10 questions/ Grammar


I. Choose the appropriate opinion.
1. “ Do you think,  he’ll be able to  help me?”
“No, I think you can do it______________.”
a)  myself
b) yourself
c) himself
d)ourselves

2. “Will you spend your weekend  with  me?”
“ No, I can’t. I’ve_____________planned my  weekend.”
a) yet
b) till
c) already
d) still
3. “Can I borrow  your  books?”
“Yes, you can borrow__________any time you want.”
a) they
b) them
c)mine
d) yours
4. “Why are you surprised?”
“ His offer was____________than we had expected.”
a)   much more interesting
b)   very much interesting
c)   most interesting
d)   so much interesting
5. “ Is_________________ given  special training  for  the job?”
“ But the job isn’t  very  interesting.”
a)   all of  person
b)   every  persons
c)   all persons
d)   each person

6. “ Have you thought about their offer?”
“ Yes. I’ll_________________accept  it.”

a)   hardly
b)   hard
c)   harder
d)   be hard
7. I remember_______________the book  in  many  bookshops, but  I  don’t  remember what shops they  were.
a) being seen
b) to see
c) to seeing
d) seeing
8. “Everybody expected her_____________Peter.”
“ But I’ve heard that she doesn’t love him.”
a)   to marrying
b)   marry
c)   to marry
d)   marrying
9. “I haven’t given___________permission  to  borrow  my  calculator.”
“ I know but he needs it badly.”
a)   anyone
b)   everybody
c)   no one
d)   some one
10. “They both  played well  yesterday.”
“Yes, but  Jane played________aggressively  than  Tom.”

a)   more
b)  so
c)   as
d)  very


Exercises / Tenses


Exercise 1 Բաց թողնված տեղերում տեղադրել համապատասխան բայը / Present Indefinite /(boil, close, cost, cost, like, like, meet, open, speek, teach, wash)

1.   Margaret speaks four exercises.
2.   In Britain the banks usually….at 9:30 in the morning.
3.   The City Museum……at 5 o’clock in the evening.
4.   Tina is a teacher. She……mathematics to young children.
5.    My job is very interesting. I……. a lot of people.
6.   Peter…….his hair twice a week.
7.   Food is expensive. It…..a lot of money.
8.   Shoes are expensive. They……a lot of money.
9.   Water…..at 100 degrees Celsius.
10.               Julia and I are good friends. I…….her and she……..me.


Exercise 2 Answer the questions using past indefinite

1.   Were you at home last weekend? (at the seaside).
2.   Was Betty sad yesterday? (happy)
3.   Was your grandfather an engineer? (dentist)
4.   Was Jack a quiet baby? (noisy)
5.   Were they at the party last evening? (at the concert)
6.   Was Tom hungry in the morning? (full)
7.   Were you in time for the train? (late)
8.   Was it rainy yesterday? (suuny)






Disjunctive questions in present indefinite

Exercise 1.  Տրված նախադասություններին տալ հարցեր (disjunctive questions)
 Example:  He goes to work at 9.
                   He goes to work at 9, doesn’t he?
                   He doesn’t watch cartoons.
                   He doesn’t watch cartoons, does he?

1.   The girl goes to a state school.
2.   In the evening they like to watch TV.
3.   I work in my garden every morning.
4.   They dine out on Sundays.
5.   He studies Mathematics.
6.   She prefers cold coffee to ice-cream.
7.   He doesn’t drive a car.
8.   My grandmother doesn’t do the shopping.
9.   The short hand of the watch doesn’t tell the minutes.
10.               He doesn’t drink tea in the morning.



Exercise 2.  Տրված նախադասություններին տալ հարցեր (disjunctive questions)
 Example:  He copies the sentences.
                   He copies the sentences, doesn’t he?
                  Mother doesn’t wash the windows.
                  Mother doesn’t wash the windows, does she?
1.   They always meet on weekdays.
2.   We want to catch the six o’clock train.
3.   He rarely visits his parents.
4.   He goes to work at 9 o’ clock.
5.   Birds fly to the south in autumn.
6.   The dress costs 20 dollars.
7.   Julia gets to the office by car.
8.   We always do History on Mondays.
9.   His wife works in a service industry.
10.               Her husband is a bank clerk.



