Английская грамматика в тестах_Романова

Part One

ELEMENTS OF GRAMMAR

Directions: Complete the sentences below using the correct alternative from those marked A, B, C, or D.

The noun

Test 1 |

1.When I came into ___ cottage, the family ____sitting

round the table playing draughts. Draughts ___their favourite game. They like to play ___in the evenings.

A the Holley's, were, are, it B Holleys, was, are, them C the Holleys', were, is, it D Holleys's, was, is, them

2.When he was going through a narrow passage between two ___ , he heard ___, These were his neighbours, two ___girls.

A merrys-go-round, laugh, twenty-years old B merry-go-rounds, a laugh, twenty-year old C merry-goes-round, laughter, twenty-years old D merry-goes-rounds, a laughter, twenty-year old

3.They decided to open a season. Though it was a fash ionable party and the walls were decorated with ___

and ___, the majority of the guests ___wearing jeans and T-shirts.

A lilies-of-the-valley, forget-me-nots, were B lily-of-the-valleys, forget-me-nots, were C lilies-of-the-valley, forgets-me-not, was

Dlilies-of-the-valleys, forgets-me-nots, was

4.The___ wife was wearing a plain white dress with a string of pearls that cost more than my___ salary.

Agovernor's-general, two years' B

governor-general's, two years' C governor-general, two years D governor's-general's, two-year

5.He pulled off his gloves and put ___ onto the dressing table. She noticed that __ brand new. So was his hat.

A it, it was B it, they were C them, it was D them, they were

6. He conducted a lot of __ into____ but____ a failure.

A researches, hay fevers, they were B research, hay fever, it was C researches, hay fever, it was . D research, hay fevers, they were

7.The proceeds of the campaign ___ been spent on the construction of the Children's Care Centre. Roadworks __ being held there to build a new ___ crossing.

A has, are, pedestrian's B have, are, pedestrian C has, is, pedestrians D have, is, pedestrians'

8.Look, Mary is playing with the scissors! Take ____

away from her, ___ may cut into her fingers.

A it, it B them, it C it, they D them, they

9.Here ___ the pocket money my uncle has sent me today. ___ will be enough to settle all my debts.

10.The criteria ___too vague. If there were a sharper __ to make our choice, I would be happy.

11.The latest news from the Middle East countries _ disturbing. A close-up camera showed a man run ning somewhere. His face was bruised and his clothes

__ torn.

12.The premises___ big enough, but the inspection took them a lot of __ , and they had to drive home at __ . A was, time, dusks

B were, times, a dusk C was, times, dusk D were, time, dusk

13.The price for __ has increased by ten ___ in the last quarter. Lodgings ___ very expensive nowadays.

A an accommodation, per cent, is B accommodation, per cent, are C accommodations, per cents, is D accommodation, per cents, are

14.That species of birds ___ migrant and ____ found in Africa in winter. Our surroundings __ too severe for such birds and they leave___ early in September.

15.The crossroads at our supermarket ___a dangerous place. The traffic lights will help both pedestrians and drivers to avoid accidents. The police __ to set ___

here.

16.Measles __ a dangerous disease and a lot of children catch ___at an early age.

17. This ___ the most effective means of production and _ can be adjusted to your business in ___ time.

A is, it, two month's B are, they, a two-months C is, they, two-month D is, it, two months'

18.The Azores____are dark blue species that require ___

cultivation in temperate regions.

A forget-me-nots, greenhouse B forgets-me-nots, greenhouse's C forget-me-not, greenhouse D forgets-me-not, greenhouse's

19.Reliable __ about everyday clothing from the past

___hard to obtain.

20. These species __ protected in national parks and

.

A is, game reserves B are, game's reserves C are, game reserves D is, games reserves

Test 2

1.___depths are usually much greater than____ depths because of___ low density.

A Snow, rain, snow B

Snow's, rain's, snow's C

Snow, rain, snow's D

Snow's, rain, snow's

2. ___ are tiny white bells hanging from a single erect stem about 30 cm tall with the ___ as a red berry.

ALilies-of-the-valley, fruit

BLilies-of-the-valley, fruits

CLily-of-the-valleys, fruit D Lily-of-the-valleys, fruits

3.There___ a lot of machinery in the shop and skilled workers operated __ .

