Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense

1) She often (make) mistakes in spelling.

2) They (have) four lessons yesterday.

3) Her friend (buy) her a nice present next week.

4) I expect she (phone) this evening.

5) The hotel wasn’t very expensive. It (not/cost) very much.

6) Kate (go) to the cinema three times last week.

7) Ann (not/drink) coffee very often.

8) The window was open and a bird (fly) into the room.

9) We (go) to the theatre if our father (buy) the tickets.

Ask all types of questions

1) Tom is busy now.

2) My brother was a student last year.

3) They will be at school tomorrow.

Test 22

Complete the sentences with the prepositions of time

1) We go _______ holidays _______ summer.

2) My mother went shopping _______ the weekend.

3) I watch TV _______ the evening.

4) Sheila’s birthday is _______ May.

5) I usually get up _______ 7 o’clock.

6) It often snows _______ winter.

7) My friend’s party will be _______ Monday.

8) Kate was a student _______ 1999.

9) Ann’s birthday is _______ the 21^st _______ July.

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense form

1) Greg (go) to the theatre at the weekends?

2) The sun (not/ rise) at 5.15 yesterday.

3) Mike (get) some tickets for the World Cup next Sunday?

4) Amy (not/be) at work last week.

5) He (collect) the paintings of old masters many years ago.

6) You take the children to the park tomorrow?

7) When your mother usually (finish) her work?

8) She (leave) a message on the table for him tomorrow?

9) My family (spend) two months in the South next summer.

10) He (forget) to bring his book yesterday.

11) He (become) an architect when he (graduate) from the University.

Choose the correct variant

1) David is (my, mine) brother.

2) This house is (their, theirs).

3) It’s Bob’s pen. It’s (his, her).

4) These flowers are (your, yours).

5) This is (our, ours) garden. It’s (our, ours).

6) This is Sally’s book. It’s (her, hers) book.

7) The blue skirt is (my, mine).

4. Use anything, anybody, anywhere, nobody, nothing

1) There isn’t _______ in the room.

2) I have got _______ in my pocket.

3) There isn’t _______ on TV.

4) There will be _______ in the office tomorrow.

5) He hasn’t got _______ for dinner.

6) They haven’t got _______ to stay at night.

7) I knocked but _______ answered.

8) I haven’t _______ in my fridge.

Open the brackets using the adjective in the comparative or superlative forms

1) My car is (fast) than yours.

2) He is (good) student in the group.

3) Russian is (difficult) than English.

4) Paula is (short) than Helen.

5) Kate is (slim) all the girls.

6) Jack is (happy) than Mike.

7) Jeans are (cheap) than trousers.

8) It is (interesting) book by Agatha Christie.

9) The grandfather is (old) in the family.

10) Sherlock Holmes is (clever) than Doctor Watson.

Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple

Mary 1) _______ (get up) rather early in the morning and 2) _______ (cook) breakfast for her family. At 7 a. m. she 3) _______ (wake) her husband, Robert, and their children, Charlie and Sue. It 4) _______ (be) a very difficult thing to do! They all 5) _______ (have) breakfast and at 8 o’clock Robert 6) _______ (leave) for his office. Then Mary 7) _______ (take) the children to school and after that she
8) _______ (go) shopping. When she 9) _______ (come) home, she 10) _______ (do) her usual work about the house. These things 11) _______ (be) practically the same every day but they 12) _______ (be) never boring for her. Later the children
13) _______ (come) home from school, they 14) _______ (have) lunch and Mary 15) _______ (help) them with their homework. In the evening when Robert 16) _______ (return) from work, the whole family 17) _______ (be) together for dinner. As a rule, Mary’s day 18) _______ (finish) at midnight.

Write the correct “tag” to complete the question

1) It often rains here in autumn, _______?

2) They know each other, _______?

3) Tom will drive to London, _______?

4) She has dinner at a Greek restaurant, _______?

Test 23

1. Fill in the verb to be using the Present Simple, Past Simple, Future Simple

1) The weather _______ nice today, but yesterday it _______ cold.

2) Last year Jack _______ 23, now he _______ 24.

3) There _______ a monument in this square next year.

4) _______ that dress expensive?

5) Last year I _______ in Paris.

6) It _______ 12 o’clock now, and Mary _______ in the kitchen. She _______ in the garden two hours ago.

7) The sky _______ blue, so the weather _______ nice tomorrow.

8) There _______ three rooms in his flat.

2. Fill in much, many, few, little

1) Your English is very good. You have got _______ mistakes.

2) There weather is very dry here. There is _______ rain.

3) I am not lonely. I have got _______ friends.

4) I am busy. I have got _______ work.

5) They are not poor. They have got _______ money.

6) The town is very quiet at night. Only _______ people are in the street.

7) This is a little garden. There are _______ fruit trees here.

8) There are _______ pictures in the Tretyakov Gallery.

Give the plural

Church, key, wife, child, man, niece, box, dress, blouse, shirt, part, shoe, egg, baby.

Use the Possessive Case

1) Mary and John / book; 2) teenagers / jeans; 3) children / ice-cream; 4) my brother / bag; 5) men / trousers; 6) his uncle / name; 7) the girl / dress; 8) my mother / coat.