Test v7-10 Irregular verbs
Put the verbs in groups according to the patterns:
a) fight — fought — fought;
b) fly — flew — flown;
c) fall — fell — fallen;
d) lose — lost — lost.
get …………. ………………
throw …………. ………………
teach …………. ………………
blow …………. ………………
know …………. ………………
catch …………. ………………
bring …………. ………………
forget …………. ………………
speak …………. ………………
hold …………. ………………
hide …………. ………………
choose …………. ………………
tell …………. ………………
feel …………. ………………
draw …………. ………………
buy …………. ………………
grow …………. ………………
think …………. ………………
steal …………. ………………
win …………. ………………
TEST R7-1
Read the text and do the tasks that follow
In England people do a lot of strange things. Everything is not like (4) in Europe. For example, the English are fond of talking about weather. They usually start every conversation (1) with a little remark about it. If you don't say anything about weather, they will think you are terribly boring. The Europeans usually talk about the weather when they don't have anything else to discuss. The English sense of humour is very special. You can offend people
on the continent (2) if you make jokes about their clothes, their jobs, their lifestyle. But the English do it (3) every now and then and find nothing bad in it. English people are also very sarcastic so you must be ready to be laughed at. The English are proud of their difference from Europe and indeed (5) they are different in many ways.
1. Choose the best title for the text.
a) English humour
b) England and Europe
c) English ways
d) The English are proud
2. According to the text, the Europeans
a) are terribly boring
b) seldom talk about the weather
c) usually don't have anything to discuss
d) are not easily offended
3. According to the text, the English
a) are very sarcastic
b) talk about the weather all the time
c) hate when people laugh at them
d) are mostly former Europeans
4. "conversation" (point 1) means
a) conference
b) story
c) talk
d) competition
5. "continent" (point 2) means
a) Africa
b) Asia
c) South America
d) Europe
6. "it" (point 3) stands for .
a) telling jokes
b) continent
c) clothes
d) offending people
7. "like" (point 4) is
a) a noun
b) a preposition
c) a verb
d) a conjunction
8. "indeed" (point 5) means
a) typically
b) of course
c) really
d) strangely
TEST R7-2
Read the text and do the tasks that follow
Britain ruled over many countries in different parts of the world at the beginning of the century (3). Those countries were called colonies. In some of them people still (1) speak English as a second language. The British Empire existed until 1949 when Britain and the former colonies agreed to found the Commonwealth. The Queen of Great Britain became the Head of Commonwealth as well. She is also the queen of such countries as Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Some people in these countries don't like the (2) idea of being ruled by someone who doesn't even live in their country. But others don't mind. They (4) say that the Queen does not have any real power anywhere outside (5) Great Britain so she can't change anything really.
1. Choose the best title for the text
a) The Commonwealth
b) Modern politics
c) The Queen of England
d) The elections
2. "century" (point 3) stands for
a) the eighteenth century
b) the nineteenth century
c) the twentieth century
d) the twenty-first century
3. According to the text the Queen ,
a) has a lot of colonies
b) is the head of the Commonwealth
c) rules in all English-speaking countries
d) speaks English as a second language
4. According to the text the Commonwealth
a) consists of colonies only
b) no longer exists
c) was formed in the middle of the century
d) helps the Queen to rule the world
5. "still" (point 1) means
a) quiet
b) calm
c) now
d) up to now
6. "idea" (point 2) means
a) thought
b) plot
c) plan
d) story
7. "they" (point 4) stands for
a) former colonies
b) countries of the Commonwealth
c) people who don't mind the Queen
d) people who are against the Queen
8. "outside" (point 5) is
a) an adverb
b) a preposition
c) a noun
d) a verb