The UK today

1. Match the words with their translation.

Read the text. Fill in (1—5) with the right choice.

Once upon a time there lived a King who (1)              [decided, had decided, was deciding] to

have an experiment. He put a huge stone on a roadway so that it blocked 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 (2)              [passed, were passing, had passed] 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 (3)                   [were carrying, was carrying, had been carrying] a load of vegetables. When

the peasant (4)            [came, was coming, had come] 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 peas-

ant (5)                [picked up, has picked up, had picked up] 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 re-

moved the stone from the roadway.

Make up sentence.

people/Wales/population/of/has/a/3 million

Make up sentence.

are/The/official/Wales/two/English/and/Welsh/of/languages/.

Make up sentence.

is/Glasgow/of/Scotland/the/largest/capital/is/Edinburgh/The/city/but

Put the verbs in brackets using Past Simple or Past Continuous form to complete the sentences.

He (burn) his hand when he (cook) dinner

Choose Past Simple or Past Perfect form to complete the sentence with the verbs in brackets.

He (to tell) me that he (to see) me the day before yesterday.

Mach the countries with their national symbols.