Variant 1

I. Give the plural of the following nouns

advantage; anniversary; axis; belief; birch; branch; bus; change; cheese; city dweller; coach; day; doorman; Englishman; family; formality; grass; lan­guage; lobby; luggage; month; office; place; price; rose; sausage; sheep; spruce; suitcase; tendency; valley; voyage; woman.

II. Give synonyms and antonyms of the following adjectives and their comparative and superlative

Model: amiable (s. friendly, a. disagreeable), more amiable, most amiable

beautiful; cheap; cosy; enjoyable; expensive; fashionable; general; great; high; humid; internal; long; low; mild; new; pleasant; popular; reasonable; rich; satisfactory; shallow; smart; sweet; typical; useful; wet.

III. Give the meaning of the following verbs and their four forms

Model: to board (boarded, boarded, boardering) – to get on a bus, plane, train etc in order to travel somewhere.

to attract; to choose; to consider; to differ; to display; to enjoy; to include; to keep; to miss; to possess; to rule; to separate; to subdivide; to stretch.

IV. Replace the infinitives in brackets by the proper tense forms

1. As hotels are usually booked up in summer I (to reserve) accommodation beforehand.

2. By the end of the eighties most small shops in Britain and the USA (to disappear).

3. By the end of the week the exhibition (to attract) a great variety of customers from house wives to millionaires.

4. By the time we (to get) to the shopping centre it (to close).

5. Harrods (to become) famous all over the world for first-class service.

6. He suddenly (to realize) that he (to travel) in the wrong direction.

7. I (not to have dinner) yet, the waitress (to take) my order fifteen minutes ago and (not to bring) me anything yet.

8. Last year the shop (to offer) a number of special services to its customers.

9. Some people (to stand) and (to wait) all night so that to be the first in the shop when it (to open).

10. The delegation (to start) for London as soon as they (to receive) their visas.

V. Fill in the gaps in the sentences below. The first letter or letters of the missing words are given, and the dashes correspond to the number of missing letters

1. Further education can help in economic dev _ _ _ _ _ _ nt.

2. He checked the telephone number with the conc _ _ _ _ _ before placing a call.

3. Hollywood is the cap _ _ _ _ of the movie industry.

4. Most of the island's supplies are brought in by sh _ _ .

5. Students complained about the cafet _ _ _ _ food.

6. The city has received only half its average rai _ _ _ _ _ of four inches.

7. The ma _ _ _ was not like water, and the car didn't sink to the bottom.

8. There are plans to open a new sup _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ next year.

9. They made their way through the thick vege _ _ _ _ _ _ in the valley.

10. They searched his lug_ _ _ _ for illegal drugs.

VI. Make up sentences from the words given below

1. a; always; are; consult; we; dictionary; English; from; translating; we; while.

2. advantages; but; by; has; is; it; its; by; plane; slower; than; train; travelling.

3. after; day; the; in; much; of; parts; the; same; some; stays; the; very; day; weather; world.

4. all; are; now; of; over; people; the; thousands; travelling; world.

5. a; ago; asking; belts; the; fasten; minute; passenger; seat; stewardess; the; to; was;

6. and; is; mineral; now; offering; passengers; she; some; sweets; the; water.

7. been; by; eight; for; had; hours; o'clock; piano; playing; the; two; you.

8. the; all; country; fog; the; from; in; is; over; rolling; sea; the; thick; white.

9. a; by; end; goods; the; Harrods; have; lot; of; stocked; the; will; of; year.

10. berths; cars; comfortable; compartment; four; have; or; two.