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PART II. Train Your Competence

SAMPLE TEST
(45 points)

Task 1. Look at the nouns in the box and answer the questions with one of them. (10 points)


method Iceland audience sand man
a Picasso clergy honesty Jane goods
1. Which noun is proper and inanimate?
Noun: ...
2. Which noun is uncount and abstract?
Noun: ...
3. Which noun is a noun of multitude?
Noun: ...
4. Which noun is a group noun?
Noun: ...
5. Which noun has been converted from one semantic class into another?
Noun: ...
6. Which noun is a mass plural noun?
Noun: ...
7. Which noun is a proper animate noun?
Noun: ...
8. Which noun is a count inanimate noun?
Noun: ...
9. Which noun is a count animate noun?
Noun: ...
10. Which noun is an uncount material noun?
Noun: ...

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Task 2. Give the plural of the nouns below. (13 points)


1. A woman –
2. A woman-driver –
3. A photo –
4. A means –
4. A means –
6. A brother-in-law –
7. A merry-go-round –
8. A criterion – criterions /
9. A formula – formulas /
10. A Roman –
11. A deer –
12. A Chinese –
13. A story –

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Task 3. Use the appropriate form of the verb in brackets. (17 points)


1. the police already here? (to be)
2. Your phonetics much better now. (to be)
3. The news so unexpected that she gave a start. (to be)
4. This article is one of the best sketches which ever . (to write)
5. The cattle grazing here to Sam Walton. (to belong)
6. It they who are in charge of the mission. (to be)
7. At present the English control of the bridge. (to have)
8. A number of new pictures to the collection last year. (to add)
9. The number of books stolen unknown. (to be)
10. Neither Great Britain nor the USA oil. (to export)
11. The bread and butter not for you. (to be)
12. Each of my friends my date of birth by heart. (to know)
13. More than one person against the proposal. (to be)
14. 40 % of these children from single-parent families. (to come)
15. We can announce now that the captain as well as the passengers out of danger. (to be)
16. Many a song that night in unison. (to sing)
17. 5 miles a long distance to walk if you’ve got uncomfortable shoes! (to be)


Task 4. Translate into English paying attention to the words underlined. (5 points)


1. Это ваши часы?
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2. Попробуйте угадать, сколько стоит Ван Гог! (Van Gogh)
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3. Именно вы занимаете чужое место! (Use the verb ‘to occupy’)
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4. Этот перекресток считается очень опасным.
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5. Китайская полиция носит форму синего цвета.
Translation: