2.The first jeans were ......... by Levi Strauss in 1873

that one. 6) January is the (cold) month of the year. 7) This box is (heavy) than that one. 8) He was the (fat) man in the village. 9) Your handwriting is (good) than it was last year. 10) He is the (bad) man I have ever seen. 11) Ann is (beautiful) than Kate.

1885. 3 They have manufactured the Mini in Oxford since 1994. 4 The mayor is encouraging people to cycle in the city centre. 5 Commercial spacecraft will fly tourists into space in the near future. 6 By the time we got to the airport, they had cancelled the flight. 7 The French held the first Tour de France bike race in 1903. 8 Škoda has sold over 30,000 cars in the UK this year. 9 We are encouraging cyclists to wear safety helmets on the roads. 10 NASA will select six volunteers to take part in a simulated space trip to Mars. 11 They had closed the ticket office by the time we arrived at the station.

12 Decide if the sentences are correct or not. Rewrite the sentences that are incorrect. 1 What language are these instructions write in? 13 How long ago was this motorway build? 14 You will be helped to put your bags in the overhead locker. 15 I’ve been heard that this airline is more unreliable than some of the others. 16 World Car Free Day is being hold on 22 September this year. 17 It has being reported that this low-cost airline is unreliable. 18 Will the flight attendant be helping us with our bags at the check-in desk? 19 Weren’t these buildings construct last year?

3 Complete the sentences with indefinite pronouns. 1 I haven’t been ______________ in my new car yet. 20 ______________ called while you were out, but I don’t know who it was. 21 She was expecting her family to meet her at the airport, but ______________ came. 22 There’s ______________ important I must tell you before I leave.

brother when we came to him 3-When I saw him he (teach) to ski by his father 3-When I saw him he (teach) to ski by his father 4-Who (award) the first prize yesterday

Capitol and the White House are situated 3 how Americans greet people when they see them for the first time 4 if Americans have an official song and what it is called 5 if all the states in the USA have their own flags, symbols and song 6 what he knows about ghost towns 7 which states are the largest and which are the smallest 8 when the first skyscrapers were built 9 if Americans travel a lot and where they usually spend their holidays 10 if there are any interesting museums in Washington and in New York

hips in the 1950’s and 1960’s, though in fact, astronomers had been exploring the universe long before the beginning of space flights. Galileo made the first optical telescope used for astronomy in 1609. Later scientists got a lot more information about the solar system and its planets with the help of interplanetary probes, space capsules that carry special equipment and send information back to Earth.