Олимпиадные задания по английскому языку для 8-9 классов общеобразовательных школ

English School Olympic for 9 classes (Final total: 72 Time: 45 minutes)

1. Reading.

Read the description of cities and circle the correct city. 3 marks

А) The city: a) Venice b) Rome c) Las Vegas

This city has no roads. People use gondolas to travel along the canals. There are wonderful buildings and busy cafes. The city is in north-eastern Italy.

В) The city: a) New York b)Paris c) Rennes

This French city is called “museum city”. It is very famous for its excellent museums and architecture. Tourists don`t leave the city without visiting the Eiffele Tower and the Louver.

С) The city: a) Toronto b) San Francisco c) London

This is an old city, which was rebuilt after the Great Fire of 1666.The city stands on the river Thames. It has many gardens and parks. Tourists like to buy clothes at Harrod`s and of course walk outside Buckingham Palace!

2. Vocabulary. 18 marks

a. Verbs and nouns that go together. Match a line in A with a line in B.

b. Opposites. Match a verb in A with its opposite in B.

A	B
1.cook	a car
2.watch	the phone
3.read	tennis
4.play	television
5.drive	in a flat
6.wear	dinner
7.live	a magazine
8.answer	an uniform

A	B
1.love	close
2.start	sell
3.come in	play
4.open	hate
5.buy	go out
6.leave	finish
7.get up	take
8.work	arrive
9.be late	get early
10.bring	go to bed

3. Grammar

1) Articles. Put a, the, or no article into each gap. 19 marks

a) Sportsman arrived in --- Almaty on --- twenty-first of July.

b) My sister is --- teacher in --- school near Astana. She has two children ---boy and --- girl. ---girl is in her class at school, but --- boy isn`t old enough for school.

c) I usually go to ---bed early.

d) We had --- lovely holiday in Italy.

e) I usually come to --- school by --- bus.

f) Cars need --- oil and petrol.

g) The Atlantic and --- Pacific are oceans.

h) The Ili is --- river.

i) --- Caspian Sea is ---sea.

j) --- Capital of Kazakhstan is --- Astana.

2) Prepositions. Put at, in, on, with, by, about, without. 12 marks

a) We often go swimming --- summer.

b) Where did you go --- Friday?

c) He got up --- 9 o` clock --- the morning.

d) My brother married --- August.

e) My parents first met --- 1980.

f) Who is the woman --- long hair?

g) She is reading a poem --- William Shakespeare.

h) It` s difficult to live --- money.

i) How long does it take --- Almaty --- Astana.

j) Can you give me some information --- the museum in your city?

3) Gerund or Infinitive. Put in the correct form of the verb. 10 marks

a) Omar stopped (playing / to play) tennis a month ago.

b) I don` t mind (speaking / to speak) of my pen friends.

c) Dmitry promised (taking / to take) us to the theatre.

d) I` d like (eating / to eat) a hamburger.

e) Jenifer keeps (talking / to talk) of her parents. I think she misses them a lot.

f) Dmitry decided (visiting / to visit) the UK next summer.

g) Colin is thinking of (going / to go) to Astana for 2 weeks.

h) Omar hopes (going/ to go) to Astana with Colin.

i) At last he finished (reading / to read) the book.

j) She enjoys (listening / to listen) to music.

4) Put the words in the correct order. 10 marks

a. Astana / you / very well / do / know? ___________________________________________

b. I / this picture / don`t / very much / like. _________________________________________

c. My / her / yesterday / lost / watch / sister. ________________________________________

d. Speak / English / very / want / well / to / I. _______________________________________

e. Some / we / friends / the concert / met / at. _______________________________________

f. Work / my / to / walks / mother / morning / every.

___________________________________________

g. We / the party / much / enjoyed / very. __________________________________________

h. You / did / football / yesterday / the / on television / watch? __________________________________________________

i. I / to / last / with / went / the cinema / my / weekend / friends. ___________________________________________________

j. Don`t / up / I / in / getting / like / the morning / early. ________________________________

English School Olympic for 8 classes (Final total: 66 Time: 45 minutes)

1. Read the text.

This is George. He lived in Africa. He was a good little monkey and always very curious.

One day George saw a man. The man had a large yellow hat on. He saw George too.

