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Part 1
Simple Present Tense Quiz
1 Do you(like/Likes/Be like) chocolate milk?
2 He (do/does/is) not want to come to the movies.
3 (is/are/am) we too late to catch the bus?
4 It (is/are/am) a beautiful day today.
5 Sorry, Lisa (is/are/am) not here at the moment.
6 (am/is/do) I correct?
7 Robert(is/does/do)not go to my school.
8 My parents (live/lives/do) in a 2 bedroom apartment.
9 We (am/do/are) European.
10 You (do/are/have) so happy today!
Part 2
nterview with a Famous Actor
Interviewer: Thank you for taking some time off from your busy schedule to answer a few questions about your life!
Brad: It's my pleasure.
Interviewer: Could you tell us about an average day in your life?
Brad: Sure, I get up early - at 7 in the morning. Then I have breakfast. After breakfast, I go to the gym.
Interviewer: Are you studying anything now?
Brad: Yes, I'm learning a new film called "The Man About Town".
Interviewer: What do you do in the afternoon?
Brad: First I have lunch, then I go to the studio and shoot some scenes.
Interviewer: Which scene are you acting today?
Brad: I'm acting a scene about an angry lover.
Interviewer: That's very interesting.What do you do in the evening?
Brad: In the evening, I go home and have dinner and study my scripts.
Interviewer: Do you go out at night?
Brad: Not always, I like going out at weekends.
Decalogue Quiz - Interview with a Famous Actor
Choose the correct answer to these questions based on the dialogue. Each question has only one correct answer.
Q1: Why does the interviewer thank Brad?
a)for visiting him
b)for taking time off
c)for telephoning
Q2: What does Brad do after breakfast?
a)He studies his scripts.
b)He goes to the studio.
c)He goes to the gym.
Q3: What is Brad studying now?
a)The Man
b)The Man About Town
c)The Lover boy
Q4: What does he do in the afternoon?
a)He goes to the studio.
b)He goes to the gym.
c)He studies his scripts.
Q5: When does he like going out?
a)at night
b)on Sundays
c)at weekends
Part 3
A shepherd had a faithful dog, called Sultan, who was grown very old, and had lost all his teeth. And one day when the shepherd
and his wife were standing together before the house the shepherd said, 'I will shoot old Sultan tomorrow morning, for he
is of no use now.' But his wife said, 'Pray let the poor faithful creature live; he has served us well a great many years,
and we ought to give him a livelihood for the rest of his days.' 'But what can we do with him?' said the shepherd, 'he has
not a tooth in his head, and the thieves don't care for him at all; to be sure he has served us, but then he did it to earn
his livelihood; tomorrow shall be his last day, depend upon it.'
Poor Sultan, who was lying close by them, heard all that the shepherd and his wife said to one another, and was very much
frightened to think tomorrow would be his last day; so in the evening he went to his good friend the wolf, who lived in the
wood, and told him all his sorrows, and how his master meant to kill him in the morning.'Make yourself easy,' said the wolf,
'I will give you some good advice. Your master, you know, goes out every morning very early with his wife into the field;
and they take their little child with them, and lay it down behind the hedge in the shade while they are at work. Now do you
lie down close by the child, and pretend to be watching it, and I will come out of the wood and run away with it; you must
run after me as fast as you can, and I will let it drop; then you may carry it back, and they will think you have saved their
child, and will be so thankful to you that they will take care of you as long as you live.' The dog liked this plan very well;
and accordingly so it was managed. The wolf ran with the child a little way; the shepherd and his wife screamed out; but Sultan
soon overtook him, and carried the poor little thing back to his master and mistress. Then the shepherd patted him on the
head, and said, 'Old Sultan has saved our child from the wolf, and therefore he shall live and be well taken care of, and
have plenty to eat. Wife, go home, and give him a good dinner, and let him have my old cushion to sleep on as long as he lives.'
So from this time forward Sultan had all that he could wish for.
