Flyers practice test B & B
Read the story. Choose a word from the box. Write the correct word next
to numbers 1-5. There is one example.
Example
caught
cheap unhappy
buy
lovely travelled
expensive
bought sold
Yesterday, Mum wanted a train ticket and
some other things from town, so I said "No
probleml' and I went shopping with my
sister and brother. We caught the bus into
town and got off at the bus stop outside the supermarket. First we went
to the shopping centre and we changed my shorts there because they
were too small for me. Next we walked through the market. We didn't
(1)
anything there though. After that we went to the post
office. There we (2)
some stamps and posted some
letters. We couldn't find any white envelopes for Mum but we did get
a brush and comb from the chemist's next to the bookshop. They were
quite cheap. Mum wanted some lemon soap for Grandma but there
wasn't any. Then we collected a cake for Grandma's birthday. It was
pink and it looked really (3)
1 After that, my
brother got a computer game from a shop near the gym. It was very
so we couldn't buy the train ticket for Mum.
about that!
She was very (5)
Лучший ответ долго делал
1 privacy
2 make
3 argue
4 only
5 old
1 A: The train is so late today!
B: Really? How long have you been waiting?
2 A: We are going to the cinema later today. Do you want to come?
3 A: What do you think about Ann?
B: I do not like her. She is always lying to people.B: Sure. It sounds like a good idea.
4 A: Let's go to the park.
B: Sorry, I cannot. I have not finished my homework yet.
1) didn't know
2) found
3) passed
4) told
5) were having
6) Did you clean
7) came
8) was preparing
1 was cleaning
2 came
3 thought
4 have both changed
5 have been studying
6 want
7 told
8 were
9 go
10 did not even go
11 am thinking
12 do you think
13 have already asked
14 has agreed
15 will have
16 have just finished
17 am feeling
Nowadays all the information we could ever need is available online and some people say that means the end of having to learn anything.
It is true that these days everything you want to know is a few clicks away as long as you have internet access. However, not everyone has working internet all the time, for example in certain buildings or remote locations, so we do need to be able to remember information. Moreover, it takes time to look up everything you need to know online, whereas remembering something is immediate. The human memory is a much more efficient system.