Контрольная работа для 8 класса
тест по английскому языку (8 класс)

                                                     Контрольная работа №1 (УМК Вербицкая)      

                                                                 8 класс

1. Read the text and say if the statements given below are true (T) or false (F).

Mark Twain was not only a famous writer but also a famous humorist. He travelled a lot making speeches in different towns. During these speeches he always told several funny stories.

Once Mark Twain and two of his friends were sitting in a restaurant. One friend had just returned from a trip to the mountains. He said that the air in those mountains was very clear. In many places the echo of a voice came back five times stronger than the original voice.

"That is nothing," said the second friend. "In Colorado in many places the echo of a voice spoken in the morning comes back in the afternoon."

Mark Twain laughed. Then he said, "Listen! The echoes which you have told about are very unusual. But in a small church in Hannibal, a town where I was born, there is an echo more unusual even than those."

"What is so strange about the echo there?" asked one of the men.

"Well, I'll tell you," said Mark Twain. "The echo in that church is so unusual, that if one says in a loud voice, "Good morning! How are you?", the echo comes back after a moment very clearly, "Very well, thank you. And how are you?"

1) Mark Twain was not only a famous writer but also a well-known scientist.

2)  One of his friends had just returned from an exciting cruise.

3)  In these mountains the echo of a voice came back ten times stronger than the original voice.

4) Mark Twain was born in Hannibal

5). The strange thing about echoes in a small church in Hannibal was that echoes returned greetings.

2. 1. Present Simple-Present Continuous?

1. I am writing/ write English exercises twice a week.

2. Do you watch TV/are you watching TV or can you go for a walk?

3. My wife normally works/ is working at home, but she spends/ is spending this month in Italy.

4. Dan loves/is loving wild animals.

5. Let´s go out. It doesn’t rain/isn’t raining.

2.2.  True or false

1.  I am knowing  this man. 2. He is eating an orange. 3. We are looking at the picture. 4. I am hearing you. 5. He hates jokes.

3. Use the Present Continuous or going to and the verb in the brackets.

 1. We just (leave) for the airport. 2. Someday I (learn) how to dance.3.  She (see) the doctor at 9 o’clock tomorrow. 4. Cristina (meet) Melanie for coffee this afternoon. She has reserved the table. 5. We (have) a party this weekend or in a week

 4. Write direct and indirect questions

1. The start of the lesson. 2. The cost of a ticket. 3. The place of hotel location

5.  Translate into English 

багаж, иностранный, валюта, пляж, прибывать, отправляться, чемодан, поехать за границу, жилье, место назначения

                                                     Ключи

1.  1 F  2F 3F  4T 5T

 2.1

1.write 2. are you watching 3. works, is spending  4 loves 5 isn’t raining.

2.2  1. F  2. T  3. T  4. F  5T

3. 1. Are leaving  2. am going to learn  3. Sees/ is seeng    4. Is meeting   5. Are going to have

4. Write direct and indirect questions

1. The start of the lesson. 2. The cost of a ticket. 3. The place of hotel location

1. When the lesson starts  /when the start of the lesson is

 2. How much the cost of the ticket is/ how much the ticket costs

3. where the hotel is

5.  Translate into English 

багаж, иностранный, валюта, пляж, прибывать, отправляться, чемодан, поехать за границу, жилье, место назначения