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1. Boston is in....
a) Florida, b) Mexico, c) Texas, d) Massachusetts.
2. Gulf Stream originates in....
a) the Gulf of Mexico, b) the Persian Gulf, c) the Gibraltar, d) the Panama Canal.
3. The Tower of London now is....
a) a prison, b) a royal residence, c) a museum, d) a burial place.
4. Englishmen eat dinner at....
a) 11 a.m., b) 2 p.m., ) 6 .m., d) 9 .m.
5. A brunch is....
a) breakfast, b) late breakfast, c) dinner, d) a tea party.
TEST 17
I. .
A doctor was often stopped by one of his patients in the street and asked for his medical advice free of charge. The doctor didnt like it and decided to put an end to this practice.
One day a patient stopped him again and exclaimed, Oh, doctor! Im so glad to see you. I have such a bad headache. The doctor seemed very much interested and said, Close your eyes, open your mouth and show me your tongue. The patient did so. Then the doctor quickly went away leaving the patient with his mouth open and tongue out.
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1. Why did the patient ask the doctor for advice in the street?
2. In what way did the doctor put an end to this practice?
II. .
Then the doctor quickly went away.
III. , .
Guinness Book of Records (1 be) one of the most popular books in the world. It (2 contain) records of all kinds, there (3 be) thousands of them. It all (4 start) in 1954 when a man (5 call) Norris McWhirter (6 publish) the Guinness Book of Records for the Guinness brewery Guinness, by the way, (7 be) a type of beer. Very quickly the book (8 become) a best-seller. It (9 sell) over 49 copies so far. And if you (10 think) that it (11 be) the English who (12 be) mad about records, you (13 be) wrong: the book (14 translate) into 24 languages. There (15 to be) a lot of people all over the world who (16 seem) to want (17 read) about other people who (18 be) faster, fatter, fitter or just madder than they (19 be).
Since ancient times people (20 try) to break a record. If you (21 want) to break a record one day, you (22 have) to find someone reliable who (23 watch) you and then (24 ask) a newspaper (25 write) a report. Then, when you (26 break) the record, you (27 write) to the Guinness Book and (28 hope) that the day (29 come) when your record (30 print) in the newspaper. Your name and photograph (31 place) in many newspapers and your record (32 translate) into twenty-four languages in one of the worlds famous books. You (33 can) do it, for example by (34 walk) on your hands a long way or (35 sing) the same song over and over again or (36 do) any other thing not many people (37 be able) to do. Why not (38 try) and (39 see) what (40 happen)?
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1. Are you... working?
a) yet, b) just, c) else, d) still.
2. I dont know this writer. ... do I.
a) So, b) Also, c) Either, d) Neither.
3. I can hear you well enough. You... shout.
a) must, b) mustnt, c) neednt, d) need.
4. We wondered who....
a) is he, b) was he, c) he is, d) he was.
5. Can you wait... minutes?
a) few, b) a few, c) little, d) a little.
6. Carlos is not so... at English as Jack.
a) good, b) better, c) worse, d) best.
7. Barbara is not... in sports.
a) to interest, b) interest, c) interested, d) interesting.
8. Put on your warm coat,... a strong wind outside.
a) it is, b) there is, c) it was, d) there was.
9.... of you must go and see her at the hospital.
a) Some, b) Somebody, c) Any, d) Anybody.
10. When will you have your watch...?
a) repair, b) repaired, c) repairing, d) to repair.
11. Your watch... 2 minutes fast, its 12 oclock now.
a) is, b) was, c) are, d) were.
12. They made a lot of friends during... trip.
a) , b) a, c) an, d) the.
13. Christie turned... her father for advice.
a) up, b) to, c) at, d) in.
14. The teacher expected him... better at the exam.
a) to do, b) doing, c) do, d) did.
15. The children were let... for a walk.
a) going, b) go, c) to go, d) to have gone.
16. Nobody... saw them leave the house.
a) others, b) more, c) get, d) else.
