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  Summer Test No. 2 August 3 rd , 2021 Simple Past This week we are dealing with the Simple Past . Johnny played a game. Johnny spielte ein Spiel. Tommy came into the room. Tommy kam in das Zimmer. The Smiths played tennis. Die Smiths spielten Tennis. The Smiths came to Inverness. Die Smiths kamen nach Inverness. Alan didn't play football. Alan didn't come to town. Did Alan work at home? Did Alan eat a sandwich? Pamela was at home. David wasn't at home. Was Sabrina at home? Exercise 1 Paul and James ______ (go) to the auction yesterday. Mrs Miller ______ (not go) to the museum last week. Alan ______ (write) a paper about cats. He _____ (present) it during the biology lesson. Mr Parker _____ him an “A”. Alan _____ (be) very proud. Tim and his dog Boomer _____ (walk) in the park yesterday. Johnny _____ (win) the tennis match ag...

  English Repetition Test No. 1                                                                         July 23 rd , 2021 (1) Simple Present Mehmet travels to Turkey once a year. Timmy doesn't travel to Spain. Does Alan travel to the Solomon Islands? The Smiths live in London. The Smiths don't live in Glasgow. Do the Coopers live in Cardiff? Sally is a fan of action movies. be/is/am/are Sally isn't a fan of comedies. Is Sally a fan of Fantasy movies? The Smith brothers are smart. The Smith brothers aren't stupid. Are the Smith brothers young? I am / I am not / Am I ...? Jimmy _______ (like) reading comics but he ________ (not like) reading newspapers. Inspector Collins _______ ...

 Half a dozen quiz questions 1. German chancellor from 1982 to 1998 Angela Merkel Gerhard Schröder Helmut Kohl Helmut Schmidt 2. Fourth planet in the solar system Neptun Jupiter Earth Mars 3. NOT a German county (Bundesland) Tirol Sachsen Sachsen-Anhalt Thüringen 4. Not a metal lead iron wood aluminium 5. The smurfs (Schlümpfe) were invented in the USA Belgium Britain France 6. The space station Mir was Australian Chinese Russian American

                                                                                                                                   April 3 rd , 2017 It was a beautiful day in spring. King Arthur, the ruler of Britain, and one of his followers, the famous Green Knight, were engaged in a sparring match. „This time I am going to beat you, Sire.“, the Green Knight announced. „“Remember, my friend;“, the King replied, „no-one can actually beat Excalibur.“ „Don't take my hope away, Mylord, you are spoiling all the fun.“, the Green Knight said. Suddenly the two fighters heard a cry. It was a woman's cry. „Listen, Sire, there must be a damosel in distress.“, the King ...

  English Tenses Detective Chief Inspector Alan Smith and his assistant Detective Sergeant Paul Jones have solved many cases together. Now they are sitting at a local pub and they are drinking a cola together. They do that every day. They usually talk about the events of the day. Last week for instance they talked very much about the Domino Case which they were dealing* with then. Now they have been talking about the Monopoly case for some time. “ I'm sure we will catch that guy very soon.” Jones says. “I agree with you,” Smith says. “That guy will be in jail by the end of the week.” Suddenly the vivid conversation is being interrupted . “ Help!” a woman is shouting . “My handbag is being stolen !” (“Somebody is stealing my handbag!”...

  Present Perfect Present Perfect Progressive I have waited for ten minutes. Now the train has arrived. I have been waiting for ten minutes. The train hasn't arrived yet. I have read that book for two weeks. Now I have finished reading it! I have been reading that book for two weeks. There are still nine chapters to go. They have built a new house. Look. It's very beautiful. They have been building a new house since last April. They haven't finished yet. Paul has studied law. He is a lawyer. Peter has been studying law for some time now. But he hasn't taken his exams yet. The astronauts have flown through space. They have reached Mars now. The astronauts have been flying through space. They are still far from Mars. The ca...

The story “The Rabbits who caused all the Trouble” is a text from James Thurber's book “Fables of our Time” which was written in 1939. Basically the story is about the conflict of two groups, the rabbits on the one side and the wolves on the other side. The wolves appear to be more powerful. They are very fond of their way of living and consider it as the only one. They despise the way the rabbits live and want them to change. When several natural disasters occur, the wolves blame the rabbits for them. Finally the wolves lock the rabbits up. When the other animals are concerned about the fate of the rabbits a few week later, the wolves announce that the rabbits have been eaten by the wolves. As for the interpretation of the story: the wolves are a powerful people who want to force their way of life on other peoples. This corresponds with the role of the wolves in nature, for they are strong and kill and eat other animals. However, wolves are not eager to force their way of livin...