Five-Minute Tests
I. What is the English word for a citizen of the following countries: Germany, Spain,
Poland, Holland, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, China?
II. Insert the correct comparative form of the adjective or adverb shown in brackets
in the following sentences:
a) One rouble is (little) than 10 roubles.
b) Actresses are usually (elegant) than factory workers.
c) Your kitten is even (tiny) than mine.
d) Kursk is (far) away from Moscow than Tula is.
e) Ashkhabad is (hot) than Arkhangelsk.
III. Can you supply the missing phrasal verbs? Use the verb “take” with different
prepositions.
1. The Prime Minister’s plane took ______ from Heathrow.
2. George takes his wife ___ every Friday evening.
3. I asked the dustman to take ______ all my rubbish.
4. When I went to the dentist he took _____ that aching tooth.
5. The eldest son took _____ the business when his father died.
6. Anyone can see young John takes ____ his mother’s family.
7. If you are short of cash you will have to take _____ $10.
8. However hard I tried I couldn’t take ____ that woman.
9. If you take ___ too much work you will become exhausted.
10. Will you take ___ that offer?
Key:
I. a German; a Spaniard; a Pole; a Dutchman; a Swede; a Swiss; a Turk; a Chinese or a
Chinaman
II. a. less; b. more elegant; c. tinier; d. farther or further; e. hotter
III. 1. off; 2. out; 3. away; 4. out; 5. over; 6. after; 7. out; 8. to; 9. on; 10. up
By N. Butakova, School “Feniks”
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