17. We cant wait, something has....
a) done, b) do, c) to be done, d) to do.
18. The tourists said they wouldnt leave the town before they... all the sights. a) see, b) have seen, c) will see, d) had seen.
19. You neednt worry, your parents....
a) are warned, b) have warned, c) have been warned,
d) were warned.
20. I wish you... the meeting. It was so interesting.
a) attend, b) attended, c) had attended, d) would attend.
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1. What river does London stand on?
a) the Thames, b) the Severn, c) the Avon, d) the Clyde.
2. Under what king did the knights of the round table gather together?
a) Henry IV, b) Edward II, c) Arthur, d) William the Conqueror.
3. What is Britain separated from the Continent by?
a) the English Channel, b) the Persian Gulf, c) the Suez Canal,
d) the Gulf of Mexico.
4. Robert Burns is a... poet.
a) American, b) English, c) Scottish, d) Welsh.
5. R. Kipling wrote....
a) Canterbury Tales, b) Alice in Wonderland,
c) Treasure Island, d) Maugly.
TEST 18
I. .
The famous J. Swift was once travelling with his servant. They put up at a small hotel where they spent the night. In the morning Swift asked for his boots. The servant immediately brought them to him. When Swift saw the dirty boots he asked, Why havent you cleaned them? I havent cleaned them, replied the servant, because you are going to ride and they will soon be dirty again. Very well, said Swift, go and get the horses ready. While the servant was away, Swift told the landlord not to give the servant any breakfast. When the servant returned he was surprised but Swift said, You havent had your breakfast because we are going to ride and soon you will be hungry again.
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1. Why did Swift order to leave his servant without breakfast?
2. Did Swift treat his servant kindly?
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They put up at a small hotel.
III. , .
Once Mark Twain (1 go) from the north of England to Manchester by train. He (2 be) very tired and (3 want) to go to bed. So he (4 ask) the guard to Wake him up when they (5 come) to Manchester. If I (6 sleep) when you (7 come) up to me, I (8 be) angry, he (9 say). But even if I (10 be) angry, please throw me out of the train. The guard (11 agree) and Mark Twain (12 go) to bed.
When he (13 wake) up it (14 be) morning. People (15 walk) in the corridor, a boy (16 cry) and his mother (17 try) to make him quiet. Mark Twain (18 put) on his clothes and (19 go) out in the corridor. The guard (20 talk) to a man and Mark Twain (21 go) up to him.
(22 come) we to Manchester yet? he (23 ask).
We (24 pass) Manchester two hours ago, the guard (25 answer).
What! Mark Twain (26 shout). Why you not (27 tell) me, you (28 forget) that I (29 ask) you?
The guard (30 surprise). You (31 be) the American who (32 ask) to wake him up when we (33 come) to Manchester? he (34 - ask).
Yes, of course, Mark Twain (35 say).
The guard (36 continue), Oh, now I (37 understand) why the man (38 shout) and (39 fight) when I (40 throw) him out of the train in Manchester.
IV. .
1. School year begins on... 1st of September.
a) , b) a, c) an, d) the.
2.... our English classes we speak a lot.
a) On, b) At, c) In, d) For.
3.... is knocking at the door.
a) Some, b) Somebody, c) Anybody, d) Nobody.
4. Well wait... everybody comes.
a) till, b) before, c) unless, d) if.
5. Everybody says the film is worth....
a) see, b) to see, c) seeing, d) to be seen.
6.... nothing interesting to see and we left.
a) There was, b) It was, c) It is, d) There is.
7. According to the weather forecast tomorrow will be... warmer than today.
a) yet, b) still, c) more, d) just.
8.... people can understand classical music.
a) Few, b) A few, c) Little, d) A little.
9. I wish I... a poet.
a) am, b) was, c) have been, d) were.
10. Martin Eden... by Jack London.
a) wrote, b) was written, c) has written, d) is writing.
