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Nouns

Test 289

Divide the following words into 2 groups: a) nouns which are treated as plurals, b) nouns which are treated as singular. Mark them in the table.

1. pity

2. margin

3. fighting

4. fruit

5. physics

6. breeches

7. sun-glasses

8. news

9. work

10. statistics

Nouns

Test 290

Divide the following words into 3 groups: a) countable, b) uncountable, c) nouns that can be both. Mark them in the table.

1. paper

2. glass

3. iron

4. beauty

5. wine

6. watch

7. idea

8. sadness

9. law

10. kindness

The Adjective. The Adverb.

Test 291

Mark the correct variant.

1. Which is the … building in this town?

a) older

b) oldest

c) eldest

d) most old

2. Your car is … than mine.

a) more larger

b) very larger

c) very much larger

d) a lot more larger

3. This accident was one of the … disasters in his life.

a) worse

b) worst

c) most bad

d) baddest

4. How are you feeling today? … better, thank you.

a) Very

b) Many

c) Much

d) More

5. The doctor was … the patient.

a) younger to

b) younger than

c) youngest than

d) the younger

6. The receptionist doesn’t … have foreigners in his hotel.

a) soon

b) often

c) seldom

d) sometimes

7. My grandfather said that he remembered when fish was … .

a) cheaper

b) more cheap

c) more cheaper

d) much cheap

8. She must be … woman in the world.

a) fatter

b) fattest

c) the fattest

d) the most fattest

9. Buses are always slow, but today they are … than ever.

a) slowly

b) slower

c) more slowly

d) the slowest

10. Planes go … boats.

a) as faster as

b) faster than

c) as faster than

d) more faster than

The Adjective. The Adverb.

Test 292

Mark the correct variant.

1. Do ducks like swimming…?

a) very much

b) too much

c) very many

d) many

2. Susan is … her sister.

a) old as

b) the oldest as

c) older than

d) the older than

3. Luckily she can swim … .

a) well

b) good

c) better

d) best

4. It is … thing we can see.

a) the better

b) the best

c) best

d) the most

5. She thought that was … moment of her life.

a) the happier

b) the happiest

c) a happiest

d) the happily

6. Of the two toys, the child chooses … .

a) the less expensive

b) the least expensive

c) the one most expensive

d) the most expensive of them

7. Do you know that the Dead Sea is … sea?

a) a salty

b) a saltier

c) a saltiest

d) the saltiest

8. I’m not so … as a horse.

a) strong

b) stronger

c) the strongest

d) more strong

9. This is … task I have ever had.

a) a great

b) a greater

c) the greatest

d) so great

10. China has got … population in the world.

a) large

b) a large

c) the largest

d) too large

The Adjective. The Adverb.

Test 293

Mark the correct variant.

1. The weather was not very … yesterday.

a) good

b) better

c) the best

d) too best

2. He spoke English badly, … that expected.

a) worse

b) worst

c) more badly

d) baddest

3. I can’t understand what you’re saying. Could you speak a bit …?

a) slow

b) slowlier

c) slowest

d) more slowly

4. Which is … the River Nile or the River Amazon?

a) long

b) longer

c) longest

d) the longest

5. Which is … from the Sun: Jupiter or Saturn?

a) far

b) farther

c) further

d) farthest

6. My grandmother is a very light sleeper and wakes at … noise.

a) slight

b) slighter

c) the slight

d) the slightest

7. The small changes in temperature are … .

a) insignificant

b) the insignificant

c) more insignificant

d) the most insignificant

8. Try to be … to the guests.

a) pleasant

b) the pleasant

c) more pleasant

d) the most pleasant

9. That’s … thing I’ve ever heard.

a) funny

b) the funny

c) funnier

d) the funniest

10. The house is on … side of the lake.

a) far

b) the far

c) farther

d) the farthest

The Adjective. The Adverb.

Test 296

Mark the correct variant.

