Knowledge test 9 grade

VOCABULARY

Complete the sentences with the correct form of phrasal verbs with up.
1 Can you _____________ your argument in three or four sentences?
2 Mr. Walker _____________ golf when he retired. He had never played before.
3 My little sister cries when she _____________ in the middle of the night.
4 No one knows if Amelia Earhart’s plane _____________ in mid-air.
5 Did you _____________ all the coffee? There isn’t any left.
6 My grandmother used to _____________ wonderful bedtime stories for us when we were children. She had a great imagination.
7 Can you _____________ the word ‘finca’ in your Spanish dictionary for me, please?
8 Is this the right bus? We don’t want to _____________ in a part of town we don’t know!
9 My brother and sisters and I _____________ in Africa. We came to Britain when I was 19.

1. __________

VOCABULARY

Complete the sentences with the correct form of phrasal verbs with up.
1 Can you _____________ your argument in three or four sentences?
2 Mr. Walker _____________ golf when he retired. He had never played before.
3 My little sister cries when she _____________ in the middle of the night.
4 No one knows if Amelia Earhart’s plane _____________ in mid-air.
5 Did you _____________ all the coffee? There isn’t any left.
6 My grandmother used to _____________ wonderful bedtime stories for us when we were children. She had a great imagination.
7 Can you _____________ the word ‘finca’ in your Spanish dictionary for me, please?
8 Is this the right bus? We don’t want to _____________ in a part of town we don’t know!
9 My brother and sisters and I _____________ in Africa. We came to Britain when I was 19.

2. __________

VOCABULARY

Complete the sentences with the correct form of phrasal verbs with up.
1 Can you _____________ your argument in three or four sentences?
2 Mr. Walker _____________ golf when he retired. He had never played before.
3 My little sister cries when she _____________ in the middle of the night.
4 No one knows if Amelia Earhart’s plane _____________ in mid-air.
5 Did you _____________ all the coffee? There isn’t any left.
6 My grandmother used to _____________ wonderful bedtime stories for us when we were children. She had a great imagination.
7 Can you _____________ the word ‘finca’ in your Spanish dictionary for me, please?
8 Is this the right bus? We don’t want to _____________ in a part of town we don’t know!
9 My brother and sisters and I _____________ in Africa. We came to Britain when I was 19.

3. __________

VOCABULARY

Complete the sentences with the correct form of phrasal verbs with up.
1 Can you _____________ your argument in three or four sentences?
2 Mr. Walker _____________ golf when he retired. He had never played before.
3 My little sister cries when she _____________ in the middle of the night.
4 No one knows if Amelia Earhart’s plane _____________ in mid-air.
5 Did you _____________ all the coffee? There isn’t any left.
6 My grandmother used to _____________ wonderful bedtime stories for us when we were children. She had a great imagination.
7 Can you _____________ the word ‘finca’ in your Spanish dictionary for me, please?
8 Is this the right bus? We don’t want to _____________ in a part of town we don’t know!
9 My brother and sisters and I _____________ in Africa. We came to Britain when I was 19.

4. __________

VOCABULARY

Complete the sentences with the correct form of phrasal verbs with up.
1 Can you _____________ your argument in three or four sentences?
2 Mr. Walker _____________ golf when he retired. He had never played before.
3 My little sister cries when she _____________ in the middle of the night.
4 No one knows if Amelia Earhart’s plane _____________ in mid-air.
5 Did you _____________ all the coffee? There isn’t any left.
6 My grandmother used to _____________ wonderful bedtime stories for us when we were children. She had a great imagination.
7 Can you _____________ the word ‘finca’ in your Spanish dictionary for me, please?
8 Is this the right bus? We don’t want to _____________ in a part of town we don’t know!
9 My brother and sisters and I _____________ in Africa. We came to Britain when I was 19.

5. __________

VOCABULARY

Complete the sentences with the correct form of phrasal verbs with up.
1 Can you _____________ your argument in three or four sentences?
2 Mr. Walker _____________ golf when he retired. He had never played before.
3 My little sister cries when she _____________ in the middle of the night.
4 No one knows if Amelia Earhart’s plane _____________ in mid-air.
5 Did you _____________ all the coffee? There isn’t any left.
6 My grandmother used to _____________ wonderful bedtime stories for us when we were children. She had a great imagination.
7 Can you _____________ the word ‘finca’ in your Spanish dictionary for me, please?
8 Is this the right bus? We don’t want to _____________ in a part of town we don’t know!
9 My brother and sisters and I _____________ in Africa. We came to Britain when I was 19.

