Тестові завдання з граматики у прислів’ях, приказках та висловах

Підбір граматичних тестових завдань знайо­мить учнів із прислів’ями, приказками та висловами, які зберігають у мові перлини народної мудрості, відображають історію, звичаї, традиції та гумор багатьох поколінь людей. Виконання таких вправ сприяє ефективності засвоєння лексико-граматич­ного матеріалу в усному та писемному мов­ленні, розвиває пам'ять, логічне мислення, збагачує словниковий запас учнів, визначає рівень володіння учнями вмінням перекла­ду рідною мовою. Учням буде цікаво дізна­тися, що багато прислів’їв та приказок ін­тернаціональні й до них можна підібрати подібні українські прислів’я з таким же змістом.

Ці завдання можна використовувати на уро­ках, факультативних заняттях та в позаурочний час.

The Present Indefinite Tense

Complete the following proverbs and sayings. Use the Present Indefinite Tense.

1. Prosperity makes friends, but__ 2. The dogs bark, but ___ 3. Handsome is as ____ 4. The tongue is not steel, yet ___ 5. Everything comes to him __ 6. He travels the fastest ___ 7. He dances well ___ 8. It never rains but ___ 9. We soon believe what we ___ 10. Score twice before ___ 11.As the fool thinks so ___ 12.He laughs best ___ 13. What one loses on the swings___

a) you cut once b) we desire c)adversity tries them d) the bell clinks e) who laughs last f) it cuts g) one makes up on the round abounts h) who waits i) handsome does j) it pours k) who travels alone 1) to whom for­ tune pipes m) the caravan goes on

Fill in the blank of the following proverbs and sayings with the verbs in the Present Indefinite Tense given in brackets at the end.

1. Absence ___ the heart grow fonder (to make)

2. Actions ___ louder than words (to speak)

3. Still tongue ___ a wise head (to make)

4. The early bird _____ the worm (to catch)

5. All work and no play ____ Jack a dull boy (to make)

6. Distance _____ enchantment to the view (to lend)

7. Familiarity ______ contempt (to breed)

8. Birds of a feather ____ together (to flock)

9. A watched pot never ____(to boil)

10. A wonder ____ but nine days (to last)

11. Time and tide ____ for no man (to wait)

12. Still waters ____ deep (to run)

13. Many words ___ more than swords (to cut)

14. Idleness ____ the mind (to rust)

15. The end ____ the work (to crown)

16. The dogs ____but the caravan (to bark, to goon)

17. Practice ___ perfect (to make)

18. Courtesy ___ nothing (to cost)

19. Tastes ___ (to differ)

20. Times ___ (to change)

Insert in the blank spaces of the following sen­tences the form of the verbs given in brackets at the end. Use the Present Indefinite Tense.

1. Life ____ all beer and skittles (to be)

2. The cowl ____ the monk (to make)

3. What the eye ___ , the heart ___ (to see, to grieve over)

4. The devil ___ so black as he is painted (to be)

5. Money ___ on trees (to grow)

6. One swallow ___ a summer (to make)

7. Clothes the man (to make)

8. Grime ____ (to pay)

Insert always, ever, never, usually, often, seldom or sometimes in the following proverbs and saying.

1. Even Homer nods.

2. Barking dogs bite.

3. The morning sun lasts a day.

4. The tongue turns to the aching tooth.

5. A bad penny comes back.

6. It rains, but it pours.

7. Opportunity knocks twice.

8. Tomorrow comes.

9. A constant guest is welcome.

10. A wise man is less alone than when alone.

11. It is too late to mend.

12. One is too old to learn.

Make the following conditional clauses into proverbs by completing them

1.1	1. If the sky falls ___ 2. If you cannot bite ___ 3. If you run after two hares ___ 4. If you sing before breakfast ___ (If you laugh before breakfast) 5. If a man deceives me Once___, if he de­ceives me twice ___ 6. If the blind leads the blind___ 7. If one sheep leaps over the ditch ___	a) you will catch no fish b) never show you teeth c) all the rest will fol­low d) we shall catch larks e) you will cry before supper f) shame on him g) shame on me h) both shall fall into the ditch i) wear it j) you will catch nei­ther
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The Past Indefinite Tense

Fill in the blank spaces of the following proverbs and sayings with the verbs in the Past Indefinite Tense given in brackets at the end.

