Five-Minute Tests
Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space.
Use only one word in each space.
“The best age to start learning (1)________ violin is between three
and six,” says Margaret Porter, a violinist and music teacher. It’s the time
(2)_________ you are learning about the world.” Margaret, (3)________ lives in London,
prefers to take pupils at three and four, although she (4)_________ made lots of
exceptions for keen five-year-olds. When she started (5)_________ the violin, her first
class consisted of her children’s five-year-old school friends.
Key: 1. the; 2. when; 3. who; 4. has; 5. teaching
Complete the text with the following words.
introduce
adults
previous
opportunity
extremely
One-day Adventure Course
This is an (1)__________ you have been waiting for. Come and try sailing, climbing,
surfing and archery. This course is intended to (2)__________ outdoor activities to
(3)_______ in a fun, leisurely manner. You do not need to be (4)__________ fit or
to have had (5)_________ experience of the activities. All you need is to be interested.
leisurely неторопливый
Key: 1. opportunity; 2. introduce; 3. adults; 4. extremely; 5. previous
Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space.
Use only one word in each space.
How many poems did William Shakespeare write?
More people know (1)_______ his great plays like Hamlet and Romeo and
Juliet, (2)________ William Shakespeare also wrote a lot of poetry. In addition (3)_____
his 37 plays, Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets. He (4)_______ wrote eight or nine other poems
– not all of (5)_________ have been positively identified as being by Shakespeare.
Key: 1. about; 2. but; 3. to; 4. also; 5. them
By Youdif Boyarskaya,
School No. 814, Moscow
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