III. Раскройте скобки, употребляя требующуюся форму прилагательного.

МИНИСТЕРСТВО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ

Государственное образовательное учреждение высшего профессионального образования

ТАГАНРОГСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ РАДИОТЕХНИЧЕСКИЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ

Ю.В.Иванова, В.П.Овчаренко

TEST YOUR GRAMMAR SKILLS

Таганрог 2005

УДК 378.148:801

Ю.В. Иванова, В.П. Овчаренко

Test Your Grammar Skills.

Учебно-методическое пособие по грамматике для студентов базового уровня. Под общей редакцией

 Таганрог: Изд-во ТРТУ, 2005.    60 с.

Цель учебно-методического пособия – развитие и совершенствование грамматического аспекта лингвистической компетенции студентов базового курса. Пособие представляет блок заданий для самостоятельной работы студентов базового уровня.

Рецензенты:

, к.п.н., доцент кафедры лингвистического

образования ТРТУ

              , к.п.н., доцент кафедры

Иностранных языков ТРТУ

ПРЕДИСЛОВИЕ

Изучение дисциплины «Иностранный язык» на базовом курсе завершается написанием аттестационного теста в конце четвертого семестра. Аттестационный тест позволяет объективно оценить уровень сформированности лингвистической компетенции студентов. Данное пособие предназначено для подготовки студентов неязыковых специальностей к аттестационному тестированию по окончании базового курса, и предназначено как для аудиторных занятий под руководством преподавателя, так и для самостоятельной работы студентов.

Одной из самых актуальных проблем современной методики обучения иностранным языкам является ориентация всего учебного процесса на активную самостоятельную работу студентов, создание условий для их самовыражения и саморазвития. Овладение приемами самостоятельной работы является обязательным условием развития навыков самообразования.

Самостоятельная работа – вид учебной деятельности, выполняемый студентами без непосредственного контакта с преподавателем или управляемый преподавателем опосредованно через специальные учебные материалы. Самостоятельная работа является неотъемлемым и обязательным звеном процесса обучения, предусматривающим прежде всего индивидуальную работу студентов в соответствии с установкой преподавателя или программы обучения. Она представляет собой особую, высшую степень учебной деятельности и обусловлена индивидуальными психологическими различиями студентов. Набор заданий обеспечивает возможность индивидуального выбора и определения объема материала, необходимого для достижения учебной цели.

Задания основаны на грамматическом материале, представляющем особую   сложность  и  требующем  дополнительного  закрепления.

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Предлагаемые задания по форме соответствуют заданиям аттестационного теста, что дает студентам возможность избежать психологического дискомфорта во время тестирования.

В конце пособия даны ответы к заданиям, которые помогут студентам не только проверить правильность их выполнения, но и скорректировать дальнейшую деятельность по подготовке к тестированию.

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I. THE NOUN

I. Запишите рядом с существительным форму их множественного числа.

Example: a man – men

1. a goose                             11. a child

2. a deer                                     12. a tooth

3. a mouse                            13. a life

4. a roof                                     14. a fish

5. a foot                                     15. a photo

6. a lady                                     16. a sheep

7. a woman                           17. a box

8. a wolf                                     18. a family

9. a bench                             19. a boy

10. a strawberry                   20. a church

II. Прочитайте предложения и выберите правильный вариант ответа.

Example: Gymnastics ____ my favourite sport.

A. is      B. are

1. My hair ____ clean.

A. is             B. are

2. Can I borrow your scissors? Mine ____ not sharp enough.

A. is              B. are

3. Bad news ____ fast.

A. travel       B. travels

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4. Knowledge ____ power.

A. is              B. are

5. You cannot see anything. Where ____ your glasses?

A. is              B. are

6. In summer we eat a lot of ____.

A. fruit       B. fruits

7. The police ____ to interview Fred about the accident.

A. want          B. wants

8. Money ____ not everything.

A. is              B. are

9. Julia’s clothes ____ in her wardrobe.

A. is              B. are

10. The trousers you’ve bought for me ____ fit me.

A. don’t       B. doesn’t

II. THE ARTICLE

I. Прочитайте предложения и заполните пропуски артиклями, где это необходимо.

Example: I’d like to go on an excursion to the Crimea.

1.___ President of ___ United States lives in ___ White House in ___ Washington D.C.

2. What do you think of Jane? - She's ___ extremely nice person."

3. Mary is wearing ___ beautiful ring today. It is made of ___   gold.

4. ___   beef is a kind of ___ meat.

5. I have ___ idea. Let's go on ___ picnic on ___ Saturday.

6. We went to ___ South of ___ Russia ____last year.

7. ____ St. Paul’s Cathedral was designed by Sir Christopher Wren.

