I. Reading Comprehension: A. Read The Text Below. Match The Headings (A-E) With The Paragraphs (6-10)
I. Reading Comprehension: A. Read The Text Below. Match The Headings (A-E) With The Paragraphs (6-10)
I. Reading Comprehension: A. Read The Text Below. Match The Headings (A-E) With The Paragraphs (6-10)
I. Reading Comprehension
A. Read the text below. Match the headings (a–e) with the paragraphs (6–10).
a) A shopping list for clothes
b) Dress for the weather
c) Clothes and you
d) Don’t dress like others!
e) The right clothes for the right occasion
(1) ___________
When you choose your clothes you should remember that how you dress and what
you wear are very important. Your body language and the clothes you wear make
93% of a first impression and, of course, you want to make a good impression.
(2) ___________
When you go shopping, think about what you want to buy before you leave the
house. You shouldn’t just buy something because you like it. You should also decide
when you could wear it.
(3) ___________
When you go to work, don’t wear the same clothes as you do at home. For every
situation there are the right clothes and the wrong ones. For an interview, you
should wear a suit or a smart skirt. For a party, you can wear jeans and a T-shirt.
(4) __________
Of course the weather also influences the clothes we wear. Remember that boots
and a jacket are great when it’s snowy, but not a good idea when it’s lovely and hot.
(5) __________
How do you choose what to wear? Sometimes people wear the same clothes as their
friends or a famous actor or actress they like. But what you wear should show who
you are!
MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE
Have you (1)……. put a message in a bottle and thrown it into the sea?
One of the most famous bottle messages was (2)………. in 1493. Christopher
Columbus was caught in a terrible storm on his way back to Spain from America. His
life was in (3)…….. , so he wrote a note to Queen Isabella of Spain to (4)… her his
news. (5)…….. found the bottle 300 years later off the (6)…….. of Africa!
One of the fastest bottles was picked up on the beach on the south coast of
England. The plastic bottle. (7)………. had a self-addressed envelope and a dollar
inside, was thrown into the sea near New York ten days (8)…………, and it travelled
across the Atlantic at the amazing speed of 160 kilometres a day! That’s quite hard
to believe!
In 1996, a teenage girl from Scotland put a message in a bottle- she said she
(9)……….. a penfriend. She got a letter from Sweden three years later. The sender
(10)………… her not to pollute the sea again!
2. Read the sentences below and circle the letter of the correct answer – A, B,C
8. You should call a …… if you are having problems with your water pipes.
A. plumber B. mechanic C. lawyer
2. Error Identification
Each sentence below contains an error in grammar or usage. Circle the letter (A,
B or C) of the underlined part that contains the mistake.
4. Open the brackets (Grammar) Open the brackets and put the verb in the
right form.
He isn’t ……………………………………………………………………………………...
John is as ………………………………………………………………………………
While …………………………………………………………………………………..
III. Composition
Write a text of between 150 and 170 words on ONE of the topics below.
1. Write a short story entitled An unusual day. Who? Where? What happened? How
did you/he/they feel?
2. You are an owner of a pet shop.
What kind of animals do you sell? Describe some of them. What animals would you
recommend to your customers to buy? Why?