1. Vocabulary

1. Match the word combinations with their definitions.

b) Fill in the correct word.

Land\ turn\ aim\ board\ send\ agency\ system \ several\ surface\ neighbors \ temperature

e.g. Jane travelled to several countries.

1. After landing on the Moon , scientists…their attention to the planet.

2. The astronauts …the Apollo 13 spacecraft on 11^th April 1970 and set off for the Moon.

3. Nasa…to send people to Mars in 2030.

4. The rovers Opportunity and Curiosity are constantly …information back to Earth.

5. The Soyuz mission carrying Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko….in Kazakhstan on 1^st March 2016.

6. Saturn is the outer solar….. .It is the sixth planet from the Sun.

7. Its closest …….are Jupiter and Uranus.

8. Saturn doesn’t have a solid ……..- it is a ball of gas.

9. The average ……on Saturn is -178C!

10. The American space …….sent a mission called Cassini to Saturn in 1997. It took 7 years to reach the planet.

Grammar

Use of English revision.

Choose the correct answer :

1. …..the new documentary about sharks ?

A ) Did you see

B) Do you see

2. Have you ……all the food?

1. ate

2. eaten

3. Has Aisara finished work …..?

1. yet

2. just

4. Where …….last night ?

1. have you been

2. have you gone

5. What …….do next weekend?

1. are you going to

2. will you to

6. I think I ……to bed. I’m tired.

1. will go

2. am going

7. Have you …..been to Rome ?

1. ever

2. yet

8. Saule has lived here ……1999.

A) since

B) for

9. Sanzhar has ……packed his things.

A) already

B) so far

10. They’ve never ….in a helicopter before.

A) flown

B) flowed

Everyday English

Choose the correct answer.

1. What’s your sister like?

a)She is very sociable.

b)She is tall with freckles.

2. What do you wear to school?

a)a dark green coat.

b)a dark moustache.

3. How tall is your brother?

a)he’s middle-aged.

b)he’s of medium height.

4. .…..you married?

a) Are

b) Do

5. Which verb forms are correct ?

a) He flies.

b) He play.

Reading

Read A. Christie’s biography and say, what the following dates are for.

Agatha Christie was born in Devon on 15 September 1890, the daughter of Frederick and Clarissa Miller. Like many children of the times, her early education took place at home and at the age of 16 she went to a school in Paris and completed her education. Amongst other subjects, she studied singing and the piano. She enjoyed writing, from an early age her mother encouraged her in the use of her unusual imagination. At the age of 24, Agatha married Archibald Christie, an aviator in the Royal Flying Corps. Five years later in 1919, a daughter Rosalind was born and nine years later, in 1928 the couple divorced. By this time Agatha had become a writer of murder, mystery and suspense. Her first novel 'The Mysterious Affair at Styles’ was published in 1920. Agatha Christie married for a second time and in 1938 the family moved to Greenway House, a handsome residence on the River Dart in the West Country. In her lifetime, she wrote 66 detective stories. Seventeen Miss Marple, over 40 Hercule Poirot. Agatha also wrote plays. Over two billion copies of her books have been sold and her work has been translated into more languages than Shakespeare’s. Agatha Christie was invested as a Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1971. She died on 12 January, 1976.

1890 – __________________________________________________________________

16 – ____________________________________________________________________

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24 – ____________________________________________________________________

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1919 – __________________________________________________________________

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1928 – __________________________________________________________________

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66 – ____________________________________________________________________

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1976 – __________________________________________________________________

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Answers

Vocabulary

a) Match the word combinations with their definitions.

b) Fill in the correct word.

1. Turn

2. Send

3. Aim

4. Board

5. Land

6. System

7. Neighbors

8. Surface

9. Temperature

10. Agency

Grammar

1. A

2. B

3. A

4. A

5. A

6. B

7. A

8. A

9. A

10. A

Everyday English

Choose the correct answer.

1. a)

2. a)

3. b)

4. a)

5. a)

Reading

1890 – Agatha Christie was born.

16 – she went to a school in Paris.

24 – Agatha married Archibald Christie.

1919 – a daughter Rosalind was born.

1928 – the couple divorced.

66 – she wrote 66 detective stories.

1976 – She died.