english grammar tests (Real english grammar tests)

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НИЖЕГОРОДСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ

ИМ. Н.А. ДОБРОЛЮБОВА

REAL ENGLISH GRAMMAR TESTS

Учебно-методическая разработка.

Н. Новгород 2006

Печатается по решению редакционно-издательского совета ГОУ НГЛУ им. Н. А. Добролюбова. Специальность: Документационное обеспечение управления. Дисциплина: иностранный язык.

УДК 802(075,83)

English Grammar Tests. Учебно-методическая разработка для студентов I курса факультета вечернего обучения. - Нижний Новгород: НГЛУ им. Н.А. Добролюбова, 2006 – 49 с.

Настоящие тесты предназначены для самостоятельного или аудиторного выполнения студентами I курса факультета вечернего обучения.

Разработка состоит из 27 тестов, включающих грамматический материал первого семестра изучения английского языка, и имеет целью формирование у студентов прочных грамматических навыков на начальном этапе.

Составитель С.И. Нестеренко, кандидат филологических наук, доцент

Рецензенты: Куренкова Т.П., кандидат филологических наук, доцент

Борышнева Н.Н., кандидат филологических наук, доцент

©Издательство ГОУ НГЛУ им. Н.А. Добролюбова, 2006.

Test 1

1. Countable nouns in the singular and in the plural forms.

2. Structures with the verb “to have”.

3. Disjunctive questions.

1. Put the nouns into the plural form and transcribe the suffix of the plural form.

A flat, a baby, a bay, a stress, a baker, a pie, a tax, a belt, a lace, a pencil, a cake, a table, a family, a pipe, an actor, a candy, a slice, a male, a fly, a tie.

1. Complete the sentences using “have”, “has”, “don’t have”, and “doesn’t have”.

   1. I ___ a writing-desk and Ted ___ a table.

   2. Sandy ___ a nice bike, he ___ a bad bike.

   3. Dan and Dell ___ many pads.

   4. Kiddies ___ large eyes.

   5. I ___ a red fan, but I ___ a white fan.

   6. Sam ___ ten pencils, Dave ___ so many pencils.

1. Use a question-tag at the end of the sentences.

1. Ben has a nice van,

2. Nelly doesn’t have a big family,

3. You have many pals,

4. Basil doesn’t have many apples,

5. Kate has fine eyes,

6. I don’t have black hens,

1. Translate into English

У меня есть две подруги, Аня и Таня. У Ани квартира большая, в ней четыре комнаты. У Тани квартира небольшая, но она имеет два балкона (a balcony).

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1. Countable nouns in the singular and in the plural forms.

2. Structures with the verb “to be”.

3. Personal Pronouns.

1. Put the nouns into the singular form.

Mills, kiddies, men, pages, lamps, spies, wives, peppers, children, days, miles, women, eggs, slaves, berries, knives, mice, planes, eyes, sexes, shelves, tigers.

1. Complete the sentences using “is”, “isn’t”

   1. It __ a test, it __ a text.

   2. It __ a fine day, __ it?

   3. It __ a lake. It __ a little lake, it __ a large lake.

   4. Lily __ a typist, she __ a book-keeper.

   5. It __ windy, but it __ warm today.

   6. Ann __ often late, ___ she?

1. Use personal pronouns as the subject of the sentence

   1. Mike is a taxi-driver.

   2. David and I have hazel eyes.

   3. Lapsy is a lazy cat.

   4. Helen has a nice camera.

   5. My pad has many pages.

   6. Kevin, Sam and I don’t have many classes today.

1. Translate into English.

1. Это маленький ребенок.

2. Ада красивая женщина. Она секретарь-машинистка.

3. У Дениса есть черный велосипед, правда? – Да, есть, но у него красный велосипед. Дениса есть черный велосипед, правда?

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1. Это пирог, не так ли? – Нет, это не пирог, это пирожное.

