B. Circle the correct answer
1. 321,103
a) three hundred and twenty-one one hundred and third
b) three hundred and twenty one hundred and three
c) three hundred and twenty-one hundred and three
d) two hundred and twenty-one one hundred and three
2. 132.054
a) one three two point zero fifty-four
b) one three two point zero five four
c) one hundred and thirty-two point five four
d) one three two point zero fifty four
3. the 200th
a) the twentyth
b) the two hundredth
c) the two hundreds
d) the twentieth
4. 7-65-45
a) seven sixty-five and forty-five
b) seven sixty-five and forty-fifth
c) seven six five four five
d) seven six five four fifth
5. 7*8=56
a) seven multiplied by five makes fifty-six
b) seven plus eight equal fifty-six
c) seven multiplied by eight makes fifty-six
d) seven multiplied by eight make fifty-six
6. December 1, 1991
a) one of December, nineteen ninety-one
b) the first of December, nineteen ninty-one
c) the first of December, ninteen ninety-one
d) the first of December, nineteen ninety-one
7. 1 3/5
a) first and three fifth
b) one and three fifth
c) first and three-fifth
d) one and three-fifth
8. 1980’s
a) the eighties
b) the eighth
c) the eight
d) the eightyes
9. 4,125,963
a) four millions one hundred and twenty-five nine hundred and sixty-three
b) four million one hundred and twenty-five nine hundred and sixty-three
c) four million one hundred and twenty-five nine hundreds and sixty-three
d) four million one hundred and twenty five nine hundred and sixty three
10. 4 m x 7 m
a) four kilometers by seven kilometers
b) four meters by seven meters
c) fourth meters by seventh meters
d) four meter by seven meter
C. Write the following numbers in words.
1. 235 _________
2. 659 _________
3. 4741 _________
4. 812,694 _________
5. 3 ½ _________
6. 4.45 _________
7. 39.06 _________
THE ADJECTIVE
A. Read the story and choose the most appropriate adjective from the brackets.
My (loving, favorite, interesting) picture is by a Dutch artist. An (interesting, elegant, ill-natured) man sits on a (plastic, wooden, hand-made) bench in the corner. He has a small (red, dead, black) dog at his feet. The dog looks (moody, heavy, sleepy). Through the (open, shut, clean) window you can see (hot, bright, white) sunshine. When I look at this picture I feel (cold, warm, hot) and (gloomy, weary, happy).
B. Open the brackets and fill in the gaps with the adjectives in the necessary form.
1. Friendship is ___________ (strong) than steel.
2. Winter is ___________ (cold) season.
3. It was ___________ (good) meal I’ve ever had.
4. Which is ___________ (long) day of the year?
5. Health is ___________ (good) than wealth.
6. The Russian grammar is ___________ (difficult) than the English one.
7. It is autumn; every day the air becomes ____________ (cold), the leaves ___________ (yellow).
8. This is the ____________ (beautiful) view I have ever seen in my life.
9. Are there _________ (many) than two rooms in your new flat?
10. The weather got _______ (bad) and (bad) every day.
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B. Choose the right word.
1. I am …………. (happy, happily) to meet you.
2. They have lived all their life ………… (happy, happily).
3. Don’t speak to me so ……………… (cold, coldly).
4. Your hands are …………… (cold, coldly), put on your gloves.
5. The results of our work were …………… (perfect, perfectly).
6. We have done everything ………………… (perfect, perfectly).
7. “I am quite ……………… (helpless, helplessly) in solving such problems”, she said.
8. She looked at them …………………. (helpless, helplessly) not knowing what to do.
9. Can you tell me the ……… (exact, exactly) time of his arrival?
10. Sorry, but I don’t know ……………… (exact, exactly) when he comes back.
11. He often comes home ……………… (late, lately).
12. I haven’t seen him …………………… (late, lately).
C. Open the brackets and write the comparative / superlative of every word.
1. If we don’t walk ……… (fast), we’ll miss the train.
2. Brian speaks Italian ……… (fluently) of all the children in the class.
3. Mark is more intelligent, but Alice works ……… (hard).
4. Today I’ll come home ……… (early) than usual.
5. This year they pay the workers ……… (badly) of all.
D.
