Problem: Marco Polo was from Venice, Italy. In 1271, at age 17, Marco went on a trip with his father and uncle to China. Today people often travel to different places around the world. But it was very hard for people from Europe to visit China then. After three and a half years, the Polos reached China on 1275. While he was there, Marco Polo worked for Kublai Khan, the emperor of China. He was able to learn and experience many things that were new to Europeans. In his diary, he wrote, "Kublai Khan's palace is the greatest I've ever seen. The streets of the new capital. Daidu, are so straight and so wide." Paper money also took him by surprise, since it was not yet in use in the West at that time. Homes were heated with "black stones... which burn like wood." These stones were coal, and most of the Europeans knew little about it then. After 17 years in China, Marco and his family finally returned to Venice in 1292. After he returned home, Marco completed a book about his trip, full of facts about his wonderful experiences in China.
1. Where was Marco Polo from?
2. in what country?
3. where did he go on a trip?
4. with who?
5. When did they go?
6. How old was he then?
7. Was it easy for them to go?
8. How long did it take to get there?
9. How long did they stay?
10. Did he work there?
11. Doing what?
12. Who is that?
13. Did he learn anything?
14. What kind of money was there?
15. Had he seen it before?
16. Were the homes heated?
17. by what?
18. What year did they return?
19. Did he enjoy it?
20. Did he make anything based off his time there?
Answer: 1. Venice
2. Italy
3. China.
4. his father and uncle
5. 1271
6. 17
7. no
8. three and a half years
9. 17 years
10. yes
11. working for Kublai Khan
12. the emperor of China
13. yes
14. Paper money
15. no
16. yes
17. coal
18. 1292
19. yes
20. yes

Problem: Lviv (, ; , ; German "Lemberg"; ; ; see also other names) is the largest city in western Ukraine and the seventh-largest city in the country overall, with a population of around 728,350 as of 2016. Lviv is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine.

Named in honor of the Leo, the eldest son of Rus' King Daniel of Galicia, it was the capital of the Kingdom of GaliciaVolhynia (also called Kingdom of Rus') from 1272 to 1349, when it was conquered by King Casimir III the Great who then became known as the King of Poland and Rus'. From 1434, it was the regional capital of the Ruthenian Voivodeship in the Kingdom of Poland. In 1772, after the First partition of Poland, the city became the capital of the Habsburg Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria. In 1918, for a short time, it was the capital of the West Ukrainian People's Republic. Between the wars, the city was known again as Lwow and was the centre of the Lwow Voivodeship in the Second Polish Republic. After World War II, it became part of the Soviet Union (by Stalin Djugashvili gift to Ukrainian SSR) with Ukrainian Peoples coming back to their Homeland and in 1991 of independent Ukraine. Administratively, Lviv serves as the administrative center of Lviv Oblast and has the status of city of oblast significance.
1. What is the biggest city in the west?
2. How many people live there?
3. Which of the countries is it in?
4. Is it the country's biggest place?
5. How many cities are bigger?
6. Is it a place without culture?
7. What happened to it after WW2?
8. In what way?
9. From whom?
10. To whom?
11. Who was the name of the place meant to praise?
12. Who was his dad?
13. What was it central place of at that time?
Answer: 1. Lviv
2. 728,350
3. Ukraine
4. no
5. Six
6. yes
7. it became part of the Soviet Union
8. by gift
9. Stalin Djugashvili
10. Ukrainian SSR
11. Leo
12. Rus' King Daniel
13. Lwow Voivodeship

Problem: John is six years old. He can read and write well. But he can't tell the time. His mother, Mrs Brown teaches him many times, but he still can't tell. He would say "breakfast time" "lunchtime" and "teatime" instead of saying eight o'clock, twelve o'clock and four o'clock in the afternoon. His mother doesn't know how to help him One day, John's aunt, Mary, comes to see his mother. His mother tells her about that. His aunt says, "Let me help you. I think I can help him." When John comes home after school, Mary begins to teach him. "Can you _ , John?" she asks. "Yes. One, two, three, four..." John says. "That's fine. Now I put the long hand on twelve and the short hand on one-that is one o'clock If I put the short hand on two, what is the time?" "Two o'clock " "Good. And on three?" "Three o'clock. " Then it is four o'clock in the afternoon, and John's aunt asks him, "What time is it now, John?" "Teatime, Aunt, and I am very hungry ," John looks at the clock and answers.
1. Who is Mary?
2. How old is John?
3. What is he having trouble learning?
4. Is anyone trying to help him?
5. Who?
6. Is it working?
Answer:
1. John's aunt
2. six
3. the time
4. yes
5. Mrs Brown
6. no