М. Битюкова - Сборник упражнений по английскому языку. Часть 2

Exercise 1. Imagine that you’re speaking with your partner telling him/her information about yourself. And you want your partner to tell you the same facts about his/her life. So you ask him/her questions for which the following sentences could be answers.

1. I learned many English songs when I was at school.

2. I finished school with a gold medal.

3. I entered the institute the same year that I finished school.

4. At the institute I passed most exams quite easily. I enjoyed my studies.

5. Only once I got a bad mark.

6. I got married while I was a student.

7. I received my first job right after graduation.

Exercise 2. Complete the following story using the verbs in brackets.

My “Rome Holidays”

“At last, for the first time, I live”.

Writer Henry James, on his first day in Rome.

I _______ in Rome last winter (be). It _______ my first visit to the Eternal (вечный) city (be). I ________ there at Christmas time (go). So Rome _______ even more beautiful with its Christmas decorations (look – выглядеть). My hotel _______ situated in the centre, near the Vatican (be). When I _______ to the hotel, I _______ my things in my room & _______ out quickly (get, put, go). I _______ my camera with me (take). It _______ 10 pm (be), but there _______ life everywhere (be). I _______ along the streets, _______ and ________ (go, watch, listen). I ________ music, Italian speech, laughter & many other sounds of a great city (hear). I _______ beautiful people & fine architecture (see). I _______ both (like). I _______ Italian a little, or I ________ so (understand, think). People _______ very friendly, emotional & their hands ________ as much as their mouths (be, speak). They ______ very loudly (громко) (talk). I ________ brave (смелый) enough and I ________ some questions (be, ask). I even ________ with some Italians & ________ the names of bars, cafes, shops & streets (talk, read). I _______ so happy that I completely _______ about the time (be, forget). I _______ back to my hotel late at night (come). I think I’ll remember my first evening in Rome all my life.

Exercise 3. Change the underlined words and phrases into suitable pronouns.

Tongue-twisters. To read and remember

1. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers?

If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,

where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

2. Which witch wished which wicked wish?

3. The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts,

All on a summer day;

The Knave of Hearts, he stole those tarts,

And took them quite away!

I. Vocabulary section

Active vocabulary

Vocabulary Revision and Expansion Exercises

Exercise 1. Choose any 10 words from Vocabulary of this Module and make up sentences with them in the past and in the present.

Exercise 2. Match the words in column A with the words in column B. Find the opposites.

II. Grammar section

Comparative and superlative adjectives.

Exercise 1. Find adjectives in the following table. How many can you see? Circle them. Then make up sentences with them.

Exercise 2. Put these adjectives in the correct column of the table according to their comparative and superlative forms.

Long, old, slow, small, bad, warm, useful, difficult, good, expensive, short, funny, interesting, important, hot, friendly, uncomfortable, fast, happy.

Exercise 3. Give the original form of the following comparative and superlative adjectives.

Bigger, longest, oldest, more important, shortest, hotter, most comfortable, worst, more difficult, funnier, easiest, more expensive, slower, most attractive, smaller, cheapest, better.

Exercise 4. Choose the right forms of adjectives in these sentences.

1. Your record is (worse/worst) than mine.

2. My flat is (small/smaller) than yours.

3. She is (better/best) now.

4. It’s the (older/oldest) building in the city.

5. Today is (hot/hotter) than it was yesterday.

6. His poems are (popular/more popular) than his novels.

7. Your hair is (longest/longer) than your brother’s.

8. This test is the (more difficult/most difficult).

Exercise 5. Make two sentences for each item as in the example.

Exercise 6. Translate the following sentences into English using the words and grammar of Module 9.

1. Этот текст труднее того, который мы читали на прошлом уроке. 2. Это самая большая и самая удобная квартира в нашем доме. 3. Это самый легкий путь до озера. 4. Он больше занят, чем ты. 5. Этот год был для нас самым трудным. 6. Мой компьютер дороже твоего. 7. В аптеке рядом с моим домом лекарства дешевле, чем в той, что рядом с метро. 8. Брат Лены выше и привлекательнее брата Ольги. 9. Это самый оживленный и самый старый уличный рынок в нашем городе. 10. Эта еда полезнее, чем гамбургеры из МакДональдс.

