Контрольна робота з англійської мови для учнів 8 класу з теми “Do You Need a Book” за підручником О.Д. Карпюк.

Test “Do You Need a Book”

Variant I

I. Fill in the words: William Shakespeare (1564-1616).

   There is a word you don’t need to use.

 well-known, poetry, fiction, genres, love story, dramatist, plays
1. William Shakespeare is the greatest ____________.

2. His early plays were comedies and histories and are regarded as some of the best works produced in these ___________.

3. He is _____________ for his great tragedies.

4. The best known ____________ in the world is Romeo and Juliet.

5. Shakespeare's _____________ were staged in many theatres and translated into different languages.

6. William Shakespeare also wrote _____________   including the sonnets.

II. Complete the text with the words from the box.

          Artemis Fowl is a series of  _________ (1) novels written by Irish ___________ (2)  Eoin Colfer who has described the teenage criminal organizer Artemis Fowl II. The series is _________ (3) in half-seriouslanguage, combining dark moments with humorous ones, a style favoured by a number of popular children’s authors.

          Artemis, the main ___________ (4) , is a cruel and extremely intelligent

young criminal whose main goal is the acquisition of money through a variety

of often illegal schemes (although his values change towards the 5th book).

         There are six  __________ (5) in the series; the first was ___________ (6)

in 2001 and the sixth released in the United States on 15 July, 2008.

III. Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple Passive.

1. This program ________(to watch) by millions of people.

2. English and German ________(to teach) at our school.

3. Hundreds of e-mails ________ (to send) every second.

IV. Transform the sentences into the Passive Voice.

1. A young poet writes beautiful poems every month.

2. They sell this book in Ukraine.

3. My son draws nice pictures.

Test “Do You Need a Book”

Variant II

I. Fill in the words: Agatha Christie (1890-1976).

   There is a word you don’t need to use.

author     plays       novels      original     translated     title   recognized

1. Agatha Christie is ______________ all over the world as the Queen of Crime.
2. She wrote 78 crime novels, 19 ___________ and 6 romantic novels.
3. Her books have been ________________ into 103 foreign languages.
4. She is the third best-selling _______________ in the world.
5. Many of her ________________ and short stories have been filmed.
6. It's pleasant to read Agatha Christie's books in the _______________ because her language is simple.

II. Complete the text with the words from the box.

          The Hobbit, or There and Back Again is a fantasy ________ (1)  by J. R. R. Tolkien, written in the tradition of a fairy ________ (2). The story is told in the form of an episodic quest: most _________ (3) introduce a specific creature of Tolkien’s Wilderland.

          Tolkien wrote the story in the early 1930s to amuse his three sons. It was

__________ (4) on 21 September, 1937 and was awarded a prize from the New York Herald Tribune for best juvenile ___________ (5) . More recently, The Hobbit has been recognised as the «Most Important 20th-century Novel» by a children’s book magazine. It has sold about 100 million copies of the book

worldwide since the first __________ (6).

III. Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple Passive.

1. The old newspapers ________(to collect) every Monday.

2. Spanish ________ (to speak) in Argentina.

3. Many books _________ (to publish) every year.

IV. Transform the sentences into the Passive Voice.

1. Nick writes articles for our school newspaper.

2. My grandpa reads news every day.

3. Pupils borrow books from the library twice a month.