Лексико-грамматический тест

 

Exercise 1. Put one suitable word in each space.

a) My brother is two years older...... me.

b) The train takes just............. long as the bus.

c) I've never tasted such delicious apples............. these.

d) I thought the second hotel we stayed in was............. more friendly.

e) Unfortunately we are............. well-off than we used to be.

f) Marion doesn't feel so happy there............. she did at first.

g) Do you think you could make a............. less noise?

h) These exercises seem to be getting harder and..............

i) Jean doesn't need as much help as Harry..............

j) David didn't enjoy the match as much as I..............

Exercise 2. Rewrite each sentence so that the meaning stays the same.

a) Jill can run faster than Peter.	Peter……………………..
b) I thought this journey would last longer than it did.	This journey didn't............
c) I didn't arrive as early as I expected.	I arrived....................……
d) You are working too slowly.	You'll have to.............…..
e) I have a brother who is older than me.	I have an.....................…..
f) Martin thought the second part of the film was more interesting.	Martin didn't think the first...............……….
g) Paula's work is less careful than before.	Paula has been working....
h) There aren't any trains earlier than this one.	This is.........................….
i) All other pubs are further away.	This pub...................……
j) Is this the best price you can offer?	Can't you......………

Exercise 3. Complete each sentence by choosing the most suitable word or phrase.

a) I really think that apologising is.....you can do.

A) not as much as B) a little C) the least D) as far as

b) I can't stand this weather. It's getting........

A) more and more b) worse and worse c) coldest and coldest D) further and further

c) Although Brenda came last, everyone agreed she had....... her best.

a) done b) made C) had d) got

d) I wish Charles worked as hard as Mary........

a) did B)can c)will D)does

e) The more you water this plant, the...... it will grow.

a) best B)tall c) wetter d) faster

f) From now on, we won't be able to go out as much as we.......

a) were B) had C) used to D) will

g) I've never owned....... independent cat as this one!

a) a more than b) such an C) a so D) as much as

h) Brian has been working........ since he was promoted.

a) much harder b) as harder c) just as hardly d) more hardly

i) I've been feeling........ tired lately, doctor.

A) such а в) the most c) more and more D)much

j) This exercise will give you........ practice.

A) farther B) much more c) as better D) a lot

Exercise 4. Put one suitable word in each space, beginning with the letter given.

a) Is William feeling any b...……today?

b) Everyone ate a lot, but Chris ate the m...............

c) What's the l.............. news about the situation in India?

d) I'd feel a lot h.............. if you let me help.

e) Graham has been sinking d.............. into debt lately.

f) It's 35 degrees today! It must be the h.............. day so far this year.

g) Only £45? Is that all? Oh well, it's b.............. than nothing.

h) He had to wait a f.............. two months before he got his promotion.

i) Ruth wore her b.............. dress to her sister's wedding.

j) Harry has got over the w.............. of his cold.

Exercise 5. Rewrite each sentence, so that the meaning stays the same.

a) That's the best meal I've ever eaten.	I've never eaten a......…..
b) Fish and meat are the same price in some countries.	Fish costs just...........…..
c) I've never enjoyed myself so much.	I've never had...........…..
d) If you run a lot, you will get fitter.	The more...............……
e) The doctor can't see you earlier than Wednesday I'm afraid.	Wednesday is...........…..
f) I must have a rest. I can't walk any more.	I must have a rest. I can't go….
g) Home computers used to be much more expensive.	Home computers aren't ……
h) I don't know as much Italian as Sue does.	Sue knows.....................
i) I thought that learning to drive would be difficult, but it isn't.	Learning to drive is....….
j) Barbara can skate just as well as John can.	John isn't..................…..

Exercise 6. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words.

a) Your car was cheaper than mine.	cost	Your car …….. did.
b) I'm not as good at maths as you are.	better	You..................…. am.
c) Keith is slightly taller than Nigel.	little	Keith..........................Nigel.
d) Bill was growing angrier all the time.	and	Bill..............angrier.
e) Sally tried as hard as she could.	did	Sally...............................best.
f) I thought this film would be better	as	This film............... I expected.
g) This is the bumpiest road I've ever driven along!	such	I've never..................road.
h) When you eat a lot, you get fat.	more	The................... you get.
i) George said he couldn't do any better.	could	George said it.................. do.
j) This year's exam and last year's exam were equally difficult.	just	This year's exam……..ast year's exam.

