Year 5 (Rainbow English)

Test 1

1. Dictation.

2. Listen and choose what you hear.

1. a) I went abroad for my summer holidays.

b) I went abroad for my winter holidays.

2. a) Last summer we travelled by train.

b) Last summer we travelled by plane.

3. a) They visited a lot of wonderful places.

b) They visited a lot of interesting places.

4. a) The children saw a lot of squares.

b) The children see a lot of squares.

5. a) Ann did a lot of things yesterday.

b) Ann did a lot of rooms yesterday.

6. a) Where is the hotel?

b) Where was the hotel?

7. a) We lived near the sea.

b) We live near the sea.

3. Read the letteron p. 44 and say what sentences after it are true.

4. Write these verbs in the past forms.

5. Fill in the blanks.

1. Many tourists come to Moscow. Almost all of them visit Red  ____________.
2. When people travel _________,  they  usually take a lot of  luggage.
3. Last year I visited a very big American ___________.  I went to New York.
4. London is the __________ of the United Kingdom.
5. I prefer to stay in a big and expensive ___________ in the city centre.
6. The family lived in a small _________ not far from Madrid.

6. Complete the sentences using as or than.

1. It is colder in Murmansk than in Moscow.
2. The apples are not so sweet  _______ the pears.
3. Ted`s answer is better ______ Tom`s.
4. Today the weather is not so pleasant ____ it was yesterday.
5. The cinema is as high ________  it was yesterday.
6. The Eiffel Tower is higher _______ the Wall Tower.
7. The Black Sea is not so cold _______ the  White  Sea.
8. The kitchen is not so clean _____ the hall.
9. York is not so big _____ London.
10. The Covent Garden Opera House is older _______ the Bolshoi Theatre.

7*. Say the same in the past.

EXAMPLE: Mary does her flat every day.

                     Mary did her flat every day.

1. We meet in the afternoon to play a game of football.
2. My friend Steve runs better than me.
3. Jane has vegetables for lunch.
4. The Smiths go to museums at weekends.
5. My dad often takes me to the cinema.
6. Ben sees his friends, but not very often.
7. Alice reads a lot of books in summer.
8. Andy writes to us from abroad.
9. My mum gives me tea for breakfast.
10. Colin begins his days early.
11.  We eat ice-cream and drink juice in a cosy cafe at the end of the street.