TASK I. Match opposite words. Example:1. beautiful - e. ugly
Beautiful A. clever
Cheap B. silent
Dangerous C. unknown
Popular D. rude
Talkative E. ugly
6. Polite F. expensive
TASK II. Complete the sentences with the Past Simple, Present Perfect form of the verbs in brackets.
Peter went /have gone / to the cinema last week.
Sorry, I forgot/ have forgotten/ to do my homework yesterday.
Can I have a different book? I already read/ have read/ this one.
Nina worked/has worked/ in this company 5 years ago.
Omar played/has played/yesterday.
TASK V. Write sentences with superlative adjectives.
Example: chimpanzees/ intelligent/ animals/ in the world
Chimpanzees are the most intelligent animals in the world.
1.Mark/ funny/ boy/in the class
2. Russia /large/ country/ in the world
3.Hollywood films/ popular films/ in the world
4. Germany/ has got/ big/population/ in Europe
5.Tom/ clever/student/in the class
TASK I. Read the text.
On 2 November 1982, the British public turned on their television sets for the arrival of the nation’s fourth TV station, called Channel 4. They were greeted by the smiling face of local TV news presenter Richard Whiteley, who welcomed them with the words: ‘As the countdown to a new channel ends, a brand new countdown begins.’ And with this sentence, the words and numbers game show ‘Countdown’ was launched. The rules of this new game show were as follows: two contestants faced each other over several rounds of games with letters and with numbers. Finally, there was theConundrum round, where contestants had to work out the nine‐letter anagram. At the end of the show, the contestant with the highest score won and was invited back the next day to face a new challenger.
However, despite the simplicity of the rules, those who watched the early editions of the 30‐minute show, which was on five days a week, could hardly have imagined that it would last any longer than the original seven weeks that had been planned for it. The first contestants and guests were not exactly the most exciting people on television.
But luckily for ‘Countdown’, there were enough old people, university students and other people with nothing much to do each afternoon to keep the show alive. When the show began, Carol Vorderman won over fans with her amazing mathematical abilities. ’Countdown’ made a celebrity out of Carol, and these days she’s a familiar face on British TV. Despite her fame, Carol still loyally turned up on ‘Countdown’ each day to turn over the letters and show the contestants how to solve the numbers game until she retired in 2008. Yes, that is correct – nearly 30 years since it began, ‘Countdown’ continues to keep its audience’s brains working every afternoon. In fact, on 3 January 2006, it celebrated its 4,000th show. Other signs of its success include the increase in the length of each programme to 45 minutes, the addition of a show on Saturdays and the number of British celebrities who have made an appearance.
TASK II. Are the sentences T (true) or F (false)?
1. ‘Countdown’ was the first programme ever shown on Channel 4. ……………
2. Every day two new contestants compete to become ‘Countdown’ champion. …………..
3. Originally only 35 programmes of ‘Countdown’ were planned. ……………
4. The early shows were popular with working people. ……………
5. Carol Vorderman is no longer involved with the show. ……………
6. These days ‘Countdown’ is on for four and a half hours every week. ……………
1. There were two men in the room. One of them was writing something while the other read a newspaper. 2. He didn't to tell me that he received a message from her. 3. I had asked him if he knew where she lived. I said I did not know her address. 4. He asked me if I could give him your address. 5. She said that hegave her the wrong address. 6. I asked him where he put my letter. 7. He told us that they had spent all the money. 8. Iwas sitting in an armchair and thought of my coming trip across the North Sea when the door suddenly opened and an old friend of mine whom I have not to seen for a very long time entered the room. 9. She came to see us just at the time when we have had dinner. It was the first time I have seen her. 10. I have seen him just as he left the hotel. 11. I have not seen him before we met at the concert. 12. He had left the house before I had time to ask him anything. 13. After spending several days in Paris he felt lonely and wanted to return home. 14. I thought he had already gone home. 15. I found the old man in the garden. He was talking to some children who stood around listening to him. 16. He spoke a language we had never head before. 17. He told me he had learnt it from the newspaper. 18. He entered the room, took something from the desk and went out.
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