Assignments for self-control

Choose the correct variant. Check your answers in the keys.

1. This elephant is 20 years ______. a) old b) young c) dead d) alive

2. Our boss is a ______ minded man (человек с «живым умом»). a) quick b) fast c) soon

3. The ____- eyed (кривоглазый) old man looked very scary. a) straight b) cross c) long

4. I’m really ______ . I’m looking for some water. a) hungry b) starving c) thirsty

5. «Home _____ home» (дом, милый дом) was written on the welcome mat. a) good b) nice c) sweet

6. Be _____, children. Don't talk, please. a) quite b) quiet c) quit

7. There were no clouds in the sky. It was blue and ____. a) clear b) clean

8. The girl lost her favourite toy. She was very ____. a) sad b) mad c) glad

9. Don't be ____ Give me one candy. a) angry b) lazy c) greedy

10. The man is ____ That is why he can’t hear the signal. a) death b) deaf dead

11. _____ children were playing with the dog. a) merry b) marry c) mary

12. The picnic was nice, but the flies were really ____. a) depressing b) annoying c) terrifying

13. He was very scared. His face was as ______ as a sheet. a) blue b) red c) white

14. You are so ______ - minded (рассеянный)! Try to concentrate on the test. a) absent b) upset c) ancient

15. We didn't go fishing last weekend, because the weather was ______. a) lusty b) hasty c) nasty

16. Jack greeted me with a ______ smile, and we went in. a) large b) broad c) long

17. OK, then. Let’s meet at 8 o’clock ______. a) sharp b) aiwa c) akai

18. Yes, we know each other very well. We are ______ friends. a) open b) close c) locked

19. This chewing gum is so ______ . I can’t remove it from my jacket. a) sticky b) stinky c) sleety

20. This day is over! I am so ______. a) fired b) admired c) tired

21. a) a small Canadian thin lady

b) Canadian small thin lady

c) small thin Canadian lady

d) thin small Canadian lady

22. a) a carving steel new knife

b) a new steel carving knife

c) a steel new carving knife

d) a new carving steel knife

23. a) a beautiful blue sailing boat

b) a blue beautiful sailing boat

c) a sailing beautiful blue boat

d) a blue sailing beautiful boat

24. a) an old wooden square table

b) a square wooden old table

c) an old square wooden table

d) a wooden old square table

25. a) an new French exciting band

b) a French new exciting band

c) an exciting French new band

d) an exciting new French band

26. a) a red big plastic hat

b) a big red plastic hat

c) a plastic big red hat

d) a bit plastic red hat

27. a) a small Japanese serving bowl

b) a Japanese small serving bowl

c) a small serving Japanese bowl

d) a serving small Japanese bowl

28. a) a cotton dirty old tie

b) a dirty cotton old tie

c) an old cotton dirty tie

d) a dirty old cotton tie

Section IV. THE PRONOUN

Preparatory activities.

Review the following topics:

1. Give the definition of the Pronoun.

2. Revise the classification of the Pronoun. Name all groups of the English pronouns.

3. Comment on the grammatical categories, syntactic functions, morphological composition of each pronoun group.

4. Comment on the formation of the Neuter Reflexive Voice in English.

5. Speak about the meaning and use of demonstrative, defining and indefinite pronouns.

6. What is the difference between relative and conjunctive pronouns? Give examples.

7. Comment on the use of the indefinite-personal pronoun one as a word-substitute.

8. Speak about the meaning and use of negative pronouns.