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NOUNS

PRONOUNS

BE, HAVE or DO

THERE IS or IT IS

WORD ORDER

TEST 1

(Variant 2)

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1. Put the words in the correct order to make up a sentence (a statement, an imperative, or an exclamation).

1. pass/salt/me/please/the.

2. only/she/the/person/understands/who/is/me.

3. Boston/was/in/Jack/lived/since/born/has/he.

4. to/a/took/station/get/to/way/long/it/us/the.

5. isn’t/more/my/living/any/married/us/sister/near.

6. girl/what/is/a/beautiful/she!

7. students/there/ten/are/there.

2. Put the words in the correct order to make up a question.

1. remember/you/trip/our/do/Brussels/to?

2. long/lived/New York/in/how/you/have?

3. advised/the/police/accident/who/you/tell/about/to/the?

4. listening/the/are/students/what/to?

5. married/last/they/get/did/month?

6. husband/is/man/which/your?

7. be/lawyer/do/a/want/a/you/to/or/businessman?

1. Fill in the blanks with It or There.

1. … is a lot of snow this year.

2. … is a mistake in your paper.

3. … is far from my house to the station.

4. … is hard to say what’s wrong about it.

5. … is very strange he hasn’t come.

6. … is still very early and … is nobody to be seen in the street.

7. … is usually a stamp on the envelope.

8. … is so cold outdoors today.

9. … is another solution to the problem.

10. … is necessary to think it over.

1. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the verbs ‘Be, Do, or Have’.

1. Where … you come from? – I … from the Netherlands.

2. It … raining. … you got an umbrella? – No, I ….

3. How old … Jerry? – He … 45. He … look his age. He looks younger.

4. What … your job? – I … a musician. – What instrument … you play? – The flute.

5. … Mr. Austin married or single? – He … an old bachelor but he … a girlfriend.

6. … you ever seen a UFO? – No, but I … read a book about aliens. It was fascinating.

7. … you enjoying your holiday? – Yes, we …. It … fantastic!

8. … you drive? – Yes, I … got an expensive, fast car.

9. The contract … to be signed on Monday.

10. I … to wear a crash helmet when riding a bike.

1. Choose the appropriate pronoun to complete the following sentences.

Example: 1 – I;

1. Paula and (I/me/ours) haven’t received the invitations.

2. Jason saw (they/their/them) arrive at the horse show.

3. Between you and (them/me/us), I’m planning to join the math team.

4. (Our/Ours/Ours’) is an age of complexity, contradiction and challenge.

5. I’m going to the shop to get (me/myself/mine) some tennis shoes.

6. They say that their new house (themselves/itself/himself) is nice but the garden is very small.

7. There are more than six billion of (us/ours/ourselves) on Earth.

8. Let (he/him/his) have a say.

9. Yesterday we had supper with the neighbors of (our/us/ours).

10. The suit is too heavy for (me/myself/oneself) to carry.

1. Complete the sentences with the Singular or Plural form of the given nouns. When necessary, choose the correct word in brackets in some of the sentences.

A

1. fruit	Where (is, are) the …? (It, They) (is, are) in the fridge.
2. vegetable	There (is, are) a lot of … on the table.
3. information	There (is, are) a lot of … in the Internet. You may find anything you need.
4. data	All the … (is, are) in the contract. Read the contract attentively.
5. furniture	All the … in the room (was, were) antique.
6. chair	His room was almost empty. He hasn’t got even (a, some) ….
7. clothing	Her … (is, are) always tasteless.
8. clothes	Where (is, are) the …? (It, They) (is, are) in the closet.
9. coin	I need some … for the vending machine. I want to buy a can of soda pop.
10. change	Do you have any …? I need (it, them) for the vending machine.
11. aircraft	Modern … (is, are) very convenient.
12. airliner	… (is, are) passenger-carrying aircraft.
13. mail	Today’s … (is, are) in the file.
14. letter	Did you get any … today?
15. policeman	A number of … (was, were) searching the house.

B

1. hair	Irene’s … (is, are) straight and Sara has (a, -) curly ….
2. hair	Brian has a white cat. When I stood up from Brian’s sofa, my black slacks were covered with short, white ….
3. coffee	We’d like two cheese sandwiches and two …, please.
4. coffee	I don’t drink (a, -) …. I prefer tea.
5. glass	I wear … because I’m nearsighted.
6. glass	In some countries, people use … for tea; in other countries, they use cups.
7. glass	Framed paintings are usually covered with … to protect them.
8. iron	… (is, are) necessary to animals and plant life.
9. iron	… (is, are) used to make clothes look neat.

2. Choose the correct form of the nouns to complete the sentences below.

Example: 1 – friend’s;

1. Where are you going to stay in New York? – At my …

friend

friends

friend’s

friends’s

2. Where is … newspaper? I haven’t read the latest political news yet.

Today’s

Today

Todays’

Todays’s

3. My … library is very rich.

fathers’-in-law

father’s-in-law

father-in-law’s

father’s-in-law’s

4. We usually buy fresh buns at the … opposite our house.

baker

bakers

baker’s

bakers’

5. These … papers in mathematics were rather difficult.

student

students

student’s

students’

6. Phil is on business abroad now. We hope to see him only in two … time.

year’s

years

years’

year

7. Should a … child be able to read?

six-year-old’s

six-year’s-old

six-year-old

six-years-old

8. We are invited to … wedding. The ceremony will take place on Saturday.

Jack and Susan’s

Jack’s and Susan’s

Jack’s and Susan

Jack and Susan

1. Choose the correct combination of articles to complete the following sentences.

Example: 1 – c;