Rewrite the sentences and put the adverbs in correctly.
1. I have been to London, (often)
2. Have you been to Boston? (ever)
3. He plays golf on Sundays, (sometimes)
4. The weather is bad in November, (always)
5. It rains in California, (never)
6. We have fish for dinner, (seldom)
7. She will see him. (rarely)
8. Peter doesn't get up before seven, (usually)
9. They do not play tennis on Sundays, (always)
10. Mary watches TV. (hardly / ever)
E.
Decide where to place the time expressions. (The sentences are similar to allow you to concentrate on the time expressions.)
1.
a) We went to the cinema yesterday.
b) We went yesterday to the cinema.
c) Both sentences are correct.
2.
a) We often go to the cinema.
b) We go often to the cinema.
c) Both sentences are correct.
3.
a) Next Tuesday I will no to the cinema.
b) I will go to the cinema next Tuesday.
c) Both sentences are correct.
4.
a) They never go to the cinema.
b) They go to the cinema never.
c) Both sentences are correct.
5.
a) She goes every Sunday to the cinema.
b) She goes to the cinema every Sunday.
c) Both sentences are correct.
6.
a) I seldom am at the cinema.
b) I am seldom at the cinema.
c) Both sentences are correct.
7.
a) I don't 20 to the cinema every week.
b) I don't go every week to the cinema.
c) Both sentences are correct.
8.
a) Francis does not always go to the cinema.
b) Francis does not go to the cinema always.
c) Both sentences are correct.
9.
a) Do frequently you goto the cinema?
b) Do you frequently go to the cinema?
c) Both sentences are correct.
10.
a) My friends didn't go to the cinema on Friday.
b) On Friday my friends didn't go to the cinema.
c) Both sentences are correct.
F
Rewrite the sentences and put the adverbs in correctly.
1. She speaks. (slowly)
2. They sang, (wonderfully)
3. He treated her. (respectfully)
4. John speaks English, (well)
5. The dog barks, (loudly)
6. My sister plays the piano. (awfully)
7. She met him. (secretly)
8. The children laughed, (happily)
9. She hurt her leg. (badly)
10. They sneaked out of the house. (quietly)
G
Make sentences and put the adverbs (in italic print) in correctly (behind the verb or object).
1. is / over there I the cinema The cinema is over there.
2. inside I go I let's Let's go inside.
3. the kitchen / downstairs /is The kitchen is downstairs.
4. playing / the kids / are / outside The kids are playing outside.
5. she / not / been / here I has She has not been here.
6. the bathroom / is / upstairs The bathroom is upstairs.
7. were / everywhere / we / for / looking / you We were looking for you everywhere.
8. we / anywhere I you / find / couldn't We couldn't find you anywhere.
9. ? / there / a post office / nearby /is Is there a post office nearby?
10. must / we / walk / back home We must walk back home.
H
Make sentences and put the adverbs (in italic print) in correctly (behind the verb or object).
1. is / over there / the cinema
2. inside / go / let's
3. the kitchen / downstairs / is
4. playing / the kids / are / outside
5. she / not / been I here I has
6. the bathroom / is / upstairs
7. were / everywhere / we / for / looking / you
8. we / anywhere I you / find / couldn't
9. ? / there / a post office / nearby / is
10. must / we / walk / back home
THE PRONOUN
B. Fill in the gaps with the correct pronoun.
1. I have lost ______ pen, may I take ______?
2. If you’ve left ______ dictionary at home, you may take ______.
3. Sally is married. ______ husband works in a bank.
4. Please don’t take that bicycle! It is ______ and he needs it.
5. I had already lost my key, and then Mary lost ______! It was awful!
6. They introduced me to John. He’s a friend of ______.
7. «Is that your car or Ann’s?» «______. Ann hasn’t got a car.»
8. If you haven’t got enough plates, we’ll be happy to bring ______.
9. Bob has taken the book, but Liz says it’s ______.
10. Put on ______ coat when you go out. It’s very cold.
C. Complete the following situations using this, that, these and those.
1. — Have you ever been to New York?
— Many years ago, but .................. was one of the best holidays I’ve ever had.
2. — What’s your new TV-set like?
— .................. one is much better than my old one.