6. __________

VOCABULARY

Complete the sentences with the correct form of phrasal verbs with up.
1 Can you _____________ your argument in three or four sentences?
2 Mr. Walker _____________ golf when he retired. He had never played before.
3 My little sister cries when she _____________ in the middle of the night.
4 No one knows if Amelia Earhart’s plane _____________ in mid-air.
5 Did you _____________ all the coffee? There isn’t any left.
6 My grandmother used to _____________ wonderful bedtime stories for us when we were children. She had a great imagination.
7 Can you _____________ the word ‘finca’ in your Spanish dictionary for me, please?
8 Is this the right bus? We don’t want to _____________ in a part of town we don’t know!
9 My brother and sisters and I _____________ in Africa. We came to Britain when I was 19.

7. __________

VOCABULARY

Complete the sentences with the correct form of phrasal verbs with up.
1 Can you _____________ your argument in three or four sentences?
2 Mr. Walker _____________ golf when he retired. He had never played before.
3 My little sister cries when she _____________ in the middle of the night.
4 No one knows if Amelia Earhart’s plane _____________ in mid-air.
5 Did you _____________ all the coffee? There isn’t any left.
6 My grandmother used to _____________ wonderful bedtime stories for us when we were children. She had a great imagination.
7 Can you _____________ the word ‘finca’ in your Spanish dictionary for me, please?
8 Is this the right bus? We don’t want to _____________ in a part of town we don’t know!
9 My brother and sisters and I _____________ in Africa. We came to Britain when I was 19.

8. __________

VOCABULARY

Complete the sentences with the correct form of phrasal verbs with up.
1 Can you _____________ your argument in three or four sentences?
2 Mr. Walker _____________ golf when he retired. He had never played before.
3 My little sister cries when she _____________ in the middle of the night.
4 No one knows if Amelia Earhart’s plane _____________ in mid-air.
5 Did you _____________ all the coffee? There isn’t any left.
6 My grandmother used to _____________ wonderful bedtime stories for us when we were children. She had a great imagination.
7 Can you _____________ the word ‘finca’ in your Spanish dictionary for me, please?
8 Is this the right bus? We don’t want to _____________ in a part of town we don’t know!
9 My brother and sisters and I _____________ in Africa. We came to Britain when I was 19.

9. __________

LANGUAGE WORKOUT
(GRAMMAR)

Complete the sentences with the correct affirmative or negative third conditional form of these verbs.

be develop eat find invent leave slow down walk write (x2)

1 If the lookout had seen the iceberg, the ship _____________.
2 If the Beatles hadn’t split up in the 1970s, they _____________ more songs.
3 If my sister _____________ to school, she would have gotten wet in the rain.
4 If only more people _____________ New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina hit the city.

1. ___________

LANGUAGE WORKOUT
(GRAMMAR)

Complete the sentences with the correct affirmative or negative third conditional form of these verbs.

be develop eat find invent leave slow down walk write (x2)

1 If the lookout had seen the iceberg, the ship _____________.
2 If the Beatles hadn’t split up in the 1970s, they _____________ more songs.
3 If my sister _____________ to school, she would have gotten wet in the rain.
4 If only more people _____________ New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina hit the city.

2. ___________

LANGUAGE WORKOUT
(GRAMMAR)

Complete the sentences with the correct affirmative or negative third conditional form of these verbs.

be develop eat find invent leave slow down walk write (x2)

1 If the lookout had seen the iceberg, the ship _____________.
2 If the Beatles hadn’t split up in the 1970s, they _____________ more songs.
3 If my sister _____________ to school, she would have gotten wet in the rain.
4 If only more people _____________ New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina hit the city.

3. ___________

LANGUAGE WORKOUT
(GRAMMAR)

Complete the sentences with the correct affirmative or negative third conditional form of these verbs.

be develop eat find invent leave slow down walk write (x2)

1 If the lookout had seen the iceberg, the ship _____________.
2 If the Beatles hadn’t split up in the 1970s, they _____________ more songs.
3 If my sister _____________ to school, she would have gotten wet in the rain.
4 If only more people _____________ New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina hit the city.

