Task 1

                                                    The King and the Painter

 

  Once there was a king, who liked to paint pictures, but his  

pictures were bad and nobody liked them. The people to whom the king showed his pictures were afraid of him and they said that the pictures were good. One day the king showed his pictures to a great painter who lived in that country and said, “What do you think of my pictures? Am I a good painter or not?” The painter looked at the king’s picture and said, “My king, the pictures are bad and you will never be a good painter.” The king was very angry and sent the painter to prison. After two years the king wanted to see the painter again. When the painter came the king gave him a good dinner and said, “Now you are a freeman and I am your friend.” So he talked kindly to the painter. After dinner the king showed his pictures to the painter again and asked, “Well, how do you like them now?” The painter did not answer. He turned to the soldiers and said, “Take me back to prison!”

 

 

1. Choose the correct answer to the questions.

1) What did the king like to do? 

a) To do morning exercises.
b) To write short stories.
c) To paint pictures.
d)  To buy pictures.

 

2) Who said the pictures were good?

a) The people who were afraid of the king.
b) The people who liked the pictures.
c) The great painter.
d) The soldiers.

 

3) Whom did the king show his pictures one day?

a) To the soldiers.
b) To a great painter.
c) To his servants.
d) To the prisoners.

 

4) Why did the painter ask to send him back to prison?

a) Because the king gave him a good dinner.
b) Because he liked the pictures.
c) Because the truth was more important to him than freedom.
d) Because he wanted to paint pictures there.

 

 

2. Mark the following statements “True” (T) or “False” (F).

 

 

T

F

1

Once there was a king, who was a great painter.

 

 

2

The people were afraid of the president.

 

 

3

The painter spent two years in the prison.

 

 

4

The king was a kind man.

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               (8point)

Writing

Task2

Use the verbs in brackets in the past simple to complete the sentences

1.(you/see) any films last weekend?

2.No ,I (go) to a music festival instead

3. What (be) it like?

4. Actually ,it (not/be)very good. I (not/like) the bands

5. Paul and I (spend) last weekend at our grandparents house.

6.Really ? What (you /do)there?

                                                                                                   

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