3. — Look! ................... trousers cost ₤50!
— But they’re very nice.
4. — Hello, Bill, .................. is Liz, my new room-mate.
— Hello, Liz, pleased to meet you.
5. — I remember when that dictionary cost thirty pence.
— Ah, .................. were the days, my friend!
D. Fill in the gaps with who, which, whose or that or if necessary leave it blank.
1. He’s the man ………. daughter won the contest.
2. People ………….. drink and drive often go to prison.
3. Those are the people ………. live next door.
4. She gave me the text …….. hadn’t been translated yet.
5. These are the children ………. toys we found yesterday.
E. Fill in the gaps with some, any or no + body, one, thing, where.
1. You must ask ............ to help you with this work.
2. If I have ............ free time, I shall go ............ tonight.
3. Have you heard ............ about our plan?
4. Did ............ see this film yesterday?
5. I know ............ about it and he doesn’t know ............ about it either. ............ knows about it.
6. He said ............ in a low voice but I didn’t make out ............
7. ............ has broken the window but I don’t know exactly who it was.
8. — I’m looking for my keys. Has ............ seen them? — They must be ............ here.
9. We wanted some bread but there was ............ left.
10. ............ was there; the place was empty.
F. Fill in the gaps with much, many, a lot of.
1. How ……….. oil do we need?
2. …………. people come to the park in the evening.
3. Do you have ……….. friends in this town?
4. There is too …………… noise in this room.
5. Hurry up! We haven’t got ……….. time left.
6. We’ve got ……….. time before the exam starts.
7. You should come and see how ……… books we have.
8. He tells us ………… interesting things.
9. Does he have ………….. suits?
10. She doesn’t have ………… articles on this topic.
G. Fill in the gap with (a) few or (a) little.
1. There are ...... parks in our city.
2. They are lazy. They work too .......
3. I had very ...... friends at school.
4. Do you speak English ......?
5. Hurry up! We have ...... time left.
6. I have something to say. May I have ...... words with you?
7. Please, try to make ...... noise. The children have already fallen asleep.
8. The weather was bad that’s why there were ...... people at the stadium yesterday.
9. Now add ………… water and stir it up.
10. ……….. of us had cameras and we could take nice pictures.
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THE PREPOSITION
A. Fill in the blanks with the preposition where required.
1. The book is _______ the table. Will you put the book _______ the table! 2. The fax is _______ the table. Will you put the fax _______ .the table! 3. _______ the summer _______ the year 1997, I paid a visit _______ friend living ___ the country. 4. The course begins............. January 7th and ends.............March 10th. 5 I went to bed.............midnight and got up.............6:30 the next morning. 6. Mozart was born in Salzburg.............1756. 7. Hurry up! We've got to go.............five minutes. 8. Jack's brother is an engineer, but he's unemployed.............the moment. 9. Sunday afternoons I usually go for a walk ___ the park. 10. I'm just going out to do some shopping. I'll be back.............half an hour.
B. Put in for , while or during.
1. Production at the factory was seriously affected.................the strike. 2. Sue was very angry after our argument. She didn't speak to me.................a week. 3. We usually go out on weekends, but we don't often go out.................the week. 4. The phone rang three times.................we were having dinner last night. 5. I went out for dinner last night. Unfortunately I began to feel sick.................the meal. 6. Can you set the table.................I am getting dinner ready?
C. Answer the questions using the words in brackets. Mind the appropriate prepositions.
1. Where's Kate standing? (top/stairs) ___
2. Where's the label? (bottle). ___ the bottle.
3. Where's the cat? (bottom / stairs) _______
4. Where's Tom standing? (gate) _________
5. Where's the mirror? (wall) ______________
6. What's Edward doing? (looking / mirror) He's ___
7. Where are the children? (back/car) ________
8. Where's the theatre? (left) ______________________ And the bank? (right) ________________
9. Where is the boy standing? (corner) ________
D. Fill in the blanks with the prepositions in, at, about, of, with, to, on, by, between, from..
1. What are you talking __? 2. When I am __home I work __ the garden __ the morning, read and write __ the afternoon, and visit my friends __ the evening. 3. She was beating it __ a bit__ branch decorated __ three or four brown leaves. 4. The first word __ every sentence should begin __ a capital letter. 5. Peter was born __a little town__1985, __ the 2d of May. 6. Nelly returned __ school __five o'clock __ the afternoon. 7. He was suddenly stopped __ the voice __ a soldier on guard. 8. There is a great difference __ age __ my brother and me. 9. I took the knife __ the baby. 10. Your hat is different in shape __ mine. 11. __ July I shall go __ the country.
