1. read the text. fill in the blanks.the poor girlonce upon a time there (0) lived a nice girl. her mother died and her father (1)new (2)_ had two daughters. they were lazy and ugly and didn't do (3)house. the poor girl worked ( till night. her name was (5)0) a) lived b) liked c) laughed1) a) married b) made c) met2) a) sister b) wife c) aunt3) a) everything b) anything c) nothing4) a) with b) from c) in5) a) snow white b) sleeping beauty c) cinderella2. read the text. answer the questions. give short answers.nina is a nice little girl. she is eight. nina and her parents live in a big city. sometimes nina issad because she misses her granny who lives in a small village far from the city.one morning the girl opened her eyes and saw her grandmother smiling at her. nina was sohappy. she wanted to tell her granny so many things. it was saturday so nina didn't go toschool. she doesn't have classes at the weekend,in the afternoon nina and her granny were in the city centre. they decided to go shopping.granny bought some nice toys for nina. the girl helped to choose presents for granny's friends.they found some nice books about gardening. (130)0 where does nina live? (in a) big city1. how does nina feel sometimes? 2. who did nina see on saturday morning? 3. when doesn't nina go to school? 4. where did granny and nina go shopping? 5. what presents did they buy for granny's friends? 3. there is one mistake in each sentence. correct the mistakes.0) did you played tennis? - did you play tennis? 1). they is clever. -2). he play football every day. -3). i don't go at school on saturday. -4). she will phones me tomorrow. -5). did she watched the film? -6). we haven't see him yet. -7). what are you do now? -8). kate is cleverest girl in my class. -9). your book is interesting than mine.10). i usually go to the swimming pool at the evening. -
George Washington
George Washington was born on February 22, 1732. When he was born, America 9a) a country yet. It belonged to England, a country across the ocean. People in America didn’t want to belong (принадлежать) to England so they fought a war to be 10) c). George Washington was an American general in the war. America won the war and picked a new name for 11) d): the United States of America. George Washington 12) __a) to be its first president.
A legend 13) _c) about Washington as a boy. Young George had a new hatchet (топорик) and with it he cut down a small cherry tree. When his father saw the tree, he was angry. “George”, he said. “Did you do that?” George was afraid to admit that he did.
But the boy decided to tell the truth. “Yes, Father,” he said, “I cut down the cherry tree 14)_b) my hatchet. I cannot tell a lie.” George Washington’s father was proud of him because he was 15)_c).
9. a) hasn’t been b) was not c) didn’t be d) not been
10. a) independ b) dependent c) independent d) depend
11. a) her b) it c) herself d) itself
12. a) was elected b) elected c) has been elected d) has elected
13. a) tells b) is told c) told d) is said
14. a)by b) with c) for d) from
15. a) untruthful b) true c) truth