1. Great Britain Consists of Parts. ( the Three, Three, a Three )
Test 1. Article
1. Great Britain consists of ….. parts. ( the three, three, a three ).
2. It is washed by the waters of …… ( an Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean , the Atlantic Ocean )
3. The Queen of Great Britain is not ……….( the absolute , absolute, an absolute )
4. They are …….. ( a nice people , nice people, the nice people )
5. The acting was poor , but we enjoyed ….. ( music, the music, a music )
6. She simply loves ……. And dancing ( music, the music, a music )
7. Pushkin the first Russian poet was born in …… ( a 1799, the 1799, 1799)
Test 2. Article. Put the article ( a, the , - )
1. My friend likes to eat ……. fish.
2. Give me …. apple please .
3. My father is ….. engineer.
4. Tell him …… truth .
5. Russian people like ……tea.
6. Bring …… milk from the kitchen.
7. Moscow is on ….. Moskva River.
8. … Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean on …. Earth.
9. This is …. Best wine I have ever drink.
10. ……. Earth is millions of kilometers from ….. Sun.
11. Is there …. letter for me ?
12. We celebrate New Year Day on …… 31st of December.
Test 3. Verb.
1. The students are writing a dictation ( now, every morning )
2. I have finished my work ( yesterday , today )
3. He gets up early ( already, always )
4. I shall be working ( tomorrow , when you come )
5. He received a letter ( yesterday , today )
6. I was doing my homework ( for two hours , at 3 o’clock )
7. It was raining ( yesterday , at that time )
8. It has stopped raining ( already, by 3 o’clock )
9. They have been studying in Moscow ( for 5 years , 5 years ago )
10. We shall have translated the text ( at 3 o’clock, by 3 o’clock )
Test 2.
1. Вы обсудили план похода со своими друзьями? ( have you discussed , did you discuss, were you discussing )
- Мы уже обсудили план, когда они позвонили ( discussed, have discussed, had discussed )
3. Я жду своего друга. ( have been waiting for, wait for, am waiting for )
4. Я ждал вас в течение трех часов. ( waited for, was waiting for, had been waiting for )
5. Мы обсудим план похода завтра ( shall discuss, shall be discussing, shall have discussed )
6. Позвоните ему. Он еще не спит ( does not sleep , isn’t sleeping, hasn’t been sleeping
7. Он приходит сюда раз в неделю. ( is coming, comes, has come )
8. С каких пор он живет здесь? ( has been living, lives, is living )
9. Он жил там уже три года , когда мы переехали туда. ( lived, had lived , had been living )
10. Я еще буду работать , когда вы вернетесь ( shall have been working, shall work, shall be working )
Present Continuous
Exercise 1. Put the verbs into Present Continuous
1. I ( read ) a book now. He ( read ) a book now. We ( read ) a book now.
2. I ( go ) to school now. The teacher ( go) to school now. The children ( go) to school now.
3. You ( work ) in the garden now. We ( work ) in the garden now. He ( work ) in the garden now.
4. I ( stand ) at the blackboard . She ( stand ) at the blackboard. They ( stand ) at the blackboard.
5. We ( come ). I ( come ). He ( come ) . She ( come ). You ( come ). They ( come )
6. I ( not to sing ) . She ( not to sing ) now. They ( not to sing ) now.
7. We ( not to say ) now. He ( not to say ) now.
8. I ( eat ) now? You ( eat ) now ? They ( eat ) now? He ( eat ) now ?
9. What you ( do ) now ? Where they ( work ) now ? Why he ( stare ) at me ?
Exercise 2. Open the brackets :
1. I ( read ) now . I ( read ) every day.
2. He ( to sleep ) now . He ( to sleep ) every night .
3. We ( drink ) tea now. We ( drink ) tea every morning.
4. They ( go ) to school . They ( go) to school now.
5. We ( not to watch ) TV now. We ( not to watch ) TV in the morning.
6. You ( work ) now. You work every Monday.
7. He ( play ) in the afternoon. He ( play ) now.
Exercise 3.