4. ___________

Rewrite the sentences using the CORRECT WORD in CAPITALS. Don´t change the sense of the sentence. Use initial capital letter.
For example:
Drinking alcohol and driving isn’t allowed in many countries. CAN’T / MUST / NEED TO
__________________________________
__________________________________
Answer: You can’t drink alcohol and drive in many countries.

1 It’s necessary to clean your teeth twice a day. CAN’T / HAVE TO / DON’T NEED TO
__________________________________
__________________________________
2 It’s cold outside, so wear a jacket. NEED TO / DON’T HAVE TO / CAN’T
__________________________________
__________________________________
3 It was necessary for me to keep calm to pass the exam. CAN’T / MUST / HAD TO
__________________________________
__________________________________

4 For the exam, it was necessary for us to use black pens. HAVE TO / NEEDED TO / DIDN’T HAVE TO
__________________________________
__________________________________


1. _____________

Rewrite the sentences using the CORRECT WORD in CAPITALS. Don´t change the sense of the sentence. Use initial capital letter.
For example:
Drinking alcohol and driving isn’t allowed in many countries. CAN’T / MUST / NEED TO
__________________________________
__________________________________
Answer: You can’t drink alcohol and drive in many countries.

1 It’s necessary to clean your teeth twice a day. CAN’T / HAVE TO / DON’T NEED TO
__________________________________
__________________________________
2 It’s cold outside, so wear a jacket. NEED TO / DON’T HAVE TO / CAN’T
__________________________________
__________________________________
3 It was necessary for me to keep calm to pass the exam. CAN’T / MUST / HAD TO
__________________________________
__________________________________

4 For the exam, it was necessary for us to use black pens. HAVE TO / NEEDED TO / DIDN’T HAVE TO
__________________________________
__________________________________


2. _____________

Rewrite the sentences using the CORRECT WORD in CAPITALS. Don´t change the sense of the sentence. Use initial capital letter.
For example:
Drinking alcohol and driving isn’t allowed in many countries. CAN’T / MUST / NEED TO
__________________________________
__________________________________
Answer: You can’t drink alcohol and drive in many countries.

1 It’s necessary to clean your teeth twice a day. CAN’T / HAVE TO / DON’T NEED TO
__________________________________
__________________________________
2 It’s cold outside, so wear a jacket. NEED TO / DON’T HAVE TO / CAN’T
__________________________________
__________________________________
3 It was necessary for me to keep calm to pass the exam. CAN’T / MUST / HAD TO
__________________________________
__________________________________

4 For the exam, it was necessary for us to use black pens. HAVE TO / NEEDED TO / DIDN’T HAVE TO
__________________________________
__________________________________


3. _____________

Rewrite the sentences using the CORRECT WORD in CAPITALS. Don´t change the sense of the sentence. Use initial capital letter.
For example:
Drinking alcohol and driving isn’t allowed in many countries. CAN’T / MUST / NEED TO
__________________________________
__________________________________
Answer: You can’t drink alcohol and drive in many countries.

1 It’s necessary to clean your teeth twice a day. CAN’T / HAVE TO / DON’T NEED TO
__________________________________
__________________________________
2 It’s cold outside, so wear a jacket. NEED TO / DON’T HAVE TO / CAN’T
__________________________________
__________________________________
3 It was necessary for me to keep calm to pass the exam. CAN’T / MUST / HAD TO
__________________________________
__________________________________

4 For the exam, it was necessary for us to use black pens. HAVE TO / NEEDED TO / DIDN’T HAVE TO
__________________________________
__________________________________


4. _____________

READING

Read the text. Then read the sentences and choose True or False.

