5. Open the brackets using the adjective in the comparative or superlative forms

1) My car is (fast) than yours.

2) He is (good) student in the group.

3) Russian is (difficult) than English.

4) Paula is (short) than Helen.

5) Kate is (slim) all the girls.

6) Jack is (happy) than Mike.

7) Jeans are (cheap) than trousers.

8) It is (interesting) book by Agatha Christie.

9) The grandfather is (old) in the family.

10) Sherlock Holmes is (clever) than Doctor Watson.

6. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple

Mary 1) _______ (get up) rather early in the morning and 2) _______ (cook) breakfast for her family. At 7 a. m. she 3) _______ (wake) her husband, Robert, and their children, Charlie and Sue. It 4) _______ (be) a very difficult thing to do! They all 5) _______ (have) breakfast and at 8 o’clock Robert 6) _______ (leave) for his office. Then Mary 7) _______ (take) the children to school and after that she 8) _______ (go) shopping. When she 9) _______ (come) home, she 10) _______ (do) her usual work about the house. These things 11) _______ (be) practically the same every day but they 12) _______ (be) never boring for her. Later the children 13) _______ (come) home from school, they 14) _______ (have) lunch and Mary 15) _______ (help) them with their homework. In the evening when Robert 16) _______ (return) from work, the whole family 17) _______ (be) together for dinner. As a rule, Mary’s day 18) _______ (finish) at midnight.

7. Write the correct “tag” to complete the question

1) It often rains here in autumn, _______?

2) They know each other, _______?

3) Tom will drive to London, _______?

4) She has dinner at a Greek restaurant, _______?

Test 23

1. Fill in the verb to be using the Present Simple, Past Simple, Future Simple

1) The weather _______ nice today, but yesterday it _______ cold.

2) Last year Jack _______ 23, now he _______ 24.

3) There _______ a monument in this square next year.

4) _______ that dress expensive?

5) Last year I _______ in Paris.

6) It _______ 12 o’clock now, and Mary _______ in the kitchen. She _______ in the garden two hours ago.

7) The sky _______ blue, so the weather _______ nice tomorrow.

8) There _______ three rooms in his flat.

2. Fill in much, many, few, little

1) Your English is very good. You have got _______ mistakes.

2) There weather is very dry here. There is _______ rain.

3) I am not lonely. I have got _______ friends.

4) I am busy. I have got _______ work.

5) They are not poor. They have got _______ money.

6) The town is very quiet at night. Only _______ people are in the street.

7) This is a little garden. There are _______ fruit trees here.

8) There are _______ pictures in the Tretyakov Gallery.

3. Give the plural

Church, key, wife, child, man, niece, box, dress, blouse, shirt, part, shoe, egg, baby.

4. Use the Possessive Case

1) Mary and John / book; 2) teenagers / jeans; 3) children / ice-cream; 4) my brother / bag; 5) men / trousers; 6) his uncle / name; 7) the girl / dress; 8) my mother / coat.

5. Complete the sentences with necessary pronouns

1) This is Liz with _______ husband Bob.

2) I don’t like apples. I don’t like _______.

3) George usually visits us with _______ brother Tom.

4) I don’t want this book. You can have _______.

5) Mr. and Mrs. Williams live in London. _______ son lives in Leeds.

6) Ann likes music. _______ plays the piano well.

7) Do you like _______ job?

8) This is a beautiful tree. _______ leaves are dark green.

6. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense

1) The Browns (buy) a new house last year.

2) I will go shopping. If you (want) anything, I (get) it for you.

3) Sam and Liza (get) married five years ago.

4) If the bus (not/come) soon, we (be) late.

5) I think it (rain) tomorrow.

6) My family (watch) TV every day.

7) Mr. Johnson (come) back from India next Monday.

8) People sometimes (do) silly things.

9) She (pay) a lot of money for the car yesterday.

10) Every student (work) hard at their English.

7. Choose the necessary verb and put it in the sentence in the correct form.

Stay, walk, like, receive, be, go, visit, have, sit, go out, see, drink, finish, get up, come

This is my second week in Paris. I 1) _______ it very much. I usually 2) _______ at ten o’clock and 3) _______ breakfast in a street café. I always 4) _______ to school by metro and 5) _______ there at twelve o’clock. As a rule school 6) _______ at five. In the evening I sometimes 7) _______ in the hotel but more often I 8) _______ for dinner with a friend. Life 9) _______ very interesting here.

Last weekend some students in my class and I 10) _______ Versailles and 11) _______ the palace there. Then we 12) _______ in the sun an hour and 13) _______ through the gardens. We 14) _______ a lot of wine in a little restaurant.

Next month we 15) _______ very important exams. I hope I 16) _______ excellent marks.