1. I ( not to drink ) coffee now. I ( write ) an English exercise .
2. I ( not to drink ) coffee in the evening. I ( to drink ) coffee in the morning.
3. Your friend ( to do ) his homework now ?
4. Your friend ( to go ) to school in the morning ?
5. Look ! The baby ( sleep ) ! No wonder , the baby ( sleep ) after dinner every day .
6. My grandmother ( not to work ) . She is on pension.
7. I usually ( get ) up at 7 o’clock.
Exerciser 4. Translate
1. ( сейчас ) Я читаю. Он пишет. Она работает. Мы говорим. Они спрашивают. Папа пьет чай. Мама готовит. Вы сидите за столом.
2. ( обычно ) Я работаю. Мы работаем. Они работают. Она учится. Мой брат читает. Мы говорим, читаем , пишем на уроках английского.
3. ( сейчас ) Я не читаю. Она не говорит. Он не пишет. Мы не идем . Вы не едите. Они не пьют.
4. ( обычно ) Я не работаю. Он не думает. Она не строит дом. Вы не говорите. Мы не едим и не пьем.
Past Continuous
Find Past Continuous
1. He was doing his lessons when I came .
2. I had been thinking about this for a long time.
3. They are writing a text.
4. I was told to clean the blackboard.
5. You were played tricks on.
Put the verbs into Past Continuous
1. I ( do ) my lessons at that time .
2. He ( go ) to school when I saw him.
3. They ( have ) a good time with us at that time last year.
4. While I ( speak ) he listened to me attentively.
5. Stop talking ! We ( think ) !
Past Indefinite or Past Continuous?
1. I ( have ) dinner when he ( come )
2. They ( play ) tennis when we ( see ) them
3. I ( see ) this beautiful picture at the shop window when I ( go ) to school yesterday.
4. We ( call ) spirits at night when the door ( open )
5. While he ( sit ) in the class I ( wash ) everything in the corridor.
Translate
- Он пришел , когда мы обедали.
- Пока вы думали , они все сделали.
- Часы остановились , когда мы сидели в холле.
- Я готовила обед , в то время когда он убирал в комнате.
Choose the right tense ( Past Indefinite or Past Continuous ) to complete the sentences :
1. Who ( look ) ……….through the magazine when you ( come ) ………..into the library?
2. While Nelly ( cook ) ……some traditional Japanese dish both her brothers ( give ) ……..…her a lot of advice.
3. She ( use ) …..a lot of examples while she (b explain ) …….…a new rule to her class.
4. Yesterday I ( be ) .very busy. At 12 o’clock I ( write ) …………my English exercise, at 4 I ( have ) ………..my music class and at 6.30 I ( learn ) ………….to work on the computer.
5. She ( can ) …………...not understand what he ( talk ) …….about .
6. The weather ( be ) …….fine and a lot of people ( swim ) …………….in the river.
Open the brackets to complete the story
It was a bright day with no wind. Andy ( start) down to the library , ( get ) a book about lions. “ I ( not, read) a real book about dangerous animals yet “ ( think ) Andy. So he ( take) the book home and (begin to read ) Just before supper his grandfather ( tell ) him some stories about hunting lions. While Andy ( listen ) to his grandpa he ( fall ) asleep. In his dream he ( see) many lions.
Test 5. Present Perfect
Task 1. Look at the verbs. Give their three forms . Write them into two groups : regular verbs and irregular verbs :
To be, to laugh, to build, to study, to become , to happen , to burn, to describe , to read , to lock, to lead , to count , to come, to work , to keep , to join, to learn, to take, to say , to wake up, to go , to get , to know , to hear, to do
Task 2. Fill in yet, already, ever , never , just
We have been to the Tower of London. -
She hasn’t woken up - .
Peter Brown has seen Westminster Abbey. –
Has he become an architect? -
Have they been to Buckingham Palace ? –
They haven’t built a monument in the square . –
Task 3. Underline the verb in proper tense :
1. Our class ( began , have begun ) at 8.30 last year.
2. My little sister ( didn’t drink, hasn’t drunk ) her glass of milk yet .
3. We ( chose , have chosen ) the presents for Christmas.
4. Nelly ( drew , has drunk) a funny picture last Thursday.
5. They ( had lunch, have had lunch ).
6. “ We ( ate , have eaten ) all the bananas “ he said.
