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Five-Minute Tests

1

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Open the brackets in Paul’s musical and artistic history.

He ______(1)(to learn) to play the piano when he was a child. He _______(2)(to study) the piano for two years when he was young. He ____(3)(not to play) the piano since he was 12. He ________(4)(take up) the guitar when he was 15. He ________(5)(to study) at art college for three years. He _______(6)(to be) out of work for a year. He ________ (7)(to become) a graphic artist 12 years ago. He_________ (8)(to work) as a graphic artist since he was 23. He _______ (9)(to join) a band in his late twenties. He _______ (10)(to be) in a choir for three years.

Key: 1. learnt; 2. studied; 3. hasn’t played; 4. took up; 5. studied; 6. was; 7. became; 8. has worked; 9. joined; 10. has been

2

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Use the sentences in exercise 10 to fill in the gaps in the rules (past simple/present perfect).

1. We use the _______ to talk about past events or situations. These happened at a specific or known time. The events or situations don’t continue up to now.

2. We use the ________ to talk about events and situations which started in the past and continue up to now.

3. We use the negative form of the ___________ to talk about something not happening in a period of time from the past to now.

4. We use for with the ___________ to talk about the period of time.

5. We use since with the ______ in the main clause to say when something started.

Key: 1. past simple; 2. present perfect; 3. present perfect; 4. present perfect or past simple; 5. present perfect

3

I

Correct the errors.

On the phone:

1.

A: Hello, are you Jane?
B: Yes, I am.

2.

A: Good afternoon. Is that Mrs. Carter?
B: Yes, I am.

3.

A: Hi, John. I’m Chris.
B: Oh, hi, Chris. How are you?

Key:

1.

A: Hello. Could I speak to Jane, please?
B: Yes, speaking.

2.

A: Good afternoon. Is that Mrs. Carter?
B: Yes, it is.

3.

A: Hi, John. It’s Chris.
B: Oh, hi, Chris. How are you?

4

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Write down a synonym for each word.

1. lecture ____________________________

2. opinion ____________________________

3. topic ____________________________

4. opportunity ____________________________

5. look at ____________________________

6. extract ____________________________

Key: 1. presentation/speech/talk; 2. view/belief; 3. subject/theme; 4. chance/occasion; 5. examine/study; 6. clip/excerpt.

to be continued

By Youdif Boyarskaya ,
School No. 814, Moscow