11. The road is wet. It must....
a) rain, b) rained, c) raining, d) have been raining.
12.... through the magazine I decided to buy it.
a) Looked, b) Having looked, c) Looking, d) Being looked.
13. She couldnt remember... such a question.
a) ask, b) to ask, c) asked, d) being asked.
14. What are you...?
a) saying, b) telling, c) speaking, d) talking.
15. This money... quite enough for everything.
a) are, b) is, c) were, d) have been.
16. Sam had to cook breakfast himself,...?
a) hadnt he, b) had he, c) didnt he, d) did he.
17. We didnt know what time....
a) it is, b) it was, c) is it, d) was it.
18. Next week we... here for 2 years.
a) are, b) will be, c) have been, d) shall have been.
19. When David came, everybody....
a) examined, b) was examined, c) was examining,
d) had been examined.
20. He promised to let us know if anything....
a) changes, b) changed, c) will change, d) change.
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1. The language spoken in Scotland is....
a) Scot, b) Scottish, c) Scotch, d) Scotlands.
2. The oldest university in Britain is....
a) London, b) Cambridge, c) Oxford, d) Edinburgh.
3. The financial centre of London is....
a) the West End, b) the East End, c) Westminster, d) the City.
4. Which party is in power in Great Britain now?
a) the Labour, b) the Conservative, c) the Liberal, d) the Social- Democratic.
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a) 03, b) 09, c) 911, d) 999.
TEST 19
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Once a French cab driver played a joke on Conan Doyle. The driver took Conan Doyle from the station to the hotel and said, Thank you, Mr Conan Doyle. Conan Doyle was surprised and asked how he knew his name. The driver said that he had seen in the papers that the writer was coming to Paris. And he said that Conan Doyles appearance was typically English and he guessed at once who he was. Besides, said the man, your name is written on your luggage.
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1. What was Conan Doyle surprised with?
2. What helped the driver to recognize Conan Doyle?
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The driver took the writer from the station to the hotel.
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Mark Twain (1 be) not only a famous writer but also a famous humorist. He (2 travel) a lot and (3 make) speeches in different towns. During these speeches he always (4 tell) funny stories.
Wherever he (5 go) he (6 follow) by reporters who (7 write) down everything he (8 say). His stories (9 tell) and (10 retell) and (11 pass) down from generation to generation. Once he (12 hear) a rumour that he (13 be) dead and (14 remark): The rumours of my death greatly (15 exaggerate).
There (16 be) a lot of humorous stories (17 connect) with the name of Mark Twain. Here (18 be) one of them.
Once Mark Twain and two of his friends (19 sit) in a restaurant. One of the friends just (20 return) from a trip to the mountains. He (21 say) that the air in the mountains (22 be) very clear. In many places the echo of a voice (23 come) back five times stronger than the original voice.
That (24 be) nothing, (25 say) the second friend. In Colorado, in many places the echo of a voice (26 speak) in the morning (27 come) back in the afternoon.
Mark Twain (28 laugh) and (29 say), The echoes which you (30 tell) us about (31 be) very unusual. But in a small church in Hannibal where I (32 be) born, there (33 be) an even more unusual echo. If someone (34 say) in a loud voice, Good morning! How (35 be) you?, the echo (36 come) back after a moment very clearly, I (37 be) very well, thank you, and how (38 - be) you?
Of course, Mark Twains friends not (39 believe) the story, but they (40 enjoy) it.
IV. .
1. He is very honest, he never tells... lie.
a) , b) a, c) an, d) the.
2. Your hair... beautiful today.
a) look, b) is looking, c) are looking, d) looks.
3. I have no pen. I have nothing to write....
a) by, b) with, c) on, d) about.
4. Would you like... milk in your tea?
a) some, b) any, c) none, d) every.
5. Im afraid I cant tell you... about the accident.
a) many, b) much, c) little, d) a little.
6. There was an interesting film on TV yesterday,...?
a) was there, b) was it, c) wasnt there, d) wasnt it.