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8. I’d like to have ___ hamburger for ___ breakfast.

9. Can you play ___ piano?

10. Will you play ___ chess with me?

11. At ___ night I had ___ terrible headache after I had drunk ___ lot of coffee in ___ evening.

12. Thomas Nixon is ___ last person I want to see.

13. My favourite subject at school was ___ History.

14. He knows ___ history of ___ French Revolution well.

15. Could you phone later, please? Ann is having ___ shower.

16. ___ rent is 50 dollars ___ week.

17. We often go to ___ theatre and to ___ cinema.

18. What ___ pity they haven’t come.

19. I can’t find ___ letter which I received yesterday.

20. By ___ way, Tim entered ___ Oxford University ___ last year.

21. ___ President is going to open ___ new hospital in ___ capital ___ next month.

22. Are you going to ___ country on ___ Saturday?

23. They usually go ___ shopping on ___ Mondays, but ___ last Monday they didn’t do ___ shopping.

24. – Could you tell me ___ time, please? - It’s ___ quarter past four.

25. To tell ___ truth, I didn’t expect to see him.

26. ___ earth goes round ___ sun.

27. What ___ lovely song!

28. It took me one and ___ half  hours to get there.

29. ___ half ___ dozen eggs, please.

30. I went to ___ France ___ last year, but I haven’t been to ___ Netherlands yet.

31. I live in ___ Tverskaya Street.

32. ___ Thames flows through ___ London.

33. ___ United Kingdom includes ___ Great Britain and ___ Northern Ireland.

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34. St. Bernard dogs are named after ___ monastery high up in ___ Alps.

35. ___ USA is ___ fourth country in ___ world after ___ Russia, ___ Canada and ___ Republic of ___ China.

36. Although ___ north of ___ Scotland is called ___ Highlands ___ mountains aren’t high there - ___ Ben Nevis (1343 m) is ___ highest peak.

37. ___ children like ___ ice cream.

38. ___ butter and ___ cheese are made of ___ milk.

39. Pass me ___ sugar, please.

40. ___ Everest is ___ highest mountain in ___ world.

III. THE ADJECTIVE

I. Прочитайте предложения и выберите правильный вариант ответа.

Example: Would you like to go to an interested / interesting excursion?

1.      It’s been raining all day. This weather makes me depressed / depressing.

2. Tom is interested / interesting in astronomy.

3. I turned off the television in the middle of the programme because it was bored / boring.

4. We were all horrified / horrifying when we heard about the disaster.

5. It’s sometimes embarrassed / embarrassing when you have to borrow money.

6. I enjoyed the opera greatly. It was really excited / exciting.

7. I was amazed / amazing when my boss gave me a pay-rise.

8. That car crash was really a terrified / terrifying experience.

9. When did you clean your room? It’s disgusted / disgusting!

10. After this long walk, I felt exhausted / exhausting.

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11. I was astonished / astonishing when I heard about their divorce.

12. Everyone was surprised / surprising that he passed the examination.

13. I was disappointed / disappointing with the book. I expected it to be much better.

14. Jack hasn’t come back yet. Mom is very worried / worrying.

15. Dad has a very tired / tiring job.

II. Прочитайте предложения и выберите правильный вариант ответа.

Example: Mary speaks Japanese_______ than Spanish.

A. the worst            B. worse         C. more bad

1. I weigh 80 kilos. You’re ______ me.

    A. lighter       B. lighter than        C. light as

2. The Nile is ______ river in the world.

    A. longest      B. the longest         C. long

3. Who is _______ singer in France?

    A. more famous B. the most famous C. most famous

4. I think jazz is ______ rock music.

    A. better         B. the best              C. better than

5. The ring wasn’t as ______ I expected.

    A. expensive  B. expensive as       C. expensive than

6. You look ______ you did yesterday.

    A. worse         B. worse than         C. worst than

7. What’s ______ month of the year in India?

    A. wettest       B. wetter                  C. the wettest

8. My ______ holiday was in France.

    A. more enjoyable  B. the most enjoyable C. most enjoyable

9. Is cheese ______ meat?

    A. healthier  than   B. healthier             C. healthy than

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10. Your daughter is as ______ her mother.

