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You’re dreaming of being a journalist or a magazine’s editor. You are lucky to have been offered to work during summer holidays as an editor’s personal assistant. You are given a task to try to write a preface for the next issue of a teenager’s magazine. Task Details Your preface should include the name of the magazine, what sections the next issue has (for example, News, advertisements, Innovations, Fashion, Quizzes, Interesting people and etc.) You should write what a reader can find in each section in the next issue. You should describe 3 sections. Use the following words and expressions in y…

These sentences don't make sense. In each of them, there's one misleading word. Find these words, then unscramble AND/OR add up to two letters to them, so that the sentences make sense. Write your answers: write the wrong word and then the correct one. You will earn 1 point for each correct answer. Выбрать другое задание

Match the names of the books with some popular quotes taken from them. You will learn 1 point for each correct answer. Quotes "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." “To be, or not to be, that is the question.” “All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.” "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." "So we beat on…

Are you a computer whizz-kid? Explain to your friend, in exact detail, how to do the following using your smartphone: scan the document; how to record a video. Choose ONE and write 50-70 words. Скачать это задание (PDF) Выбрать другое задание

Write the names of the people using things that are associated with them. You will earn 1 point for each correct answer. Критерии оценивания Если в ответе допущены 2 и более 2 орфографических ошибок, то ответ не засчитывается, если 1 ошибка, то засчитывается. Если дана только фамилия, то 0,5 баллов. Выбрать другое задание

Complete the text with the necessary words in the appropriate form (tense, for example) using the definitions of the required words in the brackets. The first letter of the word is given. The number of letters in the word is given. You will earn 0,5 points for each correct answer. Please, be careful with spelling. Text Glass Beach have a gift for making 0) CHAOS (a state, when there is no order; 5 letters) sound carefully constructed. The Los Angeles band’s 2019 1) d_ _ _ _ _ (first public performance, appearance, or recording; 5 letters), The First Gla…

New words have been entering the English language for years. Use one of the 25 given neologisms (new coined words and expressions) in the appropriate sentence. You may change the word or expression if necessary. You will earn 1 point for each correct answer. Выбрать другое задание

Read the passage. Then fill in the gaps with the appropriate part of the sentence. You will earn 0,5 points for each correct answer.  Optical views: a way to travel through Europe More than two centuries ago, European citizens flocked to markets and fairs to revel in the exciting scenes 1 _ _ _ _ _. Through the lenses of optical boxes, 2 _ _ _ _ _, the spectators were able to observe images of 3 _ _ _ _ _ that these 'views' offered. Optical boxes and optical views The optical box was a fair attraction that, during the 18th and early 19th centuries, allowed European citizens 4 _ _ _ _ _…

The first given sentence contains the word that can be used in the second sentence. Find this word and use it in the correct grammar form in the second sentence. First Sentences The camp was surrounded by a high fence which needed to be patched. He came across an old book with dog-eared pages that turned out to be a real treasure. The pond was filled to the brim with fowl and frogs, but one duck stuck out with its magnificent grey plumage. He could hardly expounded his position more clearly: quite bluntly, any plans to abolish music are described as vain. Second Sentences Нажмите на…

Find one word in the box to match the description of social types.  Social Types A goody-goody A leading light A doormat A big cheese A Pollyanna A wimp A homebody A go-getter A cold fish A bossy boots A rolling stone A jock A wall flower A scatter brain A go-getter A gold digger A gate-crasher A cheapskate A funster A klutz Нажмите на предложение, чтобы увидеть ответ и сравнить со своим.  Someone who is considered to be a silly and clumsy person. A KLUTZ Someone who is cowardly, weak and lacks confidence. A WIMP…

Translate the following recipe into Russian. Be careful with measuring points. They must be understandable to Russian readers. You will earn 5 points for this task. Recipe Devonshire Splits 1/2 oz. fresh yeast 1 teaspoon caster sugar 1/2 pint milk - warmed to blood heat 1 Ib. strong white flour 1 oz. caster sugar 1 teaspoon salt 2 oz. butter Mix together the yeast, the 1 teaspoon of sugar and the warm milk and leave in a warm place for 20-30 minutes until frothy. Rub the butter into the flour and stir in the 1 oz. of sugar and the salt. Add the yeast liquid to the flour and mix to a so…

Read the phrases and give the right translation of the following expressions into Russian. Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS, for example, baby teeth – МОЛОЧНЫЕ ЗУБЫ. You will earn 0,5 points for each correct answer. Please, be careful with Russian spelling. Выбрать другое задание

Read the binomials and give the right translation of the following expressions into Russian.Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet, for example, safe and sound – ЦЕЛЫЙ И НЕВРЕДИМЫЙ. You will earn 0,5 points for each correct answer. Please, be careful with Russian spelling. Выбрать другое задание

Choose one topic and write a descriptive essay. Write 80-100 words. Topics What is it like to be a professional football player? What was it like to be a pirate of Caribbean? What is it like to be a seaman? What is it like to be a Hollywood star? What is it like to be a flight attendant? What is it like to be a member of the Royal family? Скачать это задание (PDF) Выб…

Write a life story of the tree (you may choose any tree that grows in your or any other country). Describe the tree in two different seasons. Describe its life when it was a young sapling. Describe two events that the tree witnessed. Describe the tree when it was about to meet its end. Give a title to your story. Write 180—300 words…

You have been asked to write an article for a new English-language magazine for young people. The article is devoted to fairy-tales, legends and myths of your country that have an impact on people's character and personality. Write between 250–300 words. Give your article an interesting title. Write an interesting introduction. Describe your favourite fairy-tale/legend/myth of your country and explain your choice. Prove that fairy-tales/legends/myths are important in formin…

TIME: 60 minutes. Maximum: 25 points.   Today many people are raving about the virtue of ‘being yourself4. What does that mean? Are we really meant to be ourselves? You were asked to write the article entitled “Be Yourself!” to the school magazine. Your article must include: your explanation and interpretation what it means to ‘be yourself; one of these quotations and its interpretation relevant to the article: ‘To be yourself in a world that i…