WIT IS BETTER THAN WEALTH. 

УМ ДОРОЖЕ БОГАТСТВА. 

Explanation:

You may be wealthy but silly and lose your health.

If you are clever, you can become rich, keep your wealth and multiply it. 

Task 1.

Answer the questions. 

a) Do you agree with the proberb? 

b) Being clever is better than being rich, isn't it? 

c) You can become rich if you are clever, can't you? 

d) Why do you think wit is better than wealth as an English proverb says? 

e) What is better than wealth? 

Task 2.

Put the words in the right order to make a sentence. 

a) are, always, people, not, witty, rich. 

b) situations, help, can, you, wit, in, difficult. 

c) wealth, better, wit, is, than. 

Task 3.

Make up situations using the following words and combinations. 

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British history : test. 

1. In the Battle of Hastings the English fought against...

a) the Normans

b) the Frenchmen

c) the Scots

2. The occupants came to England... 

a) by the plane

b) by ship

c) by car

3. The occupants used... 

a) swords

b) bows 

c) guns

4. Britain became the part of... 

a) Normandy

b) Scotland

c) Italy

5. William I became known in history as... 

a) the Conqueror

b) the Confessor 

c) the Saint

6. The Battle of Hastings took place in... 

a) 1066

b) 1056

c) 1067

7. The last Anglo-Saxon King was... 

a) Edward

b) Godwin 

c) Harold II

8. The main entrance of the Tower of London is called... 

a) Prisoners' Gate 

b) Traitors' Gate

c) Wisper's Gate

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