Daily. Weekly. Monthly. Lexical exercises and grammatical test(mixed tenses)

1. Complete the text with the words from the box.

Weekly          reports         newspaper          column         published           articles

A ________________ is a printed publication containing information, news and advertisements. The newspaper __________________ are usually devoted to social issues, news of business, political events, criminal _________________, art and sports. In a newspaper there’s usually an editor’s __________________ that expresses the personal opinions of writers. Newspapers are most often ______________ on a daily _________________ or basis, and they usually focus on one particular geographic area where most of their readers live.

2.  Write questions to the following answers.

1) How often ____________________________________________________?

I don’t often read newspapers, I prefer to find the news on the Internet.

2) What type of newspapers _________________________________________?

I sometimes read special newspapers for schoolchildren.

3) When ________________________________________________________?

The first newspaper appeared in Britain over 300 years ago.

4) What_________________________________________________________?

Mass media is the term that denotes such means of communication as

television, radio, and newspapers.

5) When _________________________________________________________ ?

My dad usually reads his newspaper during his morning coffee.

6) What __________________________________________________________?

My favourite newspaper is Kyiv Post.

3. Circle the correct answer.

1) We …..... TV when it started to rain.

a) watch        b) watching    c) were watching     d) watched

2) I wanted to visit you yesterday, but you ……….. not at home.

a) is        b) are       c) was       d) were

3) Look! It ………., so we can’t go to the beach.

a) to rain         b) rains                c) is raining             d) rain

4) While he was in the shower, his dogs …………... his steaks.

a) eat              b) eats               c) ate                  d) eaten

5) The sun ……….. in the East.

a) to rise              b) rise             c) rises                d) risen

6) After Larry ………... the film on TV, he decided to buy the book.

a) see             b) saw          c) have seen            d) had seen

7) Wait a minute, I ………….. this box for you.

a) carry               b) ’ll carry                    c) am carry            d) have carry

8) She …………... her left arm two weeks ago.

a) broke             b) have broken                 c) is broken            d) had broken

9) — I’m about to fall asleep. I need to wake up!

— I ..…….. you a cup of coffee. That will wake you up.

a) make          b) making              c) ’ll make               d) have made

10) While the doctor was examining Mr Jones, his son …….... outside this morning.

a) wait             b) waits             c) is waiting           d) was waiting

11) I ………….. to the cinema yesterday.

a) go               b) went              c) gone                d) have gone