A. Read the article below and mark the sentences with true (T) or false (F).



“Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie is possibly the world’s most famous detective story writer. She wrote 79 novels and several plays. Her sales outnumber those of William Shakespeare. However, behind her 4,680,000 words was a painfully shy woman whose life was often lonely and unhappy.

She was born in 1890 in Devon, the third child of Clarissa and Frederick Miller, and grew into a beautiful and sensitive girl with waist¬-length golden hair. She didn’t go to school but was educated at home by her mother. Her father died when she was 11 and both she and her mother were grief¬-stricken.

During the World War 1, while she was working in a hospital dispensary, she learned about chemicals and poisons, which proved to be very useful to her in her later career.

She wrote her first detective novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, in 1920. In it she introduced Hercule Poirot, the Belgian detective who appeared in many subsequent novels. Her other main detective was an elderly spinster called Miss Marple.



1. Agatha Christie’s writing sells better than William Shakespeare’s ………...…

2. Agatha Christie didn’t have any brothers or sisters …………..

3. Agatha Christie was taught by her mother at home ………...…

4. Agatha Christie learnt about poisons and chemicals when she was ill in hospital …………...

5. Agatha Christie wrote her first detective novel when she 30 …………...



B. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple.



a. I ___________________________________(not visit) the Parthenon when I was in Athens.

b. _________________________________(they/travel) to America by boat last year?

c. We __________________________(go) to Paris two months ago.

d. He _____________________________(not/try) skiing when he was in Alaska.

e. She ____________________________ (walk) along the Great Wall of China in 2012.

f. _______________________________(you/book) your tickets online yesterday?

g. A: When ______________________________(you/go) to the Caribbean?

B: Last year. It ________________________(be) great!

h. A: _____________________________(you/enjoy) your holiday in Spain last week?

B: Yes, thanks. I __________________________(buy) you a souvenir.





C. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple or the Past Continuous.

I 1) ……………… (live) in Edinburgh at the time in the fourth floor flat. It 2) ………….…….. (be) about two o’clock and I 3) ………………. (sleep). Suddenly I 4)……………….. (wake up). I 5) ……………….. (hear) a dog barking loudly outside my window. I 6) ……………….… (get up) and 7) ……………….. (look) out. I was still half asleep and it was very dark, but I could see that someone 8) ……………….. (climb) up a ladder towards my bedroom window. I 9) …………….……. (look) up. There was my flat mate at the top of the ladder. He 10) ……………..………… (shout) ‘Let me in. I’ve forgotten my keys’.





D. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of will or be going to and the verbs in brackets.



A: Why are you buying flour and eggs? B: Because I 1)……………………….…………… (make) a cake.

A: I have decided what to buy Mum for her birthday. B: Really? What 2) ……………………… (you/buy) for her?

A: Did you ask Jackie to the party? B: Oh no. I forgot! I 3)……………………………… (ask) her tonight.

A: I’m too tired to cut the grass. B: Don’t worry! I 4)…………………………………….. (cut) it for you.

A: What are your plans for the weekend? B: I 5) ……………………….. (spend) some time with my friends.



F. Write a paragraph about your summer holiday plans. (70-80 words)





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