LISTENING COMPREHENSION (AB-I)
Tom and Linda are answering questions about their travelling experiences, eating foreign food and taking part in competitions.
For questions 1-6, mark the sentences with “T” if they are true and with “F” if they are false. You’ll hear the talks twice.
Tom:
1. I spent a week in California last summer.
2. I have never eaten Italian food.
3. I have never taken part in competitions.
Linda:
1. I’ve seen a lot of TV programmes about America.
2. I have never eaten foreign food.
3. I have just won a singing competition.
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Tom: I went to California last summer for holidays and spent a week in Disneyland. It was a great trip! Foreign food? Er… Oh, yes. I like Italian pizza best of all. I ate it when I was in Italy with my parents. … Well, I like to watch competitions on TV, but I’ve never taken part in them. I have never tried.
Linda: I’d like to go to America. I’ve seen a lot about it on TV. Of course, I have eaten food from different countries. There are Italian, Chinese and Vietnamese restaurants in my area. I like pizza best of all. Erm… to my surprise I won a singing competition last year. It was a competition between three schools.
READING COMPREHENSION (AB-II)
The Club magazine organised a writing competition My Worst Trip. Here is Robert’s story.
1) Robert’s story is mixed up. Put it in the correct order.
Last summer I took a trip to London. My friend and I wanted to spend two weeks in this beautiful city. From Berlin we went by train. Then we took the ship to Dover. From Dover to Victoria Station in London we went by bus. The last part of our trip we wanted to travel by taxi, and we got in one of those funny British taxis.
“Oh, in London there are six Lancaster Hotels. Can you tell me the address?” asked the taxi driver.
My friend answered, “No, sorry, we can’t. Take us to the next hotel, please.”
The driver asked, “Where are you going to?”
I said, “One moment.” But I couldn’t find the slip of paper.1 On the slip was the name and address of our hotel.
“Oh, dear! I have lost it!” I thought. My friend remembered the name and said,
“Lancaster Hotel, please.”
“You have to pay ? 25,” said the driv¬er. I opened my bag. But what was that?
A little slip with an address. I thought,
“You are silly” and said to the driver, “I have found the address and the name of the hotel. Take us to the Manchester Hotel, 45 Bayswater Road, please.”
But it wasn’t the right hotel. We were driving from one hotel to another but there was no room in any of the hotels for us. It was six o’clock in the evening and the taxi driver wanted to go home.
2) For questions 1-5, mark the sentences with “T” if they are true and with “F” if they are false.
Robert did not remember the address of the hotel.
Robert lost the slip of paper with the address of the hotel.
The boys didn’t want to pay ? 25 to the taxi driver.
There was no room in the Lancaster Hotel for the boys.
The boys didn’t know about the six Lancaster Hotels in Lon¬don.
3) Write out one verb form from the story to match with each tense.
A Past Simple
В Past Progressive
С Present Perfect
USE OF ENGLISH (GRAMMAR) (AB-III)
1. Here is Paul’s diary.
For questions 1-10, fill in the gaps with the correct verb forms. There is an example (0) at the beginning.
This week I (0) have been (be) to a horse club three times. I (1) (be) there on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. On Monday I (2) (ride) Gabriel from 5 to 6. I (3) (be) at the sports centre this week, too. On Tuesday I (4) (watch) a football match. On Thursday Bob and I (5) (play) tennis in the playground. While we (play) tennis, it (7) (start) to rain and we (8) (not finish) the game. Yesterday we (9) (talk) about the book Game Boy all day long. All the boys and girls in my class (10) (read) it. I (11) (read) it, too and recommend it 100%.
2. What did Paul do yesterday?
Fill in the gaps with the words from the box. You can use the words more than once. There is an example at the beginning (0). For to while from on when of during at (0) On Friday it was raining the whole morning and we decided to go (1) Madame Tussauds’. (2) we got to the museum it was already 11 am. (3) 11 (4) 12.30 we were standing in line for tickets. (5) the next two hours we were going from room to room and watching the wax mod¬els of famous people. (6) I was taking a photo (7) Michael Jackson, my friend said, “I want a photo with Michael Jackson.” (8) our excursion I could hear from different rooms, “I want a photo with Beckham, I want a photo with Leonardo Di Caprio. Look! I want a photo with the Queen!” The mod¬els were great and we had a great time (9) the museum. We got to the hotel (10) 3.
SPEAKING
1. You are staying with an English family. Your foreign friend suggests going to the Natural History Museum.
Pupil Card 1
Suggest going to the Natural History Museum. You have been there; you liked the exhibition of dinosaurs. You begin the conversation.
Don’t forget to:
• ask your friend about his/her visit to the Natural History Museum (ever);
• suggest going to the Natural History Museum;
• answer your friend’s questions about your visit there.
Pupil Card 2
Your friend suggests visiting the Natural History Museum. You haven’t been there yet. Listen to your friend. Don’t forget to:
• ask your friend about his/her visit there (ever, when, with whom, what);
• say that you’d like to go there and explain why.
2. Tell your foreign friend about your last school excursion. Don’t forget to say:
• what excursion you went on;
• when you went on the excursion;
• what you liked about It.