Year 5 (Rainbow English)
Test 3
1. Dictation.
2. Listen to the text "Run a Marathon"(78) and decide which facts are true(T),
false(F) or not stated(NS).
1. A lot of people can run a marathon.
2. People run marathons in different cities.
3. Old people never take part in marathons.
4. George Brenan was the oldest marathon runner in 1982.
5. He came the first in the London marathon.
6. The weather on the day of the Glasgow marathon was not very good.
7. George finished the Glasgow marathon in three hours and twenty five minutes.
3. Read the texts (a— d) and decide to which places the people (1— 4) will go
for their holidays.
1) Fanny likes to meet people. She loves music too.
2) Josh loves to visit places where people don’t often go and see unusual
things.
3) Lydia likes hot countries and photography. She wants to take some funny
pictures.
4) Roger enjoys big cities, comfortable hotels and good food.
a) People watch horse races (скачки, бега) in many countries of the world. But if
you want to see camel races, go to Saudi Arabia [saudi a'reibia]. In the Camel Cup
(состязание за кубок в верблюжьих бегах) there are 15 camels. Some camels don’t
finish the race: they stop or sit down. It’ s very difficult to ride a camel. The best
camel riders are women. They are lighter than men and camels like them more.
b) In London there is a very interesting place. Its name is Covent Garden. Some
time ago it was a big vegetable market. Now there are shops, cafes, tea shops and
coffee houses here. Some people come to Covent Garden to watch street artists and
street dancers.
c) Ireland is a good place for holidays. Irish people are very friendly. They enjoy
talking and like having parties. A lot of people come to Ireland because it is a
very beautiful country with its green hills, woods and lakes. People in Ireland love
singing and dancing. There are a lot of places where you can hear Irish music.
d) Yellowstone Park in the USA is a very interesting place. It has a big volcano
[vul'keinau]. This super volcano is deep under the ground (земля) and people can’t
see it. What they can see is geysers ['gi:zəz] of hot water.
4. Choose the right forms of the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences.
1) Did you (find/found) the exercise easy or difficult?
2) I want to (choose/chose) a different kind of book.
3) We didn’t (think/thought) of going there.
4) My aunt Rose says she (doesn’t/don’t/didn’t) sleep well any more.
5) Last Sunday Charles (gets up/get up/got up) late. He (puts on/put on) his new
sweater and (goes/go/went) to the gym.
6) I (feel/feels/felt) bad yesterday morning but in the evening I (get/gets/got) better.
7) Who (takes/take/took) part in the basketball game last Thursday?
8) When we go to the market, we usually (choose/chooses/chose) different vegetables,
buy them and my father (bring/brings/brought) them home.
9) Two days ago Alice (say/says/said) she knew who the new pupil in our class
was.
10)Who (look/looks/looked) after your pets? — I do.

5. Complete the text using the verbs in brackets in Past Simple.
Yesterday my sister and I went (1 go ) to the shop. We ____ (2 want) to buy a
present for my granny. I ____ (3 think) of a new bag for her but Patricia ____ (4
have) different plans. She ___ (5 decide) to buy nice French cups for her. We __ (6
ask) the shop assistant to show us the cups and (7 find) two that we (8 like). The
shop assistant ___ (9 bring) us a beautiful bright box and we ____ (10 put) the cup
in it. Our present for granny ____ (11 be) ready.
6*. Put the words from the box under the three categories. Some words
can be under two categories.
face, gymnastics, hour, snowboarding, judo, skateboarding, minute, regular, healthy,
clock, outdoors, watch, karate, quarter, roller-skating, exercise, ill, boxing, hand,
athletics, minute
I. Sports and Activities -
II. Time -
III. Health -
7*. What is the time by these clocks and watches? Write 9
sentences.
Example: 1) It's half past two by this bedside clock.