итоговая годовая контрольная работа 8 класс. Английский язык.
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Итоговая контрольная работа по английскому языку

8 класс

I. Read the text and fill in the table:

II. Choose true (T) or false (F) for these sentences:

1. England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are the four parts of the UK ___
2. England is smaller than Scotland. ____
3. There’re stars on the English flag. ____
4. Lots of tourists visit Madame Tussauds’ museum in Scotland. ___
5. The UK flag is often called the ‘Union Jack’. ___

III. Open the brackets:

1. Great Britain together with Northern Ireland (call) the United Kingdom.
2. The capital of the UK, London, (visit) by lots of tourists every year.
3. Many holidays in Great Britain (connect) with royal occasions.

IV. Change the words in capitals so that they fit each gap best:

1) The ____ (TYPE) British character is described in many articles and books. 2) The ______ (BRITAIN) are said to be reserved and not very ____ (EMOTION). 3) The most ____ (WONDER) thing about the British is their attitude to the royal family. 4) Queen Elizabeth II and her family are treated like real (CELEBRATE).

V. You got a letter from your foreign friend Tom Green, who writes:
“… I live in Manchester. I like my city very much but sometimes the people here are not very friendly and they don’t try to keep our city clean and beautiful. And do you enjoy living in a small town? How do you spend your spare time there?
Anyway, I’m thinking of travelling to Russia next summer. Could you tell me what weather to expect?”

Write back to him (80-100 words). Mind the rules of letter writing.

26-20 баллов – «5»

19 – 15 баллов – «4»

14 – 12 баллов – «3»

Менее 12 баллов – «2»

Fact File: the UK

Some British people say that they are from Great Britain. Other British people say that they are from the UK. Some say that they are from England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. What do you know about these different places?

England, Scotland and Wales are on an island in the north-west of Europe called Great Britain. Great Britain together with Northern Ireland is called the United Kingdom, or UK.

England is the largest part of the UK. Its name comes from people called the Angles, who came from Germany 1500 years ago. About 53 million people live in England and the capital city is London.

Scotland is in the north of Britain. Over 5 million people live in Scotland. The highest mountain in the UK is in Scotland. It is called Ben Nevis and is 1,345 metres tall. The capital city of Scotland is Edinburgh but the largest city is Glasgow.

Wales is in the west of Britain. About 3 million people live there and about 20 per cent of them speak Welsh. Welsh is one of the oldest languages in Europe. The Welsh flag has a picture of a dragon! The capital of Wales is Cardiff.

Northern Ireland is a part of Ireland, an island west of Britain. Nearly 2 million people live there. The Giant’s Causeway is a popular tourist attraction. There are huge rocks made by lava from a volcano, but an old story says that a giant built it! The capital of Northern Ireland is Belfast.  

текст: www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglishkids