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• English
• Special Education

Homonyms,
Homophones

Choose the correct answer!

You wouldn't have had any chance for that job unless Zsigmond _______ you.

1. hadn't helped
2. had support
3. wouldn't help
4. had helped

Ilona said that she ______ that ugly thing.

1. has never tried
2. was never trying
3. had never tried
4. didn't try

The task ______ done before the deadline!

1. would be
2. couldn't been
3. may
4. should have been

I can't see ________ in front of the building.

1. somebody
2. everybody
3. anybody
4. nobody

While the waitress was making the calculation, Elek ____ to escape.

1. tried
2. was trying
3. had tried
4. has tried

Now try to choose the NOT correct response!

When he entered the room, _____.

1. I was laying on the sofa
2. he was pale
3. he watched television
4. they had been there only for a minute before

He said the car _____ repaired.

1. had been
2. was repaired
3. would be
4. is repaired

If you hadn't eaten everything, _____.

1. Elek wouldn't been hungry now
2. she would also be able to eat.
3. you wouldn't have felt sick
4. I would be proud of you

______ student has good skills.

1. every
2. both
3. either
4. some

I have been learning English since ______.

1. 1984
2. two years
3. I was four
4. July

Watch the following video about Donald Trump's
ten rules for success and decide if the following statements are true or false.

The Trump Toto

Rule # 1
A. Donald Trump believes that money can be a method of keeping score.
B. He says that if you want to make money, you shouldn’t be just after it.

Rule # 2
A. The top people in the industry today are extremely smart people.
B. Sometimes tough but not very smart people can solve problems better than the smart ones.

Rule # 3
A. Details are very important in business, not in life.

Rule # 4
A. If you want to succeed, you shouldn’t take your eye off the ball.
B. When the market crashed in the 90’s, Donald Trump got a chance to see if he could handle pressure.

Rule # 5
A. A good employee can help you lead your business to the next level.
B. The worst thing for your business is a bad employee.


Rule # 6    
A. “The harder I work, the luckier I get” is the saying that helped Donald Trump to encourage Gary Player before the US Open.

Rule # 7    
A. Most of the time to be successful you have to follow your gut.

Rule # 8
B. To become a winner you should think like a winner and rely on your partners a lot.

Rule # 9
A. Donald Trump has a very messy desk and he can’t often find the papers he needs.
B. Donald Trump says that his desk is a very important part of his success because only very important business issues come through it.

Rule # 10

A. The Wall Street guy was a terrible person but his son was wonderful.
B. The Wall Street guy wanted his son to set up his own business.
C. The Wall Street guy’s son (Alex) was interested in working for a golf club and he helped this club a lot.
D. Donald Trump’s advice to Alex was “Go and do renovations of houses and clubs for a living”.
E. Alex followed Donald Trump’s advice immediately and succeed.

You have to cancel a booking at the Croatian beach because of family reasons. Write a message of minimum 60 words!

Goodbye!