7. I... getting up very early.
a) am used to, b) used to, c) didnt use to, d) never used to.
8. They all have worked... at their English.
a) good, b) well, c) hard, d) hardly.
9. Kate is the... dancer in our class.
a) good, b) better, c) best, d) best of all.
10. I can speak French. So....
a) I can, b) can I, c) I cant, d) cant I.
11. The mother didnt let her daughter... late.
a) to stay out, b) stayed out, c) stay out, d) staying out.
12. You... do it now, you can do it tomorrow.
a) mustnt, b) neednt, c) cant, d) may not.
13. Steve... English since he was 5 years old.
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a) learns, b) learned, c) has been learning, d) is learning.
14. How long... you... to drive a car? For three years now.
a) are able, b) were able, c) will be able, d) have been able.
15. She... to do the work immediately.
a) tells, b) told, c) was told, d) was telling.
16. We wanted to know if they... to the party.
a) come, b) would come, c) came, d) have come.
17. If its dark, you may... the light.
a) turn on, b) turn in, c) turn out, d) turn off.
18. He is known... from the trip.
a) to return, b) to be returned, c) to have returned, d) returned.
19. Can you tell me how far...? I cant walk.
a) is it, b) it is, c) it was, d) was it.
20. I havent taken my exam yet. ....
a) I havent too, b) I also havent, c) Neither have I,
d) Neither I have.
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1. A double-decker is....
a) a train, b) a small plane, ) a hotel room for two people, d) a bus.
2. The common name for a toy bear in England is....
a) Michael-bear, b) Tom-bear, c) Teddy-bear, d) Jack-bear.
3. The Dynasty is an American....
a) opera, b) soap opera, c) musical, d) documentary.
4. The Crown Jewels are in....
a) the Tower of London, b) Buckingham Palace,
c) Westminster Palace, d) the British Museum.
5. St. Patrick is the patron of....
a) Wales, b) England, c) Ireland, d) Scotland.
TEST 20
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Mark Twain and a friend of his went abroad on the same ship. Once they were both invited to a dinner. And they were to make speeches. Mark Twain was the first to speak. He spoke for twenty minutes and was a great success. Then it was his friends turn. He rose and said, Before this dinner Mark Twain and I agreed to pronounce each others speeches. He has just pronounced my speech. And I thank you for your kind appreciation of my speech. Im sorry to say that I have lost the notes of his speech and cant remember what he was to say. Then he sat down and the guests burst out laughing.
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1. What did Mark Twains friend do when it was his turn to make a speech?
2. Did the guests understand what Mark Twains friend had done?
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Mark Twain spoke for twenty minutes.
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Everybody (1 know) today what hot dogs (2 be). Hot dogs (3 be) popular for a long time. The first ones (4 sell) by street vendors in the 19th century. They not (5 know) then, of course, that they (6 be) hot dogs. They (7 be) just a sausage in a bun.
In the 1930s Harry Stevens (8 start) to sell sausages in (9 heat) buns, (10 add) mustard and relish. He (11 think) they (12 be) very funny.
A famous sports cartoonist, who (13 call) himself Ted, also (14 think) they (15 look) funny and (16 draw) a picture of a dog in a bun. Ted (17 be) very good at (18 draw). He (19 name) the sausages hot dogs, and the name soon (20 become) very popular. But there (21 be) a problem. Makers of sausages (22 think) people (23 think) they (24 make) of dog meat and therefore not (25 eat) them. So for some time hot dogs not (26 use) in advertisements.
But hot dogs (27 survive) this. Soon Nathans restaurant in New York (28 put) hot dogs on their menu. They (29 be) a great success and (30 become) famous in the whole of New York.
They (31 be) still popular in many different places, they can (32 buy) in parks, fast-food restaurants and cafeterias.
Since the time they first (33 appear) hot dogs (34 become) favourite food of those who (35 camp) out or (36 need) fast food for other reasons, though most people not (37 know) why they (38 call) hot dogs or who (39 give) them that name.