1. Luke is … that he can score points easily.

a) enough tall player

c) such a tall player

b) a very tall player

d) so tall player

2. Mrs. Carter was … for an hour before dinner.

a) too tired to lay down

c) so tired that she lay down

b) enough tired to lie down

d) very tired so she laid down

3. I don’t watch TV … you.

a) as much as

c) more as

b) so much as

d) much than

4. Her behaviour is getting … to understand.

a) stranger and stranger

c) most and most strange

b) more and more strange

d) the most strange

5. The house is … than the house we went to see last week.

a) expensiver

c) the most expensive

b) much expensive

d) much more expensive

6. The film was … funnier than I expected.

a) so

c) very

b) by far

d) even

7. His car is not … as mine.

a) moderner

c) most modern

b) more modern

d) until

8. I haven’t played tennis … I was at school.

a) since

c) for

b) just

d) until

9. I haven’t been to the library … .

a) until

c) yet

b) just

d) since

10. It was … a beautiful garden that they took a picture.

a) so

c) such

b) too

d) very

The Passive Voice

Test 351

. Mark the variant best completes the sentence.

1.The Guinness Book of Records…in the 50‘s.

a) first published b) has first been published

c) was first published d) were first published

2.The job…to Patricia.

a) offered b) was offered

c) offers d) is offering

3.I couldn‘t answer the questions I…at the interview last month.

a) have asked b) have been asked

c) was asked d) was being asked

4.My suitcase…from the hotel room.

a) stole b) has stolen

c) was stolen d) was being stolen

5.We…by the barking dog last night.

a) stole b) are woken up

c) were woken up d) were waking up

6.There’s someone behind us. I think…

a) we are following b) we are being followed

c) we are followed d) we are being following

7.–When…?

-In 1992.

a) are you born b) were you born

c) have you been born d) did you born

8.One thousand people…by the company.

a) employ b) are employed

c) employed d) are employing

9.Last night I…by the police as I was driving home.

a) stopped b) have been stopped

c) was stopped d) have stopped

10.The next meeting…on June10ts.

a) will hold b) holds

c) will be held d) held

Passive Voice

Test 352

Mark the variant that best completes the sentence.

1.Action must…at once.

a) take b) be taken

c) have taken d) took

2.Yesterday it…not to have a party after all.

a) was decided b) decided

c) was to decide d) has decided

3.The door must … open.

a) is left b) leave

c) be to leave d) be left

4.I’m afraid nothing could ... about it.

a) do b) be done

c) be doing d) have done

5.The rule must … to everyone.

a) have known b) be known

c) know d) be knowing

6.Meals cannot … after 11.00 p.m.

a) be served b) serve

c) served d) have served

7.A difficult time can …

a) expect b) is expected

c) expected d) be expected

8.The figures … in Svoboda yesterday.

a) had referred to b) referred to

c) will referred d) were referred to

9.We hope that an agreement ….

a) was arrived b) arrived

c) will be arrived at d) will arrive

10.Brian shouldn’t … .

a) be laughed b) laugh at

c) be laughed d) to be laughed

Sequence of Tenses

Test 379

1. Mark the tense form that best completes the sentences.

a) will post

b) am posting

c) had posted

d) was posting

2. She asked me when I…to work.

a) had to go

b) will go

c) have gone

d) will have to go

3. She said it was a stupid idea and it … .

a) doesn’t work

b) will have work

c) wouldn’t work

d) works

4. He told me he … to France.

a) never was

b) had never been

c) will never be

d) would never be

5. He said that he … to Oxford University in the 90s.

a) had been

b) will be

c) has been

d) was gone

6. She said she … help me because she had too much to do.

a) can’t

b) will be able

c) is to

d) couldn’t

7. I thought the play … interesting and decided to go to the theatre.

a) had been

b) is

c) would be

d) will

8. Katarina said she … to Brussels soon.

a) was going

b) went

c) goes

d) will go

9. He said that he … to the theatre the day before.

a) had gone

b) has gone

c) would go

c) was going

10. They told me that she … there in ten minutes.

a) was

b) will

c) would be

d) had been

Sequence of Tenses

Test 380

Mark the tense form that best completes the sentences.

