Here are some geography questions. You have to choose the right answer. Sometimes you need the, sometimes not. Try and find out the answers if you don't know them.

Example: What is the longest river in the world? (Amazon / Rhine / Nile) the Amazon

1. Where is Bolivia? (Africa / South America / North America)……………………

2. Where is Ethiopia? (Asia / South America / Africa)……………………………...

3. Of which country is Manila the capital? (Indonesia / Philippines / Japan)……….

4. Of which country is Stockholm the capital? (Norway / Denmark / Sweden)…...

5. Which country lies between Mexico and Canada?

(Venezuela / El Salvador / United States)…………...................................................

EXERCISE 8

In this exercise you have to complete the sentences. Sometimes you need a or some.

Examples: She can't see very well. She needs glasses (or spectacles)

This plant is a very rare species

1. Footballers don't wear trousers when they play. They wear..................................

2. The bicycle is.................................of transport.

3. The bicycle and the car are.................................of transport.

EXERCISE 9

This time you have to choose the correct form of the verb, singular or plural. Sometimes either a singular or a plural verb is possible.

Example: Gymnastics is/are my favourite sport, ('is' is correct)

1. The trousers you bought for me doesn't / don't fit me.

2. Physics was / were my best subject at school.

3. Fortunately the news wasn't / weren't as bad as we had expected

EXERCISE 10

In this exercise you have to join two nouns. Sometimes you have to use an apostrophe ('), with or without s. Sometimes you have to use... of....

Examples: the door / the room the door of the room.

the mother / Ann Ann’s mother

1. the camera / Tom.......................................

2. the eyes / the cat..........................................

3. the car / Mike's parents.........................................................................

4. the birthday / my father.........................................................................

5. the husband / the woman talking to Tom ……………………………..

6. the new headmaster / the school …………………………....................

7. the garden / our neighbours...................................................................

EXERCISE 11

Read each sentence and write a new sentence using 's with the underlined words.

Example: The meeting tomorrow has been cancelled. Tomorrow’s meeting has been cancelled.

1. The storm last week caused a lot of damage.

Last..........................................................................................................................

2. The only cinema in the town has been closed down.

The.........................................................................................................................

EXERCISE 12

Now you have to use the information given to complete the sentences.

Example: If I leave my house at 9 o'clock and drive to London, I arrive at about 12 o'clock.

So it's about three hours’ drive to London from my house.

1. I'm going on holiday on the 12th. I have to be back at work on the 26th.

So I've got.................................holiday.

EXERCISE 13

Поставьте предложения в вопросительную или отрицательную форму.

1. They are free on Sunday.

2. My friend was ill last week.

3. She will be busy tomorrow.

4. It is cold today.

5. The lessons are over at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.

6. We are fond of sports.

7. My sister had a lot of toys in her childhood

EXERCISE 14

Употребите глагол to have или to be в нужной форме.

1. It... difficult to find a job now,... it?

2. I want... a doctor, that is why I... a student of the Medical Institute.

3. There is no school in this village and the children go to the school which... two miles away.

4. How old... you? — I... 17.

5. … you English lessons twice a week? — Yes, we....

 

Вариант 2

EXERCISE 1

In this exercise you have to write what you would say in these situations. Each time begin in the way shown

Example: Your friends have just arrived at the station. You can't see any suitcases or bags.

You say: Have you got any luggage?

1. You are a pupil at school. You want your teacher to advise you about which examinations to take. You say: Can you give me.....................................................................................?

2. You want to watch the news on television but you don't know what time it is on. You ask your friend: What time..............................................................................?

 

EXERCISE 2

Now you have to read about someone's job and then write what his or her job is.

Example: Ron flies aeroplanes. He’s a pilot.

1. Stella looks after patients in hospital. She............................................................

2. Mary teaches mathematics....................................................................................

EXERCISE 3

Now you have to put in a/an or some or leave a space (without a word).

Examples: I've seen some good films recently.

Have you got a headache?

1. Those are....................really nice trousers. Where did you get them?

2. What....................beautiful garden!

3. What....................lovely children!

4.....................birds, for example the penguin, cannot fly.

5. Jack has got....................very long legs, so he's....................fast runner.

EXERCISE 4

In this exercise you have to put in a/an or the.

Example: There was a man and a woman in the room. The man was English but the woman looked foreign. She was wearing a fur coat.

1. I saw...............accident this morning..................car crashed into.................wall.

.............driver of............. car was not hurt but.............car was quite badly damaged.

2. When you turn into Lipson Road, you will see three houses:..............red one,.................... blue one and..................white one. I live in....................white one.

3. It was warm and sunny, so we decided to sit in....................garden.

4. This morning I had....................boiled egg and toast for breakfast.

5....................President of the United States is elected every four years.

6. As I was walking along the street, I saw..............£10 note on............pavement.

7. I went into the shop and asked to speak to....................manager.

8. 'Have you got....................car?' 'No, I've never had....................car in my life.'

9. There's no need to buy any milk.....................milkman brings it every morning.

EXERCISE 5

Complete these sentences using the with these adjectives:

rich sick blind poor injured unemployed dead

Example: Braille is a system of reading and writing by touch the blind.

1. Many people were killed in the plane crash. The bodies of..................were taken

away. ………..............were taken to hospital.

2. Every English child knows the story of Robin Hood. It is said that he robbed.................................and gave the money to..................................

3. Those people with jobs have enough money but life is not so easy for.................

4. Agnes has been a nurse all her life. She has spent her life caring for.....................

EXERCISE 6

In this exercise you have to choose the correct form, with or without the.

Examples: I'm afraid of dogs / the dogs

Can you pass salt / the salt, please?

1. Women / The women are often better teachers than men / the men.

2. In Britain coffee / the coffee is more expensive than tea / the tea.

3. We had a very nice meal in that restaurant. Cheese / The cheese was especially good.

4. Two of the biggest problems facing our society are crime / the crime and unemployment / the unemployment.

5. I hate violence / the violence.

EXERCISE 7