Get Ready For Your Oral Test

3rd form

Present Simple

Read the text and get ready to answer the questions to these texts. Write 5 questions of different types to every text.

1. My friend Julia and I study English. Our teacher is very smart. Her name is Olga Viktorovna. She gives us homework every day. Her son Igor is in our class. Her son is very good at English. We like English but it is difficult. Julia likes to read easy books in English. The teacher gives them to Julia. Sometimes we ask Igor questions in English. He helps us with our homework. Igor wants to be a translator.

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2. We have got two cats and a dog at home. My parents love them very much. My favourite is the dog. Its name is Right. It is white and brown. Right is very clever and funny. I take him for a walk in the evening. We walk every day. It runs and jumps with pleasure. But Right does not like our cats. He never plays with them. When the cats run to him, Right begins to bark. The cats are afraid of Right and run away.

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3. Hi, Mum! I am at the Zoo. The weather is sunny. It is very warm. I am eating a sandwich and drinking a cup of cola. My friend is taking photos. Our teacher is telling us about animals. She knows so many interesting stories about animals. Mum, one boy is giving a banana to the kangaroo. Oh, no! A monkey is taking one of my sandwiches! Mum, I’ll call back later!

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4. Sasha is a schoolboy. He is in the first form. One morning Sasha asks his mother to give him another pen before he goes to school. Mother does it. The next morning Sasha asks for a new pen again. So it goes on and on every day. Mother is surprised. “Sasha, you have 5 new pens! What is wrong with them? Why don’t you want to write with your pens?” mother asks. “Those pens make too many mistakes”, Sasha answers.

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Past Simple

Read and retell the texts.

1. Why Did She Run Away?

Tom was a little boy. One day Tom went to the Zoo to visit his friends – the animals. Suddenly he saw a new animal. It was yellow, brown and black. It had a little head, long legs, two big eyes, two small ears, a long tail and a very, very long neck. Tom did not know what animal it was. His mother said that it was a giraffe. His name was Blaze. He was from Africa. Blaze liked to eat leaves from trees and grass, too.

Tom saw a woman who came to Blaze’s cage. She had nice green leaves, grass and beautiful flowers on her hat. Blaze wanted to eat them and he did. But the woman ran away and was very angry. Blaze did not understand why the woman ran away.

2. The Bird’s Friends.

It was a cold winter day. Ann and Sam were at home. It was warm in their room. Ann looked out of the window and saw a little bird. Ann told Sam that the bird was cold and wanted to eat. Sam had an idea! The children put on their warm coats and caps, took some breadcrumbs and went to the street. The children ran to the tree and put their presents under it. Soon the children saw many birds on the tree. They all were very hungry. But the birds were afraid of the children. When the children went away, the birds quickly pecked (склевали) all bread and crumbs. Ann and Sam came home and looked out of the window again. The birds were very happy. They were not cold and hungry any more.

The parents were very glad that their children helped little birds.

3. The Dog and His Bone.

Noodle was a funny little dog. He was white and black. Noodle liked bones very much. One day he went for a walk and saw a nice big bone. He wanted to take the bone home. The dog came up to the river. In the river he saw a dog. The dog had a big bone, too. Noodle wanted to have that bone. Noodle wanted to have two bones. But he did not know that it was his reflection (отражение) in the water. Noodle jumped into the river and his bone fell into the river. So Noodle had no bone, because he was greedy. He came home without a bone. Noodle was hungry. He wanted to eat very much. But he went to bed without supper.

4. Don’t Be Lazy.

Once there lived an elephant. His name was Simba. He lived with his mother and father in the jungle in Africa. His parents worked all day long, from morning till night. But Simba did not want to work. He liked to play with his friends. When Simba was two, his mother said that Simba must work, too. But Simba was lazy and he ran away. He had a very good time with his friends. They ran, jumped and played games near the river. In the evening Simba got very hungry, but he had nothing to eat. His mother was far away and she could not give him food. Then Simba had an idea. He saw a crocodile and asked him for food. But the crocodile said that everybody must work first. Poor Simba went home. On his way home, he asked a lot of animals to give him supper. But they all asked him to work first. In the evening, when Simba came home, he told his mother that he understood everything. He must not be lazy and must work. His parents were happy and gave Simba a tasty supper.

5th form

1. Complete the sentences. Use Past Simple or Past Continuous

1. David (to come in )_________ when the children (to write)_________ a dictation.

2. Mike (to phone)__________ me, when I (to have)___________ breakfast.

3. Mary (to speak)___________ to me when her little brother (to throw)___________ her bag out of the window.

4. We (to meet)___________them when we (to stand)_________ at the bus stop.

5. She (to buy)_________ a present for her Granny when I (to see)_________ her.

6. When his parents (to have)_________ dinner Tom (to arrive)_________.

7. He (to sleep)__________ when his mother (to come)________ back.

8. A few days later while he (to have)_________ tea, the postman (to bring)__________ him a letter from his friend.

9. When the teacher (to come)___________ into the classroom, the children (to sit)____________ at their desks.

10. One day while she (to read)____________ a book, a big black fly (to sit down)____________ on her book.

2. Translate from Russian into English.

1. Он не сдавал экзамен в 10 часов. Он ещё готовился к нему.
2. Когда зазвонил телефон, они обсуждали этот вопрос.
3. Мы ходили по магазинам, когда увидели его.
4. Где ты был в 12 часов? – В институте. У меня были занятия в это время.
5. Вы переводили статью или готовились к контрольной в 2 часа? – Я готовился к контрольной.
6. Я не делал записей, когда он читал лекцию.
7. Ты смотрел телевизор или слушал музыку, в то время как я ужинал? – Я слушал музыку.
8. Он вошёл в комнату и увидел, что его отец читает газету.

3. Open the brackets. Use Present Perfect, Present Continuous, Past Simple or Past Continuous.

1. I (to see)_______ this film this week. I like it very much.

2. When I (to enter)_______ the kitchen I (to see)_______that my mother (to stand)_______ at the table and (to cut)_______ carrots. She (to cook) _______ dinner.

3. As soon as I (to hear)________ a cry, I (to run)________out of the room and (to see)________ that a child (to lie) ________ on the ground and (to cry)________.

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– Why you (to cry)? _____________________

– You (to hurt)________ yourself? I asked.

4. They (to go)________ to the Hermitage last week

5. They (to be)________ to the Hermitage twice this week.

6. After school yesterday he (to come)_______home, (to have)_______ dinner, (to read)_______ an article from the latest magazine and (to begin)_______ doing his homework.

7. When your friend (to return)_______ from the south? – She (to return) _______ yesterday. – You (to go)_______ to the station to meet her? – No, I _______, I (to be)_____ busy.

8. Your brother (to return)________ from the north? – Yes, he (to come)________ a few days ago.

9. You (to be)________ to the Crimea? When you (to be)________ there?

– I (to be)________ there in 2005.

10. Where (to be) ________ your brother?

– He just (to come)_________ home. He (to take)________ a shower in the bathroom now.

11. As soon as I (to see) ________ him, I (to understand)_______ that he (to work)_____ hard. He (to write)_______ something and (not to notice)______ anything.