    A. as beautiful        B. beautiful             C. beautiful than

11. The Amazon is ______ river in the world.

    A. wider             B. widest                 C. the widest

12. The North Pole isn’t as ______ the South Pole.

    A. cold               B. cold as                C. colder as

13. The black mamba is ______ land snake.

    A. the fastest      B. fastest                 C. the most fast

14. Bob is ______ than his brother.

    A. as polite             B. more polite         C. the more polite

15. Chemistry is ______ physics.

    A. easier            B. as easy                C. easier than

16. China has ______ population in the world.

    A. big                      B. bigger                 C. the biggest

17. The sweater is small. I need ______ size.

    A. a larger         B. the largest          C. large

18. The Mississippi is ______ the Nile.

    A. shorter          B. shorter than       C. the shorter than

19. I don’t feel ______ as yesterday.

    A. tired         B. as tired               C. more tired

20. This task is ______ than I expected.

    A. difficult         B. as difficult          C. more difficult

21. This book is ______ than that one.

    A. thicker         B. thick                    C. thickest

22. Her hair is short. My hair is ______ than hers.

    A. long         B. longer                 C. longest

23. Today is ______ day of the year.

    A. warmer         B. the warmest        C. more warm

24. ______ people smoke these days than before.

    A. Less               B. Few                     C. Fewer

25. This way is ______ than the other.

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    A. the safest            B. safer                    C. more safer

26. The patient looks much ______ today.

    A. best                     B. the best               C. better

27. Jack’s ______ brother was my classmate.

    A. the oldest      B. elder                   C. the eldest

28. Ann is as ______ as her mother.

    A. tall                      B. the tallest           C. taller

29. His manners are even ______ than his sister’s.

    A. most bad            B. worst                   C. worse

30. Don’t send a letter. It’s ______ to phone him.

    A. easier            B. more easy           C. the easiest

31. It’s becoming ______ difficult to find a job.

    A. many and more  B. more and more  C. much and more

32. What’s ______ film you’ve ever seen?

    A. better             B. best                     C. the best

33. I have never seen such ______ men!

    A. taller             B. more tall             C. tall

34. A ______ wind is blowing.

    A. stronger        B. strong                 C. strongest

35. She thinks he is ______ man in the world.

    A. a smarter      B. smartest              C. the smartest

36. This is ______ food I’ve ever eaten.

    A. worse             B. the worst            C. bad

37.Ann is ______ as you.

    A. as tall            B. taller                   C. tall

38. He thinks she is ______ girl in the world.

    A. beautiful             B. the most beautiful C. more beautiful

39. Jane always wants to be______ . She is a perfectionist!

    A. the best               B. best         C. better than

40. It’s ______ to talk to Helen’s mother than to Helen.

    A. easier            B. more easier        C. easier than

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III. Раскройте скобки, употребляя требующуюся форму прилагательного.

Example: My mother earns (little) less  than he does.

1. This is (interesting) ______ book I have ever read in my life.

2. You looked really upset yesterday. I’m glad you look (happy) ______ today.

3. Oil is (light) ______ than water.

4. Buy some of these flowers: they are very (nice) ______.

5. My brother worked (hard) ______ and (hard) ______ as the end of the term came nearer.

6. Which is (beautiful) ______ place in the world?

7. Asia is (large) ______ than Australia.

8. Lisa met her (good) ______ friend yesterday.

9. He is as (tired) ______ as you.

10. Let’s go by bus. It’s much (cheap) _______.

11. The grass is always (green) ______ on the other side.

12. My cold is (bad) _______ today than it was yesterday.

13. Athens is (far) ______ from London than Rome is.

14. She is not so (busy) ______ as he is.

15. Ann is (clever) ______ girl in the class.

16. The weather is (fine) ______ today than it was yesterday.

17. My cat is as (good) ______ as yours.

18. Mr. Brown is (rich) ______ than Mr. Green, but I don’t think he is (happy) ______ than Mr. Green.

19. This exercise is (difficult) ______ than the first one.

20. My grandfather was one of (experienced) ______ workers at the factory.

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IV. THE PRONOUN

The personal pronoun

I. Заполните пробелы соответствующей формой личных местоимений.

Example: This is Jack’s camera. I’ll give it to him.

1. He is very handsome. I envy ______.

2. They are not reliable. He doubts______.

3. I taught her._____ learned it from_____.

4. We asked for his advice. ______ advised _______ not to come.

5. He dislikes her, and she hates _______; it's evident.

6. You should be there on time; I want ______ to come on time.

7. She is English; _______ gave me lessons in English.

8. They are our friends. We invited ______ to the party.

9. It was he who wrote this letter. I recognized ______ by handwriting.

10. Did you see the snake? - Yes, I saw _____and ________ saw_______.

11. Where's Tom? - That's ______ over there.

12.Where's my map? - I left ______ on the desk.

13.Look at that bird._____ always comes to my window.

