Английский язык. Экспресс-репетитор для подготовки к ЕГЭ. Грамматика и лексика. Е. С. Музланова
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1. Mary sang _______ at the concert last night. She is a very _______ singer.
2. Our holiday was too _______. The time passed very _______.
3. What _______ flowers! They smell _______ very too!
4. He asked me to ring back but I _______ forgot about it.
5. The children played _______ in the garden. We could hear them laughing.
6. You’re speaking very _______. I can’t hear you.
7. Linda likes wearing clothes. She always looks _______!
8. It is a warm day and the sun is shining _______.
9. The exam was very _______ and I felt very _______.
10. This little boy can’t ride a bicycle very _______. He is just learning.
Test 15. Put the adjectives in brackets into the correct form.
New York is the (1)(large) city in the US. Perhaps, with all its suburbs, it is the (2)(big) city in the world. It is one of the (3)(important) industrial cities in the country. Some of the (4)(old) historic buildings are there. Some of the buildings in New York City are the (5)(high) buildings in the whole world. Now New York includes five boroughs: Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn and Richmond. Manhattan is the (6)(small) in size but it is the heart and source of American policy. Perhaps, the (7)(expensive) office buildings in the world are there. The Bronx is a (8)(residential) than industrial part of the city. Queens is both residential and industrial area. New York’s two (9)(big) airports are both there. Brooklyn has (10)(many) people than any other part of the city – about 3, 000, 000. It is mostly a district of middle class people. New York has the (11)(great) number of factories, the (12)(large) banks and post offices. It sends out many letters and receives the (13)(heavy) mail bags. It is truly the (14)(famous) business city. New York is also called the cultural capital of the USA. There are a lot of museums in New York. One of the (15)(good) known is the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Test 16. Put the adjectives in brackets into the correct form.
Fashion Through the Ages In the middle of the 18th century, some of the (1)(fashionable) rich young men in Britain copied the (2)(late) Italian fashions. They wore extravagant clothes, lots of make-up to look pale, and high wigs that were powdered and tied with ribbons.
In Europe at the end of the 18th century, women’s dresses began to get (3)(wide) and their hair began to get (4)(long). The (5)(wide) dresses measured nearly two metres, making it difficult to move around and sit down. To make themselves (6)(pretty), some women had enormous hairstyles. These were often decorated with flowers, feathers and even fruit!
After the First World War, the clothes of the swinging 1929s shocked many people. Fashions for women became (7)(relaxed) and (8) (free) than before. Their hair became much (9)(short) and dresses were not as (10)(long) and (11)(wide) as before. Their clothes became (12)(bright) and (13)(little) formal, to match the new music and dances like the Charleston.
Punk fashions were as (14)(aggressive) as punk music, which arrived in the 1970s. Punks chose the (15)(little) conventional hairstyles possible. They cut their hair in strange ways and often dyed it bright colours. They usually wore large boots, torn jeans and painted leather jackets.
5. TENSES
5.1. ACTIVE VOICE
Test 1. Fill in am/is/are (present), was/were (past) or will be/won’t be (future) in the gaps.
1. She travels a lot. Yesterday she _______ in Paris. Today she _______ in London. Tomorrow _______ she in New York.
2. _______ you at home yesterday?
3. _______ you at home tomorrow?
4. I _______ in Great Britain last week.
5. ‘Are you ready yet?’ ‘Not yet. I _______ ready in five minutes.’
6. The weather _______ nice today.
7. My sister is going away for a few days, so she _______ at home tomorrow.
8. I _______ a pupil. I go to school.
9. _______ you in the country last summer?
10. It’s Tom’s birthday next Sunday. He _______ 11.
11. I _______ cold. Can you close the window, please?
12. You may visit Jane tomorrow. She _______ busy.
13. Where _______ Ann yesterday?
14. My brother and I _______ good tennis players. We like to play tennis very much.
15. ‘ _______ the soup _______ ready soon?’ ‘Yes, it _______ ready in a few minutes.’
Test 2. Fill in is, are, was, were.
1. There _______ three people in the photo.
2. There _______ a woman, a man and their child in our garden now.
3. There _______ an exhibition in our town last month.
4. I didn’t like the hotel because there _______ a lot of furniture in the room.
5. He was thirsty but there _______ no drinks in the fridge.
6. The furniture was very old, there _______ two chairs and a table in the room.
7. She is at her office now. There _______ a lot of people waiting to see her.
8. Today there _______ a lot of snow on the ground.
9. There _______ some chicken and fish in the fridge now.
10. _______ there any furniture in the room?
11. There _______ somebody in the kitchen now.
12. There _______ no one on the roof of the house at the moment.
13. There _______ no flowers in our garden last summer.
14. There _______ a sports centre near our house.
15. There _______ 26 letters in the English alphabet.
Test 3. Complete the sentences with is/isn’t, are/aren’t or has/have (got).
1. My brother _______ ten years old.
2. There _______ any flowers in the garden.
3. My sister _______ three children.
4. Tom never sees new films because there _______ a cinema in his town.
5. He _______ a good job in a bank.
6. _______ there a stadium near here?
7. How much _______ the ice-creams?
8. Can I _______ a cup of coffee, please?
9. My house _______ a garden and a balcony.
10. There _______ lots of good shops in this city.
Test 4. Fill in is/are/was/were/have/has.
1. Tom _______ lost his note-book.
2. This bridge _______ built ten years ago.
3. _______ you finished your work yet?
4. This town is always clean. The streets _______ cleaned every day.
5. Where _______ you born?
6. I just _______ made some coffee. Would you like some?
7. Cheese _______ made from milk.
8. This is a very old photograph. It _______ taken a long time ago.
9. Mike _______ bought a new car.
10. _______ Ann working today?