And the Chinese invented …
Many things which are part of our everyday lives were invented by the Chinese, including fireworks, kites, clocks, acupuncture, silk, paper, books, printing, and ink. The ideas were brought to the West by adventurers and explorers like Marco Polo, where they were adapted and copied. You don’t have to think for long to realize that the world’s history would have been very different without many of these things.
Most people associate spaghetti with Italy, but some experts think that spaghetti originated in China, in the form of noodles. Spaghetti has formed an essential part of Italian life for hundreds of years, and its eastern equivalent, noodles, has fed many millions of people. While the world could probably have survived without spaghetti, some of China’s other inventions have shaped and influenced empires.
Without paper or printing, for example, humans wouldn’t have been able to communicate our ideas or our politics as easily or conveniently as we have done. Reading would have remained the occupation of the rich and elite, and would not have reached ordinary people in the way it did. Education would have been just for the privileged few. And it wouldn’t have been only the novels and works of fiction like the works of Shakespeare that the world would have missed. What about the educational books, the information manuals, instruction booklets, travel guides, and recipe books that help inform and teach us? Our lives are influenced by reading today in ways that no one from 500 years ago could possibly have anticipated.
Without the compass, another great Chinese invention, adventurers, sailors and explorers probably wouldn’t have been able to travel around the world with such success, and wouldn’t have visited so many new and exciting countries. As a result, the empires of European countries wouldn’t have grown as rapidly as they did, and the history of North and South America would have had very different outcomes.
Yes, the world’s history would have been very different without Chinese inventions.

1 Few Chinese inventions reached the West.
True / False

2 Chinese inventions influenced world history.
True / False

3 Some experts think spaghetti came from China.
True / False

4 Spaghetti shaped and influenced empires.
True / False

5 Printing was an important invention because it allowed us to communicate more easily.
True / False

6 Without paper and printing, rich people wouldn’t have been able to get books.
True / False

7 The world would only have missed novels and works of fiction without printing.
True / False

8 People in the past were aware of the importance of reading.
True / False


1. _____________

READING

Read the text. Then read the sentences and choose True or False.

And the Chinese invented …
Many things which are part of our everyday lives were invented by the Chinese, including fireworks, kites, clocks, acupuncture, silk, paper, books, printing, and ink. The ideas were brought to the West by adventurers and explorers like Marco Polo, where they were adapted and copied. You don’t have to think for long to realize that the world’s history would have been very different without many of these things.
Most people associate spaghetti with Italy, but some experts think that spaghetti originated in China, in the form of noodles. Spaghetti has formed an essential part of Italian life for hundreds of years, and its eastern equivalent, noodles, has fed many millions of people. While the world could probably have survived without spaghetti, some of China’s other inventions have shaped and influenced empires.
Without paper or printing, for example, humans wouldn’t have been able to communicate our ideas or our politics as easily or conveniently as we have done. Reading would have remained the occupation of the rich and elite, and would not have reached ordinary people in the way it did. Education would have been just for the privileged few. And it wouldn’t have been only the novels and works of fiction like the works of Shakespeare that the world would have missed. What about the educational books, the information manuals, instruction booklets, travel guides, and recipe books that help inform and teach us? Our lives are influenced by reading today in ways that no one from 500 years ago could possibly have anticipated.
Without the compass, another great Chinese invention, adventurers, sailors and explorers probably wouldn’t have been able to travel around the world with such success, and wouldn’t have visited so many new and exciting countries. As a result, the empires of European countries wouldn’t have grown as rapidly as they did, and the history of North and South America would have had very different outcomes.
Yes, the world’s history would have been very different without Chinese inventions.

1 Few Chinese inventions reached the West.
True / False

2 Chinese inventions influenced world history.
True / False

3 Some experts think spaghetti came from China.
True / False

4 Spaghetti shaped and influenced empires.
True / False

5 Printing was an important invention because it allowed us to communicate more easily.
True / False

6 Without paper and printing, rich people wouldn’t have been able to get books.
True / False

7 The world would only have missed novels and works of fiction without printing.
True / False

8 People in the past were aware of the importance of reading.
True / False


2. _____________

READING

Read the text. Then read the sentences and choose True or False.

