Progress check №1
1. Mark the sentences T (true), F (false), NS (not stated).
1. ‘La Tomatina’ is held in Italy. ____
2. The first festival of tomatoes was held to commemorate the Victory Day.
____
3. A festival, which takes place around the end of February, is held only in
Moscow. ____
4 The Pirates Week festival begins with a mock kidnap. ____
5. The festival raises money for new scarecrows. ____
2. Complete the superstitions below filling in the gap with an appropriate
preposition.
1. Giving knives or things that cut _____a wedding present is considered a bad
luck.
a) As
b) In
c) After
d) Before
2. Walking _____ a ladder is considered to be a bad luck.
a) Away
b) At
c) With
d) Under
3. Get out of the bed _____ the same side that you get in to avoid bad luck.
a) With
b) On
c) In
d) By
4. It’s a good luck to toss a pinch of salt _____one shoulder.
a) Over
b) Onto
c) Off
d) In
3. Complete the sentences using the verbs in brackets in Present Perfect
Simple or Continuous.
- Jane 1)______________ (write) a letter to a magazine. She 2)_____________
(not finish) it yet.
- Den 3)_________________ (look) for his pen-knife, but he 4)_______________
(not find) it yet.
- Nick 5)_________________ (play) a computer game for two hours and he is
still playing.
- Greg 6)_________________ (wait) for Jenny in the downtown. She
7)_____________ (not arrive) yet.
- Kate 8)___________________ (not finish) painting the flowers yet. She
(work) on the picture for two weeks.
4. Use the verbs in brackets in the Present Perfect Continuous Tense.
- I (do) the housework since this morning.
- David and Mary (go) out together now for nearly five years.
- We have no idea how long they (swim) for, but it has certainly been longer
than an hour now.
- How long (work) at the library?
- Just look at those trousers. What on earth (you/ do)?
5. Translate the sentences from Russian into English.
- Поезд приходит завтра в 6.
- Если я найду эту книгу, я дам ее вам.
- Тихо! Я думаю.
- Он идет на концерт сегодня вечером.
- Как долго вы уже ждете?
- Он поработал в нескольких компаниях с тех пор, как окончил колледж.
6. Match idioms with their meanings. Translate them.
