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.pdfHarry Potter novels came from nowhere while she was on a train to London. She said, “The characters and situations came flooding into my head”.
Seven Potter novels later and Rowling is one of the richest women in the world. In fact, she is the first novelist ever to become a billionaire from writing. Her rags to riches story is a fantasy story in itself. She was on government handouts while writing her first novel. Her last four books broke records for the fastest sellers in literary history.
Today she devotes much of her time to many charitable causes. She famously demanded that Coca-Cola donate $18 million to the Reading is Fundamental charity if it wanted a tie-up with the Potter movies. The future? In March 2008, she said: "I will continue writing for children because that's what I enjoy".
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because that's what I enjoy |
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4.The idea for the Harry Potter novels d. two initials
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handouts |
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came flooding into my head |
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she uses as a writer |
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the fastest sellers |
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many charitable causes |
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Delete the wrong word in each of the pairs in italics:
J.K. Rowling is the pencil / pen name she uses as a writer. The J is for Joanne, her real / reality first name, but she prefers to be called Jo. Apparently, people only call her Joanne when they’re anger / angry with her. The K is made of / up. Her publisher asked her to write using a name with two initials, but she didn’t have a middle name.
Jo did a few different things before she struck / strike upon the idea of writing children’s books. She worked as a researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International and as / is an English teacher in Portugal. The idea for the Harry Potter novels went / came from nowhere while she was on a train to London. She said, “The characters and situations came flooding / flooded into my head”.
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Seven Potter novels later / latter and Rowling is one of the richest women in the world. In fact, she is the first novelist never / ever to become a billionaire from writing. Her rags / bags to riches story is a fantasy story in itself. She was on government handouts while writing her first novel. Her last four books broke DVDs / records for the fastest sellers in literary history.
Today she devotes much / many of her time to many charitable cause / causes. She famously demanded that Coca-Cola donor / donate $18 million to the Reading is Fundamental charity if it wanted a tie-up with the Potter movies. The future / present? In March 2008, she said: "I will continue writing for children because that's what I enjoy".
The underlined, jumbled words are from the text. Spell them correctly.
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government handouts while |
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Seven Potter novels later and Rowling is one of the richest |
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women in the world. In fact, she is the first |
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demanded that Coca-Cola donate $18 million to the |
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Reading is Fundamental charity if it wanted |
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writing children’s books. She worked as a researcher and |
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bilingual secretary for Amnesty International and as an |
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English teacher in Portugal. The idea for |
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writing her first novel. Her last four books broke records |
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for the fastest sellers in literary history. |
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Jo did a few different things before she struck upon the |
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idea of |
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a tie-up with the Potter movies. The future? In March |
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name, but she prefers to be called Jo. Apparently, people |
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Useful resources:
1.http://englishvoyage.com/exercises/
2.http://lengish.com/grammar/exercise-95.html
3.https://www.native-english.ru/tests/present-tenses
4.www.englishexercises.org
5.www.interactive-english.ru
6.www.myenglishpages.com
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2.EATING AND DRINKING
1.Choose the right variant: a/an, some, any.
1.I drank a/an cup of any/- coffee after some/- dinner.
2.Are there some/any theatres in you town?
3.Give me a/some water, please. I am thirsty.
4.I don’t want some/any butter.
5.I’d like some/any milk.
6.There isn’t some/any juice.
7.There are some/- photographs on the table.
8.I have some/- money in the purse.
9.Helen wants to buy some/a chicken in the market.
10.There is an/a apple on the books.
2.Complete the sentences with a/an, some, any.
1.I am going to buy … eggs.
2.We haven’t got … milk.
3.There are … beautiful pictures in the magazine. Look at them!
4.I had … bread and … butter and … egg for … breakfast this morning.
5.Pass me … piece of … bread, please.
6.I have... interesting news to tell you.
7.Have you got... English records at home?
8.There’s … airport next to the city.
9.There are … beautiful gardens but there aren’t … fountains.
10.There’s … house next to the river. Some friends live there.
3.Choose the right variant: few, a few, little, a little, much, many, a lot of, enough.
1.I have little / a little money, so we can go to the cinema.
2.Mother gave us a few / a little apples, and we were glad.
3.I never eat much / many bread with soup.
4.His father earned enough / few money to buy a car.
5.He has a lot of / much English books.
6.There is too … much / many/ a few salt in the soup.
7.There are … much / a little / a few sky-scrapers in our city.
8.I’ve got … much / a few / a little albums of this singer.
9.My job allows me to travel … much / many / a few.
10.We’ve got … little / many / few free time.
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4.Complete the sentences with few, a few, little, a little, much, many, a lot of, enough.
1.Have you got … money on you? – I am sorry. I have very … money at the
moment.
2.If you have … spare time, look through this book. You will find … stories there which are rather interesting.
3.There were too … new words in the text, and Peter spent … time learning
them.
4.My mother knows German … and she can help you with the translation of this letter.
5.I am sorry to say, I have read very … books by Walter Scott.
6.Hurry up! We have … time.
7.I can't buy this book. I have got … money with me.
8.We need … minutes to catch our train.
9.I love you so ….
10.His ideas are very difficult, and … people understand them.
5.Match the sentences with the infinitive of purpose.
