The UK today

Read the text. Fill in (1—5) with the choices (A—C).

Once upon a time there lived a King who__              [decided, had decided, was deciding]____⁽¹⁾ to have an experiment. He put a huge stone on a roadway so that it biocked the movement. Then he hid himself behind a nearby tree and wanted to see if anyone would take it away from the road. There were lots of different people who__              [passed, were passing, had passed]___⁽²⁾ by the stone, some of them were wealthy and important, but most of them just walked around it. Many loudly criticised the King for not keeping the roads clear, but none did anything about getting the stone out of the way.

When the King was about to come out of his shelter, he saw a peasant who came along; he_                   [were carrying, was carrying, had been carrying]__⁽³⁾ a load of vegetables. When the peasant_            [came, was coming, had come]___⁽⁴⁾ nearer to the huge stone, he laid down his burden and tried to move the stone to the side of the road. It took much time and efforts to remove the stone to the side of the road. After the peas­ant __               [picked up, has picked up, had picked up]__⁽⁵⁾ his load of vegetables, he noticed a purse lying on the road where the rock had been. The purse contained many gold coins and a note from the King saying that the gold was for the person who re­moved the stone from the roadway.

Listen to the facts about the UK and mark the statements as true or false.

The United Kingdom is one of the largest countries in the world.

Listen to the facts about the UK and mark the statements as true or false.

When a member of the royal family has a wedding, there is often a day off.