Самостоятельная работа для 9 класса

1. Read the letter.

Dear Irina,

Thank you for your letter. I would like to know a bit more about your school activities. Do you have parties at school? What are they like? Our parties are not always interesting. Some are amusing and some are boring. The best we had was on the Valentine’s Day. We all loved it very much. It was a costume party. I had a butterfly suit on with big black-and-red wings.

We have pinned up funny posters on the walls in the rest room. The most interesting part of it was the mail. I got five Valentine’s Day cards. I think the big card was from Joe. I went all red when I opened it. There was a big elephant holding plastic flowers in its trunk and these words: “Sharon, I love you.” I also wrote ten cards to boys and girls just for fun, and of course one to Joe. You can guess what I wrote in it. We also sang and danced at the party. How do your parties go?

Задания к тексту.

Exercise 1. Write what Sharon liked about the St. Valentine’s Day party most of all.

Exercise 2. Say if the statements are true or false.

1. All parties in the English school are interesting.

2. All the children liked the party on the Valentine’s Day.

3. The party was held in the classroom.

4. Sharon got a bunch of flowers from Joe.

5. Sharon wrote ten cards to boys.

6. They sang and danced at the party.

Exercise 3. Give yes / no answers to the questions.

1. Does Sharon like parties?

2. Are all English school parties amusing?

3. Was the party she described a costume party?

4. Did Sharon get a card from Joe?

5. Does she love Joe?

6. Did she write a card to Joe?

II. Choose the right variant.

1. My parents ….. in the garden for 3 hours.

a) works b) are working c) has been working d) have been working

2. English ….. in many countries.

a) speaks b) is speaking c) is spoken d) were spoken

3. ….. Amazon flows into ….. Atlantic Ocean.

a) the; the b) the; — c) —; the d) —; —

4. It was a very difficult text. I ….. look up a lot of words in a dictionary.

a) must b) have to c) had to d) can

5. In the past people protected ….. by high walls.

a) they b) himself c) their d)themselves

6. Don’t ask me for help. You must do it …. .

a)yourself b) you c) your d) herself

7. People who respect each other’s ideas can ….. conflicts in a peaceful way.

a) decide b) resolve c) have d) avoid

8. My sister-in-law spend all her free time reading books. She is a real … .

a) bore b) bookworm c) chatterbox d) fusser

9. I am going to be a ….. because I like animals and birds.

a) vet b) lawyer c) surgeon d) waiter

10. They were not allowed ….. their presents until Christmas morning.

a) open b) opening c) to opening d) to open