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Five-Minute Tests

I. These are answers about Magellan’s trip. What were the questions?

0 Ferdinand Magellan left Spain in 1519.

When did Ferdinand Magellan leave Spain?

1. He took five ships with him.

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2. He wanted to find the East Indies.

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3. The trip didn’t start well because there were 60 days of rain.

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4. He lost a ship near South America.

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5. Magellan died in the Philippines.

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6. Only one of the ships – the Victoria – got home safely.

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7. It took the Victoria two years and 353 days to travel all around the world.

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Key:

1. How many ships did he take?

2. What land (country) did he want to reach?

3. Why didn’t the trip start well?

4. Where did he lose a ship?

5. Where did Magellan die?

6. How many ships returned home safely? Which ship got home safely?

7. How long did it take the Victoria to travel all around the world?

II. You need the missing information. Write questions.

0 Ann speaks ____________ very well.

What language does Ann speak very well?

1. Rice grows in ________.

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2. The earth goes round the ________.

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3. Bees make ________.

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4. Vegetarians eat _________.

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5. The River Amazon flows into the _____.

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Key:

1. Where does rice grow?

2. What does the earth go round?

3. What do bees make?

4. What do vegetarians eat?

5. Where does the River Amazon flow into?

III. Translate into English (Future Tenses).

1. Поможешь мне?

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2. Помочь тебе?

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3. Осторожно! Похоже, что крыша обрушится.

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4. Когда я вырасту, я стану журналистом.

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5. Этот веб-сайт будет постоянно доступен (come online) на следующей неделе.

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6. Ты завтра устанавливаешь новый компьютер?

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7. В течение следующих трёх дней мы будем готовиться к экзамену по математике.

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8. На следующей неделе в это время мы закончим экзамен по математике.

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9. Он уверен, что мы справимся с этим тестом.

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10. Он сказал, что подготовит нас к тесту.

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Key:

1. Will you help me?

2. Shall I help you?

3. Look out! It looks like the roof is going to fall.

4. When I grow up, I am going to be a journalist.

5. This website will come (is going to come) online next week.

6. Are you installing the new computer tomorrow?

7. We will be preparing for the Maths exam for the next three days.

8. This time next week, we will have finished the Maths exam.

9. He is sure we will cope with the test.

10. He said he would prepare us for the test.

By Youdif Boyarskaya ,
School No. 814, Moscow