The progress check book

Date___________________
Control work – 8


The Type of control work: Test.


I. Complete the sentences with the verbs appropriate verbs.

a) bought b) come c) comes d) are studying e) did …. buy

f) did ... meet g) is staying h) went i) learns j) was.
1. My mother ________________ in our house while we are on holiday.
2. Paul __________________ French four times a week.
3. Anna _________________ to the cinema last weekend.
4. My mother _______________ from Poland.
5. My brothers ___________________ modem languages in Paris.
6. When I was ten, my parents _______________ me a bicycle.
7. Simon _______________ you a present?
8. Where ___________________ your father born?
9. Who ____________________ you ___________________last night?
10. Where does he __________________ from?


II. Read the text. Are the statements true or false?


TELEVISION

A Scotsman, John Logie Baird, transmitted the first television picture on 25 November, 1905. The first thing on television was a boy who worked in the office next to Baird’s workroom in London.

In 1929 Baird sent pictures from London to Glasgow. In 1940 he sent pictures to New York, and also produced the first colour TV pictures

11. John Logie Baird was from Scotland, a) true b) false

12. A boy sent the first television picture, a) true b) false
13. Baird worked in London, a) true b) false
14. Baird sent a television to Glasgow, a) true b) false
15. In 1940 Baird moved to New York, a) true b) false


III. Match the beginnings of the sentences (1-5) with the endings (ag).
Not all the endings are used.

16. I’m tired, so .....................

17. My sunglasses are broken, so ...
18. There’s a good concert on tonight, so ...
19. My team hasn’t won for months, so ...
20. I’ve just got a job in Poland, so...

a). I think I’ll go to bed early.

b). I don’t think I ’ll go to the next match.
c). I think I’ll give them a call today.
d). I don’t think I’ll go out.
e). I think I ’ll buy a new pair.
f). I think I’ll start learning the language.
g). I think I’ll get some tickets for it.