District School № The pupil of the 8-th form Date

Date___________________
Control work – 4
The Type of control work: Test.
1. A novel i s ...........................

A) a writer’s story of his or her life

C) a book - length fictional story

B) a story about crime and detective

D) about imaginary future developments in science.

2. Mark Twain is an author of .............................

A) ” The City and the Stars” B) “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”

C) “ A boy’s will” D) “Dark Forces”

3. If I .............. him I would go to cinema.

A) am B) was C) were D) had.

4. If I ..........more money, I ..................to England to practice my

English.

A) had/will go B) had/would go C) had/went D) have went.

5. Where................you fly, if y o u ..................a bird?

A) will/turn into B) would/turn into

C) would/turn into D) would/would turn.

6. My wife i s .........................than your wife.

A) the most beautiful B) more beautiful

C) beautifuller D) more beautifuller.

7. S h e ......................a stronger person now than s h e ...................a few

months ago.

A) had been/was B) were/were C) was/was D) was/had been.

8. When the phone rang, I .......................dinner.

A) cook B) was cooking C) am cooking D) had cooking.

9. Anita usually likes coffee, but she ...................tea in the morning

yesterday.

A) drank B) drink C) is drinking D) drunk.

10............ is to the mind that exercise is to the body.

A) playing B) writing C) reading D) thinking.

11.1 have just had a quarrel with my parents. What would you do if you

................me?
A) are B) were C) had been D) would be.

12. Very often people behave as though th ey .................... alone universe.

A) are B) have been C) are being D) were.

13. If Tom got an invitation to the wedding, h e ................a holiday to

attend this event.

A) would have taken B) takes C) would take D) will take

14. I ............an interesting book at the moment. I’ll return it to the

library when I’ve finished.

A) read B) shall read C) am reading D) would read

15. We spent a pleasant day by the river,.......................we had a picnic.

A) where B) what C) which D) that

16. That’s .......................restaurant I’ve ever been to.

A) worst B) the worst C) bad D) worse.

17. The p a rty .................... by the time I ...................there.

A) had finished/get B) had finished/got

C) finished/got D) finished/had got.

18. My colleagues u sually................ four days a week, and till week

th e y ..............five days.

A) work/work B) are working/are working

C) are working/work D) work/are working.

19. Why did she always ................ to see Jim at the worst possible

moment?

A) come B) came C) comes D) usually.

20. Do you listen to opera? - No, I ................. listen to opera. I hate it.

A) always B) never C) often D) usually