Influence, disagreement, piece, important, preparations, particular, separated, die out, belongings, pore over smth.
III. Try and explain the following words
a layman, an accomplice, furnished, masterpiece, poverty-stricken, Cubism
IV. Complete the sentences with the missing prepositions
1. I simply hate being a victim __ circumstances. 2. He won __ sheer luck. 3. That young girl sat on the porch crying __ __ sheer helplessness. 4. They have come __ an arrangement __ their experiment. 5. After running such a long distance the child was breathing __ short gasps. 6. He gasped __ pain. 7. Some people usually have a great greed __ information. 8. I’m dying __ a drink of water. 9. We can see the shapes echo __ each other in the picture. 10. All dinosaurs died __ when it became too cold for them.
V. Give the plural of the following nouns
a cherry, a play, a thief, an ox, an exercise book, a phenomenon, a crisis, a boss, a forget-me-not.
VI. Give as many antonyms as you can
Blend, warm colours, symmetrically, foreground, a real talent, pale red, delicate
THE ENGLIH LANGUAGE TEST (UNIT I, Afanasyeva-X)
- Choose the right answer
- Making (sacrifices/ victims) is always a part of bringing up children. 2. Everybody knows that divorce (affects/ effects) people very much. 3.Soon there appeared some (accord/ discord) in their relations. 4.I don’t trust her: everything she says about her feelings is just an (affectation/ affection). 4.I’ve broken two of my favourite brushes. I’ll have to buy new (one/ ones), I think. 5.(This/ these) new information (is/ are) rather unexpected. 6.What (is/ are) your school clothes like? 7.The police (is/ are) interested in the case. 8.All their belongings (has/ have) been destroyed during the fire. 9.We had to pay (customs/ custom). 10.The (content/ contents) of the letter upset me. 11.I can’t stand the (air/ airs) he puts on. 12.The government (do/ does) not agree on the new education policy.
- Give as many synonyms as you can
Influence, disagreement, piece, important, preparations, particular, separated, die out, belongings, pore over smth.
III. Try and explain the following words
a layman, an accomplice, furnished, masterpiece, poverty-stricken, Cubism
IV. Complete the sentences with the missing prepositions
1. I simply hate being a victim __ circumstances. 2. He won __ sheer luck. 3. That young girl sat on the porch crying __ __ sheer helplessness. 4. They have come __ an arrangement __ their experiment. 5. After running such a long distance the child was breathing __ short gasps. 6. He gasped __ pain. 7. Some people usually have a great greed __ information. 8. I’m dying __ a drink of water. 9. We can see the shapes echo __ each other in the picture. 10. All dinosaurs died __ when it became too cold for them.
V. Give the plural of the following nouns
a cherry, a play, a thief, an ox, an exercise book, a phenomenon, a crisis, a boss, a forget-me-not.
VI. Give as many antonyms as you can
Blend, warm colours, symmetrically, foreground, a real talent, pale red, delicate