14.What time is _________? - ______ is four sharp.

15.Who is that?-_____ 's me.

16. Hi, it is so nice to see______ again.

17.______ doesn't matter.

18.______ is not a boy, ______ is a girl.

19. You object to our visiting ______, don't you?

20. You are not guilty of ____, are you?

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The possessive pronoun

II. Заполните пробелы соответствующей формой притяжательных местоимений.

Example: You have made some mistakes in your dictation.

1.  This book belongs to me. This is______ book.

2.      Whose book is that? It is not _____.

3.       The cat ate ______ food.

4.       She took out _______ purse and gave it to me.

5.       A friend of ______ gave me that toy.

6.  This is their car. That car is ____, too.

7.       May I introduce to you one of _____ colleagues?

8.       Have you lost ____ books here?

9.        Every season is beautiful in ______ own way.

10. They would like to have a house of ______ own.

11. I'll try ____ best, I promise.

12. Each country has ____own customs.

13. He is going to be late. Would you mind _____ coming a bit later?

14. Lend me _____ pen, I've lost _______.

15. They like it. It's ______ favourite habit.

The demonstrative pronoun

III. Заполните пробелы соответствующей формой указательных местоимений.

Example: This is our teacher’s car over there.

1. Hello, ______ is Mr Cook. Can I speak to Mr. Brown, please?

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2. I'm tired out. _____'s why I'm going home early.

3. Please bring me ________ T-shirts over there.

4. Don't you think _____ jeans suit me?

5. _____ biscuits are delicious. Did you make them yourself?

6. _____ records you threw out were my original hits from the seventies!

7. Aren't_____ girls over there your students?

8. What do you think of ______ party last night?

9. I can't go out in ______ dress!

10. Look here. In ____ newspaper there is a picture of my favourite sportsman.

11. ______ boy over there is my son.

12. ______ rooms are better than ______.

13.     George likes Mary, but she doesn't like him. ______'s what annoys him.

14. _____is a picture of my friend Ronnie here.

15. The book ______ I spoke of belonged to me.

16. ______ was the biggest mistake in his life.

17. What is all ______?

18. ______ is what I think.

19. ______ will help her to come in time.

20. _______’s why they accepted her proposal.

The interrogative pronoun

IV. Заполните пробелы соответствующей формой вопросительных местоимений.

Example: Who is speaking?

1. ______ of you knows English?

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2. ______ children are they?

3. ______ were you talking to?

4. ______ do you mean?

5. ______ did you receive it from?

6. ______ book did you take, Jack’s or Ann’s?

7. ______ one do you prefer?

8. ______ employees took their vacation in May?

9. ______ do you take me for?

10. ______ is the news today?

11. ______ is she like?

12. ______ of the boys do you like best?

13. ______ money is that?

14. ______ are the people she is speaking with?

15. ______ is it made of?

16. ______ car was stolen?

17. ______ is the French for "dog"?

18. ______ daughter are you?

19. ______did you say?

20. ______ are these toys?

The reflexive pronoun

V. Заполните пробелы соответствующей формой возвратных местоимений.

Example: Be careful! Don’t hurt yourself!

1. The girl decorated the room______.

2. The winner looked very proud of______.

3. She brought up her children by______.

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4. The cat is washing ______.

5. The children enjoyed ______ when they visited Disneyland.

6. She was afraid of spiders, so she didn't go into the room by______.

7. She decided to do all the cooking ______.

8. He was asked to behave ______ at school.

9. He shouted loudly to make ______ heard.

10. Cats are very clean animals: they are always washing ______.

11. Doctors advised us that we have to exercise regularly in order to keep _____ healthy.

12.  In_____ your problem is nothing to worry about.

13. She loves looking at _____ in the mirror.

14. If you don't behave ______ properly, I shall put you all to bed early.

15. The music was so loud that I had to shout to make _____ understood.

16. The teacher tried to make _____ understood but, she failed to get the class to understand.

17. We painted the room______.

18. She was very pleased with______when she got such a good job.

19. I think I'd go back to France. We really enjoyed _____there.

20. You should always try to be _________.

The indefinite pronoun

VI. Заполните пробелы одним из следующих местоимений: some, any, no, every.

Example: Give me some water, please.

1. There's ____ milk in that jug.

2.  She wanted ____ juice but there wasn't ____.

3. They can't have ____ more strawberries; I want ____ to make jam.

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4.  There is ____ ice-cream left.

