Nbsp;    

test 1 spotlight 11

vocabulary and grammar

1.  fill in:   devoted, single, get, overweight, divorced, separated, widow, engaged

1. it’s difficult to be a parent.

2. my parents are so my sister and i live with our mum.

3. if you think you are you should go on a diet.

4. she is a very daughter who spends all her time looking after her sick mother.

5. his parents didn’t on well so they decided to get

6. mrs. ann’s husband died three years ago. she is a .

7. the recently couple are planning a summer wedding.

2.  fill in the gaps with the correct present form of the verbs in brackets

i   (go)  jogging every morning.

i call)  ann for ages. i wonder how she is.

my brother always   (wear)  my clothes.

our flight   (reach)  london at 7: 30 p.m.

what )? your face is all red and you look really upset.

why  (sue/ be )  so sad today?

how often  ( you /have)  english lessons?

the cake (taste)  great. can i have another piece?

the children are dirty. they (play) football since morning.

we can’t buy the tickets. we (already / spend)  all our money.​

why it is important to study foreign languages? whether it is difficult for you to learn English? what things help you to improve your communicative skills? your advice to those who begin to study English?

In our modern life English became the language of international communication.It's a language that used for communication between people with different first languages,knowledge of English has become a requirement in a number of fields. And? Computers languages and programmes are connected with English. And a lot of information in the Internet is also written in English.

Nowadays English is widely used in tourism, trade, technology, so it's very useful to speak English. It's easy to communicate English everywhere.

To improve and widen my English vocabulary I listen a lot of songs in English, watch English-speaking TV programs, like BBC and Sky, and, of course, a lot of American cartoons.  

For those who begin to study English I can recommend to do the same, watch TV programs and listen to the English-speaking programs.

B:Then where have you been? (Present Perfect)

A:Oh, nowhere. I wanted (Past simple) to go to America two years ago,but now i don't want to go there.

B:Why?

A:I understood (Past simple) that my wish is impossible, so i abandoned(Past simple) that idea. 

И 2-я

B:Have you heard some interesting news?(Present Perfect)

A:No.

B:I heard (Past simple) that Brian flunked (Past simple) his exam last week. 

A:Why did (Past simple)he flunk the exam?

B:He lost (Past simple)his homework, so he didn't repeat a topic.(Past simple)