And the Chinese invented …
Many things which are part of our everyday lives were invented by the Chinese, including fireworks, kites, clocks, acupuncture, silk, paper, books, printing, and ink. The ideas were brought to the West by adventurers and explorers like Marco Polo, where they were adapted and copied. You don’t have to think for long to realize that the world’s history would have been very different without many of these things.
Most people associate spaghetti with Italy, but some experts think that spaghetti originated in China, in the form of noodles. Spaghetti has formed an essential part of Italian life for hundreds of years, and its eastern equivalent, noodles, has fed many millions of people. While the world could probably have survived without spaghetti, some of China’s other inventions have shaped and influenced empires.
Without paper or printing, for example, humans wouldn’t have been able to communicate our ideas or our politics as easily or conveniently as we have done. Reading would have remained the occupation of the rich and elite, and would not have reached ordinary people in the way it did. Education would have been just for the privileged few. And it wouldn’t have been only the novels and works of fiction like the works of Shakespeare that the world would have missed. What about the educational books, the information manuals, instruction booklets, travel guides, and recipe books that help inform and teach us? Our lives are influenced by reading today in ways that no one from 500 years ago could possibly have anticipated.
Without the compass, another great Chinese invention, adventurers, sailors and explorers probably wouldn’t have been able to travel around the world with such success, and wouldn’t have visited so many new and exciting countries. As a result, the empires of European countries wouldn’t have grown as rapidly as they did, and the history of North and South America would have had very different outcomes.
Yes, the world’s history would have been very different without Chinese inventions.

1 Few Chinese inventions reached the West.
True / False

2 Chinese inventions influenced world history.
True / False

3 Some experts think spaghetti came from China.
True / False

4 Spaghetti shaped and influenced empires.
True / False

5 Printing was an important invention because it allowed us to communicate more easily.
True / False

6 Without paper and printing, rich people wouldn’t have been able to get books.
True / False

7 The world would only have missed novels and works of fiction without printing.
True / False

8 People in the past were aware of the importance of reading.
True / False


3. _____________

READING

Read the text. Then read the sentences and choose True or False.

And the Chinese invented …
Many things which are part of our everyday lives were invented by the Chinese, including fireworks, kites, clocks, acupuncture, silk, paper, books, printing, and ink. The ideas were brought to the West by adventurers and explorers like Marco Polo, where they were adapted and copied. You don’t have to think for long to realize that the world’s history would have been very different without many of these things.
Most people associate spaghetti with Italy, but some experts think that spaghetti originated in China, in the form of noodles. Spaghetti has formed an essential part of Italian life for hundreds of years, and its eastern equivalent, noodles, has fed many millions of people. While the world could probably have survived without spaghetti, some of China’s other inventions have shaped and influenced empires.
Without paper or printing, for example, humans wouldn’t have been able to communicate our ideas or our politics as easily or conveniently as we have done. Reading would have remained the occupation of the rich and elite, and would not have reached ordinary people in the way it did. Education would have been just for the privileged few. And it wouldn’t have been only the novels and works of fiction like the works of Shakespeare that the world would have missed. What about the educational books, the information manuals, instruction booklets, travel guides, and recipe books that help inform and teach us? Our lives are influenced by reading today in ways that no one from 500 years ago could possibly have anticipated.
Without the compass, another great Chinese invention, adventurers, sailors and explorers probably wouldn’t have been able to travel around the world with such success, and wouldn’t have visited so many new and exciting countries. As a result, the empires of European countries wouldn’t have grown as rapidly as they did, and the history of North and South America would have had very different outcomes.
Yes, the world’s history would have been very different without Chinese inventions.

1 Few Chinese inventions reached the West.
True / False

2 Chinese inventions influenced world history.
True / False

3 Some experts think spaghetti came from China.
True / False

4 Spaghetti shaped and influenced empires.
True / False

5 Printing was an important invention because it allowed us to communicate more easily.
True / False

6 Without paper and printing, rich people wouldn’t have been able to get books.
True / False

7 The world would only have missed novels and works of fiction without printing.
True / False

8 People in the past were aware of the importance of reading.
True / False


4. _____________

READING

Read the text. Then read the sentences and choose True or False.