Exercise 3.  Տրված նախադասություններին տալ հարցեր (disjunctive questions)
 Example:  Her eyes are green.
                  Her eyes are green, aren’t they?
                  Kate’s mother is a shop-assistant.
                  Kate’s mother is a shop-assistant, isn’t she?

1.   Tom’s parents are in Armenia.
2.   The cake is in the oven.
3.   He is an excellent student.
4.   Her address is 26, Cherry Street.
5.   His phone number is 545585.
6.   Jane is a secretary.
7.   This money is mine.
8.   These toys are mine.
9.   That book is interesting.
10.               Those books are interesting.

Test 3/ Level A




I.Կարդալ տեքստը և պատասխանել հարցերին` ընտրելով ճիշտ տարբերակը:
Read the text and answer the questions choosing the right answer.

Line number         

    1.   William Caxton was the first English printer. He was born in Kent in 1422. His
   2.   father was a farmer. William did not want to become a farmer like his father. So
   3.   his father sent him to London. He worked in an office which traded with different
    4.   countries. William liked to read new books which were printed in Europe.
    5.         At the age of thirty William Caxton started his own business in Belgium. Later
    6.   he left his business and began to translate French books into English. He became
    7.   interested in printing and at last he learnt to print. But what William Caxton wanted
    8.   very much, was to have his own press one day and he did. 
    9.         He brought his printing-press to London. Printing was something new at that time
   10.               and some people thought it was the work of the devil. Some of the people wanted
    11.               to break his press. Caxton printed his first book in 1477. It was the first book
   12.               printed in the English language. The book was Caxton’s translation of the French
   13.               “Tales of Troy”.
   14.                     William Caxton printed about eighty books. He translated thirty-one books from
    15.               French. Caxton died in 1491.


1.   William Caxton was sent to London as

a)he didn’t like his father
b)he was interested in trade
c)he wanted to work in an office
d)he refused to become a farmer

2.   The word printed in line 11 means

a)drew
b)painted
c)translated
d)published

3.   According to Paragraph 2, lines 5-8, Caxton was eager

a)to leave for Belgium
b)to have his own press
c)to print French books
d)to translate English books into French

4.   The English translation of “Tales of Troy” was

a)the first book printed in 1477
b)the only book printed by Caxton
c)thought to be the work of the devil
d)not allowed to be printed
       

     5. According to the text, Caxton

a)translated eighty books
b)printed his first book in French
c) printed thirty-one  books in French
d)translated a series of books from French.

II. Ընտրել  ճիշտ  բայաձևը:
Choose the right verb form.

Many years ago there (6)___________a boy in Armenia who (7)________John Chapman. The boy (8)_____ flowers, trees and woods, and he (9)________all about them. Once, as he (10)______ an apple, he (11)________ how wonderful it (12)________ to fill all the countryside with apple-trees.

6.  a) lives                    b)  had lived           c) lived                   d) live
7.  a) called                 b) was called          c) calls                    d) is called
8.  a) loves                  b) loved                   c) was loving         d) has loved
9.  a) knows               b)  has  known        c)  knew                 d)  know
10.  a) was  eating       b) eats                     c)  ate                     d)  is  eating
11.  a) thought             b) thinks                 c) is   thinking       d)  was   thinking
12. a)   will be               b) would be            c)  is                        d)    has   been

It was terrible  hot  day   in the  jungle, and  all the   animals  (13)______very   thirsty  indeed.  But   they   could  not  find  a  single   drop    of   water.  So   they   went   to   sleep.  The   only   creature   who  (14)_______was  a  little   monkey. He understood   that   if   he didn’t   drink  some  water  he (15)_______.

