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Контрольная работа по английскому языку для 8 класса за 2 четверть

1. Read the text and decide if the following statements are true, false or not stated

Thomas Edison was born in 1847 in Ohio in the United States. He started school at the age of eight but he hated it because on his first day the teacher called him stupid. After that he stayed at home a lot of time and had lessons from his mother. He also read a lot of science books at home. He went back to school but he never liked it very much. He left school forever at the age of twelve and got a job. He began inventing things at the age of nineteen. In 1877 he invented the photograph, a sort of very early CD player! Two years later, he made the world's first electric light bulb and New York became the first city to have electric lights.

1) Thomas Edison didn't go to school because he was ill.  a) TRUE b) FALSE c) NOT STATED

2) His mother gave him lessons at home. a) TRUE b) FALSE c) NOT STATED

3) Besides science Edison was very interested in literature. a) TRUE b) FALSE c) NOT STATED

4) He was the inventor of many things which people use now. a) TRUE b) FALSE c) NOT STATED

5) He invented the photograph, when he was 30 years old. a) TRUE b) FALSE c) NOT STATED

 2. Fill in the gaps in the text with the words from the box

Nikolai Gogol is one of the most (1) ... Russian writers whose books are (2) ... something supernatural. The other (3) ... writer, Alexander Pushkin, much (4) ... his works.  N. Gogol spent his (5) ... in the Ukraine. Therefore, he (6) ... lots of his stories on Ukrainian folklore. However, this author wrote not only stories but also books of other (7) ...; for instance, historical fiction and horror, short stories, plays, and novels. A. Pushkin (8) ... his (9) ... to writing “Dead Souls” and “The Inspector General” by suggesting the ideas of this works to him. Since N. Gogol was a master of (10) ..., no one can stop reading these and other his books until they read to end. 

1.                                                              6.

2.                                                              7.

3.                                                              8.

4.                                                              9.

5.                                                              10.

3. Put the verbs in brackets in Past Continuous.

1. John (write) his name when I came in. 2. I (draw) a picture at 6 yesterday. 3. Tom (blow out) the light when mother left. 4. The cat (drink) its milk at that moment. 5. The tree (fall) across the road while we were passing by. 6. John (fix) his bicycle when his brother came. 7. She (make) a cake when they were preparing for the party. 8. We (eat) our dinner when a telephone rang. 9. The train (go) when I got up. 10. I (tell) the answer when the bell rang.

4. Write the correct forms of the adjectives.

1. Dogs are ... than cats (clever).

2. Monkeys are the ... animals (funny).

3. Giraffes have the ... necks (long).

4. Giraffes are big but elephants are ... (big).

5. My sister likes cats but I think that dogs are the ... (nice).