4.The ___ was shaky and he decided to go to the sec ondhand ___ store.

A leg's table, furniture's

B leg of the table, furniture's C leg of the table, furniture D leg's table, furniture

5.One hundred pounds ___ a large sum for her and she decided to put the money on her __ account.

A was, savings B was, saving's C were, savings D were, saving's

6. Where ___Nick's pyjamas? — ____ on the bed.

7.Bread and cheese ___his usual meal and he has been living on ___ for two months.

8. His ___ decreased because his salary was cut by 7 ___ .

A earnings, per cent B earnings, per cents C earning, per cents D earning, percentage

9.The producer presented his new ___ film. The show took __ time.

A two-series, three hour's B two-seria, three hours C two-series, three hours' D two-series', three hour's

10.The story of the magnificent __ castle the guide told us about was exciting.

Afive-centuries-old

Bfive-century's-old

Cfive-century-old

Dfive-century-old's

11. This is the ___ cloakroom, and that one is for____ .

A ladies', gentlemen's B lady's, gentlemen's C ladies', gentlemen D lady, gentlemen

12.The ___ at the ___ talks made a deep influence on everybody.

A Minister of Foreign Trade's speech, peace's B Minister's of Foreign Trade' speech, peace C Minister of Foreign Trade's speech, peaceful D Minister of Foreign Trade's speech, peace

13.The official ___ is a table containing the holy days, __ , and festivals of the church.

A Christian church calendar, saints' days B Christian's church calendar, saint days C Christian church's calendar, saint's days D Christian's church's calendar, saints' days

14.The most beautiful ___ of carved jade in the form of ornamental pieces, such as vases, bowls, tablets, and statues, many of which are now __ , were made in China.

A specimen, museum pieces B specimens, museum pieces C specimen, museum's pieces D specimens, museum's pieces

15.Various ___of the ____are cereals, cultivated for their __ , which is used as food.

Aspecies, grass family, seed

Bspeci, grass family, seeds

Cspecies, grass's family, seed D speci, grass's family, seeds

16.The stone identified as a ___was the first step in opening the___ fields of that region, which have be come the greatest in the world.

A21-carats diamond, diamonds

B21-carat diamond, diamonds C

21-carat diamond's, diamond's D

21-carat diamond, diamond

17.She was well aware of her extraordinary good looks, and was perfectly prepared to discuss ____, just as a man seven __ high might talk of advantages and in conveniences of being tall.

18.There ___enough____ to suggest that job stress may increase a man's risk of dying from __ disease.

A are, evidences, hearts B is, evidence, heart C is, evidence, heart's D are, evidence, heart

19.At its height in the early 1900s, the British Empire included over 20 ___ of the ____land area and more than 400 ___ people.

A percents, world, million

Bpercent, world's, millions

Cpercent, world's, million D percents, worlds', million

20.The____history goes back to 1808.

A state's newspaper's B state's newspaper C state newspaper's D state newspapers'

The Article

Test 3

1.African cheetah is believed to be _______fastest ani mal on ____earth.

2.___ most cats hunt in ____dim light, but they also hunt in __ dark and in ___ daylight.

A__ , ___, the, ___

BThe, the, the, the

C _____, ___ , ___ , ___

D The, the, ___ , the

3.__ Captain Cook reached ____Cape of Good Hope

in ___ spring of 1771 and sailed via ____ St. Helena

in the South Atlantic before arriving in England in July 1771,

4.We must organize ___ little dinner to celebrate ___

event. Tell her to come and see me at ___noon. We'll speak about it.

5.She remained on ___ deck until ___ midnight, and __ following day she was carried up there again early

in __ morning.

6.On the second day of our voyage, before we reached __ Zanzibar, ____ Camellia ran into ____ bad weath

er, and ___ most of the passengers became seasick.

A the, the, the, the B ___ , the, ___ , __ C ___ , ___, a, the D the, the, a, ___

7.Until the nineteenth century,___ carpet was usually con sidered __ work of___ art and was made by____hand.

A the, ___ , ___ , __ B a, a, the, __

C the, a, ___, __ D a, __ , the, the

8.At last ___ war ended, but the transition from ___

war to ___peace was painful for both sides.

