Тесты по английскому языку грамматика, лексика, аудирование

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4. Fill in the gaps with the most suitable word derived from the one in brackets.

As your children move towards 1_______ (depend) it’s important to make sure they understand what decent values are. To prevent them from becoming 2_______ (spoil) and 3_______ (greed) you shouldn’t indulge them too much. If you want them to grow up well-mannered, they should be 4_______ (teach) to be polite from an early age. Children’s poor 5______

(behave) should be corrected, it will be an 6_______ (effect) way of helping them to distinguish right from wrong. Reward your children when they do things well to give them a sense of 7_____ (proud). You should try to make your children 8______ (respect) of other people’s 9________

(believe) by telling them about 10________ (differ) nations and cultures.

Total 10

5. Change the sentences using the word in brackets without changing their meaning. Contracted forms (I’m, isn’t, etc.) go as one word.

Example: What is your job? (do) What do you do?

1.I don’t like asking twice. (used)

I _______________________ twice.

2.Mary’s hair was very long when she was a child. (used) Mary _____ _______________ hair when she was a child.

3.Your brother is younger than you. (as) Your brother ____________________ you.

4.There were more students in the morning than in the afternoon. (students)

There _________________ in the afternoon than in the morning.

5.I have never travelled farther than Moscow. (ever) Moscow is the _______________________ been to.

6.The plane arrives at 7. (due)

The plane ________________________ at 7.

7.Hurry up, the film is going to start. (about) Hurry up, the film ____________________.

8.I won’t probably come to the party. (likely) I’m ____________________ to the party.

9.I’ll get there and then I’ll phone you. (there)

As soon as I ___________________________ you.

10.  People say they are living together. (said)

They _______________________________ together. 11. I think he has changed his mind. (seems)

He __________________________ his mind.

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12.He is the very man you need. (he) It ________________ you need.

13.I really believe that he stole the ring. (believe) I _____________ that he stole the ring.

14.I’d like to be in the Bahamas now. (wish)

I ___________________ in the Bahamas now. 15. Stop interrupting me! (you)

I wish ___________________ interrupting me.

Total 15

6. Complete the questions in the dialogue below.

—  How about having a Halloween party?

—  That would be great! 1 When_______________________________? —  Let it be Sunday, at about 5 pm. 2 Will ____________

___________________?

—  Yeah, I think it will suit me. 3 Who___________________________

_______?

—  I would invite Jane and Mike, Sarah and Burt, maybe some other guys. 4 Are___________________?

—  No, I’ll be with my new girl-friend. 5 Do_______________

_____________? —  Is it Sabrina?

—  No, we split up with Sabrina last month. It’s Julia. —  6 What_____________________________?

—  She is gorgeous! Tall, slim, big blue eyes, long fair hair. Umm! By the way, 7 shall _____________?

—  Bring some wine if you can. And don’t forget about costumes. —  8 Is / Do______________________________?

—  Sure, everyone must wear a costume.

—  9 When______________________________?

—  It depends on you, guys. We can finish in the morning.

—  Great! And the last. 10 Can____________________________?

—  If you helped me with decorating and the stuff, I would be really grateful.

Total 10

7. Correct mistakes.

a)Could you say it again? I haven’t understood.

b)When are the news broadcast?

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c)Who have just called you?

d)This new skyscraper is so impressing!

e)I hardly often eat out.

f)The sky is so dark It is going to raining.

g)Your father is elder than mine.

h)I really look forward to visit London.

i)He is said to come yesterday.

j)Now I see him once in blue moon.

Total 10

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Intermediate Progress Test 4

1. Open the brackets and use the verb in the required form.

Dear Susanna,

Thank you for your letter I got last week. It was really good to hear from you. You said you 1_______ (see) Angela recently, but you didn’t say how she 2_______ (be). Please, let me know and give her my regards.

