II. English Usage.

Part 1. Vocabulary. Give synonyms or close meaning of these words.

1) station a) stopping place for trains b) stopping place for ships

c) place for selling vegetables and fruit

2) to fly a) to travel by ship b) to travel by train c) to travel by plane

3) excursion a) popular voyage h) to travel on business

c) pleasure trip

4) to pack a) to book tickets b) to buy something c) to wrap something

5) to leave a) to visit b) to come in c) to go away

6) to catch the train a) to buy a ticket on a train b) to be in time for the train

7) voyage a) travelling by plane b) travelling by sea c) travelling by car

8) to be situated a) to border h) to lie c) to differ

9) expedition a) a journey of exploration b) settlement c) distance

10) to arrive a) to leave b) to go on a hike c) to reach a place

Part 2. Grammar. Put the verb in brackets into the correct tense form.

One day a Frenchman who......(11-travel) in Sweden came to a restaurant. The Frenchman did not know Swedish and nobody .......(12- can/speak) French at the restaurant. He wanted to have mushrooms for his breakfast; so he called a waiter and asked him to bring him some mushrooms.

But the waiter could not understand what the Frenchman......(I3-want). Then the Frenchman took a piece of paper and pencil and.....(14-draw) a picture of a mushroom. The waiter looked at the picture and.....(15-leave) the room at once. Five minutes later he returned with an umbrella.

Part 3. Grammar. Infinitive or Gerund? Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.

Last week Tim and his friend Bob went to London for a holiday. They wanted ...... (16-see) Buckingham Palace. After.......( 17-visit) Buckingham Place they went for a meal. Bob loves .....(18-eat), it's his favourite hobby. When they had finished the meal, Tim suggested.......(19-go) to see the paintings in the National Gallery, but Bob told that he hated......(20-look) at pictures.

III. Writing.

The local travel agent in St Petersburg has organised a competition to find out who can write the best English-language travel advertisement Choose one or more places of interest in St Petersburg, include the special features of your advertisement: location, history, interesting facts, why it's worth seeing......etc. (100-120 words)

Key: I: 1)Who was on visit to a friend in London? 2) Did the visitor want to leave for home or not? 3) What did the man do in the evening? 4)Why did the host want to say something to the visitor?

The visitor decided to invite his family to London, didn’t he?

II. Part 1: 1)a 2)c 3)c 4)c 5)c 6)b 7)b 8)b 9)a 10)c

Part 2: 11) was travelling/travelled 12) could speak 13) wanted 14) drew 15)left

Part 3: 16) to see 17) visiting 18) eating 19) going 20) looking

Test 5. ( pre-intermediate level )

I. Reading. Read the text and du the exercises.