9.__ morning after ___ morning of ___ late he has taken his walk in the same direction trying to see her again.

10.___ common autumn phenomenon in ___ central and eastern USA and in _ Europe is _____ Indian sum mer, a period of ___ unseasonably warm weather that sometimes occurs in __ late September and Oc tober.

A The, the, the, the, the, ___

B A, the, ___ , the, the, the C A, ___ , __ , ___ , ___ , the D A, the, ___ , ___ , __ , ___

11.By ____ late 18th century and ____ Captain Cook's exploration of ___ southern Pacific, much of ____

world had been mapped.

A the, the, the, the

B ___ , ___, __ the

C the, ___ , the, the

D the, __ , ___ , ___

12.In 1620, ___ group of Leyden Puritans, 101 men, women and children, set out for ___ Virginia on ____

board ___ Mayflower.

13.At ___ zenith of their power in ____ Middle Ages

craft guilds had __ enormous power over their mem bers.

14.He was a page, that is ___ youth of ___ noble birth who left his family at ___ early age to serve in the family of __ man of ____rank.

A __ , the, an, a, the B a, ___ , an, ___ , ___

C the, the, the, the, the D a, a, an, a, ___

15.___dinosaur is a reptile that was ___ dominant land animal during ___ most of ___ Mesozoic Era but became __ extinct at its close.

A The, the, the, the, the B The, the, ___ , the, ___

C A, a, __ , ___ , ___

D A, the, the, the, the

16.Only __ tiny percentage of ___ plant species are di rectly used by __ humans for ___ food, shelter, fiber, and drugs.

Test 4

1.___ rice, wheat, corn, legumes, cotton, conifers, and tobacco are __ items on which ___ whole econ omies and nations depend.

A__ , the, the

BThe, __ , ___

CThe, the, the D __ , the, ___

2.___ tiger lives in Asia and belongs to ___ same genus as __ lion, leopard, and jaguar.

3.___ most of financial activities are crowded along ___

Threadneedle Street.

4.The intersection is known as ___ Bank, which in cludes ___huge Bank of England complex, ___ Roy al Exchange, and ___ Stock Exchange.

A the, the, the, the B __ , ___ , ___ , __ C __ , the, __ , ___

D the, __ , the __

5.The busiest shopping area is ___ Oxford Street, where such large department stores as __ Selfridges, ___

John Lewis, and __ Marks and Spencer are located.

A ____, __ , ____, ___

B the, the, the, the

C__ , ___ , the, the

Dthe, the, ___ , ___

6.___ East End, beyond ___ City of London and ____

Tower, has long been ___ home of London's docks and immigrants.

7.___centre of this educational establishment is ____

University of London in___ Bloomsbury, founded in 1836.

8.It is made up of ___ number of colleges, schools, and attached institutes, which range from __ Lon don School of Economics and Political Science to ___

King's College and several medical schools.

9.With ___ average elevation of more than 4000 m, Tibet is the highest region on___ earth sometimes called___ Roof of ___ World.

A ___ , the, the, the

B the, __ , ___ , ___

C an, the, ___ , the

D an, ___, the, the

10.apple, peach, pear, and apricot trees are culti vated in __ valleys of the region.

11.musk deer, wild sheep, ______ wild goats, wild don keys, yaks, and ___ Tibetan antelopes are common in mountainous areas.

12.On __ typical summer day, the temperature can rise from 3°C before ___ sunrise to 27°C by ____midday.

13.___ most common material for rugs and carpets has traditionally been ___ sheep's wool, although in cer tain regions __ goat's or camel's hair is also used.

14.At the end of the 16th century the first explorers of

___ South Seas mapped ___ southern sky, which was largely unknown to ___ ancients.

15.During ___ Renaissance, people thought that their own age and __ time of ___ ancient Greece and Rome were advanced and civilized.

16.Because there were no ___ rugs or tapestries, sounds of the monks' prayers echoed from one end of the church to ___ .

1.___ East End has frequently been characterized by___

poverty, crime, and slums.

2.The church calendar includes the fixed feasts, such as

___ Christmas, and ___ movable feasts, which de

pend on the date of____ Easter.

