Great Britain is an 1) e.g. island. But now you can travel from France to 2) _____________ by train. In May 1994 3) ___________________opened a railway tunnel (temiryo„l tunneli ) under the sea. The tunnel is 53 kilometres long. There is a train every half an hour. You can now get from 4) _______________to England in 45 minutes. It was difficult to build the road. The road cost a lot of 5) _______________ It took 9 years to build it. The 6)_____________are expensive, but if you travel very early in the morning, it is less expensive.
Look at the table. Choose the correct answer.(5x2=10)
The population in the UK is smaller/bigger than inUzbekistan.
The area of Uzbekistan is smaller/bigger than in theUK.
The Severn River is longer/shorter than the AmuDarya.
Khazret Sultan is higher/shorter than BenNevis.
The population in Tashkent is bigger/smaller than in London.
Answer key:
1._______________________
2._______________________
3._______________________
4._______________________
5._______________________
5 Complete the sentences.(5x2=10)
centre, island, capital, fishing, city Australia is an ______________ and acountry.
Lake Taupo is a good place for __________________ and having arest.
Wellington is the__________________ of NewZealand.
Perth is a big ____________________inAustralia.
Uzbekistan is in the_______________________ of CentralAsia.
Mark: ____ Teacher: ________________
Date:____________________PROGRESS CHECK 8
1a Read and put in order. e.g. 1d (3x3=9)
Bats in Australia
People are trying to learn more about their life. They catch them and put small pieces of metal on theirlegs.
Some bats travel over one hundred and fifty kilometers from the places where people catch them. How do youcatch them? Easily – just take them from the caves where they aresleeping.
On the metal pieces people write the date and place. Then they wait for these bats in other parts ofAustralia.
Australia has about forty kinds of bats. They are the world‟s greatest killers ofmosquitoes.
Answer key: 1________ 2_________ 3___________ 4___________
2 Read again and write T for True, F for False or DK for Don‟t know. (4x2=8)
Bats in Australia can kill a lot of mosquitoes. e.g.1T
People catch bats because they want to learn more aboutthem.
Bats usually fly to warmer parts of the country.
Bats cannot fly to other parts of Australia after people put metal pieces on their legs.
It is a difficult job to catchbats.
Answer key: 1_______ 2________ 3________4______ 5_________
Read and underline the right word.(6x2=12)
The great Asian (1) ... Kyzyl-Kum is very big – about 400,000 (2) ... kilometres. When you look at the (3) ... you can see that the Syr Darya (4) ... is to the (5) ... of it and the Amu Darya is to the south west. The (6) ... problem in the Kyzyl-Kum is water. One of the interesting places here is the Kyzyl-Kum National Park. It is (7) ... for different kinds of birds and gazelles.
1: a) river b) desert c) country 2: a) square b) long c) big
3: a) map b) book
c) capital 4: a) sea b) river c) mountain 5: a) left b) area c) north
Read and complete the sentences. e.g. 1 breakfast(5x2=10)
untidy; were; was; vacuum cleaner
breakfast; grandfather;
Last Sunday we were at home. We got up late and had (1) e.g. breakfast. After breakfast we wanted to watch TV. Suddenly our granny phoned. She and (2)_______________ wanted to visit us. We looked around: our roomswere(3)________________We started to tidy upthe rooms. Our grandfather and grandmother came at 11 am. We (4) _____________busy at that time.Sabina(5)_____________________dusting theroom.Madina and Davron were working in the yard. I was cleaning the rug withthe (6)_________________________We made tea and askedourgrandparents to sit and watch TV.
Read and write T for True and F for False.(5x2=10)
Last Sunday Heggy and Chamby wanted to go to the Blue Forest. The Blue Forest was near the river. Chamby told Heggy, “There‟s a hedgehog in the river. He is angry.” Heggy and Chamby took a stone and a stick. In the water they saw two hedgehogs. They had a stone and a long stick too! Heggy and Chamby ran back home. Heggy‟s mother told them, “Don‟t take a stone and a stick, but smile at the hedgehogs in the water.” Heggy and Chamby went back to the river, looked at the hedgehogs and smiled at them. They saw that the hedgehogs in the water smiled at them too! Heggy and Chamby were happy.
