Task 1. Choose the correct variant.
1. The wind .the old tree in our garden this week.
A) break; B) has broken; C)broke;
2. Children ... football for 3 hours.
A) playing; B) have played; C) have been playing;
3. The film .already. on for 20 minutes.
A) is; B) have been; C)has been;
4. My friend . this month.
A) arrived; B) has arrived; C) arrives;
5. . you . him today?
A) Have... seen; B) Did you saw; C) Did you see;
6. They . this project since last week.
A) are doing; B) have done; C) have been doing;
Task 2. Read and fill in the correct form of the verb.
1. If my parents (see) my marks they (be) really proud.(unreal present)
2. They ( meet) you if they (know) about your coming. (unreal present)
3. I ( not/get) the parcel if they (come) later. (unreal present)
4. If they (ask) me to help them tomorrow I ( do) it with pleasure.
5. The children (not/go) to the party if the weather ( get) worse next
morning.
6. Our team (win) if they (score) two balls more next game.
Task 3. Read and choose the variant.
School Education in Great Britain
In Great Britain children begin 1_ to school at the age of five. First they study at infant
schools. In these schools they learn to draw with coloured pencils and paints. They also make
figures out of plasticine and work with paper and glue. They 2_ much because they are
very young. Later they begin to learn letters and read, write and count.
At the age of seven English schoolchildren go to junior schools. They do many subjects: English
and Maths, History and Music, Natural History and Drawing, Handicrafts, French and Latin.
They do not go to school as early as we do, but they stay there longer. The first lesson usually
3_ at 9 o’clock. There are 3 lessons with short breaks of 10 minutes between them and then
an hour break for lunch. After lunch they have two more lessons which are over by half past three.
If you have a look at an English pupil’s school record, you 4_ that the marks in it differ
from the marks we have. Our schoolchildren get marks from 1 to 5 (12). At English school there
5_ marks from 1 up to 10 and at some schools from 1 up to 100.