1. Read the short paragraphs below and choose the answers (a-b) that best fit each gap

1) Mother wants her  daughter to learn to play the piano and her son to play hockey.
2) The highest peak of the British Isles is Ben Nevis , situated in the Grampian Montains of Scotland 
3) Plants can’t grow without water 
4) The water in the lake is always clean 
5) John looked out of the window and exclaimed: ”What afine day ! What wonderful weather!”
6) Will you give me acup of tea with milk and sugar in it?
7) The longest river of the world is the Nile , and the Amazon is the second largest river.
II. Put the verbs in the correct tenses .
1) I wil  not  take you to the cinema tomorrow if you do not do your homework 
2) Who usually cooks dinner in your family?
3) – Hello, Jack ! I phoned you two hours ago but there was no answer . What were you doing at that time ? - I was taking a bath and did not hear the bell . - Let’s go for a walk .-  I’m sorry, I can’t, I am making a report .
4) Here you are! We have been waiting for you for an hour . 
5) How much salt did you put in the soup? It is so salty.
6) The boy (to fall ) and (to hurt ) himself while he ( to play )football , that’s why he (to take) to hospital 
7) When Nick found the bike at last , he (to understand )at once that it (to break ) by his little brother.
8) * The travellers ( to walk )in the rain for many hours when at last they saw a house.
9) * We can’t watch TV now :our TV set (to repair ) . We’ll have to wait for a while .
10) * It (to announce) on the radio yesterday that the ship already (to leave ) the port and it ( to come) to London in two days. 

1.Teacher wondered if a pupil knew the ABC.
Pupil replied that he knew it.
Teacher asked the pupil which letter went after "A".
Pupil answered that all the others went. 
2Tom told his Mum that Alice and he wanted to play.He explained that they were going to be monkeys at the Zoo that day.He told mother that she could help them a lot.
Mother asked him what she could do.
Tom replied that she could  be the woman who gave monkeys banans and sweets.
3.Pete said that he was very sorry but he had got a " two"in Maths that day.
Father asked him why he had got it.
Father wondered if Pete had understood the teacher's question.
Pete answered that he had.Pete explained that the teacher hadn`t understood his answer.