I. TEST Choose the correct option (for example, 1a 2b 3c 4d …) 1. Mount Everest is the mountain in the world. a. higher b. highest c. least high d. high 2. Those shoes are very expensive, they? a. are b. don't c. do d. aren't 3. Would you like cup of tea? a. other b. an other c. another d. others 4. is your grandfather? a. How old b. What time c. Which age d. How much 5. I've worked here three years. a. for b. since c. from d. in 6. I but my brother doesn't. a. tennis like very much b. like tennis very much c. very much tennis like d. like very much tennis 7. Jenny tired. a. be b. is c. has d. have 8. “ is she?” “She's my friend from London” a. Who b. Why c. Which d. What 9. Today is Wednesday. Yesterday it Tuesday. a. were b. is c. be d. was 10. It's Thursday today. Tomorrow it Friday. a. be b. was c. will be d. will 11. lots of animals in the zoo. a. There b. There is c. There are d. There aren't 12. How many people in your family? a. are there b. is there c. there are d. there 13. “Has Steve got a sister?” “No, he , but he's got 2 brothers.” a. has b. hasn't c. haven't d. not 14. Where Sarah live? a. are b. is c. do d. does 15. to London on the train yesterday? a. Did Mary went b. Did Mary go c. Mary go d. Mary goes 16. Jack English, Spanish and a bit of French. a. speak b. speaking c. is speaking d. speaks 17. I don't know people at this party, do you? a. much b. few c. many d. less 18. Where you live when you were a child? a. do b. did c. Have d. Were 19. The men very busy. a. is b. am c. are d. be 20. The bus stop is not far our flat. a. from b. away c. off d. out

1. Nobody (knew) where Smith (had gone). 2. A girl who (was standing ) under the beech tree (came) up to us. 3. Mary (was speaking) to Mr Boxwell when I (saw) her in the corridor this morning. 4. John (was parking) the car in Fifth Avenue when a young man in black glasses (appeared) from nowhere and (stood) before him. 5. He again (came) to the village where he (had lived) in childhood. 6. While we (were talking), there (came) a loud knock at the door. 7. He (looked) into the drawing-room. The old man (was sleeping) peacefully in the armchair at the fire-place. 8. When their visitor (left) John and his mother (stood) near the window. 9. When he (dresssd), he (went) downstairs, (wrote) a long letter to his parents and another to his sister. 10. She (welcomed) her with a bright smile and (turned) back to the offensive dandy lions she (had been fighting) with. 11. While she (was reading) this notice, a middle-aged woman (appeared) in the doorway. 12. When he (came) back to the conference room, he (saw)  that the situation (had changed). 13. She (had been sitting) at the table only five minutes when a car (came). 14. Their father (was) still silent, even when they (had) coffee. 15.The three (sat) down to the meal that Susan (had prepared). 16. He (was sitting)  thinking of his wife whom he (had left) alone in Europe. 17. They (looked) over the accounts together and (found) where she (had made) her mistake. 18. I (was ) surprised at John's failure because he (had been) such a good student previously.

1. A bank holiday is a national public holiday in the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies.
2. The most popular holiday in Britain is Christmas.
3. One of the most traditional Christmas song in Britain is Christmas Carols. Christmas carols are special songs which are sung during the Christmas season. The songs are about Jesus and the time when he was born.
4. Children leave sock or stocking at the end of their beds on Christmas Eve.
5. Boxing Day was traditionally a day off for servants, and the day when they received a special Christmas box from their masters. The servants would also go home on Boxing Day to give Christmas boxes to their families.
6. Hogmanay is what we Scots call New Year's Eve - 31 December - the big night that marks the arrival of the new year.