A successful A successful A successful

TV program lawyer salesperson

interesting hardworking clever

informative clever friendly

useful patient talkative

___ well- read dynamic

___ ___ ___

 

III. Write questions for the following answers.

1. She’s friendly with a good sense of humour.

2. No, she doesn’t like them at all.

3. Yes, you are right, he really looks like a banker.

4. She is very pretty. She’s tall and dark.

5. Lots of things. Reading, listening to music, playing sport.

 

IV. Choose the right word, adjective or adverb.

Example: The dinner smells (good, well).

1. Drive (carefully, careful).

2. He looked at me (angry, angrily) when I interrupted him.

3. Hurry up. You’re always so (slow, slowly).

4. My mother cooks so (good, well).

5. You look (happy, happily). Have you passed the exam?

6. Mr. Ball fascinated me. I think he is (fascinating, fascinated).

 

V. Decide whether the underlined words are right or wrong. Correct those which are wrong.

1. I tried hardly to remember his name but I couldn’t.

2. The children. behaved themselves very good.

3. Don’t walk so fas t. Can’t you walk more slowl y?

4. She is terribl e upset about failing her exam.

5. She was crying silently.

6. You shouldn’t be so lazily.

 

VI. Choose the correct words in italics.

1. Children should obey his, their parents.

2. Excuse me. Is this my, mine dictionary or your, yours?

3. There, Their, They’re sitting their, there, they’re waiting for a phone call from their, there, they’re son.

4. We live in the same building. Our, Ours apartment has one bedroom, but their, theirs has two.

5. Adam and Amanda are married. They, Them, They’re liv e in anapartment building.

 

VII. Translate into English.

1. Как выглядит сестра твоего друга? – Она довольно высокая и худощавая.

2. Что любят делать друзья твоего брата в свободное время?

3. Он похож на преступника.

4. Погода сегодня довольно ветреная. Похоже на дождь.

5. Я слышу детские голоса.

 

МОДУЛЬ 19.

 

Test 19.

I. W hat parts of speech (nouns, adjectives, or adverbs) do the suffixes in italics indicate?

1. quick ly \ back ward

2. employ ment \ happi ness

3. infla tion \ social ism

4. fam ous \ hope ful

5. brown ish \

6. use less \ use ful

7. teach er \ doct or

8. emplo yee

9. sunn y \ wind y

II. Make as many words as you can by combining different parts of the box.

Dis disexcite ful im help ly un success y honest able friend less likeship directment happyness ion

 

III. Form an adjective and its antonym (opposite) with - in or –un.

 

Adjective Opposite

Attention _______ ______

Attract _____ ______

Necessity _______ ______

Rely _______ ______

Agree ________ ______

 

IV. Complete the following so that the meaning of each sentence is similar.

1. a) Ivan is a better tennis player than me.

b) Ivan plays tennis ------ me.

c) I don’t play tennis ------ Ivan does.

2. a) My brother is ------- I am.

b) My brother drives more carefully than me.

c) I don’t drive -------- my brother.

 

V. Use the word given and other words to complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first one. You must use between two or five words, including the word given.

1.Britain isn’t as worm as Greece.

Climate

Greece -------- Britain.

2. Our boss works harder than anyone else in this firm.

Nobody

3. I was less interested by the film than I’d expected.

Wasn’t

The film ------- I’d expected.

 

VI. Write sentences that have similar meanings to the sentences below. Use the appropriate words in the box.

Example: My apartment is too small.

It’s not big enough or

It’s not very big.

Big, dirty, exciting, warm, dangerous, interesting, cool, pleasant, cheap, hot, expensive

1. This neighborhood is not clean enough.

2. It’s too cold here in the winter.

3. My house is not very expensive.

4. Central park is not safe at night.

5. The film was boring.

 

VII. Complete this paragraph using suitable words and phrases from the box. More than one answer is possible.

 

A lot of, a little, few, not much, plenty hardly any, little plenty of many

Greece is a great place to visit, and there are 1)--- tourist attractions there. However, there are not 2)--- hotel rooms available in the summer, so reservations are important. The weather is usually pleasant, and there is not 3)----- rain in the summer, although there is 4) --- in the winter. There is 5) ---- snow in winter, expect in the north,which is mountainous and often gets snow. If you like swimming, there are 6)----- beautiful beaches. Greece is a safe place to visit because there is 7) --- crime. Outside Athens, the capital, there is not much pollution because there is 8) --- industry in other parts of the country. Transportations is good and there are 9) --- taxis and buses. There are also 10) ------ large ferries that go to the islands.

 

VIII. Translate into Russian.

1. Сегодня тест был намного труднее, чем вчера.

2. Он не намного умнее тебя, хотя думает, что он самый умный.

3. Чем больше ты учишь, тем больше ты знаешь.

4. Этот шкаф слишком мал для всех моих книг.

5. Комната недостаточно светлая для работы.

 

МОДУЛЬ 20.

Test 20.

I. Choose the best variant.

1. If the weather _____ tomorrow, it’ll be fine

a) change

b) changed

c) will change

 

2. If I ______ her better I should turn to her help.

a) know

b) knew

c) will know

 

3. If she _______ him she would be happy.

a) marries

b) married

c) will marry

 

4. If he were rich _______ buy a car.

a) shall

b) will

c) would

 

5 Plants die if you _______ them.

a) won’t

b) don’t want

c) wouldn’t water

 

6. You look tired. If I _____ you, I ______ a holiday.

a) be d) will take

b) were e) would take

c) have been f) take

 

7. What a pity my brother is away! If he ______ here he ______ us.

a) were d) will help

b) would be here e) would help

c) is f) helps

 

8. Hurry up! We _______ good seats if we ______ late.

a) don’t get d) arrived

b) won’t get e) will arrive

c) didn’t get f) arrive

 

II. Open the brackets using the verbs in the correct forms.

1. If you (give) me your address, I shall write you a letter.

2. If she (not to be) so absent – minded, she would be a much better student.

3. If he were not such an outstanding actor, he (not to have) so many admirers.

4. If you really loved music, you (go) to the philharmonic much more often.

5. Your mother (not to scold) you if you don’t get a ‘‘two.”

6. I should be very glad if he (come) to my place.

7. If the sun (be) red, it is a sign that we (have) a fine day tomorrow.

8. Please stop before you (get) into trouble.

9. If things get worse, I (lose) my job.