Read the text carefully then answer the questions.

          Nobody knows who wrote the first letter or when, but we know that 4,000 years ago in Anclent Egypt people carried letters by hand over hundreds of kilometers. Very few people could write, so there were special people, called scribes, who wrote letters for everyone else.

The first stamp didn't appear until 1840 and it cost just one penny. Nowadays one of the original stamps cost €375. Letter writing was so popular in the 1840s that people

delivered the post several times a day.

An American company - Remington and Sons - made the first typewriter in 1871. All the letters in the word 'typewriter' were on the top line of the' keyboard so that salesmen could demonstrate the machine more easily. Amazingly, the letters are still in the same place on the modern computer keyboard!

In 1875, when Alexander Graham Bell demonstrated a fantastic new invention called the telephone, nobody was very interested in it. The first fax machine appeared at around the same time, but it was so enormous that no one wanted one in fact, fax machine didn't become popular for another hundred years.

How did people deliver letters in Ancient Egypt?

Rewrite the following sentences, beginning with the words given so that they stay the same meaning as the first ones.

“I can’t come in today because I am sick.” Tom said to me.

I won’t take part in the volunteer programme because I don’t have free time.

Circle the best answer (A, B, C or D) to complete the sentences.

The river water is severely polluted, mostly _____ the dumping of raw sewage.

Read the passage and fill in each blank with word from the box. There is ONE extra word.

                   awareness – destroy – heavy – typhoon – also – occur – winds

          Vietnam usually has a dozen storms every year from June through the end of November, and most of which (1) _____ in the Central and northern provinces. November 2nd, 1997, however, was an unexpected day when the major storm Linda raged in the South. Linda was the worst (2) _____ in Southern Vietnam over 100 years. Formed in the sea of the Philippines, Linda strengthened as it moved westward. Later, it struck extreme Southern Vietnam with (3) _____ of 100 kilometres an hour. Over 3000 people were reported lost and died. Ca Mau province, suffered a direct hit by the storm, had the most damage. Gusts and (4) _____ rainfalls caused flooding, destroyed crops, damaged about 200,000 houses and left about 383,000 people homeless. Linda later struck Thailand, causing flash flooding and at least 164 deaths. The storm (5) _____ affected Myanmar, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Cambodia to a lesser degree.

natural disasters/ typhoons and floods/ the most/ in Vietnam?/ Are/ frequent/

The wave of the _____ were so huge that it destroyed everything on the beach.

_____ occurs when two people look at each other’s eyes at the same time.

“I saw a roof flying in the storm yesterday afternoon.” – “_________”

Rearrange the words/ phrases to make meaningful sentences.

 self-driving cars/ be/ said/ Experts/ in 2025/ that/ on/ would/ the roads/

Choose the underlined word of phrases (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting.

 Don’t come round before midday because I will be clean the house until then.

She told to me that her parents were arriving the following day.

         A                B                          C                          D

Her English accent is so good that she is thought of as a _____ speaker.

When I call them yesterday, they told me that they were going to the movies _____.

When did the first fax machine appear?

easy/ but/ has made/ Technology/ has also made/ it/ lazy./ our life/ us/