And the Chinese invented …
Many things which are part of our everyday lives were invented by the Chinese, including fireworks, kites, clocks, acupuncture, silk, paper, books, printing, and ink. The ideas were brought to the West by adventurers and explorers like Marco Polo, where they were adapted and copied. You don’t have to think for long to realize that the world’s history would have been very different without many of these things.
Most people associate spaghetti with Italy, but some experts think that spaghetti originated in China, in the form of noodles. Spaghetti has formed an essential part of Italian life for hundreds of years, and its eastern equivalent, noodles, has fed many millions of people. While the world could probably have survived without spaghetti, some of China’s other inventions have shaped and influenced empires.
Without paper or printing, for example, humans wouldn’t have been able to communicate our ideas or our politics as easily or conveniently as we have done. Reading would have remained the occupation of the rich and elite, and would not have reached ordinary people in the way it did. Education would have been just for the privileged few. And it wouldn’t have been only the novels and works of fiction like the works of Shakespeare that the world would have missed. What about the educational books, the information manuals, instruction booklets, travel guides, and recipe books that help inform and teach us? Our lives are influenced by reading today in ways that no one from 500 years ago could possibly have anticipated.
Without the compass, another great Chinese invention, adventurers, sailors and explorers probably wouldn’t have been able to travel around the world with such success, and wouldn’t have visited so many new and exciting countries. As a result, the empires of European countries wouldn’t have grown as rapidly as they did, and the history of North and South America would have had very different outcomes.
Yes, the world’s history would have been very different without Chinese inventions.

1 Few Chinese inventions reached the West.
True / False

2 Chinese inventions influenced world history.
True / False

3 Some experts think spaghetti came from China.
True / False

4 Spaghetti shaped and influenced empires.
True / False

5 Printing was an important invention because it allowed us to communicate more easily.
True / False

6 Without paper and printing, rich people wouldn’t have been able to get books.
True / False

7 The world would only have missed novels and works of fiction without printing.
True / False

8 People in the past were aware of the importance of reading.
True / False


5. _____________

READING

Read the text. Then read the sentences and choose True or False.

And the Chinese invented …
Many things which are part of our everyday lives were invented by the Chinese, including fireworks, kites, clocks, acupuncture, silk, paper, books, printing, and ink. The ideas were brought to the West by adventurers and explorers like Marco Polo, where they were adapted and copied. You don’t have to think for long to realize that the world’s history would have been very different without many of these things.
Most people associate spaghetti with Italy, but some experts think that spaghetti originated in China, in the form of noodles. Spaghetti has formed an essential part of Italian life for hundreds of years, and its eastern equivalent, noodles, has fed many millions of people. While the world could probably have survived without spaghetti, some of China’s other inventions have shaped and influenced empires.
Without paper or printing, for example, humans wouldn’t have been able to communicate our ideas or our politics as easily or conveniently as we have done. Reading would have remained the occupation of the rich and elite, and would not have reached ordinary people in the way it did. Education would have been just for the privileged few. And it wouldn’t have been only the novels and works of fiction like the works of Shakespeare that the world would have missed. What about the educational books, the information manuals, instruction booklets, travel guides, and recipe books that help inform and teach us? Our lives are influenced by reading today in ways that no one from 500 years ago could possibly have anticipated.
Without the compass, another great Chinese invention, adventurers, sailors and explorers probably wouldn’t have been able to travel around the world with such success, and wouldn’t have visited so many new and exciting countries. As a result, the empires of European countries wouldn’t have grown as rapidly as they did, and the history of North and South America would have had very different outcomes.
Yes, the world’s history would have been very different without Chinese inventions.

1 Few Chinese inventions reached the West.
True / False

2 Chinese inventions influenced world history.
True / False

3 Some experts think spaghetti came from China.
True / False

4 Spaghetti shaped and influenced empires.
True / False

5 Printing was an important invention because it allowed us to communicate more easily.
True / False

6 Without paper and printing, rich people wouldn’t have been able to get books.
True / False

7 The world would only have missed novels and works of fiction without printing.
True / False

8 People in the past were aware of the importance of reading.
True / False


6. _____________

READING

Read the text. Then read the sentences and choose True or False.

And the Chinese invented …
Many things which are part of our everyday lives were invented by the Chinese, including fireworks, kites, clocks, acupuncture, silk, paper, books, printing, and ink. The ideas were brought to the West by adventurers and explorers like Marco Polo, where they were adapted and copied. You don’t have to think for long to realize that the world’s history would have been very different without many of these things.
Most people associate spaghetti with Italy, but some experts think that spaghetti originated in China, in the form of noodles. Spaghetti has formed an essential part of Italian life for hundreds of years, and its eastern equivalent, noodles, has fed many millions of people. While the world could probably have survived without spaghetti, some of China’s other inventions have shaped and influenced empires.
Without paper or printing, for example, humans wouldn’t have been able to communicate our ideas or our politics as easily or conveniently as we have done. Reading would have remained the occupation of the rich and elite, and would not have reached ordinary people in the way it did. Education would have been just for the privileged few. And it wouldn’t have been only the novels and works of fiction like the works of Shakespeare that the world would have missed. What about the educational books, the information manuals, instruction booklets, travel guides, and recipe books that help inform and teach us? Our lives are influenced by reading today in ways that no one from 500 years ago could possibly have anticipated.
Without the compass, another great Chinese invention, adventurers, sailors and explorers probably wouldn’t have been able to travel around the world with such success, and wouldn’t have visited so many new and exciting countries. As a result, the empires of European countries wouldn’t have grown as rapidly as they did, and the history of North and South America would have had very different outcomes.
Yes, the world’s history would have been very different without Chinese inventions.

