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PART III. Test Your Competence

LEVEL A
(60 points)

Task 1. Type in one or more characteristics that unite the 4 nouns in each line semantically (e.g., uncount, abstract, collective, nouns of multitude, etc.)? (12 points)


1. William, child, director, cat:
2. London, the Great Wall of China, the Urals, George:
3. sand, water, chocolate, wine: 1) , 2)
4. jury, government, crew, company: 1) , 2)
5. noun, idea, love, sincerity:
6. vermin, police, gentry, clergy: 1) , 2)
7. greens, goods, archives, clothes: 1) , 2) , 3)

Task 2. Give the plural of the following nouns. (16 points)


1. a soprano –
2. a wolf –
3. a woman-artist –
4. a butterfly –
5. a criterion – /
6. a valley –
7. a drop-out –
8. a species –
9. an antenna – /
10. a works –
11. a sheep –
12. a genius– /
13. an ox –
14. a mouse –
15. a hero –
16. a fish– /

Task 3. Use is, are or both with the nouns below. (16 points)


1. politics +
2. news +
3. the rich +
4. customs +
5. cattle +
6. jeans +
7. billiards +
8. group +
9. content +
10. the Netherlands +
11. the USA +
12. wages +
13. hair +
14. the Japanese +
15. diabetes +
16. furniture +

1. A number of students still writing the te
2. Every man and woman eager to witness the arrival of the Pope.
3. Many a medieval ballad us about unrequited love.
4. “Scarlet Letters” a masterpiece of American literature.
5. 70 per cent of the British a newspaper of some sort every day.
6. I can see that more than one spoon missing.
7. How you family doing?
8. Another ten minutes given to the last speaker.
9. The Queen together with her councillors put the primogeniture law under scrutiny.
10. Statistics on this subject not available yet.

Task 5. Translate into English. (6 points)


1. Мне кажется, его часы очень дорогие.
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2. В это пруду много рыбы.
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3. Мартин Эмис – один их тех авторов, которые заставляют тебя думать.
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4. Ваша фонетика уже гораздо лучше.
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5. Возьми эти деньги и отдай их Рите.
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6. Моя семья – очень скрытные (secretive) люди.
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LEVEL B
(60 points)

Task 1. Pick the odd word from a semantic point of view. (8 points)


1. goods , looks , series , clothes , customs

2. phonetics , politics , statistics , mystics , acoustics

3. series , headquarters , crossroads , stairs , works

4. advice , news , furniture , sugar , fish

5. family , jury , press , staff , people

6. ink , advice , water , chocolate , cattle

7. wages , jeans , headphones , scissors , overalls

8. a Casanova , a Kodak , a Napoleon , a Hitler , a Don Juan

Task 2. Give the plural of the following nouns. Some nouns have two forms, which will be considered as one correct point. (14 points)


1. a son-in-law –
2. a goose –
3. a crossroads –
4. a man-driver –
5. one dozen – two
6. a passer-by –
7. an appendix – /
8. a vertebra – /
9. a hypothesis –
10. a fungus – /
11. a hero –
12. a piano –
13. a merry-go-round –
14. a means –

Task 3. Use is, are or both with the nouns below. (18 points)


1. works +
2. fish +
3. police +
4. applause +
5. contents +
6. rickets +
7. fruit +
8. goods +
9. team +
10. vermin +
11. the inevitable +
12. Wales +
13. money +
14. public +
15. outskirts +
16. pyjamas +
17. the military +
18. earnings +

Task 4. Pick the correct form of the verb. (10 points)


1. Do you see the crowd of boys that playing squash over there?
2. There a necklace and a pair of earrings missing.
3. It is I who to blame for the unfortunate turn in the negotiations.
4. Almost two-thirds of the books in our library less than ten years old.
5. The director and producer of the movie ready to answer the journalists’ questions.
6. The acoustics of this room not suitable for singing.
7. The number of novels to be read during Term II is / are not that high.
8. Many a good man been destroyed by excessive alcohol consumption.
9. The Netherlands situated in Western Europe.
10. Fortunately, neither the mother nor the children in any way hurt.

Task 5. Translate into English. (10 points)


1. Его советы всегда разумны. Прислушивайся к ним.
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2. В этой реке столько рыбы!
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3. «Кентерберийские рассказы» – одно из тех произведений (work), которые обязательно следует прочесть любому историку. (to be a must-read for somebody)
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4. Фрукты, которые продаются зимой, не особо полезны. (Use “that/which”)
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5. Все ценное имущество было сложено в чемоданы. Движимое имущество было продано.
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6. У вас очень красивые волосы! Вы пытаетесь их растить?
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7. Каково среднеe содержание золота в смартфоне?
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