1. …car burst into flames but … driver managed to escape.

a) A, a

b) The, a

c) The, the

2. … new study group has been set up by … United Nations.

a) A, -

b) A, the

c) The, the

3. If it hadn’t rained last Sunday we could have taken … children to … Zoo.

a) the, the

b) -, a

c) -, the

4. There’s been … extraordinary improvement in computer design over … last 20 years.

a) an, -

b) -, the

c) an, the

5. … vase is definitely not genuine, but … very good imitation.

a) The, -

b) The, the

c) The, a

6. Tourism has grown at such … rate in … last twenty years that it has become … problem.

a) -, -, a

b) a, -, the

c) a, the, a

7. Before applying for … job, she attended … course on … Word Processors.

a) a, the, the

b) the, the, the

c) the, a, -

8. … letter is from abroad. There’s … foreign stamp on … envelope.

a) A, a, an

b) The, the, the

c) The, a, the

9. … summer I spent in … USA was one of … best in my life.

a) -, the, -

b) -, the, the

c) The, the, the

10. It’s … great pity that … exhibition was cancelled at … last minute after all your work.

a) -, the, -

b) -, the, the

c) a, the, the

11. … English spoken in the USA and … Australia differs from … English language spoken in Britain.

a) -, the, -

b) -, -, the

c) the, -, the

12. Today most people all over the world are obsessed by … television. They are criticized by some experts for … amount of time they spend in front of … television.

a) -, the, the

b) the, an, the

c) -, the, -

13. Stories of … monster living in … Loch Ness date back to … 6^th century, but most zoologists deny … fact.

a) the, -, the, the

b) a, the, the, the

c) the, the, the, the

d) -, -, the, the

14. … old people are always saying that … young are not what they were. … same comment is made from generation to generation. Every new generation is different from … one that preceded it.

a) the, the, the, the

b) -, the, the, the

c) -, -, the, the

d) the, -, the, -

2. Fill in the articles where necessary.

Example: 1 – the;

After … 1 … exams were over, my friend and I decided to go to … 2 … picnic. It was … 3 … very big mistake and everything went wrong from … 4 … very beginning. … 5 … place we wanted to go to was … 6 … two-hour drive from … 7 … city centre. It was Saturday and there was … 8 … heavy traffic which held us up. After driving for … 9 … hour … 10 … car broke down and we had to call Paul, … 11 … friend of ours, who is … 12 … mechanic, to come to our rescue. It took Paul two hours to repair … 13 … car. By … 14 … time we arrived at our picnic spot, it was late afternoon and … 15 … weather was quite cloudy. We got all … 16 … food out of … 17 … car but were immediately invaded by … 18 … insects that wanted to share … 19 … picnic. Then it started to rain heavily and we had to put everything back in the car and drive back home.

PRESENT SIMPLE versus PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

1. Choose between the Present Simple and Present Progressive.

1. Is your brother a student now? Yes, he studies/is studying at university.

2. What do you do/are you doing? I’m a teacher.

3. Dave always stays/is staying at the office till six.

4. Ann plays/is playing the piano better than Susan. And who plays/is playing now? – I think/am thinking it is Susan.

5. He wastes/is wasting his time looking for a job there, they do not take/are not taking any staff on now.

2. Choose the appropriate adverbial of time.

1. We see each other only occasionally/lately.

2. More and more young people prefer careers to early marriage nowadays/recently.

3. They are having some financial difficulties as a rule/now.

4. What do you do tonight/in the evening?

5. It’s raining hard for a long time/now.

3. Open the brackets using the Present Simple or the Present Progressive.

1. My brother (not/care) very much what he (look) like.

2. The film (be) very confusing. You (understand) what (go) on?

3. Where you (come) from? – I (come) from Belarus.

4. He usually (wear) jeans and T-shirts.

5. She always (lose) her temper!

6. You (hear) this noise downstairs? What can it be?

7. Which of these cars you (like) best?

8. Every time cigarettes (go) up in price, many people (try) to give up smoking.

9. The man who (live) opposite us sometimes (come) over for a cup of coffee.

10. You (look) great after your holiday! – Yes, I (feel) well.

PRESENT PERFECT versus PAST SIMPLE

1. Choose between the Present Perfect and Past Simple.

1. Ann bought/has bought a new car. – Really? Where did she get/has she got the money?

2. Why do you look so upset? Has/Did anything happened/happen?

3. Things have been/were difficult since Sharon has lost/lost her job.

4. This is the only place he has been/was to.

5. He has never travelled/never travelled abroad.

2. Choose the appropriate adverbial of time.

1. She left an hour ago/for an hour.

2. Have you spoken to the manager already/yet?

3. We’ve known each other since/for many years.

4. The other day/Lately Nick received a parcel from home.

5. Ruth bought a laptop since then/last year.

6. The guests have already/still come.

3. Open the brackets using the Past Simple or the Present Perfect.

1. Joanna (not/change); she is the same as ever.

2. When they (get) married? – Last year. So they (be) married for about a year.

3. The employment office (call) me twice since I (move) to Los Angeles.

4. People (use) to come at the weekends, but during the week I (be) alone in that huge house.

5. He (give up) smoking yet? When he (do) it?

6. Although I (study) French for years I have difficulties in speaking the language.

7. How many times you (be) in love? When you (fall) in love first?

8. We (see) him at the summer course in London.

9. You ever (be) to the United States? – Yes, I (be) in California two years ago.

10. I (buy) everything I needed and (go) straight home.

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