THE CONJUNCTION
A. Fill in the gaps with and, but, or,because, if, although, as soon as, until, while, after.
1. I promise not to tell him the truth .............. I see him at the party.
2. My mother rang me .............. she was worried about me.
3. He’s going to study in the USA .............. he passes his exams.
4. If this radio doesn’t work, bring it back .............. we’ll give you your money back.
5. I’ll ring you up .............. I get home.
6. We managed to get tickets .............. it was full.
7. We can’t do anything .............. the doctor arrives.
8. We might as well have a cup of tea .............. we are waiting.
9. Have you settled down .............. you retired?
10. He looked everywhere for the cat .............. his wife was fond of it.
B. Fill in the gaps with either ... or, neither ... nor, both ... and.
1. You may have ......... tea ......... coffee.
2. Chekhov is well known ......... in our country ......... abroad.
3. We saw ......... you ......... your friend at the party yesterday. Where were you?
4. At the party they will ......... dance ......... listen to music.
5. We call this room «the hall» and use it ......... as a sitting-room ......... a living-room.
6. If you go by tram you may be late for lessons. Take ......... the underground ......... a taxi.
7. ......... Nick ......... George were late for the lessons because they went by tram.
8. From the corridor you can get ......... to the sitting-room .......... to the study.
9. In the evening we ......... watch TV ......... read newspapers.
10. ......... Tom ......... Harry has much money.
C
Fill in the appropriate conjunctions.
1. I like Sally _______ I don’t like Bob.
2. She likes her _______ she is always friendly.
3. That’s the painting _______ my father bought last year.
4. This is the house _______ I’ve lived for 7 years.
5. In the morning I always have coffee _______ toast.
6. In our house lives a man _______ is a detective.
7. She is happy _______ her test is good.
8. Tell me _______ you can come.
9. He always thinks _______ he is so clever.
10. We had dinner, watched TV, _______ then we went to bed.
11. _______ we arrived he had already gone.
12. That’s the longest test _______ we have ever written.
13. Did you understand _______ he told you that story?
14. I was not really interested in _______ he was talking about.
15. Is this the hotel _______ we stayed last year?
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THE VERB
A
Fill in the gaps with do, does, don’t, doesn’t, did, didn’t.
1. _______ you clean your teeth every day?
2. Bill _______ live in London. He lives in Belfast.
3. What time. _______. the shops close?
4. My parents . _______. watch television very often. They are very busy.
5. What time _______ you come home on Sunday?
6. _______ she like dancing?
7. Last month Alice _______ work on Saturdays. Saturday was her day off.
8. What _______ this word mean?
9. I _______. want to go out this evening. It is cold outside.
10. Why _______ they go home early yesterday?
B
Fill in the gaps with am, is, are, was,were. Mind that they may be in the negative form.
1. Where _______ they going now?
2. It _______ raining at the moment. The sun _______ shining brightly.
3. What _______ she wearing yesterday?
4. — Where _______ you born?
— I’m Italian but I _______. born in France.
5. Can you tell me how this word _______. pronounced?
6. These are very old photographs. They _______ taken a long time ago.
7. The streets in this town _______ cleaned every day.
8. What _______ you doing at 10.30?
9. George _______ working this week. He has a holiday.
10. The train _______ to arrive at 7 p.m. yesterday.
C
Fill in the gaps with have, have got, had not.
1. How long _______ they been married?
2. Our town _______. no theatres ten years ago.
3. Jill _______ gone to Italy for a holiday.
4. _______.you ever seen a ghost?
5. George and Linda are here. They _______ just arrived.
6. My friend usually _______. lunch at school.
7. I _______ made some coffee. Would you like some?
8. _______ you _______ English classes very often last month?
9. _______ you _______ a family?
10. They _______. a good rest at the seaside last year.
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