1. Choose the appropriate word that matches the meaning. 1) Where do kings and queens usually live?

1. Choose the appropriate word that matches the meaning.
1) Where do kings and queens usually live? (a) Cinemas (b) Monuments (c) Palaces
2) What year are we living in? (a) Year (b) Century (c) Street
3) What are the two sides of a river called? (a) Columns (b) Banks (c) Shores

2. Match the words to their corresponding meaning.
1) Hawaii (a) A state (b) A holiday (c) The US capital
2) Washington, D.C. (a) A state (b) A holiday (c) The US capital
3) Halloween (a) A state (b) A holiday (c) The US capital

3. Divide the following words into two groups: shops, bridges, food, schools, cinemas, snow.
1) Few apples, (2) Little rain,

4. Choose the suitable word for the given situations.
1) Your apple pie is very tasty. (a) Wow, (b) Mmm, (c) Hey!
2) What a beautiful palace! (a) Wow, (b) Mmm, (c) Hey!
3) Where are you going? (a) Wow, (b) Mmm, (c) Hey!

5. Find the odd word out and write it down.
1) House, building, flower, palace, castle
2) Stand, sit, run, jump, road
3) Cathedral, wonderful, high, wooden, powerful

6. Form new words based on the pattern.
1) Snow (Snowy)
2) Russia (Russian)
3) Wonder (Wonderful)
4) Rain (Rainy)
5) Joy (Joyful)

7. Divide the verbs into two groups. (Group them by feature)
Visited, walked, took, drove, collected, gave, was, had, saw, watched.

8. Think about when people can wear the following clothing. (a) Winter, (b) Summer, (c) Autumn.)
1) Mittens, fur coat, and fur caps
2) Gloves, raincoats, boots
3) Skirts, blouses, dresses

9. Complete the logical sequence using the words in the box.
Coats, gloves, shirts, dresses, down, off, below, up,
Legs — trousers
Hands — In — out
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10. Identify the common features of the following words: clothes, pajamas, shorts, leggings, jeans.
1) These nouns are only used in plural form.
2) These nouns are not used in the singular form.
3) These nouns agree with verbs in the plural form.

11. Read the text and put the parts of the text in the proper (logical) order.
(b) On the second of September 1666 there was a strong wind from the River Thames. Londoners were sleeping. Suddenly the baker’s wife woke up in the middle of the night. She understood that their house was on fire.
(a) Then the building next to the baker’s house started burning and then the next and the next…the fire moved very fast because of the wind. It burnt for four days until Thursday and destroyed many London houses, about 80% of the city.
(d) In the 11th century, people of London usually built wooden houses and they were often near each other. Sometimes there were fires in the city, but they were small. Then came the year 1666, the year of the Great Fire of London.
(c) After the Great Fire of London, people rebuilt their city. The city became larger. By 1830, there were more than one and a half million people in the capital of Britain.

12. Why did fires often occur in London? (Provide brief arguments from the text).

13. Comment using words from the text on what happened to London after the Great Fire.