Use of English 11 (I term 2023-2024)

Decide which answer, A, B, C or D, best fills each gap.

I’m in a football team with a group of my friends. I hang 1____ with them a lot, so we know each other quite well. We played a match last Saturday and, when we arrived on the football 2___, the other team were already there. They looked good! Our best player is George. He’s of 3___ height, and he’s very fast and powerful. After about ten minutes, George kicked the ball to me and I 4____ the first goal of the match! It was a great feeling, but it wasn’t enough. We 5___ the game 2-1.

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Decide which answer, A, B, C or D, best fills each gap.

I moved to a new house with my family six months ago. I was determined that I wasn’t going to 6____ touch with my old friends, but I wanted to make new friends, too. I have a good relationship 7___ my parents, and my dad suggested that I should take up tennis. I had never played before, so I decided to work with a 8___ in order to learn the basics. It turns out that I have a talent for the game, and when I won my first 9_____, I knew I wanted to work hard and keep improving. I have met lots of great people through tennis, and when our group 10___ first in the regional competition, we felt like one big, happy family!

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Read the text below. For questions (11–17) choose the correct answer (А, В, C, or D).

18th-century America's Santa Claus was not the only St. Nicholas-inspired gift-giver to make an appearance at Christmastime. Similar figures were popular all over the world. Christkind or Kris Kringle (11) ______ to deliver presents to well-behaved Swiss and German children. Meaning “Christ child”, Christkind is an angel-like figure often (12) ______ by St. Nicholas on his holiday missions. In Scandinavia, a jolly elf named Jultomten was thought to deliver gifts in a sleigh drawn by goats. English legend explains that Father Christmas visits each home (13) ______ Christmas Eve to fill children's stockings with holiday treats. Pere Noel is responsible for filling the shoes of French children. In some regions of Russia, it is believed that an elderly woman called Babushka (14) ______ gave the wise men wrong directions to Bethlehem so that they couldn't find Jesus. Later, she felt remorseful, but could not find (15) ______ to undo the damage. To this day, on January 6, Babushka visits Russian children leaving gifts at (16) ______ bedsides in the hope that one of them is the baby Jesus and she will be forgiven. In Italy, a similar story exists about a woman called La Befana, a kindly witch who rides a broomstick down the chimneys of Italian homes to deliver toys into the stockings of lucky children.

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Read the texts below. For questions (34–39) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D).

Big Changes in the Anime & Manga World
Monday September 7, 2009

Whether it’s because of the economic recession or something more specific to the industry, the players in the anime and manga world (17) ______ some big changes.
Most notably, ADV Films recently announced it (18) ______ its company and sold off key assets to four of its companies. In addition, Tokyopop will (19) ______ distribute Kodansha manga as of August 31, 2009. Instead, those rights have been given to Random House.
And of course, we all (20) ______ about Disney’s acquisition of Marvel Comics... granted, these aren’t anime/manga companies per se, but it is indicative of the trend toward Hollywood’s infatuation with comics and cartoons, anime and manga (21) ______ .
After all, we’ve already seen Fox’s live-action version of Dragonball and the live-action version of Cowboy Bebop (starring Keanu Reeves) is definitely in the works... so what’s next?
One thing’s for sure... there’s a lot of changes still (22) ______ .

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Which tense do we use to talk about something that started in the past and is still happening now?

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Choose the correct tense for an action completed at an indefinite time in the past: 'I ____ my car keys.'

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What is the correct form to talk about a hypothetical situation in the present or future? 'If I ____, I could travel around the world.'

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Complete the sentence using appropriate tense form of the verb: 'If I ____(be) you, I would think twice before making a decision.'

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Choose the correct tense form: 'I ____ (write) my English homework when my friend called.'

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Fill in the blank with the correct past perfect form: 'When I arrived at the station, the train ____ (already leave).'

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Which of the following sentences correctly uses the present perfect tense?

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Which sentence correctly uses the past simple tense?

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In which sentence is the present perfect tense used correctly?

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Which sentence correctly uses the past simple tense?

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Choose the correct form to express a future event: If you study, you ___ pass the exam.

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Choose the sentence demonstrating correct usage of 'its' vs 'it's'

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Identify the correct usage of 'There is/are' in the following sentence: '____ a new café and a boutique at the end of the street.'

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Use of English 11 (I term 2023-2024)

Which tense do we use to talk about something that started in the past and is still happening now?

Choose the correct tense for an action completed at an indefinite time in the past: 'I ____ my car keys.'

What is the correct form to talk about a hypothetical situation in the present or future? 'If I ____, I could travel around the world.'

Complete the sentence using appropriate tense form of the verb: 'If I ____(be) you, I would think twice before making a decision.'

Choose the correct tense form: 'I ____ (write) my English homework when my friend called.'

Fill in the blank with the correct past perfect form: 'When I arrived at the station, the train ____ (already leave).'

Which of the following sentences correctly uses the present perfect tense?

Which sentence correctly uses the past simple tense?

In which sentence is the present perfect tense used correctly?

Which sentence correctly uses the past simple tense?

Choose the correct form to express a future event: If you study, you ___ pass the exam.

Choose the sentence demonstrating correct usage of 'its' vs 'it's'

Identify the correct usage of 'There is/are' in the following sentence: '____ a new café and a boutique at the end of the street.'

Select the correct form to fill in the blank: '_____ raining outside, so you better take an umbrella.'

Which tense do we use to talk about something that started in the past and is still happening now?

Choose the correct tense for an action completed at an indefinite time in the past: 'I ____ my car keys.'

What is the correct form to talk about a hypothetical situation in the present or future? 'If I ____, I could travel around the world.'

Complete the sentence using appropriate tense form of the verb: 'If I ____(be) you, I would think twice before making a decision.'

Choose the correct tense form: 'I ____ (write) my English homework when my friend called.'

Fill in the blank with the correct past perfect form: 'When I arrived at the station, the train ____ (already leave).'

Which of the following sentences correctly uses the present perfect tense?

Which sentence correctly uses the past simple tense?

In which sentence is the present perfect tense used correctly?

Which sentence correctly uses the past simple tense?

Choose the correct form to express a future event: If you study, you ___ pass the exam.

Choose the sentence demonstrating correct usage of 'its' vs 'it's'

Identify the correct usage of 'There is/are' in the following sentence: '____ a new café and a boutique at the end of the street.'

Select the correct form to fill in the blank: '_____ raining outside, so you better take an umbrella.'