Контрольная работа по "Английскому языку"

                                      Test 2

                                  (Variant 2)

To complete this Test refer to GRAMMAR REFERENCE for revision.

                                            PRONOUNS

1. Complete the following sentences with SOME, ANY, or NO.
2. The race will be held in any weather.
3. Have you got any more money?-No, there is no money left.
4. Some time ago I came across this photo in an old magazine.
5. Call on me any time you need my advice.
6. Go and ask him for some paper. I haven’t got any.
7. He can do this work without any problem.
8. There is hardly any way out of the situation.
9. Could you give me some water? I’m very thirsty.

2. Complete the following sentences with SOME, ANY, or NO+BODY/ONE/THING/WHERE.

1. It’s a stupid idea. Ask anyone and they will answer you.

2. Nobody understood the rule and the teacher had to explain it again.

3. Are you going anywhere tonight?

4. I think there’s something wrong with the car. I can’t start it.

5. I can’t add anything to what I’ve said.

3. Use ONE, ONES, the ONE, the ONES, or ONE’s to complete the sentences below.

1. Which kittens will you take? - The black ones.

2. The ring is in that drawer – the one with the key in the lock.

3. Here are some books on European history. Which one do you want?

4. There’s a right answer and a wrong one.

5. One mustn’t forget one’s friends.

4. Complete these sentences with NO, NONE, NOBODY, NO-ONE, NOTHING

1. I said nothing. Not a word.

2. The accident looked serious but fortunately no-one was injured.

3. No intelligent person could do such a stupid thing.

4. How many of them have come back?-None.

5. No-one could find their luggage.

6. I wanted some milk but there was none in the house.

7. How many students attended the meeting? - None.

8. Who attended the meeting? – Nobody.

9. There are faults from which none of us is free.

10. No words could describe the scene.

5. Complete the sentences with MUCH, MANY, A LOT OF.

1. I don’t have much patience with incompetence.

2. I think there is too much violence on TV.

3. Martin spent a lot of time in France last year.

4. Are there many students among your friends?

5. I have so many things to do that I don’t know which to do first.

6. Complete the sentences with LITTLE, FEW, A LITTLE, A FEW.

1. He is very successful even though he has very little education.

2. There’s no need to hurry. We still have a few minutes left.

3. When she sold her house she only took a little furniture with her and a few personal possessions.

4. I tried to help but there was so little I could do.

5. The group have brought very little luggage, only a few suitcases.

                                     NUMBERS

1. Write in words all the numbers from the following News Report.
1. A man wearing a stocking mask and armed with a shotgun held up cashiers at the National Bank yesterday, May the twentieth, and stole five thousand five hundred pounds. The robbery happened at about four fifteen p.m. It is the third robbery in the area this year. Luckily, there were no clients inside. Police have appealed for witnesses. The number to ring is on one oh six- seven double four three nine one.
2. Unemployment figures were released on Thursday, November the thirteenth. Last month there were there million six hundred forty nine thousand seven hundred twelve registered unemployed. That is fourteen point five percent of the work force. Over the past two years this number has increased by over two hundred sixty thousand.

 

 

 

                                     PREPOSITIONS

                   (Time, Place, Direction, Movement)

1. Choose the appropriate prepositions to complete the sentences below.
1. on
2. –
3. at
4. in
5. since
6. till
7. –
8. in
9. at
10. at
11. in
12. by
13. in
14. in
15. across
16. from, to
17. for
18. to, to
19. into
20. to, out of

 

      PAST SIMPLE versus PAST PROGRESSIVE

1. Choose between the Past Simple and the Past Progressive.
1. He gave up his job as a journalist and became a teacher.
2. We were going down in the lift when it suddenly stopped.
3. It happened while I was living in Bristol.
4. They lived in London all their life.
5. “What were you doing between 9.00 and 10.00 yesterday?” asked the detective. – “I was cleaning my house.”

 

2. Choose the appropriate adverbial of time.
1. Everyone was talking but stopped the moment Mr. Smith entered the room.
2. I lived in Glasgow until I was fourteen.
3. While I was having breakfast this morning, my sister called from the States.
4. James always let me know whenever he was going to be late.
5. Now, Mr. Star, what were you doing between ten and ten thirty last night?

 

3. Open the brackets using the Past Simple or the Past Progressive.
1. The driver fell asleep as he was driving along.
2. I didn’t understand what was going on. Several people were shouting at me and one was waving newspaper in front of my face.
3. The only thing I disliked about him when we studied at college was that he always borrowed my things without asking.
4. She said she got more forgetful as she was growing older.
5. The sun was shining brightly and Maria had to put on her sunglasses.
6. He used to smoke forty cigarettes a day till he finally gave up smoking.
7. I visited London last year.
8. He entered the office, looked around and come up the secretary.
9. Were you doing yesterday at seven p. m.?
10. Peter was meeting someone that night so I stayed at the office and worked for a few extra hours.

 

      PRESENT PERFECT versus PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE

     TASK1. Choose the appropriate tense-form.

1. Sorry about the mess. I have been painting the house.
2. How long has he lived in Manchester? - All his life. He was born there.
3. They are in London now. They have been living there for the last six months.
4. It has been raining since morning already.
5. I’m afraid I have broken one of your glasses.

 

                                ALL THE PRESENT TENSES

1. Open the brackets using the Present Simple, Present Progressive, Present Perfect, or Present Perfect Progressive.
1. You look tired. – Yes, I have been working non-stop all day.
2. The police have investigated the break-in at the college since last September.
3. My mother-in-law always is grumbling!
4. Older people are becoming more isolated now.
5. Have long you been in business?
6. Carol already has made ten phone calls and it’s only nine o’clock.
7. I can smell something nice. What are you cooking?
8. I haven’t seen you for ages. What have you been doing?
9. I’m fed up. I have been waiting for the bus for forty minutes.
10. Where do you come from? – I come from Minsk.

                            READING COMPREHENSION

1. Choose the best answer.
1. b) It stops the train suddenly, when something.
2. a) Clinton’s eyes were rather cold.
3. d) the speedometer
4. a) 18:00
5. a) He felt good when he was on time.
2. Mark the statements below as True or False.
1. False
2. True
3. False
4. True
3. Choose the best translation.
1. с) Если он поднял их (руки), «мертвецкая рукоятка» поднялась бы и остановила поезд, остановила внезапно.
2. а) Он посмотрел на стрелку на приборе под окном. Она указывала на 68ю
3. а) Дальше он то уменьшал скорость до 55, то увеличивал её опять.
4. а) Сегодня, насколько он мог судить, он опаздывал только на пол - минуты.
5. b) Он обычно смотрел, как они покидают станцию в Брайтоне…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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                                          ВАРИАНТ 2

 

 

Выполнила студентка 

         1 курса                                                                 Бекиш С. Е.     международное

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Руководитель                                                              Пилявец Г. В.

 

                                     

 

                                           МИНСК, 2013