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Always Randolph Stone, our private investigator, _______ (live) in a town in Maryland. His place _____ (be) a penthouse for he _____  (be) a wealthy guy. He _______ (have) lots of employees and his company _______ (be) in a large business building. The company's name _______ (be) “Stone Mystery Cases” and it was founded in 2012. Randolph's employees usually ________ (examine) things other people want to be forgotten. Randolph himself often _______ (work)  undercover and he _______ (use) many different disguises. When things ________ (become) technical, Randolph ______ (get) helpful advice from his  friends, some scientists and lawyers. Back then Last year Randolph _________ (manage) to solve the Dynamex case. In a company named Dynamex money _______ (keep) disappearing. Randolph ______ (join) the company's staff and _______ (make) some observations. He _______ (find) out that one of the employees suddenly _______ (become) richer and richer. That employee had ...

Another Randolph Stone Mystery?  Sort of...  Randolph Stone and his friends Julie Bell (a lawyer), Jimmy Sutton (a professor of literature) and Tom Jeffries III (a physicist) are attending their weekly meeting.  Jimmy: I think it's appropriate that we call this one “stammtisch”, for our topic today is Germany and its political system.  Julie: Nice idea, Jimmy. Tell us, what is going on over there? Are the going to try Jamaica again?  Randolph: Jamaica? What would that be? I know it's an island in the Caribbean, but...  Tom: An island in the Caribbean, pronounced [ʤəˈmeɪkə], situated 145 km south of Cuba...  Julie: No, we won't need that geography lecture. Jamaica is the nickname for a German coalition of three parties based upon the respective colors of these parties, that would be green for the Green Party of course, black for the Conservatives and yellow for the liberals.  Jimmy: … which happen to be the colors of the Jamaican flag.  R...

  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!”...