I 3_______ (be) in Carolina for six weeks, and I am enjoying life here very much. I 4________ (work) hard  since I 5________ (arrive). Before I came to Carolina, I 6__________ (stay) in New York. I 7_______ (rob) there. While I 8______ (look) in the shop window on Sixth Avenue, I felt my shoulder bag 9___________ (move). I looked down at it and realized someone 10_________ (take) my wallet out of my bag. If I 11_______

(be) more careful at that moment, it 12________ (not happen).

But I’m trying to forget all that. I 13_______ (live) in a small hotel at the moment. But my colleague Bill 14________ (live) in Carolina 15______ (offer) me to share his flat with him. It’s a bit untidy at the moment because it 16________ (decorate), but I’m sure it 17_______

(be) OK. We 18____ (arrange) everything and I 19_____ (move) next week. Some friends of mine 20_____ (go) on holiday soon. If I 21_______

(not have to work) so hard, I 22________ (go) with them. Would you like

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23_________ (come) here at Christmas? If you 24________ (come), we 25_________ (have) a great time.

Love,

Steve.

Total 25

2. Fill in the gaps with an appropriate article.

1____ millions of people tune into 2____ weather forecast each evening on 3____ television. 4____ most of them imagine that 5____ presenter does little more than arrive at 6____ studio 7____ few minutes before 8____ broadcast, read 9____ weather and go home. In 10____ fact this image is far from 11____ truth. 12____ two-minute bulletin we all rely on when we need to know tomorrow’s weather is 13____ result of 14____

hard day’s work, which is actually presented by 15____ highly qualified meteorologist.

Total 15

3. Fill in the gaps with an appropriate preposition or particle.

a)Let’s meet 1____ a drink 2____ O’Malley’s 3____ Friday night.

b)Hold 4____! I’ll call you 5____ later. I’m 6____ a great hurry and don’t have time to talk 7____ you.

c)You look embarrassed. What happened? — I stepped 8____ a woman’s foot 9____ accident and she started screaming 10____ me.

Total 10

4. Turn sentences 1–5 into Reported Speech (use the most suitable reporting verb) and 6–10 into Direct Speech.

1.‘I won’t give you any ice-cream until you have eaten your dinner,’ said Barry’s mother.

2.‘I’m sorry I broke the window,’ said Sean.

3.‘Shall I help you carry the box?’ asked Tom.

4.‘You should tell your parents the truth,’ my friend said to me.

5.‘I really will remember to feed the fish,’ Maurice said.

6.Josh wondered where I was going on holiday.

7.Lesley asked Sara for some money.

8.She told me she had a headache.

9.Moira said she had been living in London all her life.

10. The police officer ordered the robber to keep his hands in the air.

Total 10

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5. Use either Infinitive or –ing form.

When I was young, I used 1______ (love) 2_______ (visit) my  grand­ parents at their cottage by the sea. I couldn’t wait for the school year 3_______ (end). I looked forward to 4_____ (go) fishing with my  grandfather. Most days we managed 5______ (catch) a lot of fish. We could see it 6______ (splash) in the water. Then we would swim in the clear blue sea. I watched my grandfather 7 ______ (swim) and admired him. My grandmother cooked for us. I remember 8_______ (bake) chocolate chip biscuits with her. They were my favourite. She always let me 9_______ (eat) the first biscuit. When my farther came 10_______

(pick me up), I  didn’t want to come back home.

Total 10

6. Put the verbs in brackets either in the Passive or in the Active Voice.

The National Bank 1_______ (rob) last night. The police 2________

(look for) the criminal. The wires of the alarm 3_______ (cut) and then the thief 4_______ (break into) the bank’s city center branch. It’s obvious that the criminal 5______ (help) by someone from inside. $500,000 6_______ (steal) from the bank. The city center 7_______ (search) at the moment as the thief 8________ (believe) to be still in the area. Everyone who 9_____ (have) any information about this robbery 10______ (ask) to call the police.

