Легкие
1) write the correct variant of these sentences:
1. andrew have not been living in the country.
andrew has not been living in the country.
2. how long has they been looking for a house?
how long have they been looking for a house?
3. jason been has not reading this book.
2) put the words into the correct order. you will have different types of sentences. use punctuation marks (full stops) at the end of the sentences.
1. won’t / study / in spain / she.
2. you / will / read / a novel?
3. you / cook / lunch / will / with your / friends?
3)complete the following idioms.
choose from the following list of words: ground, abc, costs, mouth, heart.
1. to be down in the – повесить нос
2. to be on firm – чувствовать твердую почву под ногами
3. to do smth to one’s content – делать что-либо сколько душе угодно
4. as easy as – как дважды два – четыре
5. at all – любой ценой
1. mouth 2. ground 3. heart 4. abc 5. costs
1. mouth 2. costs 3. heart 4. abc 5. ground
1. heart 2. ground 3. abc 4. mouth 5. costs
4) open the brackets and put the adjectives into the right form (comparative or superlative). write the superlative or comparative form of the adjectives in one line, separated by a comma. don’t forget about the definite article with the superlative form. write the words with small letters. don't put the full stop after the last form.
примечание: запишите 5 прилагательных в превосходной или сравнительной степени (без цифр) через запятую. не забудьте про определенный артикль с прилагательными в превосходной степени. слова пишите с маленькой буквы. точку в конце ставить не нужно.
example: the most interesting, smaller, the funniest, warmer, the coldest
1. which is (large): the united states or canada?
2. what is the name of (big) port in the united states?
3. moscow is (large) city in russia.
4. the london underground is (old) in the world.
5. there is a (great) number of cars and buses in the streets of moscow than in any other city of russia.
5) choose the best way of expressing future actions. write only full verb forms in one line, separated by a comma. don't put the full stop after the last verb form.
примечание: запишите четыре формы глаголов (без цифр) через запятую. все формы должны быть полными. точку в конце ставить не нужно.
example: will buy, is sending, is going to rain, starts
1. my plane takes off / will take off / is going to take off / is taking off in 10 minutes.
2. monika visits / will visit / is going to visit her grandparents next saturday.
3. oh, the sun is shining so bright! – i give / will give / am giving / am going to give you my sunglasses.
4. they want to have a rest. they fly / will fly / are flying to los angeles.
That hice puppy - these nice puppies (буква y всегда меняется на ie, если добавляется окончание s)
A nice man - nice men (некоторые слова во мн. ч. полностью изменят форму, а не только окончанием, см. ниже)
A big butterfly - big butterflies
A funny baby - funny babies
A nice story - nice stories
A little child - little children
A big city - big cities
A red fish - red fish (это слово и в ед.ч. и во мн.ч. имеет одну и ту же форму)
A white sheep - white sheep (здесь так же)
A white tooth - white teeth
A nice woman - nice women
A strong man - strong men
This postman - these postmen
That postman - those postmen
A big green fly - big green flies (здесь fly это муха, а не летать)
A little foot - little feet
A nice party - nice parties
That family - those families
This happy man - these happy men
A big grey wolf - big grey wolves
John London, father of the family, left the farm and moved to town. He tried a lot of trades, but couldn't make enough money to send the children to school. Jack London had to begin earning a living at an early age. He sold morning and evening newspapers in streets. At the age of fourteen he began working in a factory. He worked eighteen or twenty hours a day. Then he became a sailor. Jack London travelled a lot. He had to do very hard work, but he also read a lot and tried to get an education. He went to school and university. In addition he read a lot of books on History and Philosophy. Jack London's ambition was to become a writer.
Later London went to the Far North of America. He didn't bring back any gold from there, but he brought something much better than the yellow metal. It was a book of stories about life in the North. He had realized an/the ambition; he had become a writer.