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Tests

Five-Minute Tests

Write the verb which can be used in all these sentences.
1. First you should think about what to do and make your decision, then _______ ahead.
2. It’s already evening. Doesn’t time _______ by quickly.
3. It was difficult to _______ through a really hard time last winter.
4. It is sometimes difficult to ____ through with something you have to do.
5. I’ve ______ off my work. I don’t want to do it any more.

Key: go

Match the phrasal verbs in exercise 1 with their meanings.
1. Which means beginning to do something you planned to do?
___________________________
___________________________
2. Which means no longer liking something?
___________________________
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3. Which means experiencing something difficult?
___________________________
___________________________
4. Which means passing the time?
___________________________
___________________________
5. Which means completing something even if it is unpleasant?
___________________________
___________________________

Key: 1. go ahead; 2. go off; 3. go through; 4. go by; 5. go through with

Put the words and expressions in the box under the following headings. You can use some words and expressions more than once.

a cold, sneezing, allergic reaction to pollen from grass, flu, hay fever, a sore throat, a cough, a virus, aching muscles, a temperature, runny nose, sore eyes

Illness

Symptom

Cause of illness

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  pollen пыльца

Key:

Illness

Symptom

Cause of illness

A cold

A sore throat, sneezing, a cough

A virus

Flu

A sore throat, sneezing, a cough, aching muscles, a temperature

A virus

Hay fever

Sneezing, runny nose, sore eyes

Allergic reaction to pollen from grass

Read the dialogue below and make it complete. The words from the table will help you.
– What’s the matter?
– I’ve got a (1)______.
– Why are you sure it’s a (2)____? Maybe, you’ve got (3)_____.
– I’ve only got a sore throat and (4)_____. I don’t have (5)_____ muscles and a temperature.

Key: 1. cold; 2. cold; 3. flu; 4. sneezing; 5. aching

By Youdif Boyarskaya,
School No. 814, Moscow

to be continued