1 Few Chinese inventions reached the West.
True / False

2 Chinese inventions influenced world history.
True / False

3 Some experts think spaghetti came from China.
True / False

4 Spaghetti shaped and influenced empires.
True / False

5 Printing was an important invention because it allowed us to communicate more easily.
True / False

6 Without paper and printing, rich people wouldn’t have been able to get books.
True / False

7 The world would only have missed novels and works of fiction without printing.
True / False

8 People in the past were aware of the importance of reading.
True / False


7. _____________

READING

Read the text. Then read the sentences and choose True or False.

And the Chinese invented …
Many things which are part of our everyday lives were invented by the Chinese, including fireworks, kites, clocks, acupuncture, silk, paper, books, printing, and ink. The ideas were brought to the West by adventurers and explorers like Marco Polo, where they were adapted and copied. You don’t have to think for long to realize that the world’s history would have been very different without many of these things.
Most people associate spaghetti with Italy, but some experts think that spaghetti originated in China, in the form of noodles. Spaghetti has formed an essential part of Italian life for hundreds of years, and its eastern equivalent, noodles, has fed many millions of people. While the world could probably have survived without spaghetti, some of China’s other inventions have shaped and influenced empires.
Without paper or printing, for example, humans wouldn’t have been able to communicate our ideas or our politics as easily or conveniently as we have done. Reading would have remained the occupation of the rich and elite, and would not have reached ordinary people in the way it did. Education would have been just for the privileged few. And it wouldn’t have been only the novels and works of fiction like the works of Shakespeare that the world would have missed. What about the educational books, the information manuals, instruction booklets, travel guides, and recipe books that help inform and teach us? Our lives are influenced by reading today in ways that no one from 500 years ago could possibly have anticipated.
Without the compass, another great Chinese invention, adventurers, sailors and explorers probably wouldn’t have been able to travel around the world with such success, and wouldn’t have visited so many new and exciting countries. As a result, the empires of European countries wouldn’t have grown as rapidly as they did, and the history of North and South America would have had very different outcomes.
Yes, the world’s history would have been very different without Chinese inventions.

1 Few Chinese inventions reached the West.
True / False

2 Chinese inventions influenced world history.
True / False

3 Some experts think spaghetti came from China.
True / False

4 Spaghetti shaped and influenced empires.
True / False

5 Printing was an important invention because it allowed us to communicate more easily.
True / False

6 Without paper and printing, rich people wouldn’t have been able to get books.
True / False

7 The world would only have missed novels and works of fiction without printing.
True / False

8 People in the past were aware of the importance of reading.
True / False


8. _____________

About THE SECRET AGENT

TRUE or FALSE exercise

State if the following sentences are true or false.

1. Mr Valdimir thinks that Verloc is a good secret agent.

About THE SECRET AGENT

TRUE or FALSE exercise

State if the following sentences are true or false.

2. The plan points to put a bomb under the Greenwich Obervatory.

About THE SECRET AGENT

TRUE or FALSE exercise

State if the following sentences are true or false.

3. Ossipon was an ex-medical student who wrote for a political group called the future of the proletariat.

About THE SECRET AGENT

TRUE or FALSE exercise

State if the following sentences are true or false.

4. The professor invented the detonator of the bomb which takes 20 second to detonate and 10 more to explote.

WRITING
10 Write a short paragraph about an extraordinary person from the book (e.g., an inventor, Agent, Comrade, or embassador) that you liked from the book. Think of these things:
• What did they do that was enjoyed by you?
• How has he/she influenced the story?
• What would the story be like without their contribution?