Test 3 (elementary level)

I. Reading. Read the story about my visit to London . Then read the sentences below and write if they are true (t) or false (f)

My First Visit to London

The general opinion abroad is that London has fog or rain every day of the year, but on the day that I arrived it was fine and warm. The next day was just as beautiful and you could smell the spring in the air. «Life is grand», I thought when I took Anthony, the little boy, for a walk in Kensington Gardens. It was a straight road and I found the way quite easily. The trees were fresh and green and lovely and there were beds of spring flowers. We passed a pool with ducks, a children's playground, a lake with boats and everywhere were people, people whose language I couldn't understand. It was time for us to go home. We turned down one path, that I thought would take us back- and we found ourselves in Hyde Park, I was confused and rather frightened. I ran to the left and to the right and asked several old ladies for the way to Addison Road, but I found to my horror that I couldn't understand a single word they said in reply. I walked on.

Meanwhile, the sun had gone behind a cloud. I was terribly tired and wanted nothing in the world so much as to be at home. At last we got to the park gate, but there was worse than ever: there were too many buses, cars, people, that I stood lost among them. I was ready to cry, but there was little Anthony, who had waited two hours for his tea. In despair I crossed the street onto an island where I found a policeman. I took my courage in both hands and said, «Please, sir, where is Addison Road?» He began to explain, but when he saw that I could not understand, he became helpless too «Are you French?» he said. «No», I replied, «but I speak French».

«Wait a moment. I learned French at school», he said, and explained to me the way. His French was bad but it was more beautiful to me than all the words of all the poets. He smiled and then he raised his hand. How wonderful! The traffic stopped and we crossed the road. I soon found myself in streets that I recognised. Life was grand once more. The sun came out from behind the clouds and London was a beautiful city but for me the best thing in it was the policeman at the park gate.

1) Usually it is raining in London, hut when I came there it was fine.

2) The next day I and Anthony went for a walk in Covent Garden.

3) When it was time for us to go home, we found out that we were lost.

4) I asked some old ladies for a way, but they could not answer my questions.

5) I could not understand British English.

6) At last I asked the policeman to show me the way to Addison Road.

7) The policeman refused to answer my questions.

S) The policeman tried to explain to me the way in French.

9) His French was excellent.

10) His French was bad but I could understand him.

II. English Usage.

Read this postcard from Mike to Kate. Use the correct form of each adjective.

Dear Kate,

Dave and I are having the......(I-good) holiday of our lives! We are in Barbados, one of the......(2-lovely) islands in the Caribbean , it is much.......(3-small) than Jamaica, but it seems to be.....(4-big) than Tobago. We also think the people look........(5- nice) than on the other islands. We are slaying in the........(6-modern) hotel on the island. It 's a lot.....(7- comfortable ) than any of the other hotels, and it 's very big, even.......(8-big) than the world famous Belton Hotel. The........(9-near) beach is only a hundred metres away, so we can go swimming a lot. It 's really the......(10- wonderful) island, I wish you were here!

Love,

Mike