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COMPREHENSION
Do we know much about his non-professional life? Why? |
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Yes. A lot has been written about his computing revolution. |
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Yes. Because he is a very famous person. You can see him on TV, the news
or the Internet. |
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No. Because there is very little information about his private life. |
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Yes. This text shows an anecdote. |
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No. Because he has got problems with his mother and his psychologist. |
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COMPREHENSION
Why did Bill’s parents think that he needed a psychologist? |
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Because he talked to his mother aggressively and didn't do
what she told him. |
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Because he liked computers a lot and spent all day playing with them. |
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Because he was in the sixth grade and his parents were worried. |
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Because he was very intelligent. |
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Because he wanted to be a businessman |
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COMPREHENSION
Why did the psychologist conclude that it was useless to compete with Bill? |
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Because a great number of computer companies can't compete
with him. |
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Because punishing him was not a solution, he had his own ideas. |
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Because his parents were not very intelligent. |
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Because Bill didn't want to compete with his parents. |
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Because he was very slow; he spent a year answering tests. |
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LEXICON
Find in the texts the world which has the following definition: "complete or drastic
change of the methods, conditions, etc."
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war |
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psychologist |
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amount |
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anecdote |
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revolution |
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LEXICON
Find one synonym in the text for SORT. |
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kind |
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little |
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help |
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personality |
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intelligent |
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LEXICON
Find one synonym in the text for CLEVER. |
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intelligent |
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aggressively |
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same |
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clean |
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personal |
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LEXICON
Give one opposite of USELESS. |
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new |
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ineffective |
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useful |
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vain |
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frantic |
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GRAMMAR
PUT the following sentence into ACTIVE VOICE: "Many pages have been written about
Bill Gates". |
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Many pages are being written about Bill Gates. |
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Somebody will write many pages about Bill Gates. |
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Bill Gates writes many pages. |
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Bill Gates has written many pages. |
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They have written many pages about Bill Gates. |
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GRAMMAR
PUT the following into REPORTED SPEECH: "What are you doing, Bill?" his mother
asked him. |
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His mother asked that what was he doing. |
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His mother asked him: "what are you doing, Bill?" |
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His mother asked him what he was doing. |
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His mother asked him that what was he doing. |
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His mother asked him what was she doing |
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GRAMMAR
JOIN the following sentences with a RELATIVE: "He was at war with his mother, Mary.
She was an extrovert woman"
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Mary was an extrovert woman who was at war with his mother. |
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He was at war with his mother but Mary was an extrovert woman |
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He was at war with his mother, Mary, who was an extrovert woman |
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He was at war with his mother, Mary, an extrovert woman. |
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He was at war with his mother because she was an extrovert woman. |
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GRAMMAR
Use the VERBS in brackets correctly: "If Bill’s parents (NOT SEND) him to the
psychologist, they (NOT KNOW) why he was so aggressive." |
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If Bill’s parents had not sent him to the psychologist,
they wouldn't have known why he was so aggressive. |
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If Bill’s parents would not send him to the psychologist, they
wouldn't have known why he was so aggressive. |
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If Bill’s parents didn't send him to the psychologist, they wouldn't
have known why he was so aggressive. |
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If Bill’s parents would not send him to the psychologist, they
wouldn't have known why he was so aggressive. |
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If Bill’s parents had not sent him to the psychologist, they hadn't
known why he was so aggressive. |
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