Контрольна робота № 2 Щоб правильно виконати контрольну роботу № 2, необхідно засвоїти такі розділи граматики англійської мови:

1. Прислівник. Ступені порівняння прислівників.

Порівняльні конструкції as ... as, not so ... as.

2. Дієслово. Система видо-часових форм англійського дієслова. / Active Voice/. Present, Past, Future Continuous Tenses; Present, Past, Future Perfect Tenses.

3. Модальні дієслова: can, may, must та їх еквіваленти.

4. Прийменник. Прийменники в реченнях.

5. Безособові речення.

ВАРІАНТ I

1. Зробіть необхідні зміни, використовуючи Present Continuous замість Present Indefinite, додаючи слова та словосполучення: now, today, at this moment, at present.

1. Richard walks to school.

2. We live in that house.

3. My father works in the garden.

4. The train stops at the station.

5. The pencils lie on the table.

6. I play with my dog.

7. They help their mother.

2. Використайте потрібні займенники: much, many, little, a little, few, a few.

1. My brother is a young teacher. Every day he spends ... time preparing for his lessons.

2. I know very ...about this writer. 1 didn't read his books. The pupils of our class ask ... questions at the lesson.

3. You do not make ... mistakes in your spelling. I am sorry to say 1 have read ... books by Walter Scot).

4. Does your brother read ... ? – No, he doesn't.

5. He has so many books but he reads very ... .

3. Використайте as ... as, або so ... as.

1. Mike is ... tall ... Pete.

2. I am ... thin ... you.

2. Kate is ... lazy ... her brother.

3. My room is not ... light ... that one.

4. This child is not ... small ... that one.

5. This river is ... wide ... that one.

6. I am not ... tall ... Pete.

4. Перекладіть подані речення рідною мовою, звертаючи увагу на модальні дієслова.

1. Mike can run very fast.

2. They can understand French.

3. May I go to the post-office with Mike?

4. You must work hard at your English.

5. You must not talk at the lessons.

6. I can draw very well, but 1 can not dance.

7. You may take my book if you want.

5. Використайте прийменники on, in, into, at.

1. I get up ... seven o'clock.

2. There is a beautiful picture ... the wall.

3. 1 like to sit ... the sofa ... my room.

4. The girl is standing ... the bridge.

5. In winter I usually go ... bed at ten o'clock because I study ... school and have to get up early.

6. He put his hand ... his pocket, took out a letter and dropped it ... the mail box.

6. Прочитайте текст та письмово перекладіть його рідною мовою.

JACK LONDON (1876-1916)

Jack London, the world famous American writer, who reflected the hopes, conflicts, frustrations and romantic impulses of the period, was born in San Francisco, Calif., on Jan. 12, 1876. His family soon moved to Oakland, Calif., where as he wrote in his autobiographical "John Barleycorn" (1913) he had quitted school at 14 and started working for a living as his family was very poor. Before he was sixteen he had become an oyster pirate but soon he realized that this kind of life was not for him. As a sailor on a sealing cruise he sailed as far as Japan. The experience of the cruise formed the basis of his future sea stories.

As a member of Kelly's Industrial Army he took part in the march of the unemployed in Washington (1894). Later he joined railroad tramps and was arrested and put in prison for vagrancy. The story "Road" (1907) described what he himself had experienced when riding roads.

About the age of 19 he attended Oakland High School for a short time and a year at the University of California. He had to quit college and get a job because he had no money to pay for his tuition.

Observation of depression conditions, of social injustice turned him to socialism (1894). Later he decided to join the Socialist Party.

In the winter of 1897 London joined the gold rush to the Klondike. He got no gold but he had found something better that the yellow metal. The wonderful stories written after he (had) returned were based on the life he had lived and seen in the North.

One day a San Francisco paper advertised a writing contest. Jack's mother made him write a story. She used to say that Jack had seen and done a lot, that he had always been an excellent storyteller. London wrote a story and it won the first prize, 25 dollars.

His first book "The Son of the Wolf (1900) gained a wide audience. During his short life London wrote 50 books. The main theme of his books was the struggle of the individual to survive and achieve success. His most popular books are "The God of His Fathers" (1901), "The Call of the Wild" (1903), "The Sea Wolf (1904), "White Fang" (1905) and "Martin Eden" (1909).

In three of his books he made an attempt to describe the class sniggle: "The War of Classes" (1905), "The Iron Heel" (1907), and "Revolution" (1908).

After 1909 London broke with the American socialist movement and resigned from the Socialist Party, which, as he thought, had betrayed the working class and sold itself to the ruling class. He died (committed suicide) on November 22, 1916.