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 )

  1. 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

  1. Он пришел , когда мы обедали.
  2. Пока вы думали , они все сделали.
  3. Часы остановились , когда мы сидели в холле.
  4. 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 )