Контрольная работа по Английскому языку на тему: «Work on Grammar, Vocabulary, and Communication Skills»

SECTION A: GRAMMAR

1. Put the words in order to make sentences or questions.

a) to exhibitions / often / go / I / at weekends /.

b) not / in / very / it / is / in Dubai /.  

c) people / do / when / in / the beach / your / go / to / country /?

d) a lot of / are / in / parks / city / your / there /?

e) taking / like / you / photos / do /?

f) your / busy / is / now / city / right /?

g) you / swimming / do / where / go /?

h) never / the / snows / it / jungle / in /.
 

2. Choose the correct words to complete the questions.

a. What (is / do / does) your father do?   

b. (Be / Are / Do) you playing football now? 

c. When (is / are / does) the best time to visit your country? 

d. (Is / Do / Does) your friends like swimming?  

e. What (is / are / do) your town like?

 

3. Complete the text with the present simple or continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

Hi. My name is Hector and I ... in Swanage, a small town on the south coast of England. In the photo, my friends and I ... our boat out to the sea from the beach. It....a lovely day, and the sun ...brightly.

In the summer, a lot of tourists ... the town and it  ... very busy in July and August every year. In the photo, the beach ... full of people and many of them ...in the sea. In the winter the weather is cold and the beach is empty and we ....football here. I ...very lucky to live in such a lovely town!
 

SECTION B: VOCABULARY

4. Choose the correct variant (a, b, c or d), and complete the sentences.

Scuba diving can be________________ if you do not know how to do it correctly.

      a lively    b easy    c dangerous    d strong

She has a house in a__________________ location.

      a loud    b quiet     c weak    d mild

At the beach we often go ______________________ in the sea.

      a snowboarding    b skiing   c snorkeling    d trekking

In Siberia you get _____________________ winds from the Arctic.

      a freezing    b fine     c melting    d weak

In the summer the beach is always __________________ with thousands of visitors.

      a scary    b difficult    c quiet     d crowded

This is a very _____________________ song. Everyone likes it.

      a dark    b extreme   c cool    d dry

They always give us a ________________________ welcome when we arrive.

      a hot    b cold c mild     d warm
 

5. Choose and underline the correct word in each sentence.

1. During the hurricane the wind/windy speed got up to 100 kilometres an hour.

2. Hurricanes generally occur in warmer countries and include heavy rain/snowfall.

3. Before a storm, the sky will usually be cloudy.

4. A long period of foggy/dry weather can lead to drought.
 

SECTION C: INTEGRATED SKILLS

6. Read the text and find (underline) four true statements. 

Alicia was born in England, but she now lives in Kenya, East Africa. She works in the capital city, Nairobi, but every weekend she goes into the bush to look at the wildlife. Today she’s in Samburu Game Reserve and she’s staying in Elephant Bedroom, a beautiful tented camp by the river. In Samburu she gets up very early and watches the sun rise. The temperature doesn’t drop very much at night. The average temperature is 30 degrees Celsius in the day and 20 degrees at night, and the hottest months are January to March. It doesn’t rain much in this part of Kenya, but the river provides water all year round for the animals. It’s a good place to see lots of wildlife such as lion, buffalo, cheetah and elephant, and there are more than 350 different types of birds. Alicia loves this place and she’d like to live here forever, but she has to be in Nairobi for work.

Alicia lives in England.                                   The first three months of the year are the hottest.                          

She stays in Nairobi from Monday to Friday.     It is extremely cold at night in Samburu.

She is working in the African bush.                 The animals always have water from the river.

Elephant Bedroom is a camp in Samburu.       Alicia plans to live in Samburu all her life.       

 

7. Complete the conversation with the words in the box. You don’t need all the words.

OK / neither do I / when / so do I / and / disagree / but / agree / I don’t

A: Where do you want to go backpacking? I think a camping trip around Europe is a good idea.

B: Do you? 1... I think going around Thailand is better. The weather’s hot at this time of year and the beaches are fantastic.     

A: Mm, I 2 ...with you. Europe is much more interesting. The countries are all so different 3 and you can learn about history at the same time.

B: I know that 4 ... I still want to go to Thailand. Europe is cold at this time of year.

A: 5 ..., let’s go to Thailand. The weather is better and I don’t want to be cold.

B: No, 6 ...

8. Look at the dictionary entries for these three words.
 

9. Write the word meaning in each of these sentences.

1) I won’t drink this, it’s all cloudy and dirty.

2) The teacher spoke to the children in a very warm and nice voice.  

3) Why do you always storm into the room and shout at people?

4) We enjoyed walking because the day was dry and warm.

5) It usually rains on a dark cloudy day like today.

6) The army stormed the headquarters of their enemy.