Exercise 7. Look carefully at each line. Some lines are correct, but some have a word which should not be there. Tick each correct line. If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word in the space.

Transport Solutions
First of all, walking is obviously the cheapest	1)
means of travelling, and can be the quicker	2)
in a city centre. Of course, the further you have	3)
to go, the more so tired you will become.	4)
In some ways walking is more healthier than	5)
travelling by bus or car, but it can be just as the	6)
unhealthy because cities are the much more	7)
polluted than they used to be. Cars are faster	8)
of course and more than convenient, but as cities	9)
become more of crowded, parking is getting	10)
harder. Sometimes public transport is better,	11)
even though buses don't go as fast as cars do it.	12)
Cars are a lot more and convenient but as they	13)
cause most pollution, it is the better to avoid	14)
using them if possible. In a city the fastest way	15)
of travelling is on a bike, which keeps you fitter	16)
and is not so that noisy as a motorbike or a car.	17)

 

 

ЧИСЛИТЕЛЬНЫЕ
Количественные
1 – one 2 – two 3 – three 4 – four 5 – five 6 – six 7 – seven 8 – eight 9 – nine 10 – ten 101 – a (one) hundred and one 200 – two hundred		11 – eleven 12 – welve 13 – thirteen 14 – fourteen 15 – fifteen 16 – sixteen 17 – seventeen 18 – eighteen 19 – nineteen 20 – twenty 1,000 – a thousand 2,000 – two thousand			21 – twenty-one 22 – twenty-two 30 – thirty 40 – forty 50 – fifty 60 – sixty 70 – seventy 80 – eighty 90 – ninety 100 – a (one) hundred 100,000 – a (one) hundred thousand 1,000,000 – a (one) million
Порядковые
1st – first 2nd – second 3d – third 4th – fourth 5th – fifth 6th – sixth 7th – seventh 8th – eighth 9th – ninth 10th – tenth			11th – eleventh 12th – twelfth 13th – thirteenth 14th – fourteenth 15th – fifteenth 16th – sixteenth 17th – seventeenth 18th – eighteenth 19th – nineteenth 20th – twentieth		21 st – twenty–first, 30th – thirtieth 40 th – fortieth 50th – fiftieth 60th – sixtieth 70th – seventieth 80th – eightieth 90th – ninetieth 100th – a (one) hundredth
Дроби
Простые	1/2 – a (one) half 1/3 – one third			2/5 – two fifths 2 3/7 –two and three se- venths
Десятичные	0.3 – nought (zero) point three (point three) 2.35 – two point three five (thirty five) 32.305 – three two (thirty two) point three zero (nought) five
Употребление
1. Подлежащее	Put the books in order. Two are lying under the table. Two went there. The first was my friend.
2. Часть сказуемого	They were five. She was the first to do it.
3. Дополнение	How many papers has he written? He has written five. Of the two books I read, I liked the second better.
4. Определение	We have seen three scientific films. This is my seventh paper.
Перевод: числительными

 

ОБОЗНАЧЕНИЕ ХРОНОЛОГИЧЕСКИХ ДАТ

В АНГЛИЙСКОМ ЯЗЫКЕ

In 1800 (In eighteen hundred) In 1905 (In nineteen о [ou] five) In 1952 (In nineteen fifty-two) March 21, 1964 (the twenty-first of March, nineteen sixty-four; March the twenty-first, nineteen sixty-four). On the tenth of February (on February the tenth)

В 1800 году. В 1905 году. В 1952 году. Двадцать первое марта 1964 года.   Десятого февраля.

 

Self-correcting Exercises

 

Exercise 1. Put down in figures.

1. One thousand six. 2. Twenty-nine. 3. The fifteenth. 4. Nineteen twenty-two. 5. Three thousand. 6. Two fifths. 7. Twenty five point four. 8. May the twentieth. 9. Point five. 10. Three hundred and thirty-nine.

1006; 29; XV; 1922; 3000; 2/5; 25.4; May 20; 0.5; 339.

Exercise 2. Translate into Russian. Pay attention to the use of numerals.

1. The meeting will take place in room 10. 2. We live in flat 3. 3. Open your books at page 45. 4. Read paragraph 3. 5. Take volume 4. 6. I can take tram 5 or 6.