Test 3

1. Possessive pronouns.

2. The indefinite article.

3. Word order in a simple sentence.

4. Special questions (who-questions).

1. Complete the sentences with suitable possessive pronouns.

1. Kate has a little kitten. __ kitten is funny.

2. You have a nice family. __ family is friendly, isn’t it?

3. I have a bag. It is __ bag.

4. Pete has a map. __ map is old.

5. Simon and I have a flat. __ flat is comfortable.

6. Lizzy has a baby. __ name is Bobby.

1. Put “a/an” or – in the following sentences.

   1. Ben has __ sister. He has __ elder sister. She is __ pupil. She is __ clever.

   2. Sandy has __ apples and Andy has __ pears.

   3. We have __ cat. It is __ idle cat. It is __ fat.

   4. Sam is __ actor. His wife is __ actress, too, but she isn’t __ very good actress. She isn’t talented.

   5. I have __ felt-tip, __ two pens and __ many pencils in my bag.

1. Arrange the words into a simple sentence.

1. Ann, child, has, pretty, a

2. film, old, an, isn’t, it

3. parrot, my, red-and-blue, is

4. large, a, house, have, I, don’t

5. our, nice, is, garden

6. doesn’t, Nelly, golden, fish, have

1. Make up “who”-questions.

1. Dan has a black Ford. Who…?

2. Lily is sad today. Who…?

3. Winny doesn’t have many mistakes in her test. Who…?

4. I have a yellow felt-tip. Who…?

5. Ken is a driver. Who…?

6. We don’t have big families. Who…?

Test 4

1. Structures with the demonstrative pronouns “this” and “that”.

2. General questions.

3. Disjunctive questions.

4. The definite article.

1. Use the given pairs of nouns in sentences of your own according to the model.

Model: a cat – a dog

This is a cat and that is a dog.

A bag – a sack, a desk – a table, a pie – a cake, a pear – an orange, a rabbit – a cat, a pad – a letter

1. Make the sentences general questions

1. Della has a white hat.

2. Dan is a lazy man.

3. This is a pretty baby.

4. My sisters have wavy hair.

5. That is our teacher.

6. Nelly is a doctor.

1. Make the sentences of ex. II disjunctive questions

1. Put in “a/an, the, -” into the following sentences.

1. Pam has __ nice flat.

2. This is __ city. It is __ big city. I like __ city.

3. July and Kleg have __ caravans. __ caravans are old.

4. Bess has __ fair hair. __ hair is thick and long.

5. This is __ little kiddy. __ kiddy has __ many toys.

6. __ dress is nice. It is __ expensive dress.

Test 5

1. Groups of nouns.

2. Special questions (what-questions).

3. Structures with the demonstrative pronouns “these” and “those”

1. Arrange the nouns into four groups: proper, concrete, abstract, material nouns.

A pan, love, Moscow, bread, milk, a piggy, Cecil, happiness, tea, a pill, wine, a teacher, friendship, silk, Mr. Smith, a cry, a city, England, a tie, pity.

1. Put all types of questions you know to the sentences (general, disjunctive, question with “what”, “who”uestions you know to the sentencesstract00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000).

1. It is a hot day.

2. We have green bananas.

3. This is a high tree.

4. That is a little mouse.

5. Jenny has a fashionable jacket.

1. Put “this” and “that” into the plural form making all the necessary changes.

1. This is a new camera.

2. This is a leaf.

3. That is a pretty woman.

4. This is a fly.

5. That is a red apple.

6. This is a child.

Test 6

1. Noun structures with the demonstrative pronouns.

2. Special questions (what-questions).

3. The use of articles.

4. Noun structures with the preposition “of”.

   1. Write in the plural:

This bed, that man, that story, this teacher, this day, that knife, this fish

Write in the singular:

Those ladies, these women, these cameras, those exercises, these wolves, these boys, those fruit

1. Make up questions to the adjectives.

1. Mr. Green is a strict teacher.

2. The rabbit is shy.

3. This is an old sheep.

4. The tea is cold.

5. My pal has a large farm.

6. It is a funny film.

7. The pears are ripe.

8. These are clever toys.

1. Put “a/an, the, -” in the following sentences

1. __ bread is stale. I like __ fresh bread.

2. This is __ house. __ house has __ garden.

3. __ milk is white, __ coffee is black.

4. That is __ pie. It is __ apple pie. __ pie is fresh.

5. I like __ jam but I am fond of __ orange jam.

6. __ car is nice. It is __ expensive car.

1. Join the two nouns using the preposition “of”.

A cup – tea A bottle – milk A page – the pad

A block – flats A bag – potatoes A glass – wine

A leg – the table A slice – bread A plate – cherries

Test 7

1. The possessive structures.

2. Structures with the verb “to be”.

3. Personal and possessive pronouns.

4. The use of “else”, “also”, “too”.

1. Join the two nouns using «’s» or «s’»

Kelvin – the sister The Smiths – the car These children – the toys Ray and Lily – the caravan Babies – pampers

Liz – the cassette Tom and John – the jackets A woman – a hat Mr. Knox – Sunday Our dog – a new kennel

1. Complete the sentences using the forms of the verb “to be”

- Hi! I __ Mike. This __ my friend Bob.

- Oh, hi!

- What __ your name?

- Linda.

- __ your Russian?

- No, I __ English. And you?

- We __ Russian.

- __ you? Fine.

- And who __ those boys?

- They __ my friends. They __ English, too. We say in England: “Two __ a company, three __ a crowd”.

- Then we __ a fine crowd.

