1 Fill in a, an or the where it is necessary. ( Запишіть текст повністю)

(1) ... United Kingdom of (2) ... Great Britain and (3) ... Northern Ireland is the official name of the state which is situated on (4) ... British Isles. The UK is (5)... island state. The main islands are separated by (6) ... Irish Sea. The UK is separated from the Continent by (7) ... English Channel and (8) ... Strait of Dover. It is washed by (9) ... Atlantic Ocean in the north and (10) ... North Sea in the east. The capital of the UK is (11) ... London. (12) ... English is the official language.

There are (13) ... lot of rivers in (14) ... Great Britain. The most important river is (15) ... Thames. (16) ... Ben Nevis in (17) ... Scotland is the highest mountain. There is (18) ... saying that Britain doesn’t have (19) ... climate, it only has (20) ... weather.

2. Vocabulary practice ( Запишіть лише цифру та відповідне слово)

Put each of the following adjectives in its place in the passage below.

Wet, hot, freezing, cold, clear, dry, mild, changeable, warm, cloudy

I always watch the weather forecast on television to see what tomorrow’s weather will be like. In England the weather changes very often. It’s very (1) ... . Sometimes it rains for a day or two, but after the (2) ... weather, often with noisy thunderstorms, it is sometimes (3) ... for a long time, with no rain at all.On some days the sun shines and the sky is (4) ... , but on other days it is so (5) ... that you can’t see the sun. The summers aren’t usually very (6) ... but the temperature usually reaches 25 C, so it’s quite (7) ... . In winter it is sometimes quite (8) ... and pleasant but sometimes it’s very (9) ... or even (10) ... . The climate isn’t very good for holidays but it makes the countryside green.

3.Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple or Past Continuous form. ( Запишіть повністю речення)

P S ( Ved, V2-одномоментна дія) P C ( was, were + Ving-дія, яка триває)

1)It was lucky we (sit) under that tree when it

(break) and fell down.

2)How fast he (drive) when

he (have) an accident?

3)She (read) in the garden when it

(start) to rain.

4)The family (eat) dinner and talking.

5)They (talk) about her when she

(walk) into the room.

6)I (still/sleep) when my parents

(leave) for work this morning.