Контрольная работа № 1. Вариант 3.

Часть 1.

GRAMMAR

1. Образуйте множественное число следующих существительных.

Box, dish, prize, city, child, kilo, goose, deer, nucleus, species, roof, family, fly, swine, shore, pen, glass, knife, story, name, wolf, flag, ticket, computer, client, mother-country, bookcase, woman-writer.

2. Выпишите существительные, которые употребляются только во множественном числе (25 существительных).

shorts, tights, gymnastics, congratulations, crossroads, patience, scales, lodgings, foundations, equipment, research, authorities, soap, contents, athletics, cattle, scissors, taxes, pyjamas, economics, police, news, means, goods, pants, subjects, billiards, darts, looks, countryside, traffic-lights, tongs, toothpaste, headphones, delays, binoculars, electronics, eyes, trousers, outskirts, premises, mechanics, spectacles, clothes, stairs, maths.

3. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

1. Is there anybody else in ___ waiting-room? — Yes, ___man wants to speak to you.

2. Are ___Urals higher or lower than ___Alps?

3. Could you give me a lift to___ college?

4. I like to be in ___centre of everything.

5. What oceans does ___Panama Canal connect? — I suppose ___Atlantic and___ Pacific Oceans.

6. "You must do this exercise at ___school and that one at___ home," said our teacher in a loud voice.

7. At ___night I had ___terrible headache after I had drunk ___lot of ___wine in ___evening.

8. ___Alaska is the biggest and coldest state in ___USA.

9. What a strange building! — It's ___prison. It was built in the last century.

10. Do you usually go by ___train or in ___car there?

4. Раскройте скобки, употребив сравнительную или превосходную степень прилагательного или наречия.

1. December 22 is (short) day of the year.

2. January is (cold) than Mach.

3. Which is (deep), Lake Michigan or Lake Superior?

4. His house is (far) in the street.

5. Their house in the country is (little) comfortable than their flat in the town.

6. Detective films are as (boring) as western films.

7. Tennis is ________ than skiing, but football is the_______ sport. (popular)

8. They have got down to business without any (far) delay.

9. My (old) sister is 4 years (old) than me.

10. February is (snowy) and (cold) month of the year here.

5. Раскройте скобки, употребив правильную форму местоимения.

1. What colour is the shirt? It is so far that I can't see (it's/its/it) colour.

2. (Theirs/Their/ Them) work is much more difficult than (you/yours/ your) or (me/mine/my).

3. Why are (you/your/yours) sitting here? It is not (you/your/yours) desk, it is (me/ mine/my).

4. If these gloves are neither (she/her/hers) nor (you/your/yours), then they should be (me/my/mine).

5. He can live without (me/my/mine) help but not without (them/their/theirs).

6. Употребите глаголы to have или to be в нужной форме.

1. Physics ... my favourite subject at school.

2. Your glasses... on the table.

3. She ... two brothers and a sister.

4. She ... 2 mistakes.

5. I … in London last winter.

6. I… sorry, I … late again.

7. It … very cold yesterday evening.

8. When … he born? - In 1967.

9. Last winter was very cold. We … a lot of snow.

10. I am happy because I … a lot of friends.