1. If you want pretence to whip a dog, say that he a frying-pan (to eat)

2. As good luck as the cow that herself with her own horn (to have, to stick)

3. Almost never a fly (to kill)

4. He who never , never (to climb, to fall)

5. When you just a twinkle in your fathers eye (to be)

6. Since Adam a boy (to come, to go)

7. His tongue him (to fail)

Complete the following proverbs using the Past Indefinite Tense.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.

Care ___ Since Adam ___ If you want pretence to whip a dog __ Too much curiosity__ He who pleased every­ body __ The pot called __ A bad shearer never __ When I lent ___ When I asked ___ Faint heart never ___ The golden age was ___ He who never climbed ___ It just ___ Almost never ___ A little bird ___

a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) j) k) 1) m) n)

was a boy had a good sickle never the present age I had a friend; he was unkind killed a fly say that he ate a frying-pan won fair lady lost Paradise the kettle black died before he was born never fell came and went killed a cat told me

The Future Indefinite Tense Complete the fol­lowing proverbs and sayings. Use the Future In­definite Tense.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Do as most men do ___ He who keeps com­pany with the wolf_ An old dog ___ Take care of the pence ____ The fire which warms us at a distance__ He who chatters to you___ You scratch my back ___ What is bred in the bone ____ Claw me ___ Roll my log ___ A straw will show ___ Nature will have ___ Passion will master you ___ Where the water is shallow ___ He that will steal a pin ___

a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) j) k) 1) m) n) o)

which way the wind blows will never come out of the flesh if you don’t mas­ter your passion no vessel will ride and I will roll yours and I will claw you then most men will speak well of you will learn to howl will steal a pound will chatter of you and the pounds will take care of themselves will learn no new tricks will bum us when near and I will scratch yours its course

The Continuous Tenses

Complete the following proverbs and sayings paying attention to the use of the Continuous Tenses

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Fiddle while ____ He that has a long nose ____ The tortoise wins the race ___ Ones left hand does not know ___ Fools ___ Don’t cut the bough ___ Know____

a) b) c) d) e) f) g)

what ones right hand is doing will be meddling you are standing on where one is going thins everybody is speaking of it while the hare is sleeping Rome is burning

The Perfect Tenses

Make the following clauses into proverbs by completing them

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.

We know not what is good ___ It is too late to lock the stable ____ When children stand quiet ___ A thief passes for a gentleman ____ The cow knows not what her tail is worth He knows best what is good ___ Every oak ____ Don’t sell the bears skin ___ One has made ones bed and ___ Wine has drowned ____ A lot of water ____

a) b) c) d) e) 0 g) h) i) 1) k)

until she has lost it has been an acorn before you have caught the bear until we have lost it more men than the sea they have done something ill when the horse has bolted when stealing has made him rich that has endured evil one must lie on it run under the bridge

The Passive Voice

Fill in the blank of the following proverbs and sayings with the verbs in the Passive Voice

1. Present

2. Past

3. Future Indefinite Tense given in brackets at the end.

A

1. The road to hell _ with good intentions (to pave)

2. A man ___ by the company he keeps (to know)

3. Never ask pardon before you (to accuse)

4. What may be done at any time at no time (to do)

5. A liar ___ when he tells the truth (not to be­lieve)

6. A name ___ sooner ___ than ___ (to loose, to win)

7. A threatened blow seldom _ (to give)

8. The ass ___ by its ears (to know)

B

1. Rome ___ in a day (not, to built)

2. Fingers ___ before forks (to make)

3. Almost ___ never ___ (to hang)

4. Acorns were good till bread ___ (to find)

C

1. Youth ___ (to serve)

2. Ask no questions and you no lies (to tell)

3. The fish soon that nibbles at every bait (to catch)

4. What may be done at any time at no time (to do)

Fill in the blanks of the following proverbs with the verbs in the Passive Voice (Present Indefinite Tense) given in brackets at the end. Give Ukrain­ian equivalents of the proverbs.