1. Put in personal or possessive pronouns.

   1. Are you and ___ friend the same age, Dick?

   2. Who is that man? __ is Mr. Adams. - What is __ address?

   3. Sam and I are pals. __ flats are next-door. Now __ are at home.

   4. I have a camera. This is __ camera, __ isn’t very good.

   5. Are __ a teacher, Ann? – No, __ am not.

   6. These are Pete and Willy. __ are good friends. __ tastes are alike.

   7. That is Derek’s car. __ door is open.

   8. Kate is Lena’s sister. __ is a pretty girl. __ hair is long and thick.

1. Use “else”, “also”, “too”

1. Sally has a record-player. Who __ has a record-player? Nelly has a record-player __.

2. This is a textbook and that is a textbook __.

3. Grass is green. What __ is green? Leaves of trees are __ green. Cabbage is green __.

4. Charles is an actor. Brian is __ an actor. Who __ is an actor? Sandy is an actor __.

5. The pad is thick. What __ is thick? The book is thick __.

6. Cyril has a sister. Whom __ does Cyril have? He has a brother.

Test 8

1. Structures with the modal verb “can”

2. Alternative questions

3. Nouns in the singular and in the plural forms

1. Arrange the words into the simple sentences.

   1. Can, I, good, English, speak

   2. Allen, play, football, can

   3. Can’t, today, come, I

   4. We, classes, today, French, have, can’t, in

   5. Fanny, make, can, pies, tasty

   6. The piano, play, can’t, Tim

1. Make up alternative questions using the following pairs of words

   1. A teacher – a farmer, a desk – a table, apples – pears, a sheep – a pig, a garden – a park, glasses – cups

   2. red – green, sad – happy, large – small, thick – thin, two – four, Peter’s – Clide’s

1. Use the nouns in the following sentences in the plural, make all the necessary changes.

1. This is Ray’s candy.

2. He has a bad tooth.

3. This is a sheep and that is a goose.

4. The photo is small.

5. I have a golden fish.

6. The sunray is hot.

7. This man is а hero.

8. A banana is a fruit.

9. This is a loaf of fresh bread.

10. The woman has a scarf.

Test 9

1. Cardinal numerals

2. The use of no/not

3. The use of “too”, “either”

4. Prepositions of place

1. Write the numerals in letters

1, 12, 18, 45, 84, 8, 15, 39, 519, 13, 29

1. Complete the sentences using “no/not”, open the brackets

1. The Bridges (to have) ___ children. They (to be) ___ happy.

2. Karl (to be) ___ rich. He (to have) ____ an expensive car, his car is cheap.

3. Gregory (to have) ___ classes today. He (to be) ___ busy.

4. Mrs. Cook (to have) ___ many sons. She has only two sons.

5. I (to have) ___ time to play tennis today.

6. Catherine (to have)___ a black cat, she has a grey one, but she (to have)___ dog.

1. Put in “too”, “either”

1. The glass is empty, the cup is empty ___.

2. Carol is not hungry, her pal is not hungry ___.

3. Sally has thick lashes, Betty has thick lashes ___.

4. Sheila has two sandwiches for breakfast. Fanny has a sandwich for breakfast ___.

5. Philip isn’t an architect, I am not ___.

6. Jim has no jeans. Martin has no jeans ___.

1. Choose the suitable preposition.

1. The radio-set is (in front of, on, opposite) the table.

2. The shoes are (under, in, on) the chair.

3. The light is (next to, above, at) the desk.

4. The park is (in front of, over, from) the house.

5. The TV-set is (behind, below, in) the corner of the room.

6. The shop is (on, across, above) the street.

7. The hat is (in, over, at) the box.

8. The sofa is (in, under, next to) the wardrobe.

9. The parking lot is (on, behind, under) the shop.

10. The police station is (opposite, across, over) Sam’s house.

Test 10

1. Special questions

2. Prepositions of place and direction

3. Sentence-structures with “there is”, “there are”

4. Possessive structures

1. Make up questions with “who”, “what”, “how old”, “where”.

   1. Sarah is twenty-six.

   2. Sheila is a shop-assistant

   3. The piano is in the living-room.

   4. This is a Ladies’ magazine.

   5. Sid is only three.

   6. My grandparents are in the garden now.

1. Put in prepositionse verb "eposition "den.

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1. This is a ball. Put the ball ___ the table. It is ___ the table now. Take the ball __ the table and put it ___ the box. And now take it ___ ___ the box.

2. This is the bridge ___ the Volga. This is a boat. It is ___ the bridge.

3. This is a chair and that is an arm-chair. Ray is ___ the chair and his mother is ___ the arm-chair. The cat is __ her feet.

1. Describe your classroom using “there is”, “there are”.sive рог, это пирожное.

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