Тест по теме "The USA" для 6 класса, УМК Верещагиной И.Н.

TEST

1 Make the right choice of prepositions in the following phrases.

1. to go … a private school

2. to be good … maths

3. to spend time … horseback

4. Commander … Chief

5. to respect smb … courage

6. to live … poverty

2 Fill in prepositions where necessary:

1. the Bill … Rights.

2. the new bill … education.

3. pass … the bill … lunch

4. to defeat … the bill.

5. declare the war … the US

6. declare his loyalty … the US

3 Combine the phrases to make them logical:

4 Divide the following words into negative and positive according to their meaning:

respect, wisdom, poverty, die, help, honesty, slavery, lonely, shoot, free, win, war, trust

Negative: ________________________________________________________

Positive: _________________________________________________________

5 Group the words according to their part of speech:

encourage, borrow, education, occupation, faraway, private, retire, profession, major

Noun_________________________________________________________

Verb__________________________________________________________

Adjective______________________________________________________

6 Add letters to make true words:

1. respe…t

2. w…sdom

3. me…sure

4. bor…ow

5. enco…rage

6. far…way

7. intervi…w

8. cro…d

7 Choose the proper tense: Past Simple, Past Continuous or Past Perfect:

1. He (opened/was opening) the door and (went/was going) away.

2. The father (hadn’t known/didn’t know) where he (met/had met) the boy before.

3. The little brother still (played/was playing) but Kathie already (had washed/was washing) the floor.

4. When his TV program (was beginning/began) Tom still (peeled/was peeling) potatoes.

5. The girl (didn’t read/hadn’t read) the novel to the end by evening.

8 Find mistakes in the following sentences and correct them.

1. He saw me when I left the room. ________________________________________________

2. We had a class of music at 4 o’clock yesterday. _____________________________________________

3. By 5 in the evening the president finished his speech. _________________________________________

4. My sister had become a student three years ago. _____________________________________________

9 Insert enough into the sentences and continue them.

1. He has time. – He has enough time to do the shopping.

2. These little children are clever. ________________________________________________

3. Annie had sweets. ________________________________________________

4. He received education. ________________________________________________

10 Make true word combinations:

1. measure a. at the age of sixty

2. true respect b. look

3. cultural c. of people

4. shy d. of length

5. retire e. events

11 Make the right choice:

1. We have tried (a million/millions of) times to talk to her but in vain.

2. You can find seven (million/millions of) books in our local library.

3. Little children ask for (a million/millions of) questions every minute.

12 Report the following sentences, use the phrases: He said…asked… mentioned… added….

1. The Ohio Clock has stood in the U.S. Senate.________________________________________________

2. Was it made in Ohio? __________________________________________________________________

3. It stood in the old Senate chamber. ________________________________________________

4. The clock is making a journey. ________________________________________________

5. It will give the clock a new life. ________________________________________________

Choose the correct variant.

1. Christopher Columbus discovered America in … 1492 1402 1442

2. When did Europeans first arrive in America? 1720 1620 1670

3. The first colonists started the tradition of …Thanksgiving Halloween Independence Day

4. When did America become independent? 1776 1676 1767

5. When is Independence Day? 24 July 4 July 4 June

6. The first president of the USA was…Abraham Lincoln; Jeffrey Jefferson; George Washington

7. Which river is the mightiest one? the Mississippi the Colorado the Missouri

8. Which state of the USA is situated in the Pacific Ocean? Idaho Hawaii Montana

9. The US President’s term is … 4 years 5 years 6 years

10. А ... is а coin оf 25 cents. penny; dime; nickel; quarter; dollar.

Write about one of the American presidents.

1. his place of birth;

2. his family;

3. his education;

4. his career;

5. his achievements in life;

6. your own opinion about him

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