13.   a) are        b)  were            c)  were  being               d)  was
14.  a) wasn’t  sleeping   b) isn’t  sleeping     c)doesn’t  sleep   d) don’t   sleep
15.  a) had  died    b) would  have  died     c) died               d)  would  die

III.  Ընտրել ճիշտ տարբերակը:
Choose the appropriate opinion.
16. “ Do you think,  he’ll be able to  help me?”
“No, I think you can do it______________.”

a)  myself
b) yourself
c) himself
d)ourselves

17. “Will you spend your weekend  with  me?”
“ No, I can’t. I’ve___________ planned my  weekend.”

a) yet
b) till
c) already
d) still

18. “Can I borrow  your  books?”
“Yes, you can borrow_________ any time you want.”

a) they
b) them
c)mine
d) yours

19. “Why are you surprised?”
“ His offer was____________-than we had expected.”

       a)   much more interesting
       b)   very much interesting
       c)   most interesting
       d)   so much interesting

20. “ _________________is given  special training  for  the job?”
“ But the job isn’t  very  interesting.”

      a)   all of  person
      b)   every  person
      c)   all persons
      d)   all of  persons

21. “ Have you thought about their offer?”
“ Yes. I’ll_________________ accept  it.”

a)   hardly
b)   hard
c)   harder
d)   be hard

22. I remember_______________ the book  in  many  bookshops, but  I  don’t  remember what shops they  were. 

a) being seen
b) to see
c) to seeing
d) seeing

23. “Everybody expected her_____________ Peter.”
“ But I’ve heard that she doesn’t love him.”

     a)   to marrying
     b)   marry
     c)   to marry
     d)   marrying

24. “I haven’t given___________ permission  to  borrow  my  calculator.”
“ I know but he needs it badly.”

    a)   anyone
    b)   everybody
    c)   no one
    d)   some one
 25. “They both  played well  yesterday.”
“Yes, but  Jane played________ aggressively  than  Tom.”

a)   more
b)   so
c)   as
d)   very




IV.Ընտրել համատեքստին համապատասխանող խոսքիմաստային ձևը:
Fill in the blanks with the word form that best fits each space.

A poor old couple and their son lived (26)_________together. One day, the old man’s brother arrived. He was a colonel in the army and he had just come back from abroad. He showed the family (27)_______magic things brought with him from his (28)_________journey.
  ‘These things are magic,’ he told them. They can grant people three wishes, although they are evil.’
That night the old man could (29)__________sleep as he planned what he was going to wish. The next day he made a wish.
‘Give me £5, 000 per month,’ he asked. But nothing (30)_______ happened until the following morning.

26. a) happy    b)  happiness  c) happily    d) unhappy
27. a) various   b) vary         c) variety   d) variable
28. a) distantly     b) distance    c) distant    d) distanced
29. a) hard        b) hardly  c) hardship     d) hardness
30. a) uninteresting   b) interest   c) interested   d) interesting


V.Ընտրել համատեքստին համապատասխանող ձևը:
Fill in the blanks with the best choice.
        A computer is (31)_________electric device. It makes calculations and processes information. Complicated problems (32)___________be solved very quickly. Millions of pieces of information can be processed(33)_____seconds. Nowadays, computers are used (34)_________many different purpose.
       People (35)____shop, make travel arrangements and pay their bills using computers right in their own homes.
       In future, computers will be even more widely used- in our offices, our homes and our cars. Developments are being made (36)________-every day that allow computers to solve  more complex problems.

31.      a) a                                                                   35.  a)  must
  b) the                                                                         b) can
  c) -                                                                            c) are able
           d) an                                                                           d) are to

32.        a) can                                                              36. a) the
            b) must                                                                    b)  -
             c) has to                                                                 c)  an
             d) ought to                                                             d)  a

33.       a) near                                        
            b) on                                       
            c) in
            d) with

34.       a) for
             b) in
              c) at
             d) of

VI. Նշել, թե ուղղակի խոսքի փոխակերպման որ տարբերակն է ճիշտ:
Which of the options provided is the best choice for reported speech?
37. “ I  have something to tell you, ”I said to her.
a)   I told her that I had something to tell her.
b)   I told to her that she had something to tell her.
c)   I said to her that I have something to tell her.
d)   I said her that she had something to tell me.

