1) Match the words with their descriptions
1) politically correct
a) a simple children's story about magical creatures
2) fairy tale
b) a group of people born and living during the same time
3) ancient
c) to talk about or admit something that makes you embarrassed, ashamed or to tell to God or a priest
4) generation
d) a set of opinions to make people tolerant and friendly to each other
5) confess
e) very old
2) Match the words with the same meaning
1) to be keen on
a) happiness
2) reporter
b) holy book
3) joy
c) correspondent
4) the Bible
d) to be interested on
5) courageous
e) brave
3) Put prepositions where it is necessary.
Journalists put themselves 1)_____dangerous situations. They report 2)____wars and political protests. They go 3)____areas where there are conflicts. They try to find out the facts 4)____story they are writing about. They can even be killed because 5)____their efforts. They climb 6)_____tall mountains, dive deep 7)_____the sea. They get pictures 8)_____wild animals.
4) Put the following words into the gaps: whatever, whenever, whoever, however, wherever, wisdom, confess
1. _____you see, don’t be surprised. 2. ____busy we are, we meet twice a week. 3. How many ____teeth have you got? 4. ____I meet, they don’t speak French. 5. ____you go, your knowledge of English will be useful. 6. The detective made the criminal____to his crime. 7. You can get up____you want.
5) Choose the right variant
1. (Writing/ written) a book the author made some mistakes. 2. The garden (surrounding/ surrounded) the house is just watered. 3. A (breaking/ broken) cup lay on the floor. 4. I don’t know the girl (waiting/ waited) for you. 5. The house (building/ built) in our neighborhood is very good. 6. It is not easy to read books (writing/ written) many years ago.
