Проверочная работа по английскому языку для учащихся 8 класса.
методическая разработка по английскому языку (8 класс) по теме

Check  your  grammar & vocabulary, for the 8th grade

Exercise 1 Listening

Listen to a school psychologist and choose the right answer to the questions below.

1        Compromise is about

1. consideration for other people's feelings
2. understanding what you want
3. understanding what people think about you

2        The psychologist gives this as an example of compromise

1. washing your dirty clothes yourself
2. never watching any television

75987408. trying to do some things to please your parents

3        She thinks the following behaviour may help to reach a compromise with parents

1. watching TV after you have a cola
2. doing sports seriously
3. being tidy and helping about the house

4        In her opinion to reach a compromise more quickly, you should at first

1. listen to the person you talk to
2. suggest something extreme
3. insist on your opinion

5        She gives an example of how to

1. have a friendly discussion about how to organise a party

75987456. call parents from a party to calm them
75987457. get parents to agree that you can return late from a party

Exercise 2

Read the article about the history of birthday parties and mark the statements true (T) / false (F).

1. The tradition of birthday parties started in order to have a celebration for friends and relatives on that day. T/F        

2) On this day friends and family brought their good wishes and presents to frighten evil spirits away. T/F

3) The first celebrations were organized for children. T/F        

4) The first children parties were organized in Germany. T/F        

5) Such traditions as cakes with candles and birthday games are similar in many countries. T/F        

The tradition of birthday parties started in Europe a long time ago. It was feared that evil spirits were particularly attracted to people on their birthdays. To protect them from harm, friends and family would come to be with the birthday person and bring good thoughts and wishes. Giving gifts brought even more good cheer to keep away the evil spirits. This is how birthday parties began.

At first it was only kings who were recognised important enough to have a birthday celebration. As time went by, children became included in birthday celebrations. The first children's birthday parties happened in Germany and were called Kinderfeste.

          Some traditions are quite similar in many parts of the world; birthday candles which carry wishes up to God, birthday games which check how much more a child can do compared to last year, and birthday pinches (ущипывания) or taps (шлепки) which bring good luck for the coming year. Some traditions are more specific to certain countries.

Exercise 3

Read what some teenagers from the school council say about rules of behaviour at school and choose the right option.

1. I believe we should work over/out a code of behaviour for school pupils that everybody should follow.
2. It's a good idea to apologise if you are guilty of/at something.
3. I think if we are concerned about/ in other people's feelings we should always try to be polite and friendly.
4. What if we sing Happy Birthday on/at each person's birthday?

Exercise 4

Choose the best word or phrase to correct` the sentences.

1. Pupils who ... no respect for their classmates may have no friends.

A  put   В show   С take    D offer

2. It's always pleasant to ... a birthday gift

 A  receive    В take   С send    D win

3. May all you wishes ... true!

A  get    В become   С be    D come

4. It's an old tradition to ... a birthday cake with candles.

A decorate    В celebrate   С put   D light

5. They were ... late so we didn't get to centre until 3 o'clock.

A going    В falling    С running  D doing

6. Do you think he will... us? We haven' met for five years.

A  see    В know   С hear   D recognise

7. I'm sure she recognised me but she just… went on speaking to her friends.

A ignored   В pretended   С recognized    D noticed

8. It's Dad's birthday and we are going a meal to...

A  mark   В congratulate  С celebrate  D remember

Exercise 5

Read what a teenager says about his first day at a new school and put the verb in brackets in the proper form.

1) I was sure they ... (not/want) to talk with me — they all looked so cool. I was too shy, I hoped somebody ... (talk) to me first.

2) I was on the point of... (ask) my mum to return to my first school when everything changed.

3) Our teacher told us ... (organise) a competition for those who were interested in music.

4) Music has always been one of my hobbies and I was about... (say) something about it when one of the class leaders asked me to help organise a contest about the latest groups and singers.

5)Then I realised I... (have) many new friends there. And now I am happy I came to this school on the first of September.