When I grow up
1. Прочитайте и переведите текст письменно:
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is situated in the north-west of Europe. It is washed by the Atlantic Ocean in the north and north-west, by the North Sea in the east, by the English Channel and the Strait of Dover in the south and south-west.
The UK consists of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Great Britain includes England, Scotland and Wales.
The UK has an area of more than 94,000 square miles. The capital of the country is London. English is the official language.
The population of the UK is about 60 million.
The climate of Great Britain is rather mild. II is not very cold in winter, and it is not too hot in summer.
It often rains in Great Britain. It rains in all the seasons of the year.
It does not often snow in Great Britain. It usually snows in the north and west of the country.
The landscape of England and Ireland is flat. The landscape of Scotland and Wales is mountainous.
The main river is the Thames. The longest river is the Severn. It is about 350 kilometers long.
The UK is a parliamentary monarchy. The Queen or the King is the head of the state. The Prime Minister is the head of the government.
The British Parliament consists of two Houses: the House of Lords and the House of Commons.
The political parties, which play an important role in the country, are the Labour Party, the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party.
There are a lot of universities, colleges, schools, theatres, art galleries and museums in the country. Oxford and Cambridge Universities are the most famous universities not only in Great Britain, but in the world.
The UK has a well-developed industry. The most important mineral resources are coal and oil.
The main industrial centres are Birmingham, Manchester and Sheffield. The largest cities of the UK are London, Birmingham, Manchester, Belfast, Dublin, Cardiff and Glasgow.
Agriculture is also well-developed and plays an important part in the economy of the country. The widely spread agricultural products are wheat, fruit, vegetables and oats.
2. Переведите на английский язык словосочетания:
1) квадратные мили
2) на юго-западе
3) не слишком жаркий
4) главная река
5) самые большие города
6) политические партии
3. Переведите предложения на английский язык:
1. Соединённое Королевство Великобритании и Северной Ирландии расположено на северо-западе Европы.
2. Столицей Соединённого Королевства является Лондон.
3. Население Уэльса составляет около 2 миллионов человек.
4. Британский парламент состоит из двух палат: палаты лордов и палаты общин.
5. Соединённое Королевство имеет хорошо развитую промышленность.
6. Хорошо развитое сельское хозяйство играет важную роль в экономике страны.
4. Ответьте на вопросы по тексту:
1) Where is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland situated?
2) What is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland washed by?
3) What does the UK consist of?
4) What does Great Britain include?
5) What is the area of the UK?
6) Does it often snow in Great Britain? Where does it usually snow in Great Britain?
7) What kind of landscape is in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales?
8) What is the main river of Great Britain?
9) What is the longest river of Great Britain?
10) What kind of monarchy is the United Kingdom?
6. Замените следующие слова подходящими местоимениями:
1) а family
2) a daughter
3) parents
4) Robert
7. Раскройте скобки, используя правильную форму личного местоимения:
1. I had turned and faced _____ (he).
2. He was taller than _____ (I).
8. Выберите правильную форму притяжательного местоимения из данных в скобках:
1) I went (my, mine) way and she went (her, hers).
2) He left (her, hers) with (their, theirs) child.
3) What was this experiment of (your, yours)?
9. Выберите правильный вариант местоимения из данных в скобках:
1) I can't eat (that/ these) chips because they are cold.
2) "Whose jeans are (these / this)?" - "Mine."
3) I'm very tired. (This / That) is why I'm going home early today.
10. Выпишите в две колонки исчисляемые и неисчисляемые существительные:
Idea weather
oranges
knife
tooth
magazine
children
person
11. Образуйте сравнительную и превосходную степень прилагательных:
1. careful
2. important
3. serious
4. crowded
12. Подберите к следующим прилагательным антоним:
1. better
2. nearer
13. Дополните предложение подходящим прилагательным в сравнительной степени:
1. Sue’s car isn’t very big. She wants a bigger car.
2. This house isn’t very modern. I prefer more modern houses.
14. Прочитайте текст, вставьте артикли там, где это необходимо:
When I Grow Up I'm Going to Be a ...
When_ boy is very young he usually wants to become _driver of some machine - _ large machine if possible, in fact the bigger the better. I want to be _ engine-driver when I grow up, he says, or I want to be _bus-driver, a crane-driver, or _ pilot of _ big plane. Later when he is _little older, he may want to be what his father is. I'm going to be _ lawyer like my Daddy or I'm going to be _ banker. But _ little later he will follow his heroes from books or films. When I grow up I'll be _sailor, or _ detective or _bodyguard.
