EGE 19-24 (G1_12), 25-29 (G2_12), 30-36 (G3_12)

Task 1. Kid inventions. Becky Schroeder was only 10 years old when she came up with the idea of the glo-paper. Two years ___ (LATE), in 1974, her invention was patented.

She became the ______ (YOUNG) female to ever receive a patent in the United States.

The idea came to her when she tried to do her homework in the family car, while her mother shopped for groceries. It ______ (GET) dark gradually, and she couldn’t see her notebook very well.

She ______ (NOT HAVE) a flashlight and imagined how nice it would be to have a paper that glows in the dark and allows you to write effortlessly without light. A year of research and experiment and she did it!

A white flag.

It’s always a problem for me to find my car in a huge parking lot. After reading an article with a piece of advice for people like me, I decided to follow it one day. I attached a tissue to the car’s antenna with a rubber band. The little white flag waving in the breeze ____ (SUPPOSE) to help me spot my car easily.

So I went _____ (SHOP).

When I ______ (COME) out, I quickly spotted a little white flag … and about ten others.

Task 2. Christmas. Christmas is the most important annual festival in both Britain and North America. In its origins, it combines the Christian ___ (CELEBRATE) of the birth of Christ, on 25 December, with the ancient tradition of a winter feast during the darkest period of the year.

Christmas carols — a special kind of religious songs — are an important part of it. You may hear them _____ (COUNT) times over the radio but it is quite different when you listen to people sing carols around you in church.

At this time, too, many carol _____ (SING) make door-to-door visits to people at home, collecting money for this or that charity.