Five-Minute Tests
1
Match the future forms in these sentences to the correct use.
1. I’m having my eyesight checked tomorrow.
2. Look at those black clouds! It’s going to rain.
3. In the future there will be a rise in temperatures everywhere.
4. The art exhibition finishes on 15 May.
5. That sweater is too big for me. I’m going to take it back.
a. to make prediction about the future
b. to talk about things which we have arranged for the future
c. to talk about the future according to a fixed schedule of events
d. to talk about our intentions for the future
e. to talk about things which are certain to happen in the future, e.g. for which we have present evidence
Key: 1. b; 2. e; 3. a; 4. c; 5. d
 2
Correct the mistakes.
1. When you usually get home after school? _________________
2. Do you tired after six lessons? ____________________
3. Do you relax at the home? ________________
4. How are you relax? ____________________
5. Do anybody help you to do your homework? ________________
Key:
1. When do you…;
2. Are you tired…;
3. …relax at home;
4. How do you…;
5. Does anybody…
3
Read this text and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space.
An English Joke…
Little Johnny came home (1)______ school one day, and (2)_____ Dad asked him, “So, how (3)_____ your history exam go?”…Silence…then “Not very well,” Johnny said. “It
(4)________ too difficult! All the questions (5)______ about things that happened before I was born!”
Key: 1. from; 2. his; 3. did; 4. was; 5. were
4
-ed or -ing?
Read these comments about the film, and fill in the gaps with adjectives formed from the verbs in brackets.
0 The film was quite exciting but the children were a bit frightened. (excite, frighten)
1. Everyone told me it was _________, but I was really _________. (excite, bore)
2. There were one or two _______ bits, but in general it was quite ________. (amuse, bore)
3. I was really _______ before it started, but I didn’t like it. It was very long. I’m very _______. (excite, tire)
4. The story was a bit __________, but the ending was really ________. (confuse, move)
5. I was ___________ with the film. Besides, there were some ________ bits. (disappoint, shock)
Key: 1. exciting, bored; 2. amusing, boring; 3. excited, tired; 4. confusing, moving;
5. disappointed, shocking
By Youdif Boyarskaya,
School No. 814, Moscow
to be continued |