PART I

1.Fill in the gaps using the words: a volcano, lava, thousand, city, famous, again, life, visitors, people, erupted.

Nearly two ………………….. years ago in 79 AD …………………………..called Vesuvius erupted near the Roman port of Pompeii. Pompeii is very…………………………………..now. This is because ash and…………….preserved the …………….so, archaeologists have now uncovered a lot of it. Today ...................to Pompeii can learn a lot about the everyday …………………..of Roman …………………. Vesuvius ………………………………………….many times. Will Vesuvius erupt …......………Nobody knows.

2.Complete the sentences with “much” or “many”.

a) How……………………butter does she need?

b) How……………………jokes does he remember?

c) How …………………..eggs do you want?

d) How……………………milk do you buy?

e) How…………………….coffee does mother drink?

3.Put the words in brackets in the plural form:

a) Their (family)………………… are very good friends.

b) These (man)……….. are very important.

c) We are afraid of (mouse)…………………………….

d) Don`t play with those (match)……………………!

e) In autumn the (leaf) …………………..have many beautiful colours.

4. Complete the sentences with the comparative or the superlative form of the adjectives in brackets:

1. Tom is (tall)…………………..than Mike.

2.My hair is (short)……………………………….in the class.

3. In my opinion the Chinese language (difficult)…… …………………….to speak.

4. He is (good) … …………………………….actor in our country.

5. I am (young)…………… ……………………..than my brother.

6.This is (interesting)…………………………… ………………….place I have ever visited.

7. My grandfather is (old) ………………………… ……………..in our family.

8 .The bear is (strong)…………… ……………………..animal .

9. My dress is (colourful) …… ……………………………than your dress.

10. Our teacher is (nice)…………………… ……………….in the school.

5.Fill in the text with the correct forms of the verbs(Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple or Future).

Hello Mike, where (go)……………………………………..now?

-Hello Paul I (go)……………………………….to the stadium. Our team (play)…… ……….football twice a week and we (be)………………… pretty good.

-I have heard that you (be)…………………great.

-Last Saturday our team (play)…………p…………….”at home”. It (be)……………….an exciting match. Steve (play)………………………..well in goal and (stop)………………………….the most impossible shots. I (score)………….. one goal but I (not/succeed)……………..to score more, still we (be)……………..happy.

-It (be) ………………a fine victory. You (win)………………….by three goals to one.

-I hope we (win)…………………………….next week, too. Good Bye!

-Good bye!

PART II

Write a letter to an English friend about one of your holidays.