Контрольная работа по английскому языку Unit 1 (8 класс)

Control work for 8^th form, Unit 1

Variant 1

Task 1.

Put the words in the Past Simple and Past Perfect.

1. By the time we (go) outside to play football, it already (start) raining.

2. When I (arrive) at the airport, I saw that plane (take off).

3. When Peter's mum (ask) him about his homework he said that he (do) already.

4. When they (get) to Ann's place all the guests (leave) already.

5. By the time I (get) home from school my grandma (cook) dinner.

6. When the teacher (come) into the classroom pupils (learn) the results of the test.

Task 2.

Put the words in Past Continuous

1. When my friend and I went outside it (rain heavily).

2. It was warm and sunny while Nick and Tom (fish).

3. When Peter's mum came into his room, he (watch) the stars through the telescope.

4. People froze with fear when a big wild tiger (cross) the road in the centre of the city.

5. When we came to see George, he (paint) the fence.

6. When I came home my mum (cook) a tasty cake.

Task 3.

Translate the words and word combinations.

1. To launch

2. Earthquake

3. Key problem

4. The solar system

5. Awful

1. причинять боль

2. млечный путь

3. ужасный

4. засуха

5. мокрый

Task 4. Translate the sentences.

1. It's sunny.

2. It's five o'clock.

3. It's time to go to school.

4. It's autumn.

5. It's cold and snowy.

Task 5.

Fill in the words from the box

injure destroyed dangerous disasters

A lot of different weather (1) _______ happen on the Earth every year. All of them can be very (2)______ for people. The greatest natural disasters cause a lot of damage, (3)_________and kill people. When the famous Galveston Hurricane struck the United States in September 1900, the whole city of Galveston, Texas, was (4)___________ and about 6,000 people were killed.

Control work for 8^th form, Unit 1

Variant II

Task 1.

Put the words in the Past Simple and Past Perfect.

1. Jane … (phone) Mom at work before she … (leave) for her journey.

2. When Christina … (arrive), the film … already …( begin).

3. He … (play) guitar before he … (sing) a song.

4. Pupil … (be) very tired because he … (study) too much.

5. Children … (ride) their bicycles before they … (met) friends.

6. Before the woman … (come) home, she … (feed) the dog.

Task 2.

Put the words in Past Continuous

1. She (wash) the floor in our flat the whole morning.

2. He (not/play) football from 6 till 7 last week.

3. We (cook) the whole morning, so we weren't ready for the party.

4. We (ski) the whole day yesterday.

5. When they met Pete, they (walk) in the park the day before yesterday.

6. The children (look after) by a granny the whole holidays last summer.

Task 3.

Translate the words and word combinations.

1. Foggy

2. Space travel

3. To damage

4. Achievement

5. disaster

1. спутник

2. космический полет

3. вселенная

4. решать проблему

5. разрушать

Task 4. Translate the sentences.

1. It's raining.

2. It's awful.

3. It's time to finish your control work.

4. It's early.

5. It's stormy and windy.

Task 5.

Fill in the words from the box

homeless hurricanes damaged flood

(5)______ often bring massive floods. The Hurricane Agnes, that happened in the United States in 1972, was not a strong one, but it brought rainfalls that caused floods and the deaths of 122 people. A more awful (6)___________ happened in China in 1998. It was caused by heavy rainfall. Nearly 4000 people were killed. The flood destroyed houses and

left millions of people (7) __________, a lot of farmland was (8)___________.