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Five-Minute Tests

Complete the text. Use these verbs. Put them in the right form (get/gets, etc.)

look
start
prepare
have
have
feed
play
sleep
get
bring


The Queen’s Day

When the Queen (1)_____ up in the morning, seven people (2)_____ after her. One (3)____ her bath, one (4)____ her clothes, and one (5)_____ the Royal dogs. She (6)________ eight or nine dogs, and they (7)______ in their own bedroom near the Queen’s bedroom. Two people (8)_____ her breakfast. She (9)_____ coffee from Harrods, toast and eggs. Every day for fifteen minutes, a piper (10)_____ Scottish music outside her room and the Queen (11)_____ The Times. Every Tuesday evening she (12)_____ the Prime Minister.

Harrods – один из самых дорогих универсальных магазинов Лондона

Key: 1. gets; 2. look; 3. starts; 4. prepares; 5. feeds; 6. has; 7. sleep; 8. bring; 9. has; 10. plays; 11. reads; 12. meets

Write reported questions from these words.
1. built/do/house/you/this/when/know/was?
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2. Sue/today/absent/can/tell/you/is/me/why?
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3. happened/do/accident/you/the/know/how?
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4. Could/problem/you/the/tell/what/ is?
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5. Nick/do/know/where/now/is/you?
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Key:
1. Do you know when this house was built?
2. Can you tell me why Sue is absent today?
3. Do you know how the accident happened?
4. Could you tell me what the problem is?
5. Do you know where Nick is now?

Read the text and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space.

Santorini

The historic truth and folklore belief about the lost Atlantis (1)_____________ bound together throughout the centuries. Every year, thousands of visitors come to Santorini (2)___________ the supposed last remaining piece from the lost world of Atlantis, that (3)__________ by the sea, when a volcano (4)__________ 3,500 years ago causing the end of the Minoan civilization. An island of unparalleled natural beauty, Santorini (5)_________ thousand of tourists who flock to witness one of the most majestic sunsets in the world.

1. a. have remained; b. remained;
c. have been remained; d. is remained
2. a. witness; b. that witness;
c. for witness; d. to witness
3. a. “swallowed”; b. was “swallowed”;
c. had “swallowed”; d. was been “swallowed”
4. a. was erupting; b. had erupted;
c. had been erupting; d. erupted
5. a. is enchanting; b. enchants;
c. is enchanted; d. has been enchanting

Key: 1. a; 2. d; 3. b; 4. d; 5. b

to be continued

By Youdif Boyarskaya ,
School No. 814, Moscow