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Focus on Grammar 8. Fill in the verb is or are. 1. There is a table in the room. 2. ________ there a dog in the garden? 3. There __________ many books here. 4. __________ there two chairs in the room? 5. There ________ no fireplace in the house, it is cold in winter. 6. In front of the house there ___________ a beautiful garden. 7. There _________ modern conveniences in my flat. 8. There _________ a suite of modern furniture with a wardrobe and a bookcase. 9. There _________ a thick carpet in the middle of the room. 10. ___________ there any sweets in your bag? 9. Make up sentences. 1. the bathroom, a mirror, in, is, there. 2. 3 chairs, are, there, the table, near. 3. behind, a lake, is, the house, there? 4. are, a terrace, also, two, in my, balconies, and, there, house. 5. isn't, in, a cat, there, the bedroom 6. few, units, this, in, there, furniture, are, of, room. 7. door, our ,study, is, the, next, there, to, library. 8. the, this, armchairs, in, two, corner, there, and, of, room, a wardrobe, are. 9. table, left, and, sofa, small, nearby, the, on, a leather, there's. 10. a swimming, behind, is, bath, there, the, house. 10. Put indefinite pronounces something, anything, nothing or everything. 1. I have to tell you something interesting. 2. Mike didn’t tell _______________ where he was going. 3. Your mum is right. _________________ she says is true. 4. We know _____________ about the accident. Please, give us some information about it. 5. Bob said ________________ in Japanese but I didn’t understand ________________. 6. It’s so dark in the room. I can see _____________________ here. 7. Can I try one of your skirts on? – Sure. You can try on ________________ you like. 8. My grandfather taught me _______________________ he knew. 9. I am afraid that _____________________ is wrong with my car. 10. You should go to the supermarket. We have ____________ to eat. 11. Choose much, many, a lot of, little, a little, few, a few. 1. I don’t have many friends. 2. Please be quick. I have little / a lot of / few time. _________________________________________________________________. 3. There were much / many / a lot of sunny days but we did not spend much time on the beach. _________________________________________________________________. 4. I will come soon. There is a little / a few / few work to do. _________________________________________________________________. 5. There are a few / a little / much roses in the garden and the rest is tress. _________________________________________________________________. 6. There are a lot of / little / much windows in my room. _________________________________________________________________. 7. Mary has little / a few / much dolls because she likes toy cars. _________________________________________________________________. 8. He doesn’t read many / much / a lot of books. _________________________________________________________________. 9. You took much / a little / few photos on holiday. _________________________________________________________________. 10. There was too little / few light in the room, and I could not read. _________________________________________________________________. 12. Choose the suitable preposition. 1. The clock hangs on the wall, _________ the table. (above/under/on) 2. He has played Hamlet _______ the stage many times. (on/in/next to) 3. The bank is _____ the post-office and the beauty salon. (behind/at/between) 4. The ball has rolled ______ the bed. (on/under/above) 5. Bob and Jane were sitting in the café ___________ each other. (between/behind/in front of) 6. The gym is ____________ my college. (next to/on/between) 7. The monument is ________ the right. (in/at/on) 8. The office address is ________the top of the page. (in/at/above) 9. He spends all his life _________ work. (in/at/on) 10. The kettle is boiling ________the kitchen. (in/at/on) 13. Open brackets, using verbs in the Present Continuous or Present Simple. 1. My wife normally __________ (to work) at home, but she __________ (to spend) this month in Italy. 2. Most days, Tom usually___________________________ (to cycle) to work. 3. When _______________the lesson ____________________(to start) today? 4. What’s your brother doing? He _______________(to do) the crossword in the newspaper. He ______________________ (to do) it every day. 5. I’m afraid I’ll lose this game of chess. I______________ (to play) very badly. I usually ___________________much better (to play). 6. What’s she doing? She _______________ (to mend) her husband’s socks. She always___________________ them. (to mend) 7. Yes, you can borrow my dictionary. I _________________ (to use) it a lot, but I _________________ (not /to use) it now. 8. We _______________________(not to travel) by train very often. 9. She ______________ (to be) particularly generous this week. 10. It ______________________(to snow) right now. It’s beautiful! I _________________(to like) this weather. 14. Open brackets, using verbs in the Past Continuous or Past Simple. 1. He was gettingup at seven o'clock yesterday. 2. He (to come) back to St. Petersburg on the 15th of January. _________________________________________________. 3. At this time yesterday I (to sit) at the theatre. _________________________________________________. 4. Yesterday she (to write) a letter to his friend. _________________________________________________. 5. He (not to go) to the shop yesterday. _________________________________________________. 6. They (to drink) tea when I (to come) home. _________________________________________________. 7. What you (to do) when I rang you up? _________________________________________________. 8. Last year I (to go) to the United States. _________________________________________________. 9. When Kate (to open) the door, the children (to dance) round the fir-tree. _________________________________________________. 10. He (to begin) to do his homework at four o'clock yesterday. _________________________________________________. 