Control work for the 8th grade

Choose and write 1) what teachers do 2) what pupils do

Give nicknames, ask clever questions, answer silly questions, read detective stories in the lesson, draw funny pictures during the break, listen to the earphone, discuss different subjects, enjoy learning English, explain grammar rules, work hard at homework, learn poems by heart, have holidays in summer and in winter, give instructions, wear jeans, tell jokes, be very polite and honest, talk loudly during the break, do exercises during the lesson, copy long sentences, give bad marks, get good marks, try to learn more new interesting things, help to understand, run to the canteen for lunch, warn about something important, read loudly the text, write tests

Fill in using speak, tell, say in proper forms:

1. _____ louder please, the teacher ______.

2. He ______ me: be serious, don’t laugh at me.

3. The king _____: How could I get rid of mice in the palace?

4. The pupils in the fifth grade _____ French fairly well.

5. Her mother ______ us bad news yesterday.

6. Julia _____ her children not to open the front door to anybody.

Put the adjectives in proper forms:

1. I think Literature and History are _____(interesting) subjects for me at school.

2. Our English language teacher is ______(good) than their English teacher.

3. His cousin has _____ (funny) nickname in class among other children.

4. This year I have ______(many) subjects in my timetable than I had last year.

5. Our neighbor’s daughter is ______(bright) in their class among other pupils.

6. Maths is ______(difficult) than Science for us in our class.

Insert prepositions: of, by in, from, to, about, on, into, during:

1. Bob told us ______ his summer holidays abroad.

2. _____course, she is _____ Canada, Julia said.

3. Pupils answer ____ the teacher’s questions _____ the lessons.

4. _____ the lessons we translate _____ Russian _____ German.

5. Little children like to learn funny poems _____ heart.

6. There are a lot _____ copybooks and daybooks ______the teacher’s table.

Write down opposites:

Lazy, to ask, bad, she, to take, much, above, dull, in front of, different, boy, little, beautiful, to hate, bright, black, to forget, to cry

Put special questions to underlined phrases:

1. We were happy to get good and excellent marks in French because it is one of the most difficult subjects for us.

2. Bob invited me to the birthday party last week.

3. The young fashionable girls are from Canada and Russia here in the competition of summer and spring styles.

4. Alice likes her new doll so much, she spends hours with it.

5. There will be 20 British girls and boys in the chess competition next month.

6. There are two new pupils in our class this year.

Translate into English:

1. Проводить много времени

2. Проводить каникулы вместе с родителями

3. Останавливаться в селе или на берегу моря

4. Скучать по семье или друзьям во время каникул

5. Пропускать уроки или (заболеть)

6. Ездить за границу без учителей

7. Думать о трудностях поездки

8. Доволен в школе опять

Complete the tag questions:

1. You know my family quite well, ______?

2. We could go there together, ______?

3. You will come here again, ______?

4. It was a wonderful game of chess, ______?

5. That sportsman runs really very fast, ______?

6. It’s a lovely evening,______?