Match the words to form collocations.
1 fresh
2 heavy
3 public
4 crowded
a streets
b air
c traffic
d transport
- fresh — слово «свежий» сочетается с air: fresh air (свежий воздух).
- heavy — heavy traffic (интенсивное движение).
- public — public transport (общественный транспорт).
- crowded — crowded streets (людные улицы).
Fill in the correct words.
• lead • constant • convenient • unemployment • isolated • landscapes
1 Very few people ..................... a healthy lifestyle in big cities.
2 Our house is next to the train station, which is very ..................... .
3 Many young people have to deal with ................. when they finish their studies.
4 Thailand is a country with amazing ..............
5 I can't study when there's ..................... noise around me.
6 She lives in a(n) ......................... area in Northern Norway.
- Подлежащее — «very few people» (мн. число), нужен глагол: lead a healthy lifestyle (вести здоровый образ жизни).
- Дом рядом со станцией — это удобно: convenient.
- Справиться с чем-то после учёбы — с безработицей: unemployment.
- Amazing + существительное во мн. числе: landscapes (пейзажи).
- Шум, который не прекращается: constant noise.
- Район на севере Норвегии, удалённый: isolated area.
- lead
- convenient
- unemployment
- landscapes
- constant
- isolated
Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or present continuous.
1 ........................... (he/like) the English countryside?
2 Peter ................ (go) to the theatre now.
3 I'm happy I ............ (fly) home tomorrow.
4 She ............ (want) to visit London again.
5 I ..................... (not know) where she is.
6 He .......... (start) school at 8:30 every day.
7 She .......... (always/call) me late at night.
- Общий вопрос о предпочтениях — Present Simple: Does he like.
- Now — действие происходит сейчас, Present Continuous: is going.
- Tomorrow — запланированное действие, Present Continuous: am flying.
- Want — глагол состояния, Present Simple: wants.
- Know — глагол состояния, Present Simple с отрицанием: don't know.
- Every day — регулярность, Present Simple: starts.
- Always выражает раздражение, Present Continuous: is always calling.
Present Simple — для регулярных действий и глаголов состояния (like, want, know). Present Continuous — для действия в момент речи, запланированного будущего и для привычки, которая раздражает (с always).
- Does he like
- is going
- am flying
- wants
- don't know
- starts
- is always calling
Read and choose A, B or C.
Going to school in the Australian Outback (текст)
1 The Australian Outback is close to the sea.
A True B False C Doesn't say
2 Children in the Australian Outback don't get an education.
A True B False C Doesn't say
3 The students study online.
A True B False C Doesn't say
4 The students don't speak to their teachers.
A True B False C Doesn't say
5 School is more fun for children in the Australian Outback.
A True B False C Doesn't say
- В тексте сказано, что Outback очень далеко от города, но о море ничего не говорится — C.
- «So how do these children get an education?» — они учатся дома по компьютеру, значит, образование получают — B.
- «They have lessons on their home computer» — учатся онлайн — A.
- «speak to their teachers through a web camera» — они говорят с учителями — B.
- Сказано: «maybe computer lessons are more fun than normal lessons» — это лишь предположение, а не утверждение, что в школе веселее; дети «seem to enjoy school more than many other children», но прямо не сказано, что им веселее — C.
