DICTATION 1
1. Make opposites with un-, in-, im-: reliable, sensitive, patient, sociable, sincere.
2. Match the words and translate into Russian:
palms | scratch | raise | bite | Cross | tap | shrug | clench |
foot | arms | sweat | shoulders | Head | fists | lip | eyebrows |
3. Read the sentences and say if the speaker likes or dislikes the people she/he is talking about:
1. Sarah is usually sensitive. 2. I think Jack is nosy. 3. Andy is easy-going. 4. Lisa’s sometimes generous. 5. Don’t you think Kate is arrogant (высокомерный)? 6. Molly is reliable.
4. Translate into Russian: blush, approach, bright, benefit, honest, furious, optimistic, shy, selfish, calm, reliable, stubborn, sincere, sensitive, worried.
5. Translate into English: общительный, терпеливый, лёгкий в общении, гибкий, пессимистичный, щедрый (великодушный), уверенный, возможность, нравиться, развивать (ся), избегать, расстроенный, скучный, удивлённый, озадаченный.
GRAMMAR TEST Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form:
1. The police (to stop) me on my way home last night. | 8. Julia (to finish) all the housework by three o’clock and we’ll go for a walk. |
2. Now my brother (to smoke) a lot, but he (not/to smoke) before. | 9. He (to work) at his report all day. |
3. – You often (to see) Tom? – Not often, but I (to see) him at the party the other day. | 10. I am not sure I’ll recognize Eve. I haven’t seen her for ages. – She (to wear) a red coat. |
4. Ann (to read) the newspaper at 11 o’clock yesterday. | 11. The Prime Minister just (to announce) that voting is postponed till tomorrow. |
5. The phone (to ring) when I (to have) a shower. | 12. We (to paint) our room for a week. |
6. We (to talk) about him when he suddenly (to come) in. | 13. When I (to get) home yesterday, my sister (to make) a pie already. |
7. I promise I (to phone) you as soon as I (to arrive). | 14. Imagine! Next year my Grandpa (to give) lectures at the University for 40 years already. |
Test 1 TENSES/COMPARATIVES and SUPERLATIVES
1. Translate into Russian: middle-aged, good-looking, pretty, handsome, of average height, thin, overweight, skinny, strong, muscular, of medium build, talkative, moody, humorous, selfish.
2. Translate into English: блондин, рыжий, седой, лысый, волнистый, длинный, длина до плеч, трудолюбивый, дружелюбный, энергичный, спортивный, креативный, застенчивый, властный.
3. Write opposites: young, beautiful, short, slim, fair, curly, funny, white
4. Write the words: good, shy, little, cruel, much, gay, emotional, slim.
5. Complete the sentences:
1. A rabbit is … (fast) than a snail. | 5. Barcelona is … (sunny) than London. |
2. Ben is … (funny) in class. | 6. That’s … (bad) film I’ve ever seen. |
3. Pam is … (good) pupil in class. | 7. She works … (carefully) than Mark. |
4. Tom Cruise is … (well-known) than Ben Stiller. | 8. Tom is … (selfish). |
6. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form:
1. A lot of boys (to like) football. | 6. Your English (to get) better and better. |
2. My father (to read) newspapers to get information about political life. | 7. –Why (you/to walk) so fast today? You usually (to walk) slowly, don’t you? - My sister (to wait) for me. She (to be) angry with me when I am late. |
3. What (she/usually/to do) in the morning? | 8. I (not/to see) Tom this week. |
4. It (not/often/to rain) in this part of the country. | 9. Mike still (not/to find) his keys. |
5. It (to rain) cats and dogs. Take your umbrella. | 10. What time the film (to begin)? |