38. Bill warned me: “Don’t touch the hot pot.”
a)   Bill warned me don’t touch the hot pot.
b)   Bill warned me not touch the hot pot.
c)   Bill warned me not to touch the hot pot.
d)   Bill warned me do touch not the hot pot.

39.He said to me: “Could you speak more slowly?”
a)   He asked me if I could speak more slowly.
b)    He asked to me to speak more slowly.
c)    He said to me if I could speak more slowly.
d)    He said to me to speak more slowly.

40.She said: I’ll be busy next week and I won’t be able to be present to the party.”
a) she  said I would be busy next week and I wouldn’t be able to be present to the party.
b) She said that she would be busy the following week and she wouldn’t be able to be present to the party.
c) She said I’ll be busy the following week and I wouldn’t be able to be present to the party.
       d)She said she’ll be busy next week and she won’t be able to be present to the party.

          41. My cousin told me that he had bought a new flat, but he didn’t like it so much.
a)    My cousin told me: “He had bought a new flat, but he didn’t like it so much.”
b)   My cousin told to me: “I had bought a new flat, but I didn’t like it so much.”
c)   My cousin said me: “ I have bought a new flat, but I didn’t like it so much.”
d)   My cousin said to me: “I have bought a new flat but I don’t like it so much.”

          42) The new headmaster asked how long it had been a mixed school.
       
a)  The new headmaster told, “How long has it been a mixed school?”
 b) The new headmaster asked, “How long has it been a mixed school?”
  c) The new headmaster asked, “How long it had been a mixed school?”
d)  The new headmaster asked, “If  it had been a mixed school long.”
  
43) “I’ll come with you as soon as I am ready,” she said.

a)  She said she would come with me as soon as she was ready.
b) She told she would come with me as soon as she was ready.
c) She said she came with me as soon as she was ready.
d) She said she would come with me as soon as she is ready.

VII.  Նշել, թե հետևյալ հարցերից որոնք են քերականորեն ճիշտ:
Which of the following questions are grammatically correct?

44.Which is the best question for the following sentence?
Yes, the foreigners find English spelling difficult.

a)   Do the foreigners find English spelling difficult?
b)    Why is  English spelling found difficult by the foreigners?
c)   Is English or Armenian spelling found difficult?
d)   When do the foreigners find English spelling difficult?

45. Which is the best question for the underlined part of the sentence?
                    Elizabeth can’t be in Paris because I’ve met her an hour before.
a)   Where can Elizabeth be?
b)   Why can’t Elizabeth be in Paris?
c)   When have you met Elizabeth?
d)   Where have you met Elizabeth?
e)    
46. Which is the best ending for the following question?
Don’t ask him to come with us,________?

a)   do you
b)   does you
c)   will you
d)   will he

47. Which of the following questions is correctly formulated?
a)   What do you think why is the manager surprised to see that letter?
b)   What do you think why the manager surprised to see that letter?
c)   What you think why the manager is surprised to see that letter?
d)    What do you think why   the manager is surprised to see that letter?


48) Which of the following questions is correctly formulated?
  
a)   Can you tell me why Mark couldn’t come yesterday?
b)   Can you tell me why couldn’t Mark come yesterday?
c)   Can you tell me why couldn’t come Mark  yesterday?
d)   Can you tell me why yesterday  couldn’t Mark come?


    
    49) Which is the best ending for the following question?
   Help me to overcome educational challenges,___?

a)   will you
b)   do you
c)   aren’t you
d)   don’t you

50) Which is the best question for the underlined part of the sentence?
I don’t like the salad either because there’s not enough salt in it.

a)   Why don’t I like the salad either?
b)   Don’t you like the salad either?
c)    What kind of salad do I like?
d)    Is there enough salt in the salad?