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Английский язык

8 класс

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Тема урока:

Выполнение лексико-грамматических упражнений

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USE OF ENGLISH. Open the brackets and put the verbs into the proper tense form.

Miss Green lived beside a church in a small street. She 1____ (not have) a car. On Fridays she always 2_____(go) to the market by bus. There 3____(be) many people in the bus, but she always 4__(find) a seat.

One of the houses at the corner of Miss Green’s street 5_____(be) empty for a long time, but then a family 6_____ (come) and 7___(live) in it. Their name 8___(be) the Adams. One day Miss Green 9____(visit) Mrs Adams and they 10______ (become) friends. Once Mrs Adams said, “I 11____ (not know) the way to the mar­ket. Can I come with you?” “Please do,” Miss Green answered.

They 12_____(put) on their coats and 13____(go) to the bus stop. When they 14___(get) on the bus, it 15____(be) full, but Miss Green 16_____(say), “Per­haps those two very handsome men 17___(give) us their seats.” Six men 18______(stand) up quickly.

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Choose the right variant.

1. Nick is …pupil in our class.

a) strong b) stronger c) the strongest

2. … play musical instruments.

a) Artists b) Musicians c) Pianists

3. Perhaps he …a good mark next lesson.

a) will get b) get c) got

4. Two years … my friend visited Athletics’ Club.

a) go b) ago c) later

5. My favourite … at school is History.

a) class b) place c) subject

6. Do you have … lessons every day?

a) much b) many c) a little

7. Jane always does homework. Her classmates like ….

a) hers b) she c) her

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Potatoes came to Europe from South America in 1533, but people didn’t want to 1 ____ potatoes. It wasn’t easy to make them do it.

King Louis XVI of France 2_____ of a plan. He asked the gardener to grow potatoes in his garden and sent the soldiers to 3____ the beds day and night. If 4_____ came near the garden, the soldiers began to shoot. The people became 5_____ . “These are new plants!” they 6____ . “It 7_____ be good if the king looks 8_____ them”.

In autumn the soldiers dug the potatoes and left them in the garden. When the peasants took 9____ of the potatoes, they didn’t 10_____ to notice it. Soon the peasants took all the potatoes. After it Frenchmen began to grow potatoes and French women learned to cook them.

  1. 1) grow 2) grew 3) be growing 4) grown
  2. 1) think 2) thought 3) thinked 4) is thought
  3. 1) eat 2) see 3) guard 4) study
  4. 1) somebody 2) anybody 3) nobody 4) everybody
  5. 1) suspicious 2) worried 3) interested 4) indifferent
  6. 1) told 2) talked 3) spoke 4) said
  7. 1) must 2) may 3) should 4) could
  8. 1) at 2) after 3) through 4) for
  9. 1) any 2) a lot 3) some 4) a little