3.In 1722 several thousand Polynesians inhabited the island, but ___diseases and raids by slave traders reduced ____

number to fewer than 200 by __ late 19th century.

4.The island was named by ___ Dutch explorer who landed here on __ Easter Day in 1722.

5.Born in Salinas, California, Steinbeck was educated at ___ Stanford University. As ____youth, he worked as ___ ranch hand and fruit picker.

6.___pearl is ___ abnormal growth resulting from the invasion of the body of the mollusk by __ minute particle of foreign matter, such as __ fine grain of sand.

7.___jade has always been prized by____ Chinese and Japanese as ___ most precious of all ____stones.

8.Sir Henry Morgan is said to have been kidnapped at Bristol when ___boy and sold as____ servant on ____

West Indian island of Barbados.

9.wealth acquired from __ trade enabled ________ up per classes to live in___ luxury.

10.__ cotton is still a principal raw material for ____

world's textile industry, but its dominant position has been seriously eroded by __ synthetic fibers.

11.__ American inventors Elisha Gray and Alexander Graham Bell applied for___ patent on ___ telephone on the same day.

12.___ jade is ____ highly valued gemstone used in____

jewelry.

13. ___porcelain was ___ first made by ____ Chinese.

14.___ gold is extremely inactive. It is unaffected by ___

air, heat, moisture, and ___ most solvents.

A___, __ , the

BThe, the, ___

C___ , ___ , ___

D The, __ , ___

15.___ optical phenomena, such as rainbows and halos, occur when ___ light shines through cloud particles.

16.___ stone picked up by ____ child on the banks of

___ Orange River in ____ South Africa in 1866 was a big diamond.

A___, a, the, the

BA, a, ___ , ___

C___ , the, ___ , the D A, a, the, __

17.E-mail and ______ Internet are ___ latest technolo gies that are spreading ___American English.

A___, ___ , ___ , the

B___, the, the, __

CThe, the, the, ___

The Pronoun

Test 6

1.He closed one eye, but___ eye looked at me with a

strange expression as if he wanted to advise me of___

but was forbidden to say ___ .

A another, something, something B other, anything, anything C the other, something, anything D the another, anything, something

2.They covered____three miles and came to a point where they couldn't see ___vegetation: _ __was cov ered with snow.

A other, any, all

B another, any, everything C the other, no, each

D others, __ , the whole

3.He set __ to one side, disassociating ___ from what was going forward, watching ___ running calmly.

A little, ___ , the others

B a little, himself, another C a little, himself, the others D little, ___ , the other

4.When I met her, ___ her parents had perished and she was dependent upon ___. She did not want __ help and lived on ___ own.

A either, her, anybody, her

B any of, hers, somebody's, hers C both, herself, anybody's, her

D both of, oneself, everybody, oneself

another, anything C the other, something D the other, anything

7.She gave him a cold stare and told him ____sharp words. He was taken aback at this behaviour of ___ . A quite a few, hers

B such a few, her C so few, herself D too few, her

8.Ann and Pete were trying their best, but ___ of them was helpful. They made ___ attempts but ___ was in vain.

A none, other a few, all

B neither, another few, everything C nobody, the other few, all

D no one, another a few, everything

9. It was clear he was hungry. He ate a considerable __ of fried meat ____ quicker than ____and asked for ___ helping.

A number, lot, others, other

B amount, far, the others, another C deal, a lot, the other, the others

D quantity, ___ , anothers, an another

10.She goes to Cyprus ___ summer, __ of them can assure you of it. Shall I send you ___ details?

A each, every, some B either, all, any C every, everybody, any D every, each, some

11.It is so noisy that __ can hear ____. If __ keeps talking, he will leave the room.

A none, anything, somebody B nobody, something, anybody C somebody, nothing, somebody D no one, anything, anybody

12.There are three towers in the fortress, one with a big clock, ___ are decorated with glazed tiles. ___ of them remained intact.

13.Why are you afraid to ask for help? __ of them will be glad to solve your little problem, especially Jack. He is goodness __ .

A Everybody, himself B Each, itself

C Every, itself D Each, himself

14.She did not know what else to do. She had already had breakfast, put her ___ clothes into the suitcase, and was standing at the window with little hope to see Al ice in this green tweed coat of ___ .