Soon afterwards the wolf came and wished him joy, and said, 'Now, my good fellow, you must tell no tales, but turn your
head the other way when I want to taste one of the old shepherd's fine fat sheep.' 'No,' said the Sultan; 'I will be true
to my master.' However, the wolf thought he was in joke, and came one night to get a dainty morsel. But Sultan had told his
master what the wolf meant to do; so he laid wait for him behind the barn door, and when the wolf was busy looking out for
a good fat sheep, he had a stout cudgel laid about his back, that combed his locks for him finely.
Then the wolf was very angry, and called Sultan 'an old rogue,' and swore he would have his revenge. So the next morning
the wolf sent the boar to challenge Sultan to come into the wood to fight the matter. Now Sultan had nobody he could ask to
be his second but the shepherd's old three-legged cat; so he took her with him, and as the poor thing limped along with some
trouble, she stuck up her tail straight in the air.
The wolf and the wild boar were first on the ground; and when they espied their enemies coming, and saw the cat's long
tail standing straight in the air, they thought she was carrying a sword for Sultan to fight with; and every time she limped,
they thought she was picking up a stone to throw at them; so they said they should not like this way of fighting, and the
boar lay down behind a bush, and the wolf jumped up into a tree. Sultan and the cat soon came up, and looked about and wondered
that no one was there. The boar, however, had not quite hidden himself, for his ears stuck out of the bush; and when he shook
one of them a little, the cat, seeing something move, and thinking it was a mouse, sprang upon it, and bit and scratched it,
so that the boar jumped up and grunted, and ran away, roaring out, 'Look up in the tree, there sits the one who is to blame.'
So they looked up, and espied the wolf sitting amongst the branches; and they called him a cowardly rascal, and would not
suffer him to come down till he was heartily ashamed of himself, and had promised to be good friends again with old Sultan.
Vocabulary
faithful - true to someone or something
was grown - old passive form - more common 'had grown'
creature - animal
livelihood - job, means of living
depend upon it - count on something, be sure of something
sorrows - sadness
to mean - intend to do something
hedge - group of shrubs that grow together to make a natural wall
shade - area of shadows, cool area where sun is blocked by something
accordingly - in that manner
to overtake - to pass, catch up with
to pat - similar to petting
dainty morsel - tasty bit of food
stout - fat, big and round
cudgel - short, heavy stick, a club
locks - hair
rogue - unreliable, deceitful person
boar - wild pig
to limp - walk with difficulty
to espy - to see in the distance
to scratch - to scrape, hurt someone or something
to grunt - to make a low sound
heartily - with warmth and sincerity
rascal - unreliable, deceitful person
Old Sultan - Intermediate Level Reading Comprehension Quiz
Choose the correct answer to these questions based on Old Sultan by the Brothers Grimm. Each question has only one correct
answer.
Q1: Why did the shepherd want to shoot Sultan?
a)Because he caused problems.
b)Because he was a faithful dog.
c)Because he had grown very old.
Q2: Why did the wife feel Sultan should be spared?
a)Because he had served the family well.
b)Because he had grown old.
c)Because he had lost all of his teeth.
Q3: Who did Sultan go to for advice on his situation?
a)The wife
b)The shepherd
c)The wolf
Q4: What did the wolf offer to do?
a)Steal the child
b)Pretend to steal the child
c)Attack the shepherd and his wife so that Sultan could protect them
Q5: Did the wolf's plan work?
a)Yes
b)No
c)Yes, but the child was injured
Q6: What did the wolf want in return for his help?
a)The child
b)Sultan's help in stealing a lamb
c)Sultan's ignoring his stealing a sheep
Q7: Why did the wolf become angry with Sultan?
a)Because he helped him steal the sheep.
b)Because Sultan took back the sheep he had stolen.
c)Because he told his master what the wolf planned to do.
Q8: Who challenged Sultan to fight over the disagreement?
a)The boar
b)The three-legged cat
c)The wolf
Q9: What or who gave the boar away?
a)The three-legged cat
b)His ears
c)The wolf
Q10: Who or what gave away the wolf?
a)The three-legged cat
b)His ears
c)The boar
Part 4
Study Vocabulary builder 1 unit 1.4 and answer the related questions.
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