Test 1 "It's a wonderful planet we live on" к УМК Биболетова М.З. для 8 класса

Form 8 Test 1

Ex 1. Match the two columns. Each word can be used only once.

Ex 2. Find the pair of the words / word combinations with similar meaning.

Ex 3. In each line circle the words with the general meaning.

1. earthquake, flood, disaster, volcanic eruption, drought

2. mountains, geography, deserts, coastlines, plains

3. lizards, snakes, animals, crocodiles, whales, monkeys

Ex 4. Fill the gaps with the correct word.

1. Would you like to go round the ….. if you had the chance?

2. Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the ….. .

3. Antarctica is the coldest place on ….. ….. .

4. The earthquake ….. many homes.

5. There are many active ….. in the world, such as Mount Etna.

Ex 5. Translate the following words and word combinations.

Ex 6. Underline the correct tense.

1. Lynne was singing/had sung while she was cleaning the windows.

2. Mr Todd was teaching/had been teaching for thirty years when he retired.

3. They had walked/had been walking for hours when they stopped for a rest.

4. Joe was happy. He was winning/had won the first prize in the competition.

5. Alexander Graham Bell had invented/invented the telephone.

6. We had been buying/had bought the tickets before we went to the theatre.

Ex 7. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past tense.

1. Joanne (wash) her hair when the phone rang.

2. Princess Diana (do) a lot of work for charity.

3. Sam was in hospital because he (crash) his car.

4. Tom (play) the piano for years before he became famous.

5. The children (clean) the house by the time their parents came.

Ex 8. Translate the sentences from Russian into English.

1. Они посетили Британский музей на прошлой неделе.

2. Я читал интересную книгу, когда мой друг позвонил мне.

3. К тому времени как я приехал на вокзал, поезд уже уехал.

4. Я изучал английский язык два года перед тем как посетил Англию.