Choose the correct verb tense.

1. When ______ you usually ______ (to come) home from school?

are you usually coming
have you been usually coming
have you usually come
do you usually come



2. Выберите слова, которые подходят по смыслу.

The English are a (1) _____of stay-at-home. “There is no place like home,” they say. And when
the man is not working he is at home (2) ______of his wife and children and busies himself with
the duties at home.

1) country 2) thinking
1) nation 2) in the company
1) company 2) taking care

3.Выберите слова, которые подходят по смыслу.


“The Englishman’s home is his (1) _______,” is a saying known all over the world. And it is true. A (2) _______British family used to consist of mother, father and two children, but in recent years there have been many changes in family life.

1) apartment 2) normal
1) castle 2) typical
1) house 2) modern



4.Выберите слова, которые подходят по смыслу.

Members of a family – grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins – (1) _______, but they see less of each other than they used to. This is because people often move away from their home town to work. Christmas is the traditional season for reunions. Although the family group is smaller nowadays than it used to be, relatives often travel many miles in order (2) ______together.

1) love each other 2) to do something special
1) keep in touch 2) to spend the holiday
1) know each other 2) to have lunch


5. Выберите слова, которые подходят по смыслу.

Relationships in the family are different now. Parents treat their children as equals and children have more freedom ______decisions. The father is more involved with bringing up children, often because the mother goes out to work. Although the family holiday is still an important part of family life, many children have holidays away from their parents, often with a school party or other organized group.

to question their
to make their own
to oppose their