1.I bought a dictionary…
2.We went to the art gallery…
3.I went to the cash-machine…
4.I went to the information desk…
5.He turned on the television…
6.I’m studying very hard at the moment…
7.He stopped the car at the petrol station…
8.I went to the post office…
a)to buy some stamps.
b)to ask about the train times.
c)to pass my exams next month.
d)to look at the pictures.
e)to help with my vocabulary.
f)to fill up with petrol.
g)to watch the news.
h)to take out some money.
i)to improve their English.
j)to see the Pyramids.
9.They watch movies…
10.A lot of people go to Egypt
6.Complete the sentences with to or nothing (-).
1.I’d like … speak to you.
2.She hopes she can … find the job she’s looking for.
3.They wanted … cross the river.
4.It’s difficult … understand him.
5.She must … stop eating much and she must … lose her weight.
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6.I’ve decided... start a new project.
7.She is trying... learn Italian.
8.Can you... lend me your dictionary, please?
9.Mother forgot... book the tickets.
10.You shouldn’t... argue with your father.
Yelena Isinbayeva
Read the text and fulfill the exercises.
Yelena Isinbayeva is the greatest female pole vaulter ever. She won the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Gold Medal and has twice been the IAAF’s Female Athlete of the Year. In 2005, she became the first woman to clear five metres and is the current world record holder. Isinbayeva is also an avid reader of Russian history and a collector of dolphins – both model and real.
Isinbayeva was born in Volgograd, Russia in 1982. From the age of five, she trained as a gymnast. However, she quit the sport when she was 15 because at 1.74 metres she was too tall. She loved competition and switched to pole vaulting. Her first big competition was the 1998 World Junior Championships, where she finished ten centimeters outside the medals.
Isinbayeva showed her true potential in 1999 at the World Youth Games in Poland. She cleared 4.10m to take her very first gold medal. She would improve by nearly one metre over the next decade. In 2000, she won gold again at the Youth Games and the European Junior Championships
In 2003, Yelena burst onto the world stage when she broke the world record, clearing 4.82m at a meeting in England. She built up an intense rivalry with her compatriot Svetlana Feofanova. Going into the 2004 Olympics, Feofanova was world record holder. Isinbayeva won gold and reclaimed the world record. She plans to compete until the World Championships in Moscow in 2013.
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the greatest female |
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very first gold medal |
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the first woman to clear |
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pole vaulter ever |
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Delete the wrong word in each of the pairs in italics:
Yelena Isinbayeva is the greatest female pole / poll vaulter ever. She won the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Gold Medal and has twice had / been the IAAF’s Female Athlete of the Year. In 2005, she became the first woman to clean / clear five metres and is the current / currant world record holder. Isinbayeva is also an avid reader of Russian history and a collector of dolphins – both model and real.
Isinbayeva was born in Volgograd, Russia in 1982. From the age of five, she trained / training as a gymnast. However, she quite / quit the sport when she was 15 because at 1.74 metres she was too tall. She loved competition and switched to pole vaulter / vaulting. Her first big competition was the 1998 World Junior Championships, where she finished ten centimeters outside / out the medals.
Isinbayeva showed her true / truly potential in 1999 at the World Youth Games in Poland. She cleared 4.10m to take / taken her very first gold medal. She would improve / improvement by nearly one metre over the next decade. In 2000, she won gold again at / on the Youth Games and the European Junior Championships
In 2003, Yelena burst / bursting onto the world stage when she broke the world record, clearing 4.82m at a meets / meeting in England. She built up an intense rivalry / rival with her compatriot Svetlana Feofanova. Going into the 2004 Olympics, Feofanova was world record holder. Isinbayeva won gold and reclaimed the world record. She plans to compete by / until the World Championships in Moscow in 2013.
The underlined, jumbled words are from the text. Spell them correctly.
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Number these lines in the correct order.
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Isinbayeva showed her true potential in 1999 at the World |
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Youth Games in Poland. She cleared 4.10m to take |
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rivalry with her compatriot Svetlana Feofanova. Going into |
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the 2004 Olympics, Feofanova was world record |
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Isinbayeva was born in Volgograd, Russia in 1982. From |
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the age of five, she trained as a |
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gymnast. However, she quit the sport when she was 15 |
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because at 1.74 metres she was too tall. She loved |
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competition |
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In 2003, Yelena burst onto the world stage when she broke |
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and switched to pole vaulting. Her first big competition was |
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the 1998 World Junior Championships, |
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her very first gold medal. She would improve by nearly one |
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where she finished ten centimeters outside the medals. |
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Yelena Isinbayeva is the greatest female pole vaulter ever. |
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She won the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Gold Medal and has |
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became the first woman to clear five metres and is the |
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world record holder. Isinbayeva is also an avid reader of |
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Russian history and a collector of dolphins – both model |
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and real. |
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holder. Isinbayeva won gold and reclaimed the world |
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record. She plans to |
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Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel
Read the text and fulfill the exercises.
Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel was born in France in 1883 and died in 1971. She was a pioneering fashion designer who revolutionized women’s fashion. She designed modern and simple clothes that were often based on menswear. She was so important that she was the only designer named in ‘Time’ magazine's list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.
Chanel had a very poor upbringing. Her mother worked in the poorhouse where Gabrielle was born. She died when Gabrielle was six and then her
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