Read the passage and make up the questions and then answer them.
Albert Einstein was born on 14 March 1879 in Germany. Around 1886, he began his school in Munich. As well as his violin lessons, which he had from age six to thirteen, he also had religious education at home where he was taught Judaism. Two years later he entered the Luitpold Gymnasium and after this his religious education was given at school. He began to study mathematics, in particular the calculus, in 1891. In 1894 his family moved to Milan but he remained in Munich.
In 1895 Einstein failed an examination that would have allowed him to study for a diploma as an electrical engineer in Zurich. Indeed, he succeeded with his plan graduating in 1900 as a teacher of mathematics and physics. In 1905 he proposed the special theory of Relativity. Einstein received the Nobel Prize in 1921. He died on 18th April 1955 in Princeton.
How old was Albert Einstein when he began his school? He was seven (years old).
After the……………….…death of her husband, Marie Curie took up his
TRAGEDY
position at the Sorbonne
The driver of the car said it was true that he didn’t have a license.
The driver of the car admitted ……………………………….
Sue fell asleep on the sofa. Then she left the house.
Before…………………………………………………
Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same.
I haven’t gone to the theatre for a long time.
The last time...................................................................
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.
He failed (persuade)……………………his boss to accept his projectI (already/ hear)……………………. about the accident when he (tell)…………..……. me about it.
The police didn’t allow the tourists (camp) ………..…………..in this wood for security reasons.
Her mother spent two hours making a new dress.
It took….………………………………………
Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words.