Главная страница «Первого сентября»Главная страница журнала «Английский язык»Содержание №20/2009

Five-Minute Tests

I. Put in such or so.

1. His question was ______ strange that I didn’t know what to answer.

2. I didn’t know he had ______ reliable friends.

3. I’m _____ tired that I think I won’t go out.

4. I didn’t expect it to be _____ hot – I wish I’d put on my light clothes.

5. I’ve never met _______ kind people as your parents.

Key: 1. so; 2. such; 3. so; 4. so; 5. such

II. Change the sentences according to the given pattern.

0. I get to my office in an hour.

It takes me an hour to get to the office.

1. He reached the station in twenty minutes.

______________________________

2. She wrote the play in three months.

______________________________

3. They will pack their clothes in half an hour.

______________________________

4. She does her room in an hour.

______________________________

5. I wrote the essay in two hours.

______________________________

Key:

1. It took him twenty minutes to reach the station.

2. It took her three months to write the play.

3. It will take them half an hour to pack their clothes.

4. It takes her an hour to do her room.

5. It took me two hours to write an essay.

to be continued

By Youdif Boyarskaya ,
School No. 814, Moscow