1. Well begun ___ half done (do)

2. Many___ but few___ (call, choose)

3. Money spent on the brain ___ never ___ in vain (spend)

4. The devil is not so black as he ____ (paint)

5. The moon ___ not ___ when the sun shines (see)

6. Don’t cry before you ____ (hurt)

7. Don’t count your chickens before they ____ (hatch)

8. A bird ___ by its note, and a man by its talk (know)

9. The road to hell ____ with good intentions (pave)

10. Eaten bread___ soon ___ (forget)

11. He___ not ___ at that laughs at himself first (laugh)

12. Poets are born, not ___ (make)

13. What ____ by night appears by day (do)

14. A short horse ____ soon (curry)

15. He who is born a fool ___ never___ (cure)

16. Life ____ of little things.

The Infinitive

Paraphrase the following proverbs using the In­finitive in the position of the grammatical sub­ject.

1. It is never too late to mend (___ to late)

2. It is easy to bear the misfortunes of others (___ to easy)

3. It is easy to be wise after the event (___ is easy)

4. It is easier to pull down than to build ( ___ than to build)

5. It is better to give than to take (___ than to take)

6. It is never too late to learn (___ too late)

Rewrite the following sentences by using “it” as the subject.

1. To change her mind is a lady’s privilege.

2. To travel hopefully is better than to arrive.

3. The flog a dead horse is useless.

4. To make a quarrel two are needed.

5. To wear out is better than to rust out.

The Gerund

Fill in the blanks with suitable preposition pre­ceding the gerunds. Translate into Ukrainian.

1. Fools grow ____ watering.

2. A good tale is none the worse_____ twice told.

3. A watched pot is long ___ boiling.

4. ____ doing we learn.

5. Footprints on the sands of time are not made ____ sitting down.

6. A Grow is never the whiter ___ washing her­ self often.

7. _____ doing nothing we learn to do ill.

8. There are more ways___ killing a cat than __ choking it with cream.

The Participle

Insert in the blanks the present or past participle of the verb given in brackets at the end of each proverb.

1. A ___ blow is seldom given (threaten)

2. A ___ child dreads the fire (bum)

3. A ___ door hangs long (creek)

4. Let ___ dogs lie (sleep)

5. There’s many a good time ___ on an old fid­dle (play)

6. One volunteer is worth two ___ (press)

7. A word ___ is past recalling (speak)

8. Nothing flies into the mouth of a ___ fox (sleep)

9. ____ dogs seldom bite (bark)

10. No __ man all things can (live)

11. The tongue ever turns to the ___ tooth (ache)

Model verbs (Can, May, Must)

Must

Complete the following proverbs using the verb “must”.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

The door must be ___ Children and fools ___ As you make your bed The longest day ___ If you dance ___ One must ___ What must be ___ Everything ___ A man without a smiling face __ If two men ride on a horse ___

a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) j)

must have an end draw the line some­where must have a begin­ning either shut or open must be you must pay the fiddler must not open a shop so you must lie on it must not play with edged tools one must ride be­hind

Can

Complete the following proverbs using the verb “can”

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

Give a he twenty-four hours start ___ Two can live ___ Any blind man ___ Money ___ A house divided against itself ___ Never make threats ___ You never know ___ A man can do no more ___ None can play the fool ___ No man ___ You can have no more of a cat __ Never put off till to­morrow ___

a) b) c) d) e) 0 g) h) i) І) k) l)

can see it but her skin what you can do today can’t buy every­thing and you can never overtake it not stand can serve two mas­ters you cannot carry out what you can do till you try so well as a wise man than he can as cheaply as one

May

Complete the following proverbs using the verb “may”.

1. Between the cup and the lip __ 2. A fair face __ 3. If you don’t like it ___ 4. Love will creep ___ 5. A beggar may sing ___ .6. He that fights and runs away ___ 7. Men may come and men may go ___ 8. Sticks and stones may break my bones, but __ 9. Little bodies __ 10. A fool may sometimes ___

a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) j)

you may lump it to speak to the purpose before the thief may live to fight another day a morsel may slip where it may not go may hide a foul heart words will never hurt me may have great souls but I go on for ever