Heggy and Chamby are hedgehogs. e.g. T
They lived in the BlueForest.
The other two hedgehogs lived in theriver.
Chamby wasscared.
Chamby‟s mother told them, “Don‟t take astone.”
When Heggy and Chamby smiled, the two hedgehogs in the river smiledtoo.
Answer key: 1______ 2______ 3_______ 4________ 5________ 6___________ Read and put the sentences in order. e.g. 1c (5x2=10) He tasted all the animals, but could not find the meat for hisking.
He decided that he would like to eat the sweetest meat in theworld.
Once upon a time the snake was king over allanimals.
Then he saw a humanbaby.
So he told the mosquito to bite all the animals and find the most deliciousmeat.
One day he was veryhungry.
Answer key: 1_______ 2________ 3_______ 4_________ 5_________ 6___________ Put the verbs into past form.(6x2=12) There (1) e.g. was (be) a girl.She(2)(want) to find her best friend Kai. Her favouriteflower(3)(be) a rose. She andKai(4) (like) roses. An oldwoman (5)(live) in a garden.She(6) ________(like) the girl. The old woman(7)(have) a magic wand. In her garden there was alwayssummer.
Write the sentences in the Past Continuous.(4x2=8)
Sobir (go to school) on foot. e.g. Sobir was going to school onfoot.
Listen and match the presents and people. e.g. 1d(5x2=10)
a lovely picture from a) my friendDiana.
two interesting books from b) my aunt anduncle.
CD with songs from c) myfriends.
a big box of chocolates from d) mybrother.
beautiful flowers from e) mygrandmother.
a lot of birthday cards from f) myfather.
Answer key: 1____ 2______ 3______ 4______ 5_______ 6________
Look at Lucy‟s family tree and complete the sentences. (5x2=10)
e.g. 1 Thomas is Kate‟s husband. Andrew is Lucy‟s ....
Ann is Daniel‟s ....
Harry is Thomas‟s ....
Lisa is Kate‟s ....
Lucy is Lisa‟s...
Answer key: 1 _________________ 2 _____________; 3 __________ 4 __________ 5________________ 6 _______________ Match the words. e.g. 1d(5x2=10) abottleof a)sausages
apacketof b) chocolate
aboxof c)jam
ajarof d) Coca Cola
abar of e)sweets
akiloof f) tea
Answer key: 1____ 2______ 3______ 4_______ 5________ 6_______ Read and choose the correct answer. e.g. 1a(10x1=10) When I was a little boy we lived in a small 1) __________ My school was far from home.I2)___________________there on foot. I wasunhappy because I did not have a bike. My friend Sam hada3)__________________and he rode to school. I asked my parents to buy me a bike butmyfather did not have 4) ___________ One day when I went to 5) ____________I saw Sam on the road. He could not move. He hada6)________________I took his7)_______________androdetohishome. Hisparents8)________________himhome. AfterthatSam‟sparents9)________________him a new big bike. Itwas
10) _________________ Sam gave me his old bike. I was happyto 11)_____________abike.
a) village
b) home
c) school
a) send
b) went
c) drive
a) cow
b) toy
c) bike
a) money
b) presents
c) cars
a) city
b) school
c) visit
a) sore leg
b) sore eye
c) runny nose
a) ruler
b) bike
c) travel
a) have
b) visited
c) took
a) bought
b) took
c) buy
a) difficult
b)recycled
c)wonderful
a) present
b) have
c) buy
Answer key: 1____ 2____ 3____ 4____ 5____ 6____ 7____ 8____ 9____10____ 11_____ Match the parts. e.g. 1b(5x2=10) You should brush a) 15 litres of water.
You wasted b) yourteeth.
When you reduce the water, c) we useenergy.
People make d) tea orcoffee.
When we make tea e) glassbottles.
We should recycle f) you save thewater.
Answer key: 1______ 2______ 3_____ 4_______ 5______ 6_______