Exercise 7. a) Write down 15 sentences on the topic “My favourite shop/market”.

b) Write down 15 sentences on the topic “My favourite restaurant/café”.

Exercise 1. By answering the questions find out the words. Then using only the first letters of these words solve the puzzles.

I. 1) What colour is a tomato drink?

2) The characteristic of a good book or film.

3) The antonym of the word “expensive”.

4) The antonym of the word “low”.

The word –

II. 1) What colour is asphalt?

2) What is the shape of a ball?

3) What continent is the smallest?

4) Who is the most important person for a child?

5) What is the drink for a baby?

6) “Old”, “young” and “middle-aged” are characteristics of what?

7) What kind of people are businessmen from Wall Street?

The word –

III. 1) The opposite to the word “right”.

2) The opposite to the word “new”.

3) What colour was the Soviet flag?

4) The opposite to the word “light”.

The word –

IV. 1) The opposite to the word “beautiful”.

2) What is not good for your teeth?

3) What is Shakespeare’s native country?

4) The opposite to the word “serious”.

5) Mother’s brother.

6) The opposite to the word “gentleman”.

The word –

Exercise 2. Correct the mistakes in the following sentences:

1. Last night, Samantha have pizza for supper.

2. My pet lizard was died last month.

3. Yesterday I spend two hours cleaning my living room.

4. Last week he forgets his passport and loses his plane ticket.

5. What was happened to your leg?

6. She doesn’t bring a bottle of wine for our yesterday’s party.

7. Last month I have a birthday and my aunt gives me a present.

8. Does she drink coffee or tea yesterday morning?

9. They are not at home yesterday that’s why when I call they don’t answer.

10. It doesn’t rain a lot last month.

Tongue-twisters. To read and remember

1. A sailor went to sea

To see, what he could see.

And all he could see

Was sea, sea, sea.

2. There was a Young Lady of Niger,

Who smiled as she rode on a tiger;

They returned from the ride

With the lady inside –

And the smile on the face of the tiger.

I. Vocabulary section

Active vocabulary

Vocabulary Revision and Expansion Exercises

Exercise 1. Some clothes and accessories are countable (a dress) and some are uncountable (trousers). Look at the words in the box and put them in two columns: Countable (C) and Uncountable (U).

Exercise 2. Do the Fashion Maze in pairs and decide what kind of person is your partner: a fashion victim or a slob.

II. Grammar section

Present Continuous.

Exercise 1. Continue the following sentences in the negative.

Example: Mother is talking on the phone. (sleep) – She isn’t sleeping.

1. The boys are playing. (study)

2. Mary is running. (walk)

3. The teacher is speaking. (read)

4. I am eating. (drink)

5. We are dancing. (jump)

6. They are listening to the radio. (watch TV)

7. John is standing. (sit)

8. Father is shaving. (wash)

9. Mother is cooking. (clean the floor)

10. Jenny is opening the door. (close the window)

Exercise 2. Answer the questions using the words in brackets.

Example: Are you drawing? (write a story) – No, I’m not. I’m writing a story.

1. Is he writing a letter? (watch TV)

2. Is Dad smoking in his room? (read a newspaper)

3. Are they listening to the radio? (talk with a friend)

4. Are you reading Byron’s poems? (learn them by heart)

5. Is she washing the dishes? (cook)

6. Is Jack playing the piano? (listen to concert)

7. Are you playing computer games? (study English)

8. Is Henry skating? (ski)

9. Are they having breakfast? (have lunch)

10. Are the students writing a dictation? (answer the questions)

Exercise 3. Match the beginning of the sentence on the left with the appropriate ending on the right.

Exercise 4. Read about Mark. Then fill in the gaps with the words from the box.