Собрание состоится в десятой комнате.   Мы живем в третьей квартире. Откройте книги на сорок пятой странице. Прочитайте третий абзац. Возьмите четвертый том. Я могу сесть на пятый или шестой трамвай.

 

Self-training Exercises

 

Exercise 1. Match the corresponding numerals.

1. 567 2. 9th 3. 1943 4. 0.36 5. 11,000,000 6. October 12 7. 1805 8. 1/7 9. XX 10. 2.18

a. Eleven million b. The nineth c. The twentieth d. Eighteen nought five e. Five hundred and sixty-seven f. One seventh g. Nineteen forty-three h. October the twelfth i. Two point eighteen  j. Point thirty-six

Exercise 2. Say it in words.

2; 18; 80; 100; 90; 14; 5; 99; 19; 705; 3,679; 21th; 1992; 1.015; 16th; 60; 1876; January 5; 4 1/2.

Exercise 3. Make the numerals ordinal.

  25, 100, 21, 5, 12, 13, 20, 346, 31.

Exercise 4. Translate into English.

5процентов; 22 сентября 1959 года; 1,5 часа; 5347 км; 0,37 метра; 23 июня 1943 года; 3/5 тонны, 24 часа; 43-й президент.

ГЛАГОЛ (THE VERB)

По своему значению и функции в предложении глаголы разделяются на:

а) самостоятельные – write, speak, go;

б) вспомогательные, служащие для образования временных форм глагола – to be, to have, to do, shall, should, will, would;

в) глаголы-связки, служащие для образования составного именного сказуемого – to be, to become, to get, to grow, to turn;

г) модальные глаголы, выражающие отношение говорящего к действию и состоянию – must, can, may, should.

В зависимости от направленности действия глаголы разделяются на:

а) переходные, которые имеют после себя прямое, косвенное или предложное дополнение – to give, to bring, to show, to love;

б) непереходные, которые не принимают дополнения, например: to come, to go, to sleep.

Наиболее распространенными глаголами английского языка являются глаголы to be и to have. Они употребляются как смысловые глаголы в значении "быть, находиться" и "иметь"; как вспомогательные, служащие для образования видо-временных форм глаголов; и как модальные, выражающие планируемое действие в будущем (to be to) и необходимость совершения действия в силу определенных обстоятельств (to have to).

В отличие от других глаголов to be и to have имеют отдельные формы для 1-го и 3-го лица единственного и множественного числа: I am (was), he (she, it) is (was), we (you, they) are (were), I have (had), he (she, it) has (had).

Кроме того, они образуют вопросительную и отрицательную формы без вспомогательного глагола (do, does, did), за исключением глагола to have в модальном значении и в составе устойчивых словосочетаний типа to have dinner, to have classes, to have a rest, to have tea, etc.

Глагол to be

 

	Present Indefinite	Past Indefinite	Future Indefinite
Affirmative	I am You are He is She is It is We are They are	I was You were He was She was It was We were They were	I shall be You will be He will be She will be It will be We shall be They will be
Negative	I am not You are not (aren't) He is not (isn't) She is not (isn't) It is not (isn't) We are not They are not	Iwas not You were not (weren't) He was not (wasn't) She was not (wasn't) It was not (wasn't) We were not They were not	Ishall not (shan't) be You will not (won't) be He will not be She will not be It will not be We shall not be They will not be
Inerrogative	Am I? Are you? Is he? Is she? Is it? Are we? Are they?	Was I? Were you? Was he? Was she? Was it? Were we? Were they?	Shall I be? Will you be? Will he be? Will she be? Will it be? Shall we be? Will they be?

ОСНОВНЫЕ СЛУЧАИ УПОТРЕБЛЕНИЯ ГЛАГОЛА ТО BE

Употребление	Примеры	Перевод
1. Смысловой глагол –"быть", "находиться" 2. Глагол - связка 3. Вспомогательный глагол а) для образования форм Continuous б) для образования времен страдательного залога   4. В качестве модального глагола (в сочетании с инфинитивом с частицей "to") выражает дол-женствование, необходи-мость договоренность.	Не is at home. We were at the lecture. She is an engineer.     He is reading a newspaper now. The book was published last week. The letter has just been typed. I am to do the work at once. We were to meet in the evening.	Он дома. Мы были на лекции. Она инженер.     Она читает сейчас газету.   Книга опубликована в прошлом году. Письмо только что напечатано. Я должен сделать эту работу немедленно. Мы должны были встретиться вечером.