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Choose the correct form of Present Simple or Present Continuous: It is winter and the snow falls/is falling. It usually is snowing/snows in January here. Betty and James are playing/play in the garden. They are building/build a snowman and they throw/are throwing snowballs. They like/are liking the snow very much! Their mother and father do not like/are not liking it. They always stay/are always staying in the house when it is cold. Mother usually watches/ is watching TV and father is listening/listens to the radio. Put the verbs from the brackets in the correct form of Past tense: Many years ago people 1)........................... (believe) that some women 2).................(be) witches. These women 3) ......................................(not live) in big cities. They 4).........................(live) in small villages. People 5) ..............................................(think) they 6)...............................(behave) strangely because they 7)..........................(make) unusual medicines from plants and they 8.............................(not act) like other people. They 9)...................... (say) that they 10)....... ....................................(not walk) but that they flew on brooms. Do you believe in witches? III. Choose the correct adjective: II.

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1. She is very fat/ thin .She must be ill! 2.This homework was terribly difficult/ easy. It took me 2 hours to do it! 3. Janice is very healthy/ ill. She runs 2 miles a day. 4. Lee is very sad/ happy because his cat died. 5. Our is very friendly/ antisocial. She makes friends easily. 6. I earned $ 1,000.I was very lucky/ unfortunate. 7. He greets all the people he meets! He is so polite/ rude! 8. She is so cautios/confident because she's had her heart broken many times. 9. This towel is damp/ dry because many people used it after washing their hands. 10She is careful/ unattentive when she talks to small children. IV. Write a letter to a friend of yours telling him/her about your summer holiday. You should include information about the places you visited, the weather, the activities, the location, food and people you met. V. There are five mistakes in the following text. Identify and correct the five mistakes Queen elizabeth II is the Queen of United Kingdom. Prince Philip is his housband. The Queen have got four children and seven grandchildren. Prince Charles has got two suns.

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1. If you are thirsty, drink some cold / hot water. 2. The librarian proved to be very friendly / unfriendly. He wouldnt show me the books. 3. Milk is blue / white. 4. Grandfather is old / young. 5. The little boy was so frightened / calm that he couldnt speak a word. 6. The cold / sunny weather killed the flowers. 7. These people are rude/ polite, they say Hello! to everybody. 8. In winter the weather is often cold / hot. 9. She is a nice/ ugly girl. She looks pretty in her new dress. 10. The children are smart/ silly. They know all the answers. H. Complete the sentences with who, that/which, where or whose. 1. Is this the book . you want? 2. Have you seen the photos . I took on holiday? 3. I dont know the name of the woman . helped my sister. 4. This is the house . I grew up. 5. This is the room . I do my homework. 6. John . parents are both actors, is a film director. I. Complete each adjective by adding the correct suffix to the base word. (5x 0,30p. = 1,5p.) 1. I think cats are very intellig. 2. She likes reading love stories. Shes very romant. . 3. He had a success interview and got the job. 4. She looks like a model. She always wears eleg clothes. 5. Hes very ambit . He wants to become a manager. J. Fill in the gaps with the correct word derived from the words in bold : 1. He is such a .person. mystery 2. Dont drink that! It is ....! poison 3. You can never trust him, he is a . .. lie 4. Youd better take the overcoat. Its rather ..today. wind 5. Jack is a very .. musician. gift