Independent work variant Read the text and fill in the blanks with the appropriate words

2.Listen to the text and write ten or more questions according to it.
3.Write a short essay on the topic: “I like New Year”.(200-250words)
4. Speak on the topic: “My native town”
Independent work 1
Variant 11.
1.Read the text and fill in the blanks with the appropriate words
As you become _____ (1) you realize that there are several ________(2) things and places you always long to come back to. They are your birthplace, your home and the school you went to. My school was a three-storeyed building ________(3) in one of the residential districts of our city (town, settlement). All the children from the neighbourhood went there because it was a walking distance from their homes. There was a sports ground behind the school-building and a green lawn with flower-beds ___ (4) front of it. The school was built a few years ago. That's why its _______ (5) were light and spacious. There ____ (6) three large windows in each classroom with _________ (7) on the windowsills. It was ________ (8) (especially girls') responsibility to water the flowers. And they did it with utmost care. There were maps and portraits, tables and charts on the walls ___ (9) the classrooms. Our classroom was on the _______ (10) floor. Its windows faced the school-yard. Our form was the only one at school who had a form-master, but not a form-mistress. He appeared to be a very kind and knowledgeable teacher who spared no time to take us to different places of interest and exhibitions. He taught us Russian and Russian literature. We respected him very much. Our lessons ________ (11)at eight o'clock in the morning and lasted till one thirty in the afternoon. We had six lessons a day. Every pupil had a ________ (12) where the teachers wrote down the mark each pupil had earned ____(13) his answers. The _______ (14) also wrote down the mark ___ (15) the class register. When the teacher asked a question, the pupils who could answer it raised their hands, and the teacher called out one of them ______(16) the question. The pupils were often called to the blackboard to do ______(17) exercises or to write some sentences. When they _______(18) mistakes, other pupils .were called out to correct those mistakes or the teacher corrected them herself. After every lesson the teachers gave us some home assignments ______(19) written and oral. At the next lesson the teachers checked them up. The teachers often took our exercise-books home to check them up. If there were any mistakes they corrected them and gave us marks. At the end of each quarter we got our report cards which our _____(20) signed. At the end of the study year we were promoted, to the next form.

1. a) younger b) older c) bigger d) smaller

2. a) essential b) beautiful c) difficult d) interesting
3. a) was b) to be situated c) situated d) will be situated
4. a) in b) on c) under d) behind
5. a) classrooms b) floor c) walls d) canteen
6. a) was b) are c) is d) were
7. a) flower b) pictures c) flower pots d) vase
8. a) teachers’ b) director’s c) gardener’s d) pupils'
9. a) on b) of c) in d) off
10. a) second b) two c) one d) three
11. a) began b) begin c) begun d) to begin
12. a) copy – book b) book c) notebook d) day-book
13. a) for b) from c) into d) of
14. a) pupils b) teacher c) student d) pupil
15. a) in b) on c) under d) from
16. a) answered b) answers c) answer d) to answer
17. a) any b) same c) some d) no
18. a) make b) made c) to make d) making
19. a) both b) bathe c) and d) but
20. a) teacher b) parents c) student d) pupils