But when _ child grows up and must make _ final choice, it can be absolutely different from what he wanted to be.
Переведите текст письменно.
15. Заполните пропуски в предложениях словами other, others, the other, the others, or another:
1) We are a long way ahead; let's wait for _ to catch up with us.
2) _ three years past before they met again.
3) Some people live in the country, _ live in town.
4) I enjoyed the juice. I think I'll have _glass.
16. Перепишите предложения, используя оборот as ... as …
1) Athens is older than Rome.
2) My room is bigger than yours.
3) You got up earlier than me.
17. Заполните пропуски в предложениях словами who, what, which, whose, whom:
1) I don't like films _ have unhappy endings.
2) That's the woman _son married my class¬mate.
3) At that time he didn't know _college he wanted to go to.
4) Roy Green, _ was always early, was already in the office.
18. Вставьте в пропуск необходимый артикль:
1) I have _ family. _family is not big, but friendly.
2) This is _wonderful car. _ car is my brother's.
3) Jane bought _ dictionary. She paid much for _ book.
4) The policeman saw_ stranger near the bank. He recognized _ man.
5) It's _ beautiful flower. I am sure, Mary left _ flower here.
6) They arrived to_ very old house. _ house looked dark and unfriendly.
7) What _funny little dog! Is _ dog yours?
8) Once upon a time there lived _ greedy king. _ king was not popular.
9) They found _cottage in the forest. Not _ sound came from _ house.
10) They entered_ old-fashioned room and in _ room there sat a strange figure.
19. Отметьте более грамотное предложение.
a) 1 I can’t go out. I wash my hair.
2 I can’t go out. I'm washing my hair.
b) 1 Do you know the answer?
2 Are you knowing the answer?
20. Закончите каждое предложение, используя слова в скобках. Используйте present simple или present continuous.
1. Richard (always, get up) before 7.00.
2. Hurry up! The bus (wait) for us!
21 . Заполните пробелы, выбрав правильный вариант.
1) 'Someone _____ for you outside.' 'Who is it?'
A) waits B) is waiting C) waiting
2) 'What _____ of this book?' 'I think it's fantastic!'
A) do you think B) is you think C) you do think
22. Раскройте скобки, поставив глаголы в правильную форму:
1) He __________ (to live) the next door.
2) Her brother __________ (to give) me new magazines.
3) They __________ (to come) here every evening.
4) In summer we __________ (to have) long holidays.
23. Заполните пропуски в предложениях словами, предложенными в рамке:
something anything nothing everything
somebody anybody nobody everybody
somewhere anywhere nowhere everywhere
1) The box was empty. There was nothing in it.
2) I heard a noise but I didn't see anything.
3) Somebody noticed John enter the house, did they?
4) Everything he does is opposite to what is considered to be normal behavior.
24. Поставьте глагол в правильную форму, present continuous (I am doing)
или present simple (I do).
Пример: Please don’t make so much noise. I _ (study).
How many languages _(Tom / speak)?
1. I ………………….. (not / belong) to a political party.
2. Hurry! The bus …………….. (come) . I ………. (not / want) to miss it.
3. The River Nile ………………(flow) into the Mediterranean.
25. Дополните каждое предложение нужным вспомогательным глаголом
(аm/is/are, do/does, did have/has, am/’m not, is/isn’t, are/aren’t,
does/doesn’t, do/don’t):
1) _ your daughter speak French well?
2)_ you learn German when you were at school?
3) _ Ben ever been in India?
4) We _ never played volleyball.
26. Раскройте скобки, поставив глаголы в правильную форму:
1) Mary usually __________ (not to have) lunch at home.
2) I always __________ (to buy) something on my way to the university.
27. Заполните пропуски в предложениях, выбрав правильный вариант:
1. As a schoolboy, I play football day.
a) every b) each
2. He spends he has, every last penny.
a) each b) all
3. pen write properly and I have to ask my friends to lend me his pen.
a) neither b) both
28. Дополните каждое предложение нужным местоимением: some, any, a or an.
1) Did Charles Dickens have _ children?
2) I bought_ newspaper and _ magazines.
29. Заполните пробелы, выбрав правильный вариант.
1) What time ________ bed?
A) usually do you go B) do usually you go C) do you usually go
2) Every day Frank ______ to work,
A) goes B) is going C) go
3) Excuse me. ______ to Manchester?
A) This road goes B) Does this road go C) Is this road go
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