Лексико-грамматический тест      ( 80 points)

1.    Choose the right word.   ( 3 points)

1)   Can I get you ( some/any) coffee? I've just made some/any.

2)   I doubt that there's ( something/anything) we can do now.

3)   Never trust ( someone/anyone) who has a perfectly tidy desk.

2. Fill in less, the least, fewer, the fewest.       (  6 points)

1)   Of all British cars, this one uses ___________ petrol. It also needs ____________  repairs.

2)   ________  girls than boys do mathematics at university. This may be because girls get

____________  encouragement to study maths at school.

3)   As the years went by, they had ____________  things to say, and _________  interest

     in talking to each other.

4)   Do you want more time and _________ money, or more money and _________  time?

5)   Liz is very clever, but she has got ___________self-confidence of anyone I know.

6)   I've had _________ days off work of anybody in the office.

3.   Put in the articles where necessary.       ( 12 points)

    Do you see (1) _________  man standing near (2)_________ door? He works as (3) _______

assistant in (4) _________same shop as I do. Well, I saw him the other day and he was driving

(5)________ big red Porsche. And do you see (6)________expensive clothes he's wearing?

Where does he get ( 7) _________ money to pay for it all?   (8) ________ month ago he hadn't

got (9)________ penny. I told you about (10)________burglary that we had at (11)_________

shop, didn't I? Do you think I should go to (12)_________ police?

4        Put in they, them, their, theirs or another pronoun.   ( 10 points) 

1)   Someone's left me a note, but __________ haven't signed it.

2)   The person who phoned wouldn't give ____________  name.

3)   Nobody in the club has paid ___________ annual subscription (годовая подписка) yet.

4)   I can't help anybody unless ________ bring all the right documents with ________.

5)   If I find out who's made this mess in the kitchen, I'll kill ____________.

6)   Judy says somebody's stolen _________ lecture notes.

7)   Some idiot has taken my bag and left me ______________.

8)   If anyone can fill in this form, ___________'re brighter than me.

9)   Nobody will believe me unless I show ____________ the picture.

10)   That woman I was talking to had ____________  car stolen yesterday.

5       Are these sentences right (R ) or wrong (Wr)?   If it is not, give the right variant.  ( 10 points)

1)   Is this the teacher's pen?______________________

2)   Are you the Al's daughter?_________________________

3)   Do you know Lesly's last name?___________________________

4)   Here's the Barry's address._________________________________

5)   Here's my parents' address.__________________________________

6)   It was the school's responsibility.______________________________

7)   What's the Wilsons' number?__________________________________

8)   That's an old friend of Marion's.______________________________

9)   It's a crazy idea of Alice.________________________________

10)   Where is that brother of Carol?______________________________

6    Put in than, as,or that.     (  12 points)

1)    It's ___________  warm ___________  toast in here.

2)    It's later _____________  I thought.

3)    I think ____________  she's Czech.

4)    I feel stronger ___________  I did.

5)    Can't you eat faster _________  that?

6)    He's funny _____________  toothpaste.

7)    It'll cost the same ____________  before.

8)    The car _________   I saw was too small.

9)    The cat seems better ___________   yesterday.

10)   There's the boy____________ broke the window.

11)   It's not as cold ______________  yesterday.

12)   She's got the same job ________  me.

7     Put in which or what.     ( 11 points)

1)   We've got red wine and white - ______________ will you have?

2)   __________ books did you read for last year's English class?

3)   __________ of the books on the list have you already read?

4)   ____________ French queen said"Let them eat cake"?

5)   ___________'s your name?

6)   ___________hand do you write with?

7)   ___________kind of car have you got?

8)   ___________ one is yours?

9)   ___________team do you think will win the game?

10) ___________  subject do you prefer, chemistry or physics?

11) ___________ was your favourite subject at primary school?

8    Choose the correct form.     ( 10 points)

1)   a)  a bus's  station  b) a bus station

2)   a) a toys' shop       b)  a toy shop

3)   a) the teacher's office  b)  the teacher office

4)   a) computer's disks  b) computer disks

5)   a) my mother's chair b)  my mother chair

6)   a) car's papers  b)  car papers

7)   a) Tom's plan  b) the Tom  plan

8)   a) a telephone's box  b) a telephone box

9)   a) the dog's toy    b) the dog toy

10) a) a horse's race  b) a horse race

 9    Rewrite the sentences using can't.      ( 6 points)

      eg.  Her light's out. I'm sure she's not at home.  -  She can't be at home.

1)   Listen to his accent. He is certainly not American.__________________________

2)   He has a very expensive car. I'm sure he's not a teacher. _______________________

3)   She's very bad-tempered. I feel she doesn't have many friends. _____________________

4)   I filled up the car yesterday. I'm sure we don't need petrol. _________________________

5)   He had lunch an hour ago. He's not hungry: it's impossible. ________________________

6)   The cinema's half empty. I'm sure the film isn't very good. ________________________