1. The teacher explained that classes … the week before.

a) had started

b) start

c) have started

d) would start

2. Nick said that he … her for several years.

a) knows

b) will know

c) had known

d) would know

3. I thought that Tom … her that he intended to go to Germany.

a) tells

b) was telling

c) will tell

d) would tell

4. The old man told me he … in the country all his life.

a) has lived

b) lives

c) is living

d) had lived

5. During the interview they asked Ann if she … to work on Saturdays.

a) will want

b) has wanted

c) was wanting

d) wanted

6. During the interview they asked Ann if she … the job.

a) wants

b) wanted

c) would want

d) had want

7. During the interview they asked John if he … a job before.

a) has had

b) would have

c) had had

d) was having

8. I heard that Kate … a new position at the West Side Clinic.

a) had accepted

b) has accepted

c) is accepting

d) will accept

9. I doubted if she … see my point.

a) will

b) would

c) have to

d) shall

10. The weather forecast said that … in the afternoon.

a) it will rain

b) it would

c) it rains

d) it will be raining

Sequence of Tenses

Test 381

Mark the tense form that best completes the sentences.

1. Tom said that he … to Disneyland.

a) has never been

b) had never been

c) was never

d) was never been

2. James said that he … a horse before.

a) never rode

b) has never ridden

c) had never ridden

d) would never ridden

3. We hoped that he … attend school.

a) will be able

b) would be able

c) has been able

d) is able

4. The policeman asked me if I … the car accident.

a) have seen

b) saw

c) had seen

d) had been seen

5. My parents decided that we … my birthday on Sunday.

a) would celebrate

b) shall celebrate

c) celebrated

d) celebrate

6. Nick hoped that his friend … him with his car.

a) would help

b) will help

c) helped

d) helps

7. We didn’t know the score, but we were our team … the game.

a) hasn’t lost

b) hadn’t lost

c) didn’t lose

d) doesn’t lose

8. Yesterday Tom heard that his aunt … for five days.

a) was ill

b) has been ill

c) had been ill

d) is ill

9. The children were afraid of making any noise – Mom … .

a) was sleeping

b) slept

c) had been sleeping

d) is sleeping

10. He gave all his money to me because he … me.

a) would trust

b) trusted

c) had trusted

d) trusts

Числівники: дроби, дати.

Ex: 1. Read and write the following cardinal numerals:

a) 3, 13, 30, 4, 14, 40, 5, 15, 50, 2, 12, 20;

b) 21, 82, 35, 44, 33, 55, 96, 67, 79, 41;

c) 143, 258, 414, 331, 972, 205, 101, 556;

d) 1,582; 7,111; 5,612; 9,444; 4,040;

f) 235,142; 978, 218; 106,008; 321, 103; 627, 344;

Ex: 2. Read and write the following dates:

9/III.1814; 22/VI.1941; 9/V.1945; 23/II. 1928; 12/IV. 1961; 27/X.1966; 30/ XI. 1982; 24/ VIII. 1991; 1/ XII. 2000; 28/ VI. 2004.

Ex: 3. Answer the following questions:

1. How much is 17 plus 19? 2. How much is 25 plus 32? 3. How much is 120 plus 205?

4. How much is 13 minus 4? 5. How much is 200 minus 45? 6. How much is 7 multiplied by 8? 7. How much is 42 divided by 6?

Ex: 4. Read and write out in words the following common and decimal fraction:

a) 1/7, 1/5, 1/9, 1/3, 1/12, 1/15, 1/25, 3/8, 4/7, 9/23, 3/4;

b) 3.5, 2.34, 12.3, 52.51, 0.1, 0.25, 0.302, 132.054, 5.37, 6.4.

Ex: 5. Read and write out in words the following common and decimal fraction:

a) 1/7, 1/5, 1/9, 1/3, 1/12, 1/15, 1/25, 3/8, 4/7, 9/23, 3/4;

b) 3.5, 2.34, 12.3, 52.51, 0.1, 0.25, 0.302, 132.054, 5.37, 6.4.

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