Class 8
Preverjanje 2a
1. What were the people doing yesterday evening?
Kaj so ti ljudje počenjali včeraj zvečer?
6 points/
1……………………………………………………………………………….
2……………………………………………………………………………….
3……………………………………………………………………………….
4……………………………………………………………………………….
5……………………………………………………………………………….
6……………………………………………………………………………….
2. Translate
Poplava
Potres
Orkan
strela
eksplozija
snežni plaz
vulkanski izbruh
cunami
tornado
2. Choose and put in the correct verb in Past Simple or Past Continuous Tense.
Izberi in vstavi primeren glagol v Past Simple ali Past Continuous času.
18 points/
1 They………………… (have) tea when the doorbell ………………….. (ring).
2 Father…………….. (smoke) his pipe while mother ……………….(read) a magazine.
3. When I …………………(come) into the office my boss …………..(wait) for me.
4. When we………… (see) Brian he ………………(drive) a taxi.
5. Father ……………..(wait) in the car while mother ………………(do) the shopping.
6. When he ………………(arrive) we …………………..(have) dinner.
7. While they ……………..(play) chess we …………………(go) shopping.
8. They ………………(have) a party while he was sleeping.
9. They …………. (play) football when the lights in the stadium …………….. (go) out.
10. While George and John…………….. (clean) their room she was doing the ironing.
3. Write sentences with these words.
brush
have
put on
Napiši stavke z naslednjimi besedami.
send
throw
take
5 . What help can you offer? Kakšno pomoč bi ponudil . I’ll ..
4 points/
6. Read the text and mark the statements T true or F false. Preberi besedilo in označi trditve za
T resnične ali F napačne.
7 points
7. Fill in Will Future or Going to Future. Vstavi Will Future ali Going to Future. 10 points/
1 They will drive /are going to drive to New York tomorrow morning.
2 I hope the weather will be / is going to be nice.
3 I offered him this job. I think he is going to take/will take it.
4 Take your umbrella with you. It will rain/ is going to rain.
5 They will play /are going to play cards this evening.
6 I………………(go) to the cinema tomorrow.
7 They ……………..(fly) to Seattle next summer holidays.
8 That exercise looks difficult. I………………..(help) you.
9 She …………………………..probably (stay) till Thursday.
1O We think he……………….. (come) home late in the night.
1. Fill in the gaps. There are not enough words!
possible
was
/10
picked up
dam
cycling
It was a normal ____________________(1) in Cranford. It __________________(2) about 10 o’clock. Some
people were shopping and some children were playing. John Anderson was ___________________(3) to a
lake near the town. He was going fishing. There was a dam at one end of the ____________________(4).
While he was crossing the dam, he saw a crack in the ____________________(5) and water was coming
through the crack. It was going to ____________________(6) the town. John cycled back to the town as fast
as ______________________(7). When he reached the town, he shouted, “The dam’s breaking!” Everyone
grabbed their children, pets and things and ran indoors. Soon the water went past. It picked up cars and
carried them _________________(8)
the street like toys. It was very scary. The water
_______________________(9) a lot of cars and buildings, but everybody was ___________________(10),
thanks to John.
1 Write a paragraph for your school website about
how you think your school will have changed in ten
years’ time. Think about:
1 Think of a natural disaster. Imagine you are a
survivor of this disaster. Write a paragraph for a
blog where you describe what happened.

The classrooms

When it happened

The buildings

Where it happened

The way of teaching

What you were doing

The facilities

What you did

The subjects

What happened next
3 Make yes / no questions using the prompts.
Example
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2
3
4
5
you / often / go / swimming?
Do you often go swimming?
your friends / come / your party / yesterday?
___________________________________
cars / fly / in 2050?
___________________________________
your teacher go to / give / you / a test / tomorrow?
___________________________________
your father / usually / work / on Saturdays?
___________________________________
you and your brother / go to / watch / TV / tomorrow evening?
___________________________________
Complete the story about Sally and Rob with the correct forms of the verbs in the
box.
arrive
wait
have
stand
buy
come
go work
sell
not travel
not work
Example
Sally and Rob arrived from Australia an hour ago.
1 Now they ___________ outside the airport.
2 They ___________ for a taxi.
3 Rob ___________ usually ___________ by taxi.
4 In Australia, they ___________ a car.
5 But they ___________ it last week.
6 They ___________ another car in a few days.
7 Rob ___________ to Britain to work as a doctor.
8 Sally is a doctor too, but she ___________ in Australia when she was there.
9 She ___________ to Australia to get married to Rob.
10Now Rob and Sally ___________ together at the same hospital.
1
’re / are standing
6
’re / are going to buy
’re / are waiting
7
came
3
doesn’t, travel
8
didn’t work
4
had
9
went
5
sold 10
are going to work
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