Министерство образования Республики Беларусь

Частное учреждение образования «Белорусский Институт правоведения»

Кафедра иностранных языков

КОНТРОЛЬНАЯ РАБОТА

по дисциплине «Английский язык»

Студента 2 курса

Заочного отделения

Факультета МП и ЮП

Специальности «Международное право»

Test 3 (Variant 1) pronouns

1. Fill in the blanks with either/ neither/ none/ both/ of/ nor/ or/ and. Some pronouns can be used more than once.

1) Either you postpone the meeting or I will make sure you are not elected chairman of the committee.

2) Neither of them is intelligent.

3) Neither Alfred nor Jennifer tolerates her.

4) Either someone deceived her or she has made up the story.

5) None of the students are studying hard. They will fail.

6) He lost both his purse and his glasses.

7) The couple living in the house next door are both college professors.

8) You can have either of these books, but not both.

9) I received two job offers, neither of which I accepted.

10) I don’t think she deserves such treatment, neither does he.

2. Choose the correct word to complete the sentences below.

1) I'd like another cup of tea, please.

2) The other people were shocked.

3) I’ve told Pablo, but I haven’t told the others yet. I’ll tell them when I see them.

4) They love each other. They are such a happy couple.

5) There were three books on my table. One is here. Where are the others?

6) Some people like to rest in their free time. Others like to travel.

7) One person’s peach is the other person’s poison.

8) This is not the only answer to the question. There are the others.

9) I saw her the other day.

10) Some other people have taken it.

11) They spent all time arguing.

12) All the people at the meeting were bored.

13) The whole family was there.

14) That’s the whole point.

15) I’d travel all over the world to find her.

Adjectives and adverbs

1. Choose the correct variant.

1) The floor looks clean.

2) The crowd yelled wildly when the team scored a goal.

3) Most of the students did well on their tests.

4) Bert spoke confidently when he delivered his speech.

5) I tried hard to remember her name but I couldn’t.

6) We hardly know each other.

7) You know your boss thinks highly of you.

8) I am fully aware that you are not allowed to stop on a motorway.

9) Jim felt terrible about forgetting his son’s birthday.

10) When people are tired they work slowly.

2. Use the correct comparative levels of the adjectives in the brackets. Insert ‘the’ where necessary.

1) Health and happiness are more important than money.

2) She is a very intelligent student. She is the most intelligent student in our group.

3) This painting is nowhere near as famous as the Mona Lisa.

4) He’s far taller than her.

5) Some people think that life in a small town is much more peaceful than life in a city.

6) I used to be sad, but now I’m a bit happier about my life.

7) Who was the latest person to leave the office yesterday?

8) The ability to remember things gets worse as the years go by.

9) I was a little less prepared for the last test than for the first one, so I got a worse grade.

10) He is half as tidy as you.

11) They are not nearly as involved in politics as we are.

3. Match the parts.

1 I’m as old as your wife.

2 This company is making as many profits as that one.

3 Your dog is far more intelligent than mine.

4 My office is almost as small as a cupboard.

5 My car is newer than yours.

6 This account is nowhere near as large as Dave’s.

7 You are a lot closer to getting a promotion than I am.

4. Combine the ideas in the brackets into a DOUBLE COMPARATIVE. You need to decide which of the two given ideas should come first in the comparison to make a logical statement.

1) Erica offered to take me to the ariport, and I was grateful. But we got a late start, so on the way she stepped on the accelerator. I got more than a little uncomfortable. The faster she drove, the more nervous I became.

2) At first I thought I understood what she had said, but then the more I thought about it, the more confused I became.

3) Pollution poses many dangers. For example, the more polluted the air, the greater chances of developing respiratory diseases.