Total 10

7. Translate into English paying special attention to the modal verb you use instead of the bolded words and the form of infinitive after it.

a)Эндрю должен был встретиться с Майком за ланчем на следующий день.

b)Не надо было ей вставать, эта прогулка может окончательно подорвать (to undermine) ее здоровье.

c)Должно быть, Алиса уже приехала, нам стоит поторопиться, чтобы встретить ее.

d)Неужели он работает с самого утра?

e)Не может быть, что она вышла за него замуж!

8. Translate into English the following conditional sentences.

a)Если бы не его упрямство, он уже тогда принял бы вашу помощь.

b)Этого бы не случилось, если бы вы были там.

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c)Если бы у меня был хороший словарь, я бы тратил меньше времени на переводы.

d)Летом мы поедем в Италию, если у нас будет достаточно денег.

e)Жаль, что вы пришли так поздно.

f)Хоть бы кто-нибудь позаботился обо мне!

g)Если бы у меня был тогда выбор, я бы сейчас не работал в этой компании.

h)Если бы он любил тебя, он бы пришел на свидание.

e)disgusted

4.She is having her dress ___________ by a famous French designer.

e)designs

5.We met ____________ day and she told me she’s leaving for France.

Intermediate Progress Test 5

1. Open the brackets and use the verb in the required form.

It 1________ (rain) now and I 2_________ (sit) by the fireplace. Whenever it 3_______ (rain), I always 4_________ (remember) the day I 5________ (meet) my wife.

It was ten in the morning and time for me to go to work. It 6_________

(rain) heavily since early morning. ‘You 7________ (get) wet through if you 8_________ (go out) without an umbrella,’ said my mother. We had five umbrellas but all of them were either torn or broken. So I picked all the umbrellas up 9________ (take) them to the umbrella-maker, saying that I 10_______ (fetch) them on my way home in the evening. At lunchtime it still 11______ (rain) hard. I 12_______ (go) to the nearest café to have my lunch. I 13 _______ (sit) down at the table with a young

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woman. Having finished my lunch, I absent-mindedly took her umbrella and started for the exit. She stopped me saying that I 14________ (take) her umbrella. I had to return it with many apologies.

In the evening I 15______ (fetch) my umbrellas from the umbrellamaker and 16 _____ (go) home by bus. It so happened that the woman I 17_______ (meet) at the café 18 ______ (ride) on the same bus. When she saw me with my five umbrellas, she said ‘You 19_______ (have) a successful day today, 20 ________ (have) you?’

Total 20

2. Put in articles where necessary.

Financial Report

As you know, 1____ last six months of this year has been 2____difficult time for 3____ Maxwell Inc., particularly 4____ period from March to July when we made 5____ loss of $2mln. After 6____ strong start in January, in May we lost 7____large amount of money because of 8____ rise in 9____

oil prices. At the moment 10____ economic situation in 11____ Far East is looking better, but we must take care. If we put money into 12____ Asian countries now, we might have problems later in 13____ year. 14____ next year, therefore, we intend to invest in 15____ European companies.

Total 15

3. Put in the correct preposition or particle.

a)When my granny goes shopping, she always pays 1______ products 2______ cash: she thinks that if you pay 3______ credit card, it’s not ‘real’ money.

b)My son was born 4______ Christmas Day 5______10:30 pm 6______

1998.

c)Can I speak 7______ Mr. Smith? — Hold 8______, I’ll put you 9______.

d)I’m writing 10______ reply 11______ your advertisement 12______

secretaries.

e)She’s keen 13______ sports and good 14______ tennis. She took 15______ tennis when she was 4.

Total 15

4. Make sentences 1–5 passive and 6–10 active.

1.The robbers stole $2 mln from the bank yesterday.

2.This company has designed a new car model recently.

3.A friend of mine is looking after my children at the moment.

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4.They are going to hold the funeral in Westminster Abbey.

5.You can buy washing machines like this one anywhere.

6.She was to be operated on Tuesday.

7.The case is being opened again as they aren’t satisfied with the verdict.

8.The wallet must have been stolen from my pocket.

9.The origin of the Universe will never be explained.

