Test your communicative culture!. Сборник контрольных заданий по практическому курсу английского языка

Detergent, iron, wash-basin, to remove stains, , a mop, to bleach, to scrub, to hang the linen, to vacuum, a soapy cloth, to air the room, to rinse, to use a damp cloth, to do greasy frying pans, dish-washing machine, a cleanser.

Domestic chores Words referred to

the activities

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1 point for every correct answer

Task 4 Complete the gaps with the prepositions if necessary:

1 I am very good ___ helping my mother. She is proud of me and says that I will become a good wife. 2 Mother left me a pile ___ washing for me. 3 Every day Jane had to go ________ the tedious business of washing, cooking and ironing. 4 Don’t wipe your hand _____ the apron – it is mine!!! 5 You shouldn’t worry: just rub ____ the stain ____ a soapy cloth and it will come ____ all right! 6 I can’t hide my annoyance _____ his bad habit to put his hands ___ the walls! It’s impossible to remove ___ the stains after that.

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3 points for every correct answer

Task 5 Paraphrase the following sentences; consider word combinations underlined:

1 If you need a container for household refuse you can buy it at any supermarket. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 2 My wife is quite an expert in cooking. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 3 While doing washing you put clothes through clean water to remove soap. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 4 The employer wanted a Daily for doing casual jobs. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 5 When Jack made a grimy mark on the wall playing football Mum rubbed at it with a soapy cloth and she managed to remove it. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________

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2 points for every correct answer

Task 6 Translate the following sentences from Russian into English; consider word combinations underlined:

1 Как мне надоело вставать ни свет ни заря! Может, однажды я встану утром, а все само собой сделается

!?

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__________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 2 Мы решили нанять (to hire) прислугу, которая выполняла бы обязанности кухарки и горничной, а то сами мы не справляемся. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ 3 Если я начну выражать свое мнение по каким-то вопросам, то скоро меня выпихнут из этого особняка (mansion). __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 4 Дорогой! Чтобы постирать белье нужно сначала снять его с себя. Потом

рассортируй: не клади в стиральную машину пальто и нижнее белье вместе?! И не забудь добавить стиральный порошок.… Самое главное прополощи все белье…, а уж отбеливать и крахмалить я сама буду.

__________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 5 Закатать рукава не сложно, сложно всю работу сделать правильно! А еще

сложнее делать работу по дому, когда тебя отвлекают, и приходится отвечать на телефонные звонки по локоть в мыле.

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__________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________

2 points for every correct answer

Task 7 Consider the following question individually. Then work in pairs. Work out a common list together with your partner.

Men, Women, and Household Chores: Should men help women with the housework? Make a list of men’s and women’s duties. Explain your choice.

Total:

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Test on Lesson 5

Name __________________________________

Task 1 Translate the following words from Russian into

give their sound and spelling forms:

дешево купленная вещь

[ ____________________

[ _____________ _

[ ________________________ ] ________

[ _______________________

[ __________________ ] _____________

2 points for every correct answer

Task 2 Write down the words denoting things you can buy in these

Butcher’s

1 point for every correct answer

_________] ______________

_ ] _____________________

______ ] ________________

__________

] ______________________

____________

Shopping for Food

English,

шампанское молочный магазин салат маргарин йогурт

departments

[ __________

________ _______

_______

____

_________

_______

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Dairy shop

Barker’s Fishmonger’s

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Greengrocer’s

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Task 3 Paraphrase the following sentences paying particular attention to the definitions underlined.

1 The house is being sold at a very low price because they need to sell it fast. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 2 They intend to increase the prices again because of the world economic crisis. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 3 The Daughter: "Well, haven’t you got a cab?" Freddy: "There’s not one to be had in any circumstances." __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 4 Val was going to enter the university, so he couldn’t see much of him, he spent doesn’t come to see him very often. Education would be very expensive up there. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 5 I won’t shop at that store again, they make you pay unreasonable prices for perfectly ordinary goods. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________

2 points for every correct answer

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Task 4 Write down the preposition to make up correct phrasal verbs and supply them with the Russian translation. Use the definitions in the third column to help you.

Turn To appear unexpectedly

Write To give (a receit)

Come To drop in

Carry To continue

Walk To go away

Make

To draw out, to compose

Pick To lift, to take sth

Pass To pass by, to go through

Put Reconcile oneself to

Cram To fill, to overfill

2 points for every correct answer

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Task 5 Translate the following sentences from Russian into English (pay

attention to the phrases underlined).

1 Давай зайдем в магазин и купим немного трески и лосося. Конечно, я не могу позволить себе такие продукты каждый день. Но сегодня ведь праздник: День Независимости Республики Мозамбик!

__________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 2 Перед тем как пойти в супермаркет обязательно составьте список покупок.

Иначе вы, придя в магазин, начнете медленно, но уверенно брать с полок все, что неровно лежит.

__________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 3 И тут деревенского вида женщина влезла в очередь передо мной! Она

сказала, что ей нужно купить только маленькую баночку меда. Однако у нее в корзинке оказался еще и пучок зелени, мясная вырезка, булка белого хлеба, батон, кило сливочного масла, цыпленок и огромная коробка шоколадного печенья. Продавец на кассе на выходе только вздохнула…

__________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________

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4 Когда я побежал к полкам за еще одним рулоном туалетной бумаги,

единственное, что меня тревожило это то, что я определенно потеряю свое место в очереди. Я не удержался и по дороге обратно набрал почти полную тележку.

__________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________

4 points for every correct answer

Task 6 Work in pairs. Discuss the following questions with your

partner.

1 What springs to mind when you hear the word “shopping”? 2 Is shopping a real hobby? 3 Why do women like shopping more than men? 4 When’s the best time to go shopping? 5 Do people always need the things they buy when they go shopping? 6 Do you prefer going shopping alone or with friends? 7 Which is better, shopping in shops or shopping online? 8 Have you ever experienced “trolley rage” when shopping? 9 What’s the worst shopping experience you’ve had?

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10 Is shopping an addiction? How can it be cured?

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Test on Lesson 6

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Task 1 Guess the spelling of the words by their sound

forms and supply them with translation.

ız] __________________________________________

ı] _________________________________________

] ____________________________________________

] ___________________________________________

] _____________________________________________

____________________________________________

ız] _________________________________________

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Task 2 Write down the words denoting things you can buy in

Shopping for Consumer Goods

Name

[æk'sesər ['hæbədæ∫ər ['dreıpəz ['mænikın [æn'ti:k [bu: 'ti:k] ['mз:t∫ənda

-

______________

______________ ______________

______________

points for every correct answer

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departments

these

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