Fill in prepositions or adverbs wherever necessary:

1) They entered ___the room and turned __the light.

2) She likes to switch ___the radio-set and clean the flat ___ the music.

3) I don't like to be late ___ my lessons. I usually get ___the university ___ bus. I meet my friends ___classes. We go ___the classroom together. We lake ___ our coats and sit___. When our lessons are ___ we sometimes play ___ chess __ our reading-room. ___ 2 o'clock we go ___home. ____the way__ my place I do shopping.

4) I am pressed ___ time.

5) Are you sure ___your future?

6) I haven't played ___the piano ___ages.

7. Translate the following sentences into English:

1) Учитель говорит студенту, что он сделал только одну ошибку в диктанте.

2) Мальчик говорит, что он не собирается ложиться спать так рано.

3) Когда вы ходите в химчистку?

4) С кем ты ходишь за покупками?

5) Первокурсники делают много упражнений в классе и дома.

6) Она не любит гладить белье.

7) Потрите окно.

8) Сколько времени ты потратила на подготовку доклада?

9) Я постирала белье, а сейчас глажу его.

10) Она готовится к своему английскому уроку.

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TEST-PAPER on Lesson 14

Our University. A Telephone Call

Variant 1

1. Spell the four forms of the following verbs:

1. tell;          6. carry;

2. stop;        7. stay;

3. travel;      8. drink;

4. occur;      9. leave;

5. ask;          10. come;

2. Express the idea in the past (change the adverbs if necessary):

1) He works at a large plant in Moscow.

2) Mary gets good marks in Mathematics.

3) We are proud of our university.

4) Jane and I go in for gymnastics.

5) Why don't you want to get rid of your mistakes?

6) Do you speak English at the lesson?

7) We often work till 8 o'clock in the evening.

8) The students learn the grammar rules.

9) It takes the teacher five minutes to read the text.

3. Give the interrogative and negative forms of the following sentences:

1) Mary was waiting for lid ward at 6 o'clock yesterday.

2) There was a good garden in this place in 1995.

3) I got a letter from my friend on Monday.

4) My parents saw this film last week.

5) They liked it very much.

6) She had breakfast at 9 o'clock.

7) The day was dark and cold on Friday.

8) We wrote a test on Wednesday.

4. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense-form:

1) Where (to be) the children? - They (to play) football at the stadium.

2) My sister and brother (to go) to Astana last month. -How they (to like) it there?

3) When the father (to enter) the sitting-room he (to see) that his elder daughter (to lay the table), the baby (to sleep) in his mother's arms the grandmother (to knit) something and the grandfather (to read) the newspaper.

4) Rose usually (to get up) at 7 o'clock and (to open) the window. Then she (to do) her morning exercises and (to take) a cold shower. She (to have) a cup of tea and (to go) to work.

5. Write questions to the underlined parts of the sentences:

1) The firststudents entered our university in 1991. (3)

2) Mary was writing a letter to her parents at 7 o'clock. (5).

3) He translates two novels every year. (4)

4) She went to the doctor's because she had a headache. (3)

6. Use the following sentences in indirect speech:

1) Mary said to her friends: "We have four lessons today."

2) Jane asked: "Does the institute train teachers of English?"

3) Jim said: "My brother is going to work much to master the English language."

4) Mary said to Edward: "I always go shopping with my mother."

5) I said to my sister: "My fellow-students are nice and kind people."

6) She said: "The students are taking their exams now."

7. Translate the following sentences into English:

1) Говорят, он получил отличную оценку по истории.

2) По-моему, они обсуждали новый фильм в это время вчера.

3) Когда ты делала доклад по домашнему чтению?

4) Я не ходила гулять, потому что не закончила работу.

5) Мы все восхищаемся вашим пением.

6) Она хорошо знает английский язык, потому что над ним упорно работает.

7) Люся решила вступить в наше спортивное общество, так как она увлекается спортом.

8) Девушка мне сказала, что собирается стать врачом.

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TEST-PAPER on Lesson 14

Our University. A Telephone Call

Variant 2

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ТEST-PAPER on Lesson 15

Seasons and Weather. Weather Talk

Variant 1

1. Give the four forms of the following verbs:

1. blow;                3. ski;              5. build;

2. fall;                  4. show;           6. sit.

2. Give the degrees of comparison of the following adjectives:

1. heavy;               4. Utile;

2. pleasant;            5. hot;

3. bad;

3. Make the following sentences interrogative and negative:

1) There was a good fall of snow last week.

2) It has stopped raining.

3) The weather will be fine tomorrow.

4) They went to the stadium to skate.

5) My cousin can skate as well as Pete.

6) He likes winter best of all.