Five-Minute Tests
Put the verb into the correct form, active or passive.
Eights Week at Oxford
Eights Week at Oxford, usually the fourth week, in May is a fine spectacle and
should not (1)__________ (to miss) by anyone interested in old customs. It is the time
when the main bumping races of the year (2)__________ (to hold) and the college eights
(3)__________ (to compete) on the River Isis. Races (4)________ (to run) on a
league principle, with different divisions. The last race on the last day (5)_______ (to
decide) which college is Head of the River. Boats (6)_________ (to space) at intervals,
and the object is to catch and bump the one in front. A crew succeeding four days in
succession, win their oars (the cox his rudder) – and by ancient custom throw their cox
into the river.
Eights – гребные состязания между
оксфордскими и кембриджскими студентами
the River is the Thames, but it is mysteriously called the Isis where it
flows through Oxford
Key: 1. be missed; 2. are held; 3. compete; 4. are run; 5. decides; 6. are
spaced
Correct the mistakes in the following sentences.
1. I’ll phone you when I’ll get home from school. ___________________
2. We’ll go out when it’ll stop raining. ________________________
3. If I know his number, I would phone him. ______________________
4. If you were in my position, what will you do? ____________________
5. I’ll go to Hawaii if I will earn enough money. ____________________
Key: 1. …when I get home…; 2. …it stops…; 3. If I knew…; 4. …what would
you do; 5. …if I earn…
Fill in the table.
Present facts |
Wishes and regrets about the present |
(0) I am not happy at school. |
I wish I was/were happy at school.
If only I went to a different school. |
I live in the city. |
(1) |
(2) |
I wish I could lose weight.
If only I were slimmer. |
There is not anything good on TV tonight. |
(3) |
(4) |
I wish I knew Ann’s e-mail. |
We have to go to school on Saturday. |
(5) |
Key:
1. I wish I lived in the country. If only I didn’t live in the city.
2. I can’t lose weight.
3. I wish there was/were something good on TV tonight.
4. I don’t know Ann’s e-mail.
5. I wish we didn’t have to go to school on Saturday. If only we didn’t have classes
on Saturday. If only we had a different timetable.
By Youdif Boyarskaya,
School No. 814,
Moscow
to be continued
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