Английский язык. Экспресс-репетитор для подготовки к ЕГЭ. Грамматика и лексика

Test 15. Put the adjectives in brackets into the correct form. New York is the (1)(large) city in the US. Perhaps, with all its suburbs, it is the (2)(big) city in the world. It is one of the (3)(important) industrial cities in the country. Some of the (4)(old) historic buildings are there. Some of the buildings in New York City are the (5)(high) buildings in the whole world. Now New York includes five boroughs: Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn and Richmond. Manhattan is the (6)(small) in size but it is the heart and source of American policy. Perhaps, the (7)(expensive) office buildings in the world are there. The Bronx is a (8)(residential) than industrial part of the city. Queens is both residential and industrial area. New York’s two (9)(big) airports are both there. Brooklyn has (10)(many) people than any other part of the city – about 3, 000, 000. It is mostly a district of middle class people. New York has the (11)(great) number of factories, the (12)(large) banks and post offices. It sends out many letters and receives the (13)(heavy) mail bags. It is truly the (14)(famous) business city. New York is also called the cultural capital of the USA. There are a lot of museums in New York. One of the (15)(good) known is the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Test 16. Put the adjectives in brackets into the correct form.

Fashion Through the Ages In the middle of the 18th century, some of the (1)(fashionable) rich young men in Britain copied the (2)(late) Italian fashions. They wore extravagant clothes, lots of make-up to look pale, and high wigs that were powdered and tied with ribbons.

In Europe at the end of the 18th century, women’s dresses began to get (3)(wide) and their hair began to get (4)(long). The (5)(wide) dresses measured nearly two metres, making it difficult to move around and sit down. To make themselves (6)(pretty), some women had enormous hairstyles. These were often decorated with flowers, feathers and even fruit!

After the First World War, the clothes of the swinging 1929s shocked many people. Fashions for women became (7)(relaxed) and (8) (free) than before. Their hair became much (9)(short) and dresses were not as (10)(long) and (11)(wide) as before. Their clothes became (12)(bright) and (13)(little) formal, to match the new music and dances like the Charleston.

Punk fashions were as (14)(aggressive) as punk music, which arrived in the 1970s. Punks chose the (15)(little) conventional hairstyles possible. They cut their hair in strange ways and often dyed it bright colours. They usually wore large boots, torn jeans and painted leather jackets.

5. TENSES

5.1. ACTIVE VOICE

The verb ‘to be’: Present, Past, Future

Test 1. Fill in am/is/are (present), was/were (past) or will be/won’t be (future) in the gaps.