15. Tell about your flat. Test 1. We must be quick. There is __time. a) few b) a few c) little d) a little e) many 2. Are there ____new students in your group? a) some b) any c) no d) much e) little 3. His office is ___ the top of the stairs. a) on b) in c) at d) above 4. He ______ the car at the moment, don’t disturb him, please! repairs does repairing are repairing is repairing repaired 5. There______a lot of furniture in their house last year. a) is b) are c) was d) were e) shall be 6. At seven o’clock last Monday we ____ at the party of the Smiths. a) were dancing b) danced c) dance d) is dancing e) are dancing 7. I don't want to read ... book. I hate reading. a) some b) any c) no d) none e) much 8. My parents’ _____ is cosy. a) bedroom b) carpet c) writing-desk d) sofa e) newspaper 9. Carl lives ___ a wonderful house ____ the centre of the city. a) in,in b) in,on c) at,on d) on,in e) to, at 10. There ____ much snow last winter. a) are b) is c) was d) were e) be 11. It’s a secret. ____knows about it. a) Everybody b) Nothing c) Anybody d) Nobody e) Nothing 12. They didn’t write____ at the lesson. a) something b) anybody c) anything d) nothing e) everything 13. It ______heavily while I ran for the bus. a) rained b) was raining c) raining d) was rained e)rains 14. There ___ some lessons in English next week. a) is b) are c) were d) will be e) was 15. Helen is studying English ___university. a) on b) at c) for d) into e) in 16.We cook in the __. a) bathroom b) sitting room c) kitchen d) garden e) study 17. There___a new sport complex in a year. a) is b) are c) shall be d) will be e) was 18. There is a ___in my study room. a) kitchen b) desk c) garden d) lift e) cupboards 19. There ____no place like home. a) is b) are c) be d) were e) will be 20. Julia is very good at languages. She ___four languages very well. a) spoke b) speak c) speaks d) spoken e) to speak 21. There was a big table ___ the middle of the room. a) at b) on c) in d) onto e) to 22. He _____ some new shoes last month. a) bought b) buying c) buy d) buys e) is buying 23. I am hungry. Let's eat _____. a) some b) any c) anything d) something e) nothing 24. There ___ many birds on the roof. a) are b) is c) was d) be e) being 25. There is some tea ____the shelf in the cupboard. a) in b) on c) at d) - e) to 26. Rachel is in London at the moment. ____ at the Park Hotel? a) Is she staying b) Does she stay c) Are she stays d) Is she stay e) Do she stay 27. At three o’clock yesterday afternoon Mike and his son ___the dog. a) was washing b) washed c) were washing d) were washed e) is washing 28. Can I have ___ potatoes, please? a) anything b) some c) much d) nothing e) anybody 29. My granny is in the kitchen. She ___ cakes. a) cooks b) cook c) are cooking d) is cooking e) cooked 30. There ___much snow last winter. a) are b) is c) was d) were e) will be 4. EVERYTHING SHOULD BE MADE AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE, BUT NOT SIMPLER Focus on Reading 1.Write your associations to the picture. _  ______________________________________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ _______________________________ ________________________________ 2.Give the equivalents to the following words.
Match the sentences in A with the ones in B. А В 1. Last Tuesday Lisa flew a) from London to Madrid 2. She got up at six o’clock in the morning and b) waited for her flight 3. At 6.30 she left home and … c) arrived in Madrid two 4.When she arrived she parked the car and d) to her hotel in the center of M. 5. Then she went through passport control and e) had a cup of coffee. 6. The plane waited on time and f) drove to the airport 7. Finally she took a taxi from the airport g) she had breakfast 8. The film was not very good h) I drank the water very quickly. 9. I was very thirsty. k) they were late 10. I was very angry because l) I did not enjoy it. 4. Read the text «Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler». On weekdays the alarm-clock wakes me up at 6.30 and my working day begins. I'm not an early riser, that's why it's very difficult for me to get out of bed, especially in winter. I switch on my tape-recorder and do my morning exercises. Then I go to the bathroom, take a warm shower, clean my teeth and shave. After that I go to my bedroom to get dressed. Usually my mother makes breakfast for me. But when she is away on business or just doesn't have to get up early, I make breakfast myself. While having breakfast, I listen to the latest news on the radio. I leave the house at 7.30 and go to the nearest underground station. Last year I tried to enter Moscow University, but unfortunately I failed my entrance examinations. So I thought I should work somewhere. It wasn't easy to find a job, but I managed to get a position of a secretary in a small business company. They agreed to take me because I had studied typewriting, computing and business organization at school. And besides, I passed my English school leaving exam with an excellent mark. It takes me an hour and a half to get to work. But I don't want to waste my time on the train. I've got a small cassette-player and I listen to different texts and dialogues. Sometimes I read a book and retell it silently. If I come across an interesting expression I try to memories it. I also write some English words on flashcards and learn them. I usually arrive at work at ten minutes to nine though my working day begins at 9 sharp. There are always some fax messages to translate from English into Russian. Sometimes my boss wants me to write a letter to our business partners abroad. There are also a lot of phone calls which I have to answer. At 1 o'clock in the afternoon we have lunch. We usually have lunch in a small cafe just round the corner. At 2 o'clock we come back to work. And we work hard till 5 o'clock. During the working day we also have several short coffee breaks. But sometimes we have no time for them. I come home at about 7 o'clock in the evening. My parents are usually at home, waiting for me. We have dinner together. Then we sit in the living room, drink tea, watch TV or just talk. Occasionally I have to stay at work till 6 or even 7 o'clock in the evening. When we have a lot of things to do we go to work on Saturdays. So by the end of the week I get very tired. All I can do on Sundays is to sleep till eleven o'clock, watch television, listen to music and read something in English. And still I always look forward to my next working day because I like my job. I think I get a lot of useful experience. |