IV. .
1. The news... so pleasant, that she couldnt help smiling.
a) is, b) was, c) are, d) were.
2. What... awful weather were having today.
a) , b) a, c) an, d) the.
3. Do you know what..., I cant remember it.
a) is his name, b) his name is, c) was his name, d) his name was.
4. Your fathers sister is your....
a) niece, b) cousin, c) aunt, d) granny.
5.... we went we saw the same posters.
a) Somewhere, b) Anywhere, c) Nowhere, d) Everywhere.
6. Their house is... to the school.
a) near, b) nearly, c) close, d) closely.
7. She felt somebody... her by the shoulder and turned round.
a) touch, b) to touch, c) touched, d) have touched.
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8. Have you had your lunch...? No, Im going to do it now.
a) already, b) still, c) just, d) yet.
9. She left the room and shut the door behind....
a) her, b) herself, c) by herself, d) for herself.
10. The tea was... hot for me to drink.
a) quite, b) enough, c) too, d) at all.
11. He is not... in politics.
a) interest, b) interests, c) interesting, d) interested.
12. Dont worry, your luggage will be looked....
a) after, b) over, c) at, d) upon.
13. My sister enjoys....
a) dance, b) to dance, c) dancing, d) danced.
14. The typist is away, these papers cant... now.
a) type, b) to type, c) have typed, d) be typed.
15. My father is 3 years... than my mother.
a) old, b) older, c) oldest, d) elder.
16.... does she look like? Shes young and pretty.
a) What, b) Who, c) How, d) How old.
17. I dont remember when I went to the cinema....
a) last time, b) for the last time, c) last, d) at last.
18. Ill call the taxi as soon as the things....
a) were packed, b) have been packed, c) will be packed, d) packed.
19. He said he... in Moscow all his life.
a) lives, b) lived, c) has lived, d) had lived.
20 We wondered when our documents... ready.
a) will be, b) would be, c) are, d) were.
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1. St. Valentines Day is observed in....
a) February, b) May, c) November, d) December.
2. In England public school means....
a) state-financed school, b) private school,
c) comprehensive school, d) religious school.
3. When it is 12 oclock in Moscow in London it is....
a) 6 oclock, b) 7 oclock, c) 8 oclock, d) 9 oclock.
4. In Britain peoples weight is measured in....
a) tons, b) kilos, c) stones and pounds, d) pints.
5. Santa Barbara is in....
a) California, b) Florida, c) Arizona, d) Texas.
1. .. I ( ). , 1989.
2. . ., .., .. . . .: , 1987.
3. .., .., . . .: -, 1999.
4. John Eastwood. Oxford Guide to English Grammar. Oxford Univercity Press, 1994.
| TENSES IN THE ACTIVE VOICE | ||
| THE INDEFINITE FORM | ||
| The present indefinite tense | ||
| The past indefinite tense | ||
| The future indefinite tense | ||
| THE CONTINUOUS FORM | ||
| The present continuous tense | ||
| Past continuous tense | ||
| The future continuous tense | ||
| THE PERFECT FORM | ||
| The present perfect tense | ||
| The past perfect tense | ||
| The future perfect tense | ||
| The present perfect continuous tense | ||
| The past perfect continuous tense | ||
| SEQUENCE OF TENSES | ||
| INDIRECT SPEECH | ||
| THE PASSIVE VOICE | ||
| ACTION VERBS AND STATE VERBS | ||
| PRESENT CONTINUOUS AND PRESENT SIMPLE | ||
| FORM | ||
| USE | ||
| ADVERBIALS OF TIME WITH THE PRESENT PERFECT AND PAST SIMPLE | ||
| OVERVIEW: THE FUTURE | ||
| OVERVIEW: USES OF TENSES AND ASPECTS | ||
| THE PASSIVE VIOCE | ||
| SEQUENCE OF TENSES AND REPORTED SPEECH | ||
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