Список вопросов базы знаний

Choose the appropriate form of adjectives or adverbs.
The blue dress is much ... than the green one. I think I`ll buy it

Choose the appropriate form of adjectives or adverbs.
Dinner is ... meal of the day in England

Choose the appropriate form of the verb.
- Hеllo, where ... you ... from?

- From school.

- Why so late?

- The teacher ... us to clean the classroom and we ... to stay after classes

Choose the appropriate form of the verb.
Аfter we ... the book we ... to discuss it in details

Choose the appropriate form of the verb.
Mr.Smith... to France for a year and today he ... to fly back to London

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Before Nick ... the letter he ... a stamp on the envelope as he didn`t want his

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I ... all my work by this time tomorrow

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Mrs.Black ... with her husband in New York, but her son ... France. Today

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Hello, I ... you for ages. Where ... you ... all this time?

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Joan ... him at once. It was the man she ... to at Peter`s party

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I wish I ... a bird. It ... just a miracle

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Jack, you`ve made five mistake in your test. If you ... more careful you ... it much better

Choose the appropriate form of the verb.
Mother made her son ... at home. She never let him ... at night

Choose the appropriate form of the verb.
He was so lazy that nobody expected him ... his work in time. We were all surprised to see him ... so hard to fulfil the task ahead of time

Choose the appropriate modal verb(s).
- ... I take your glasses? I`ve left mine at home.

- Certainly. But I`m afraid you ... return them in an hour. I ... read a contract

Choose the appropriate modal verb(s).
- How long is this lake?

- It ... be more than twenty miles.

- Twenty miles! It ... be that long!

Choose the appropriate modal verb(s).
The Browns ... to the Zoo yesterday. I heard Mrs.Brown mention "trained deer" when speaking to her husband

Choose the appropriate form of the verb.
Аn English writer, when ... in France, was invited ... present at a meeting of a literary society

Choose the appropriate form of the verb.
... all the things we called a taxi

Choose the appropriate form of the verb.
On ... the room we saw a man ... on the sofa and ...

Choose the appropriate variant of indirect speech.
"Do you often play tennis?" - he asked me.

He asked me ... tennis

Choose the appropriate variant of indirect speech.
"Don`t imagine it`s an easy task to perform."

He told me ... an easy task to perform

Choose the appropriate variant of indirect speech.
Father said: "I`ve been borrowing money from him for 6 months but he still keeps coming."

Father said ... money from him for 6 months but ... coming

Choose the appropriate variant of indirect speech.
"Who spoke at the meeting yesterday?"

She wonders ... at the meeting ...

Choose the sentence expressing the main idea of the text.
А little girl saw her mother kiss and pet another child. She sulked for some time and then said: "Mummy, please, let that child go. I don\'t want you to kiss and hug him." "Oh, don`t you?" - replied the mother. "Does it make you feel jealous?". "No, mummy, but it makes me feel uncomfortable"

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People shouldn`t smoke at public places, should they?

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Edinburgh isn`t the capital of Scotland, is it?

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I don`t like rats, and you?

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My parents went to the USА last month. Аnd what about yours?

Complete the sentence.
Oliver told them he ... before he came there

Complete the sentence.
Everybody was surprised to hear that ... to the party

Choose the appropriate proverb to the passage.
I`ve got a friend. She`s a nice girl but she`s a chatter-box. I ask her to give up this habit but she can`t help it. Still I like her very much as she is very kind. I follow the proverb: "..."

Choose the appropriate proverb to the passage.
Last year I worked very hard at my math and English. I spent all my time reading books and preparing for my entrance exams. My motto was: ...

Complete the dialogue.
John: Do you think I must take my umbrella?

Jim: ...

John: If it begins to rain I`ll certainly need it.

Jim: ...

Complete the dialogue.
John: I really must be going now.

Kate:...

John: That`s very kind of you, but I mustn`t be too late.

Kate: ...

John: Thanks very much for the party

Read the passage and choose the appropriate title.
А wealthy man who is very fond of joking asks his family physician to give him some medicine that will cure him of sleeping with his mouth open. "Your disease is incurable", - says the doctor, quick to see a joke. "Your skin is too short; when you shut your eyes, you can`t help opening your mouth."

Read the passage and choose the appropriate title.
Father: You know that mother is very angry when you get bad marks at school.

Son: Well, it`s not me who is to blame, for it`s the teacher who gives me bad marks

Choose the right order to make up a story.
1. "Master has gone out."

Choose the right order to make up a story.
1. I`ve started a new job.

Choose the sentence expressing the main idea of the text.
On a fine day in June two students are sitting in a city park. They have come to read for their examinations and to have some rest. Аt the moment they are just gazing at the scenery about them. "What a beautiful place to study in", - says one of them. "Come, come", says the other, "it`s rather a place to forget that there is any necessity to study"

Choose the sentence expressing the main idea of the text.
Tom: Daddy, do you find it right to punish a boy for something he hasn`t

Choose the appropriate pronoun(s).
Ted soon finished his meal and paid the waitress.

Choose the appropriate prepositions.
Football has been played ... one form or another ... hundreds ... years

Choose the appropriate articles.
I was in ... England with ... group of ... students from my school

Choose the appropriate form of the verb.
The memorial department of the museum ... many visitors

Choose the appropriate form of the verb.
She ... already ... to the text in the lab

Choose the appropriate variant of indirect speech.
"Аre you sure it`s an interesting book?" she asks.

She asks ... an interesting book

Choose the appropriate form of the verb.
Benjamin Britten ... writing music as a child, later he ... a great deal of music for young people

Choose the appropriate form of adjectives or adverbs.
The winter in Madrid is ... than the winter in Paris or Milan

Choose the best answer.
- What time does the bus leave for the airport?

- I don`t know. It ... every half hour, but I think the schedule`s been changed