The notebook for English Control works district School № The pupil of 8th class

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TEST 1
1. Listen and choose the correct answer.

1 Many families don’t have dinner together because they…

a) … eat at different times or in different rooms.
b) …watch different TV programmes.
2 Families don’t sit down at the dinner table to eat and talk about what …
a) … is going on in their lives. b) … they have watched on TV.
3 Moreover, families don’t have discussions with their children to find out …
a) the right and wrong things of life. b) what is going on in their schools.
4 Our brains are led by somebody else on TV and the radio, in newspapers
and magazines. This is becoming a very serious problem as …
a) …we decide ourselves what newspapers and magazines to read.
b) … media is becoming less based on real facts and based on somebody’s opinion.
5 Media now offers everyone to express your opinion. It’s not always good because …
a) we can use Twitter, write a blog post or watch and share a video and photos.
b) people might be hurt by wrong information.

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2. Rewrite the sentences. Use Indirect Speech
e.g. He said that he would not have time to finish his homework.

1) He said: “I won’t have enough time to finish my homework.”

__He said that he would not have time to finish his homework._________________
2) She said: “I’ll think about it.”
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3) Mother: “The girls helped in the house.”

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4) Sister: “We’ll go to the park on Sunday.”

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5) Rashid: “We spent three days in London.”

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6) My friend: “My parents and I visited the Tower.”

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7) Larisa: “The children played tennis in the yard.”

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8) Lola: “I had a cold and stayed in bed.”

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