Тестовые задания по проверке лексики.

Свечкарева Людмила Владимировна

учитель английского языка

МБОУ Туриловская СОШ

Ростовская область

Миллеровский район

                                           Test your vocabulary.

1. Opposites: adjectives.

Write down the opposite of each of the words on the left. Choose from the words on the right.

Adjectives                            Opposites  

1. right                                                                                                      thin

2. strong                                                                                                   unkind

3. dead                                                                                                     expensive

4. early                                                                                                    unfriendly

5. thick                                                                                                    awake

6. wide                                                                                                    stupid

7. male                                                                                                    wrong

8.kind                                                                                                      late

9. clever                                                                                                  difficult

10. clean                                                                                                  narrow

11. cheap                                                                                                  noisy

12. easy                                                                                                   weak

13. friendly                                                                                              dirty

14. quiet                                                                                                    alive

15. asleep                                                                                                  female            

2.   Opposites:  verbs.

Write down the opposite of each of the words on the left. Choose from the words on the right.

1.   to stop                                                                                      to take

2. to laugh                                                                                      to turn off

3.  to open                                                                                      to dislike

4. to come                                                                                      to borrow

5. to work                                                                                       to depart

6. to bring                                                                                       to start

7. to learn                                                                                        to answer

8.to lend                                                                                        to push

9. to turn on                                                                                  to close

10. to ask                                                                                      to teach

11. to like                                                                                      to cry

12. to sell                                                                                       to play

13. to pull                                                                                       to go

14. to sit down                                                                                to buy

15. to arrive                                                                                     to stand up

3. Opposites: various words

Complete the following sentences with a word that is opposite in meaning to the one bold type. Choose from the words below.

behind                               last                                  far                                  after

single                                future                              unfurnished                    nobody

bottom                               shallow                           hardly ever                     worse

country                               always                            light                                adult

1. Everybody likes Janet, but ___________ likes John.

2.  The river is deep here, but it’s _________over there.

3. I often go to the cinema, but I ____________  to the theatre.

4. Are you married or ________?

5. Ophelia never gets up before 9. 30 so I am not surprised that she is ___________late for work.

6. Is your husband better now. Mrs. Green?

No, I’m afraid he’s a lot _____________

7. I’ll pick up the heavy suitcase and you pick up the  _______ one.

8. Is the cinema in front of or __________ the bank?

9. I came first in the class in English but ___________ in Geography.

10. Did you meet your wife before or _________ you left university?

11. The house is near the station – not ___________ from the library.

12. Now that I am an __________ I wish I were a child again.

13. Do the exercise at the top of page 36 at first, then the one at the _________ of  page 37.

14. We know what has happened  in the past, but we can never tell what will happen in the ______.

15. Are you looking for a furnished flat?

  No, I am looking for an _______one, actually.

16. He lives in the town in the winter and in the _____ in the summer.

4. Прочитайте текст и вставьте вместо каждого пропуска подходящее слово, выбрав его из выпадающего списка. Два слова в списке лишние.

1.      The __1___  of New Zealand from other lands                              1. plant                                                                        allowed the survival of animals and plants from                             2. fern                                                                        the time of the dinosaurs. ____2___ tree ferns, plants                     3. bush                                                         that produce spores rather than seeds, and  __3___                         4. isolation                                                      relatives of pine trees still ___4__   in the forests. The                    5. modern                                                            ancient silver _5__   can be found only in New Zealand.                6. ancient                                                                           It can be 10 metres high or more. Many sports teams                      7. grow                                                                                  in New Zealand use this ___6_   as an emblem.                               8. primitive

2.      Ireland is situated on the western __1__ of Europe. It is                      enjoys                                                 an island of great beauty with __2__  mountains, blue                         provides                                                  lakes, ancient castles, long sandy beaches and ___3___                       climate                                                  harbours. The __4__   is mild and temperature throughout                   weather                                                   the year. Ireland ___5___   one of the cleanest environment                 edge                                                       in Europe. Its unspoilt countryside ____6__  an excellent                     picturesque                                           setting for leisure pursuits such as hiking, cycling,                                includes                                               golfing and horse – riding.                                                                     rugged

3.      Tom was given a cuckoo clock on his birthday. Every                         catch                                           morning at seven o’clock the little __1___  bird popped                      hurry                                                           out and sang seven “Cuckoos” to let Tom __2__  that it                       warm                                                  was time to wake up. But Tom liked to lie inside his                            sleepy                                        ___3__ bed, and not to get up until Mummy called,                             wooden                                      “Breakfast ready”. Then he did all in a great __4___                             late                                 and left his house and walked to the bus stop at                                     know                                                   the ___5___  of the street. But sometimes he was so __6___                in time                                                     that he had to run to __7___  the school bus in time.                             corner

4.      The Fiesta was sponsored by local ___1____  and                               become                                                  some national companies. Each sponsor was given                              balloons                                                  a balloon to display their ______2___   banner. Over                          delighted                                                     the years, the Fiesta has grown to __3___  Europe’s                            greatest                                             largest hot air balloon festival enjoying crowds of                               business                                                  __4___ spectators and national media coverage.                                  traditional                                 Besides __5___ round shape balloons now there are also so                advertising                                                   called ‘special shapes’ which are ___6__  in the form                         bright                                 of different   objects and characters such as cartoon                                                         characters and cars.

5.      One of the explanations is that  ___1____ earthquakes                      scientists                                                           cause huge waves called tsunami. They also __2______                    break                                                       very strong winds. Both can destroy ships and planes.                       powerful                                          Another theory says that there is a strange  ___3____                        magnetic                                             force in this area. It can really __4___  a ship into pieces.                  windy                                          ___5__  also speak about the methane gas on the sea                         underwater                                           floor of the Bermuda Triangle. When it comes out and                      produce                                              mixes with the air, it’s so __6___   that it can stop                             destroy                                               the ship’s or the plane’s engine.  

6.      People all over the world know Wimbledon as the centre                     enjoyed                                                    of ___1_  tennis. But most people do not know that it was                    croquet                                                             famous for another __2___           before tennis was invented.              lawn                                                    Wimbledon is now a part of Greater London. In 1874                           railway                                              it was a country village, but it had a _3___   station and                        tennis                                                    it was the home of the All – England Croquet Club.                              game                                          The Club had been there since 1864. A lot of people                             championships                                         played  _4___  in England at that time and ___5_  it,                             played                                             but the national _6______  did not attract many spectators.  

7.      The smartest and most __1____shops are in Knightsbridge,                         Londoners                              but more people come to Oxford Street, London’s most___2____                  mile                                                     shopping center. The street is more than a  _3_  long                                      expensive                                                 There are several big ___4____ stores in Oxford Street.                                  shops                                 The best known are Selfridges, John Lewis and D. H. Evans                          popular                                                      Oxford Street has the most  __5__, but in some way                                       cheap                           King’s Road in Chelsea is more fun. This is where fashionable                      markets                                     young  __6___ buy their clothes in many small ‘boutiques.’                          department      

8.      Agatha Christie is one of the world’s best – known and                                old                                  best – loved __1__. Her famous____2_____  , Hercule                                 personal                                      Poirot ans Miss Marple, and her brilliantly constructed                                 authors                                novels have caught the ___3_______ of generations of                                 readers                                    __4____. Though she lived to an ______5___ age and wrote                        incident                                       many books, she didn’t reveal much about her __6__ life.                             detectives    

                                                                                                                         imagination 

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Используемая литература:      Л. М. Гудкова, О. В. Терентьева «Чтение. Тестовые задания по английскому языку.»  АСТ Астрель Москва

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