5.  There is hardly ____ milk left.

6. She won't lend you ____ money.

7.   They didn't make ____ mistakes.

8.   I need _____ flour for my cake.

9.   John goes to sleep at 10 pm ____ evening.

10. Call me ____ time you like.

11. He needs ____ time to work out an answer.

12. She goes to school ____ day.

13. Shall I go and buy ____ cheese?

14. Do they have ____ children?

15. They need to take ____ food with them.

16. Would you like ____ coffee?

17. Is there ____ sugar in the coffee? It’s bitter.

18. I hope he’s got ____ money.

19. I’d like ____ eggs, please.

20. There aren’t ____ people here tonight.

VII.*Прочитайте рассказ и заполните пробелы.

WHO IS TO BLAME?

This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it.

(Continue the story, supplying Everybody, Somebody, Anybody or Nobody.)

(1) _________ got angry about that, because it was (2) __________’s job. (3) _________ thought (4) _______ could do it, but (5) _________ realised that (6) __________ wouldn’t do it. In the end (7) ____________ blamed (8) _______ when (9) ________ did what (10) ________ could have.

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VIII. Заполните пробелы одним из следующих местоимений: somebody, anybody, something, anything, somewhere, anywhere.

Example: They're listening ____ the news.

                       A. at      B. to      C. –

1. Who is she looking ______?

A. on              B. at         С. to

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2. What's the matter.______ him?

A. by               B. with      С. from

3. No large ships can go ________ that bridge.

A. over       B. across     C. under

4. It's time for coffee. All the students are coming ______ their lessons.

A. off                   B. out of     С. out

5. What time does your plane take ______?

A. off            B. out             С. from

6. After failing his driving test four times, he finally gave ______ trying to pass.

A. in     B. off                  C. up

7. I go to school on foot, but yesterday I went to school _____ bus.

    A. on         B. in               C. by

8. Bye, see you ______ Monday morning.

    A. on         B. at               C. in

9. She got married ______ the age of 19.

    A. in               B. of               C. at

10. Jim is a person I can rely ______.

    A. at               B. on              C. for

11. According ______ the forecast the weather will remain better than usual for this time of year.

    A. for              B. to               C. of

12. I haven’t seen her ______ Monday.

    A. since          B. for              C. by

13. My little brother is afraid ______ spiders.

    A. to               B. for              C. of

14. You shouldn’t depend ______ Tom, he’s always late.

    A. of               B. on              C. to

15. Who has paid ______ the meal?

    A. for              B. out             C. with

16. The banks close ______ 7 o’clock in the evening.

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    A. in               B. at               C. on

17. Bob is going to play tennis ______ next Sunday.

    A. –                B. in               C. on

18. My sister is always angry ______ me when I am late.

    A. at               B. on              C. with

19. I can’t open the door, I’m looking ______ the key.

    A. for              B. after           C. in

20. Don’t laugh ______ my little sister.

    A. on              B. at               C. about

II. Прочитайте предложения и вставьте пропущенные предлоги.

Example: Who are you waiting for?

1. Why has he fallen ______ love with such a strange girl?

2. Chris’s gone, but he’ll return ______ an hour.

3. I am not interested ______ football at all.

4. I haven’t seen Clare ______ many years.

5. The headquarters of the company are ______ Milan.

6. What was the answer ______ question 3 in the text?

7. When Paul left home, his attitude ______ his parents seemed to change.

8. We sent ______ a doctor when my brother grew worse.

9. He asked me to look ______ the document and then to sign it.

10. My car is being repaired at the garage. It’ll be ready ______ two hours.

11. He said he was sorry ______ the situation but there was nothing he could do.

12. Little Nelly has been in bed ______ 3 days and she is still running a high temperature.

13. I’ve been invited to a wedding ______ 14 February.

14. She put ______ her glasses as the sun was too bright.

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15. I’m tired ______ doing the same every day, I need a change.

16. She’s got married ______ my cousin.

17. I haven’t seen you ______ ages.

18. You are right. I agree ______ you.

19. Bob went playing tennis ______ last Sunday.

20. Who were you talking ______ when I met you yesterday?

21. All last winter he suffered ______ coughs and colds.

22. If you don't understand any of these words, you could refer ______a dictionary.

23. It wasn't his car, in fact I don't know who it belongs ______.

24. Nurses are very badly paid, I think they should insist ______ higher rates of pay.

25. The poor driver - I really sympathize ______ him, it wasn't his fault.

26. Keep enough money to pay ______ your ticket.

27. They complained ______ me about the noise.

28. She left Boston _______ Paris when she was 19.

29. If something is wrong, why don't you do something _____it?

30. I've always been terribly fond _______ you.

III.* А) Соотнесите фразовый глагол в колонке А с его русским эквивалентом из колонки В.

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