«The World of the English Language»
Opposites (найдите слова с противоположным значением) (10 баллов).
E
xample: black – white
happy free North smile
clean summer winter
cry South right sad thin
rain fat snow dirty
left light busy dark
Make up one word out of two (10 баллов).
foot a) fast
some b) heart
break c) man
home d) market
super e) thing
any f) time
after g) ball
grand h) work
sports i) noon
sweat j) parents
What is the message? (Расшифруйте сообщение, используйте ключ к коду) (10 баллов).
1-a 7-g 13-m 19-s 25-y
2-b 8-h 14-n 20-t 26-z
3-c 9-i 15-o 21-u
4-d 10-j 16-p 22-v
5-e 11-k 17-q 23-w
6-f 12-l 18-r 24-x
13 25 6 1 22 15 21 18 9 20 5 1 14 9 13 1 12 9 19 1 12 9 15 14.
Guess the word (Угадайслово) (10 баллов).
The first letter of “sometimes”;
The second letter of “twenty”;
The fourth letter of “interesting”;
The second letter of “hamster”;
The fifth letter of “right”;
The eight letter of “tortoise”;
The sixth letter of “favourite”.
Quiz (отгадайте загадку и найдите даты рождения этих известных людей) (10 баллов).
6 June, 21 April, 8 October, 25 January, 3 October.
Sergey Esenin, Alexander Pushkin, Elisabeth II, Marina Tsvetaeva, Vladimir Visotsky.
The Queen’s birthday is not in October.
The singer’s birthday is in January.
A woman’s birthday is not on the third.
Pupils must know Pushkin’s birthday.
Guess the words (10 баллов).
LOCHOS
CALPIYT
MARYPRI
RYCONSEDA
JEBUSCT
CADUETION
SEMAX
LASSTECMA
RAT
SAMTH
SCHOOL, TYPICAL, PRIMARY, SECONDARY, SUBJECT, EDUCATION, EXAMS, CLASSMATE, ART, MATHS
Rewrite these sentences correctly (10 баллов).
1. henry lives in london.
2. lima is a very fine city.
3. my birthday is on thursday, the 15th of may.
4. my brother’s name is george.
5. the sudan lies to the south of egypt.
6. we sailed to america on the queen mary.
7. williamshakespeare was one of england’s greatest poets.
8. the nile is longer river than the thames.
9. paris is the capital of france.
10. the sphinx is not far from cairo.
Answer the following questions (10 баллов).
(1) Tom is taller than Richard, and Richard is taller than Fred. Which of the boys is the tallest? Which is the shortest?
(2) It is hotter in Athens than it is in London; it is not as hot in Oslo as it is in London. Which of the three cities is the hottest? Which is the coldest?
(3) Richard got fewer marks than Fred in the examination. John got more than Richard. Which boy got most marks? Which boy got fewest?
(4) A train goes faster than a ship but not as fast as an airplane. Which is the fastest? Which is the slowest?