Урок контролю аудіювання "The Silly Sheepdog"

1. Reading Comprehension Test for 8^th form Students

                                          The Silly Sheepdog

This is Apple Tree Farm. This is Mrs.Boot.  the farmer. She has got two children, called Tom and Sam, and a dog called Poppy.

 Ted works on Apple Tree Farm. He bought a sheepdog to help him with  the sheep. The sheepdog is called Patch. Tom, Sam and Poppy say ‘Hello’ to Patch. ‘Come on, Patch’, says Sam. ‘We’ll show you all the animals on our farm’.

 First they look at the hens. Patch jumps into the henhouse and chases the hens. They are afraid of him and fly up into their house.

 ‘Now we’ll go and see the cows’. Patch runs into the field and barks at the cows. But they just stand and look at him. Then they look at the pigs. Patch jumps into their little house. Sam shouts at Patch.

 ‘Come here, you silly dog. Let’s go to the sheep field’, he says.

 ‘Look’, says Sam. ‘One sheep is missing. It is that naughty Wooly again’, says Ted, the worker. Suddenly Patch runs away across the field. Ted, Sam, Tom and Poppy run after him.

 Patch begins to bark. They all go to look. Patch has found a boy. The boy pats Patch. ‘Hello’, he says. ‘I wondered who bought you when my Dad sold his farm’. The boy has found a sheep.

 ‘There is Wooly’, says Sam.

 ‘I have found her on the road’, says the boy. ‘I’m bringing her back now’.

 The boy whistles to Patch. Patch chases Wooly back through the gate. She runs into the field with the other sheep.

 Ted looks in surprise.

 ‘Patch doesn’t do anything I tell him’, says Ted.

 ‘You don’t know how to whistle’, says the boy. Patch runs back to them.

 ‘You must teach me how to whistle to Patch’, says Ted.

 ‘He’s not a silly dog, he is a very clever dog after all’, says Sam.

                                      Checking Comprehension Exercises

1. Find the correct answer.

1. Mrs.Boot has got… .

a)two daughters;  b)two sons;  c)a son and a daughter.

2) Ted bought… to help him with the sheep.

a)a wolf;   b)a dog;  c)a sheepdog.

3) Patch has found… .

a)a worker;   b)a boy;  c)a woman.

4) The boy has found…on the road.

a)a hen;   b)a fox;  c)a sheep.

2. Say true, false or I don’t know.

1. Ted works at the hospital.
2. The hens are afraid of Patch.
3. Two sheep are missing.
4. The boy has found the sheep in the road.
5. Patch is a very silly dog.

                                Vocabulary and Grammar Exercises

1. Complete the following sentences. Use the words from the box.

1. Mrs.Boot is a… .
2. Ted bought a… .
3. We’ll show you all…on our farm.
4. They…him and fly up into their house.
5. Patch…into the field and…at the cows.
6. Patch…all the pigs into their little house.
7. The boy…Patch.
8. The boy… to Patch.

2. Complete the sentences with the missing preposition: at, in, on, of, to, across, away, into, up, after.

1. Ted works…Apple Tree Farm.
2. They look…the hens.
3. Patch jumps…hen house.
4. They are afraid…him and fly…into their house
5. Patch runs…the field and barks…the cows.
6. Patch runs… …the field.
7. Patch begins…bark.
8. The boy has found the sheep…road.
9. Ted looks…surprise.

10)Ted, Sam, Tom and Poppy run…him.

                                 Discussing the Text

1. Learn the proverb:

                               ‘Every dog has his day’.

Can you remember the situation in your life to illustrate this proverb?

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