“What a nice little monkey”, he thought. “I would like to take him home with me”. He put his hat on the ground.

George was curious: he came down from the tree to look at the large yellow hat.

George thought: “It’s nice to have this on my head”. He picked it up and put it on. The hat covered George’s head. He couldn’t see. The man picked him up quickly put into the bag. George was cought.

curious – любопытный

cover – покрывать, закрывать

was caught – был пойман

a).Choose the right variant. 5 marks

1. Who was George?

1. a dog

2. a kitten

3. a monkey

4. a parrot

1. Where did George live?

1. in Russia

2. in Africa

3. in America

4. in England

1. Who did George see one day?

1. a girl

2. a boy

3. a woman

4. a man

1. What did the man have on?

1. a red cap

2. a yellow hat

3. a black coat

4. a grey suit

1. Where did the man put his hat?

1. on the bag

2. into the box

3. on the car

4. on the ground

b). Complete the sentences. 6 marks

1. George was a good ---- monkey and always very --- .

2. The man had a large --- hat on.

3. “What a nice little --- ”, he thought.

4. The hat covered George’s --- .

5. The man picked him up --- put into the bag.

2. Match A with B. 10 marks

A	B
1. Cows	a) quack
2. Hens	b) sting
3. I hear	c) four legs
4. I see	d) with my ears
5. Cats have	e) give milk
6. I have	f) lay eggs
7. Bees can	g) with my eyes
8. Frogs can	h) two legs
9. Ducks can	i) hop
10. Dogs can	j) bark

3. Choose the right form of the verb “to be (am, is, are)” 5 marks

1. They --- nice rabbits.

2. I --- a pupil.

3. He --- brave and strong.

4. It --- a nice song.

5. You --- doctors.

4. Choose the verb have/has. 5 marks

1. I --- got a sister.

2. We --- got 5 cars.

3. He --- got a new toy.

4. She --- got a bike.

5. They --- got a big house.

5. Write “a”/ “an” or “the”. 10 marks

A. Mary has got (1) ... cat. (2) ... cat is grey and white. (3) ... cat’s fur is soft and pushy. It likes to play with (4) ... small ball. What (5) ... lovely cat it is.

B. Olga is (1) ... good student and she usually gets good marks. What (2) ... clever girl Olga is! Her brother is (3) ...school-boy. He doesn’t like to do his homework and he often gets (4) ... bad mark. How lazy (5) ... the boy is!

6. Choose the right translation. 5 marks

1. My friend was eating some biscuit.

a) Мой друг ел сухие печенья.

в) Мой друг ел бисквиты.

2. Let’s talk about the royal family.

а) Давайте поговорим о королевской фамилии.

в) Давайте поговорим о королевской семье.

3. Mom, is there any pasta in the fridge?

а) Мама, есть ли в холодильнике макароны?

в) Мама, есть ли в холодильнике паста?

4.This model is obsolete.

а) Эта модель устаревшая.

в) Эта модель абсолютная.

5. The Monday post came on Tuesday.

а) Пост, который должен был быть в понедельник, пришелся на вторник.

в) Почта, которая должна была прийти в понедельник, пришла во вторник.

7. Write the verbs in the Past Simple Tense. 10 marks

Walt Disney (be) --- born on December 5^th, 1901. He (go) --- to Europe during World War I and when he (get) --- back to America, he (meet) --- an artist and they (start) --- making films with Walt’s brother, Roy. The first talking picture (come) --- out in 1927. He (take) --- a big risk and decided to spend all his money on a long cartoon film. Millions of people (buy) --- tickets and (see) --- the film; it (be) --- “Snow White”.

8. Write the verbs in brackets in Present or Past Simple. 10 marks

1. He usually (read) --- books at home.

2. Kate and Ann usually (go ) --- for a walk together.

3. Yesterday Ann (go) --- for a walk with Mary.

4. I (get up) --- at 6 o’clock yesterday.

5. My mother (cook) --- dinner every day.

6. She (cook) --- a tasty cake last Sunday.

7. He usually (go) --- to bed at seven.

8. My sister (buy) --- a nice dog last month.

9. We usually (play) --- with her dog.

10. We (swim) --- in the lake very often last summer.