast Holmes came up to the window. Watson (12 – think) ____________________for a second and then asked how he (13 – can) ____________________be so sure of that. “I (14 – be) ___________________sure of it because I (15 – see) _______________the dog with its master at our door. I (16 – wonder) _________________why the visitor (17 – want) __________________to see Mr Sherlock Holmes. Well, we soon (18 –find out)______________!”

 Task 2 Each group of four words 19–23 should remind you of another word. You have been given some of the letters of the word to help you. The first one has been done as an example.

 0 leaf – branch-  wood-  forest-  t r e e

19 collar – pet -  bark -  friend                           _ o _

20 sand - beach - sun – holiday                          s_ a _ _ _ e

21 flow – water -  fish -  the Lena                      _ i _ _ _

22 high -  rocks -  climb - snow                         _ _ _ n _ _ _ n

 23 ships  -  waves - deep – dolphin                   _ _ e _ _

 Task 3 Most countries share the same wise expressions about life. Look at the English proverbs below divided into halves. Match the beginnings 24–29 and their endings A–H. There is one ending you do not need to use. Then find the Russian equivalent to each of the proverbs. There is an example for you. You will get 2 points for each correct answer.

Example - 0 F – I

0 Don’t count your chickens             A but you cannot make him drink.

 24 When the cat is away,                  B catches no mice.

25 Learn to walk                                C worth doing.

26 You can take a horse to water       D worth two in the evening.

 27 Never put off till tomorrow          E what you can do today.

 28 A cat in gloves                              F before they are hatched. 

29 An hour in the morning is              G before you run.

                                                             H the mice will play.

 I – Цыплят по осени считают.

II – Без кота мышам раздолье. (Кот из дома – мыши в пляс.)

III – Не откладывай на завтра то, что можно сделать сегодня.

 IV – Всему свой черёд.

V – Утро вечера мудренее.

VI – Насильно мил не будешь.

VII – Без труда не вытащишь рыбку из пруда.