Тест "Your Majesty, the English Language"

                                Your Majesty, the English Language

( form 8)

I  How is your English grammar? Fill in the correct answer.

   1. Tom … tennis every Sunday.

        a)  play                b) is playing            c) be

    2. That’s a nice house. Is it …?

         a) to them           b) their                    c) theirs

    3. There were only … people in the room.

         a) a little             b) a bit                      c) a few

    4. Have you got … milk?

          a) a few              b) any                       c) some

    5. Bill …  talk to his sister.

           a) won’t             b) isn’t going           c) doesn’t go to

    6. I … Maria today.

           a) seen               b) haven’t seen         c) hadn’t seen

   7. If you … to Paris you’ll see the Eiffel Tower.

           a) go                  b) is going                 c) will go

   8 Peter’s lived in London … ten years.

           a) since              b) during                   c) for

   9. I’m going on holiday in a week’s … .

            a) time                b) soon                     c) next

   10. I remember … her last week

           a) to see                b) see                      c) seeing  

II  Fill in the Prepositions.

Mary and her parents moved 1… London to Scotland five years ago. Now they live 2… a small house about 10 km 3 … Edinburgh. Every morning Mary goes 4… bus to the local school. 5 … school, when she gets home, she likes to go 6 … walk 7 … her dog, Sam. Marry’ house is surrounded 8 … woods and hills. Her father is a keen fisherman, and 9 … weekends he goes fishing in the river 10 … the bottom of the their garden. The whole family agree that living in Scotland is much nicer than living in London, and they are happy to be in the countryside 11 .. the noise and the people.

III. Confusing Opposites. The opposite of certain adjectives in certain sentences is not always what you would expect. Choose the correct word from the choice in brackets at the end of each sentence.

1.      John and Mary are complete opposites. Whereas he’s a very cold person, she has an extremely hot\ warm personality.

2.      The sea was very rough on the way over to France. On the way back, though, it was completely calm\ smooth.

3.      The doctor has told me to stop eating rich food, so now I only have a couple of poor\ light meals a day.

4.      She thought that her diamond ring was very valuable. In fact it was a fake, and completely worthless\ priceless.

5.      Some people like to eat well-done steak, cooked for a long time. Other people like it rare\ badly-done, cooked for a short time.

6.      I felt very sleepy when I came home from work. But now I’ve had a cup of coffee. I feel much more sleepless\ awake.

IV. Odd One Out.

1.      policeman, detective, inspector, lawyer, shop assistant.

2.      editor, poet, novelist, short-story writer, playwright.

3.      earthquake, snowstorm, pollution, flood, hurricane.

4.      cartoons, musicals, thrilling, westerns, documentaries.

5.      to see, to hear, to smell, to feel, to listen.

6.      London, New York, Rome, Paris, Madrid.

7.      Portugal, Russian, Britain, Bulgaria, Austria.