J- LG & READING -6
Fill in the following words if necessary: in, to, the, the, in, up, are, does.
Every Saturday afternoon Bobby Best plays (1)… football. He is the goalkeeper for Barchester United. What (2)… he do for the rest of the week? 'Sunday and Monday (3)… my weekend. On Sunday I go out with my girlfriend. On Monday my girlfriend goes (4)… work. She works (5)… a bank. I get (6)…late and then I play (7)… golf in the afternoon. From Tuesday to Friday I go to the club at 9 o'clock. The team practises (8)… the morning. On Tuesday (9)… team doctor sees all the players. On Wednesday the manager shows a video of Saturday's match. When we practise on Thursday, the manager watches (10)… players. In the afternoon he chooses the
new team. On Saturday I get up at 9.30, and I have breakfast. I go to the club at 1 o'clock and the match starts at 2.30.'
THE KEY
(1) - (2) does (3) are (4) to (5) in (6) up (7) - (8) in (9) the (10) the
WAS IT NESSIE?
My name is Alan Cockerell. I’m a waiter. I work at a hotel near Loch Ness. I live in a cottage near the hotel. I finish work in the hotel at one o'clock in the morning. Then I walk home with two friends. They work at the hotel, too. One night in 1988 I worked late. I finished work at two o'clock. I walked home alone, because my friends were already at home. It was a usual clear night and there was a full moon. While I was on my way to my cottage, something happened. Something appeared in the lake. It was large and black. I stopped and looked at it. The thing moved along the lake. I watched it for about a minute. Then I hurried to my
cottage and grabbed my camera. But when I returned to the lake, there was nothing there. I’m sure it was the Loch Ness monster. It was Nessie. I know it was.
Finish:
1) This story is about a strange…
A) …man in a strange place.
B) …thing on a strange night.
C) …thing in a strange place.
D) … place on a strange night.
True or false? 1) His hotel is near Loch ness. 3) He finishes work in the morning, not at night.4) The lake was large and black. 5) He sure knows Nessie.
THE KEY
1) C 2) T 3) F 4) F 5) F
J-LISTENING – 6
Most people in Britain live in houses, not flats. Usually only one family lives in one house. A typical house has got two floors. The kitchen and the living room are downstairs. Some houses have a dining room downstairs, too. Upstairs there are two, three or four bedrooms and a bathroom. The toilet is usually in the bathroom. A lot of houses have another toilet downstairs. Most houses have a back garden and a lot also have a front garden.
A lot of young people in Britain do community work as part of their school work. They work for one or two afternoons a week. Sometimes they do community work on Saturday mornings, too. They do a lot of different things. Some help old people or disabled people. They go shopping for them, iron clothes or wash up. If the old person can't see very well, the girl or boy reads the newspaper or magazine to them. Some young people help in hospitals or in children's homes.
Finish:
1) The story consists of …
A …one part.
B …two parts.
C …threeparts.
D …four parts.
2) Most people…
A …usually live in Britain.
B …in Britain usually live.
C …in Britain live not in houses.
D …in Britain live not in flats.
3) Community work means …
Change one word in each sentence to make them true:
4) Usually there are two flats in a typical house.
5) Young people buy food, iron clothes and wash them.
THE KEY
1) B 2) D 3) …helping the elderly. 4) Usually there are two floors in a typical house. 5) Young people buy food, iron clothes and wash up.
LISTENING & LG – 6, 2005
Finish:
1) The story consists of …
A …one part.
B …two parts.
C …threeparts.
D …four parts.
2) Most people…
A …usually live in Britain.
B …in Britain usually live.
C …in Britain live not in houses.
D …in Britain live not in flats.
3) Community work means …
Change one word in each sentence to make them true:
4) Usually there are two flats in a typical house.
5) Young people buy food, iron clothes and wash them.
Fill in the following words if necessary: in, to, the, the, in, up, are, does,.
Every Saturday afternoon Bobby Best plays (1)… football. He is the goalkeeper for Barchester United. What (2)… he do for the rest of the week?
'Sunday and Monday (3)… my weekend. On Sunday I go out with my girlfriend. On Monday my girlfriend goes (4)… work. She works (5)… a bank. I get (6)…late and then I play (7)… golf in the afternoon.
From Tuesday to Friday I go to the club at 9 o'clock. The team practises (8)… the morning. On Tuesday (9)… team doctor sees all the players. On Wednesday the manager shows a video of Saturday's match. When we practise on Thursday, the manager watches (10)… players. In the afternoon he chooses the new team.
On Saturday I get up at 9.30, and I have breakfast. I go to the club at 1 o'clock and the match starts at 2.30.'
READING – 6
WAS IT NESSIE?
My name is Alan Cockerell. I’m a waiter. I work at a hotel near Loch Ness. I live in a cottage near the hotel. I finish work in the hotel at one o'clock in the morning. Then I walk home with two friends. They work at the hotel, too.
One night in 1988 I worked late. I finished work at two o'clock. I walked home alone, because my friends were already at home. It was a usual clear night and there was a full moon.
While I was on my way to my cottage, something happened. Something appeared in the lake. It was large and black. I stopped and looked at it. The thing moved along the lake. I watched it for about a minute. Then I hurried to my cottage and grabbed my camera.
But when I returned to the lake, there was nothing there.
I’m sure it was the Loch Ness monster. It was Nessie. I know it was.
Finish:
1) This story is about a strange…
A) …man in a strange place.
B) …thing on a strange night.
C) …thing in a strange place.
D) … place on a strange night.
True or false?
2) His hotel is near Loch ness.
3) He finishes work in the morning, not at night.
4) The lake was large and black.
5) He sure knows Nessie.