MIDTERM LEVEL 3
NAME:____________________________ DATE:______________________
Grammar Section
1. Choose at, in, on to complete the sentences.
● See you ______ Friday.
● I brush my teeth ______ the morning.
● The match is _______ 4 o'clock.
● We have lunch ________ midday.
● I'm busy ________ the moment.
● My parents always visit me ________ my birthday.
● He was born ________ the 19th century.
● He usually goes on holiday _______ July.
● They always get together ________ Christmas.
● You can come ________ the weekend.
2. Complete the following chart with the comparative and superlative form of
the adjectives.
Adjective Comparative Superlative
Angry
Comfortable
Dark
Good
Brave
Ugly
Young
Bad
Jealous
Hot
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Reading Section
Read the text below and then complete the questions.
A really popular summer festival in the UK
One of the most popular summer festivals in the UK is the Edinburgh Festival. It isn’t
actually one festival; eight festivals are held in the city simultaneously, including the
Art Festival, the Book Festival, the International Festival, the Fringe and the Royal
Edinburgh Military Tattoo.
The Edinburgh Festival has happened in August every year since 1947, except for
2020. The idea for a festival came from Rudolf Bing, an Austrian who loved and
sponsored the arts. Bing was the general manager of the famous Opera House at
Glyndebourne in the South of England. He wanted to organize an international
festival of music and opera to help fund the Opera House. Different cities were
considered, including Oxford, but finally, Edinburgh, which already had a long history
of festivals, was chosen.
Two important events took place during the first International Festival. Firstly, a
week-long film festival was organized by the Edinburgh Film Guild. Secondly, eight
theater groups arrived uninvited. They were not allowed to perform in the
International Festival, so they set up their shows in other venues in the city. That
became the ‘Edinburgh Festival Fringe’.
The Fringe Festival is now the largest of the festivals. In 2018, it featured more than
55,000 performances of 3,548 different shows in 317 venues. There are circus,
music, dance, comedy, theater performances and much more. Comedy is the most
common performance: over a third of the shows are comedy.
A popular event of the Military Festival is the Tattoo. It takes place at the castle each
night. Military musicians from across the world perform, and there is a great light and
fireworks display. Another popular event is its grand finale: a classical music concert
in Princes Street Gardens, when fireworks shoot into the sky, in time to the music.
Attending the festival is a great experience, but planning ahead is a good idea.
Hundreds of thousands of people attend each year, so you’ll need to book
accommodation and tickets for popular shows in advance. But don’t plan too much!
You’ll find out about great, little-known shows and performers while you are there,
and you’ll be disappointed if you are too busy to attend.
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Questions
● The Edinburgh Festival is not a single festival; there are in fact
____________________ festivals.
● 2The first Edinburgh ______________________ Festival was organized by
Rudolf Bing.
● 3Edinburgh was probably chosen because of its
____________________________ of festivals.
● 4The _____________________ festival was organized to take place at the
same time as Bing's first festival.
● 5The Edinburgh Festival ____________________ started in 1947 but was
unplanned.
● 6The largest festival in August is the __________________ Festival.
● There are more ________________ performances at the Fringe than other
performances.
● 8The _______________________ is a famous event of the Military Festival.
● 9The last performance at the festival is a
______________________________________ with fireworks.
● 10The writer advises visitors to buy tickets for ____________________
before the festival.
Good luck y’all :-)