10. The form has to be signed immediately.

Total 10 5. Translate into English using modals instead of the bolded words.

a)Heyжели у тебя украли все деньги? Тeбе следовало быть повнимательней.

b)Концерт был назначен на пятницу, но его пришлось отложить изза дождя.

c)Тебе не следует так много есть, ты можешь располнеть.

d)Вероятно, ты не расслышал, что ты должен сделать это прямо сейчас!

e)Возможно, какая-то срочная работа задержала его, и он не смог прийти.

6.Translate into English.

a)Если бы не ваша помощь, мы бы ни за что не разобрались с этой проблемой.

b)Если пойдет дождь, я останусь дома.

c)Мы бы не опоздали на поезд, если бы взяли такси.

d)Если бы я был на вашем месте, я бы больше занимался спортом.

e)Если бы я вчера закончил эту работу, то сегодня загорал бы на пляже.

f)Если бы ты не был таким ленивым, ты бы хорошо учился в школе.

g)Жаль, что вечеринка была такой скучной.

h)Мне бы не хотелось, чтобы вы совали свой нос не в свои дела.

7.Report sentences 1–5 (use the most suitable reporting verb in the Past Simple) and make 6–10 direct.

1.‘Would you like a cup of coffee?’ she asked me.

2.‘Don’t make me cry!’ she said to him.

3.‘We’re coming tomorrow,’ they wrote.

4.‘Why don’t we go out tonight?’ Jim said.

5.‘Who are you looking for?’ she asked.

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6.We asked him what to do with those letters.

7.She advised me not to go on holiday to such a hot place.

8.She wondered if I liked Italian food.

9.She told me I’d get fat if I went on like that.

10.The spokesman said that they’d opened a chain of new restaurants recently.

Total 10

8. Multiple choice.

a)He’s the man who/which/whose/that house the pictures were stolen from.

b)We’ve made less/little/fewer/lesser/few videos this year than last year.

c)None/neither/nobody of the passengers survived.

d)As his life was depressful/depressing/depressed he committed suicide.

e)The plane was flying highly/high in the sky.

f)Let’s call him, shall we/will we/do we/should we?

g)John can’t speak French, and so/neither do I.

h)I can’t afford buying/to buy/buy a new flat.

i)Don’t you know him? He always says/tells/speaks/talks lies.

j)You are not allowed to do/make/take photos in the museum.

k)He thinks he’s a smart/the smart /the smartest /a smarter man in the world.

l)Why have they lied/lain/laid quiet for so long?

Total 12

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Final Intermediate Test

1. Open the brackets and use the verb in the required form.

Sir Edmund Hillary 1______(know) as the first man who 2______

(set) foot on top of Mount Everest. But before he 3 ______ (do) it in 1953, he 4______ (reach) the South Pole by motor vehicle. In 1957 he 5______ (manage) 6______ (jet-boat) up the Ganges. His conquest of the peak 7______ (be) impossible if the native people 8_______ (not help) him. A school in the village Khumjung 9_______ (build) on Sir Edmund’s money as the sign of his gratitude to them. By next June the 500th pupil 10_______(finish) it. At the moment Sir Edmund 11_______

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(plan) a round-the-world journey. He 12______ (be) still a strong man who 13_______ (use) to 14______ (risk) his life and he 15______ (not look) like his 80 years. ‘If I 16_______ (not be) so risky, I 17_______

(not achieve) what I 18_______ (achieve). I wish I 19______ (have) more strength and time 20_______ (live)!’ he says.

Total 20

2. Multiple choice.

The telephone is A______ by B______ to be one of the greatest C______

of all time. It allows instant, D_______ communication with virtually everyone, no matter where you are. The inventor of this E_______

method of transmitting sound, Alexander Bell, spent F_______ of his life in America, where he studied human G_______ in order to help the H______. The development of the telephone was an indirect result of this I_______. Today, we tend to J______ the telephone for granted; we forget K_______ an incredible device it really is. So, the next time you L______

a call overseas, try M_______ the genius of the man who N_______ us this invention, an invention which truly changed the O_______ world.