7. I ( spent, have spent ) all the money yesterday.
8. We ( swam , have swum ) in the ocean.
Task 1. Put the adverb intro the right position :
e.g. Mike’s mother cooks a chicken ( well ) - Mike’s mother cooks a chicken well
1. The boys come with us . ( always )
2. We are sitting at dinner table ( comfortably)
3. Ann takes the dog for a walk. ( never )
4. The paint the house ( often )
5. He speaks English ( fluently .)
6. We leave early in the morning . ( usually )
7. They lived all their life in the country ( happily )
8. They quarrel ( often )
9. She cuts off the roses ( often )
10. I have done the task ( already )
Task 2. Ask the questions
1. Nick and his sister often go to the theatre .
2. The gardeners are painting the roses.
3. Mike goes jogging nearly every day .
4. He isn’t jogging today.
5. The bear is tracking some animals
6. Mike’s grandmother often visit them .
7. They are planting new roses.
8. They are going to an opera tonight.
9. The Queen is writing a letter
10. She writes her letters in ink.
Verb Tests
Test 21
A Good Neighbour
A friend who lived in Australia (tell ) ______one day by his neighbour living across the road that he ( be away ) ______in England for few weeks. The man further explained that his house ( decorate) ______at the moment but he ( leave ) ______-the country next day , as he ( not see ) ______his rich relative for a few years. He said he hoped his neighbour ( look ) ______after his house properly.
The first week passed without incident. Soon the decorators packed up and ( leave ) ______. But the next day the good friend ( catch ) ______sight of two fellows at his neighbour’s door ( pack ) rolled-up carpets into their old van. “ Hey, “ cried the man “ What the hell you ( do ) ______? I ( look ) ______after the house for a week already and I ( not want ) ______my friend ( get ) ______angry when he (return ) ______home. The two fellows explained to him that their owner of that very house ( order ) ( clean ) ______his Persian carpets while he ( be away ) ______They managed to make him ( believe ) ______that it ( be )______true. The friendly man ( think ) ______that his own carpets ( need ) ______cleaning. He always ( be ) ______a bachelor and everything in his house ( suffer ) ______from his carelessness. So he ( agree ) ______with the two fellows that they ( add ) ______the expense secretly to his neighbour’s bill. The happy carpet – cleaners ( lay ) ______all the carpets into the van and ( drive ) ______cheerfully away. While they ( drive ) ______they ( make ) ______fun of the man they so cleverly ( deceive ) ______. There ( be ) ______no need to say that neither of the neighbour ever ( see ) ______their carpets again.
Olympiada 2006 , 9 classes
Task 1.
Mr. Boxell …………….just ……………………(shut ) his shoe shop at the end of the day , when he saw a man in a well-cut suit ( walk ) in . The man ( want ) Mr. Boxell ( show ) him an expensive pair of shoes. There was something about , the way the man ( walk ) that ( make ) Mr. Boxell ( feel ) suspicious . He ( think ) he ( see) the man somewhere before and then ( remember ) where Mr. Boxell ( come ) across his photo in a magazine and ( see) him on TV. The man ( be ) a criminal and ( want ) by the police .
“ If I ( sell ) him shoes that ( be ) not comfortable , he ( return ) ( change ) them “ Mr. Boxell ( think ) . “ But I ( be ) not sure I ( be ) able ( sell ) them to him. Then Mr. Boxell ( decide ) that he ( try ) . The man ( try ) on a few pairs of shoes before he ( buy ) the pair that Mr. Boxell strongly ( recommend) . “ they ( be ) a bit tight “ ‘ said Mr. Boxell . “ Just ( buy ) them. You never ( regret) it . What size you ( wear)? I ‘ll wrap them for you . “ “OK. ( do) it, “ answered the man.
As Mr. Boxell ( expect ) the man ( limp ) into the shop the next day and ( complain ) about the shoes. As he ( enter ) the shop he ( surround ) by the police . Mr. Boxell said : “ I ( do ) it. Yesterday I deliberately ( sell ) the man a pair of shoes that ( be ) a size too small . I ( know ) he ( bring ) them back the next day.
Task 2.
1. I will return your notes as soon as ……………..copying them ( I will finish , I do finish , I finish , I had finished )
2. Although she is very popular she is not ……………her sister ( pretty as , as pretty, more pretty than , prettier than )
3. We haven’t had ……….news from Atlanta since last week ( much , no , many , some )
4. I know her very well. We’ve been friends ……………our school. ( till, for , since , until )