Section 3. Revision

Ex.1. Match the words that rhyme.

Example: Red – Said

Hat	List	______________________
Kissed	Mean	______________________
Green	Shoes	______________________
Laugh	That	______________________
Whose	Bought	______________________
Short	Half	______________________
White	Beer	______________________
Near	Wear	______________________
They	Night	______________________
Hair	Knows	______________________
Rose	Flowers	______________________
Ours	Pay	______________________

Ex.2. Fill in why / what / which / who / how often / where.

Inspector: Will you answer some questions, please?

Suspect: 1) _____ do you want to know?

Inspector: 2) _____were you at 10 o’clock last night?

Suspect: I was at the cinema.

Inspector: 3) _____cinema were you at?

Suspect: The embassy in Temple Street.

Inspector: And 4) ______ was the film that you saw?

Suspect: I can’t remember what it was called, I’m afraid.

Inspector: 5) ______did you go with?

Suspect: No one. I went on my own.

Inspector: 6) ______ do you go to the cinema?

Suspect: Not very often. I prefer the theatre.

Inspector: So 7) ______did you decide to go yesterday?

Suspect: Because it was a film I’ve always wanted to see.

Inspector: Then 8) _____can’t you remember what it was called?

Ex.3. Fill in a / an / the where necessary.

1. This is _____egg. 2. Where is _____ post office? 3. _____ Lucy’s uncle is ____ teacher.

4. Julie has got ____ orange. 5. This is ____way to school. 6. It’s ____ long way to ___

office. 7. There are a lot of flowers in _____ garden. 8. _____ Italians like _____ spaghetti.

9. _____ white hat is Mother’s. 10. ______ Peter and _____ Ben are brothers. 11. _____

Eiffel Tower is in Paris. 12. There’s some sugar in ____ bowl. 13. These are _____ our

shoes. 14. _____ bottle of milk, please! 15. _____ snakes are dangerous. 16. _____ woman

in the green dress is Mary.

Ex.4. Fill in: in / on / at.

1) ____Christmas, our family has a good time. We always have a party 2) ____the 24^th of December. 3) ____ the afternoon we make pies and 4) ____ night the party starts. People start to arrive 5) ____ 9 o’clock 6) ____ midnight, we all sing “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”. Christmas Day is 7) ____the 25^th of December. 8) _____the morning we open our presents and 9) ____2 o’clock we have “Christmas dinner”. My favourite Christmas was 10) ____1990. We visited our uncle in Australia. Christmas is 11) ____summer there. We had our Christmas dinner on the beach 12) ____ the afternoon.

Ex.5. Make up questions to the underlined words in the sentences.

1. We finished our fish.

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2. Soon the maid came forward with the second course.

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3. She put it on the table in front of Mike.

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4. He put down the carving knife.

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5. She carried the meat into the kitchen.

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6. For a few minutes he stroked the dog’s ear.

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7. Two children ran out of the door of the house.

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8. The carriage rotted on and on between the great beautiful trees.

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9. People talked about him at dinner-tables.

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10. She kept him by her side a great part of the evening.

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Ex.6. Put the verbs in brackets into Present Simple or Past Simple.

This 1) ________ (to be) my dog, Blackie. He 2) ________ (to be) a small black dog with a bushy tail. Every day I 3) _________ (to take) him for a walk to the park. He 4) __________ (to run) everywhere and 5) ___________ (to play) with his ball on the grass. When we

6) ___________ (to come) back he 7) __________ (to eat) his food and then he

8) ___________ (to lie) on the carpet. At night he 9) ___________ (to sleep) on a rug near my bed.

One day last year I 10) _________ (to take) him for a walk but I 11) __________ (to lose) him. He 12) _________ (not / to be) anywhere. I 13) __________ (to go) home and

14) _________ (to tell) my parents. They 15) _________ (to search) the park and then they 16) __________ (to go) to the police. A few days later a policeman 17) ___________ (to come) to my house. Blackie 18) _________(to be) with him. We 19) __________ (to be) very happy to see him back home.

Ex.7. Translate into English.

1. Прошлым летом мы жили в Сочи.

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2. Вчера она ехала в школу на автобусе.

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3. У них не было урока истории вчера.

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4. Ты не пришел домой вовремя.

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5. “Ты завтракал в 8 часов?” - “Да, я завтракал в 8 часов”.

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6. “Ты шел пешком или ехал на автобусе?” – “Я ехал на автобусе”.

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7. “Что ты видел в зоопарке вчера?”- “Я видел зебру”.

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8. “Когда начался урок музыки?” – “Он начался в 10 часов”.

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9. “Что вы делали в воскресенье?” – “Мы остались дома”.

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10. “Кто пел песни вчера?” – “Девочки. Девочки пели песни вчера”.

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Ex.8. Choose the correct item.

1. The children ___ around a beautiful fir tree the whole evening yesterday. A: danced

B: are dancing

C: were dancing

2. I ___ tennis at the school sports ground from 6 till 8 o’clock yesterday.

A: am playing

B: played

C: was playing

3. Harry ___ the sofa an hour ago. A: is vacuuming

B: vacuumed

C: was vacu­uming

4. Alan ___ the floor in his room right now. A: was sweeping

B: is sweeping

C: swept

5. Cindy ___ a new jumper all day long yesterday.

A: was knitting

B: is knitting

C: knitted

6. Adam ___ the kettle on a minute ago. A: is putting

B: put

C: was putting

7. Steve and Mez ___ computer games when their mother came home from work. A: played

B: were playing

C: are playing

8. Crispin ___ the carpets in the garden at the moment.

A: is beating

B: was beating

C: beated

9. Kate ___ her friend from Novgorod at the railway station at 7 o’clock yes­terday.

A: met

B: was meeting

C: is meeting

10. Ron ___ French and Physics last aca­demic year.

A: hated

B: hates

C: will hate

Section 4. Listening