Variant-2I. Choose the correct word or phrase in each sentence.1. I think you had better / would better take a pullover

| since | during | in| -) two years. My birthday is (on | at | - | in | by) next Monday. The concert will start (on | at | - | in | between) half an hour I think, It is going to rain (on | at | - | in | by) this afternoon. Simon is going (on | at | - | in | to) Cambridge on the 1-st of September. He has always been good (on | at | - | in | about) maths and phisics.

dreadful.” – “I know. I’m seeing / ’ll see the doctor tomorrow at 4 o’clock.” 3. “Did you remember to water the plants today?” – “Oh, I forgot; I’ll water / ’m watering them now.” 4. I’ve already told you why I can’t see you tonight. I’m having / ’ll have guests. 5. I’m sorry. I promise I’ll stay / ’ll be staying out of trouble in the future. 6. I’m sure he’ll understand / ’s going to understand if you explain it to him clearly. 7. “I’ve burnt the dinner.” – “Never mind. I’ll go / ’m going to the restaurant and get a takeaway pizza.” 8. “I forgot to invite Fergus to the party.” – “That’s OK. I’ll see / ’ll be seeing him this afternoon.” 9. If I have / will have enough money, I will buy a new bicycle. 10. Excuse me, Colin. Will you be going / Will you go to the library this morning? 11. I’m not sure when I go / ’ll go on holiday this year. 12. If we go / will go to Greece in the summer, we will visit the islands. 13. We can’t get into the office until Jane arrives / will arrive with the key. 14. I doubt if they are / will be on time.

6. If you are unemployed / self-employed, you run your own small business.
7 If you have done something for a long time, you have a lot of experiments / experience.
8 Being able to use a computer is an important skill / qualification these days.
9 If you have a job with a company, you work for / as the company.
10. If you are an office manager, you work for/as

1. Mum … Billy to go to bed.
a) invited b) ordered c) commanded
2. Molly … her father to let her stay out late that night.
a) asked b) complained c) begged
3. He … me to his graduation party.
a) invited b) asked c) commanded
4. Rachel … stealing the sweater from the shop.
a) threatened b) denied c) commanded
5. The police officer … the robber to put his hands in the air.
a) complained b) invited c) ordered

6. If you are

The authors belonged to the so-called 'beat literature', beat writers' or 'beat generation' were forerunners of the ... counterculture of the 1960.
a) Hippy; b) Punk; c) Gothic.

2) Choose grammatically correct variant:
a) Don't you know if you post a letter of complaint tonight they would respond in time?
b) Don't you know if you've posted a letter of complaint tonight they will respond in time?
c) Don't you know if you post a letter of complaint tonight they will respond in time?

3) Choose the right preposition:
Did you know that Mary is engaged ... her former classmate?
a) with; b) on; c) to.

4) Which sentence is correct English?
a) I love the landscape in Scotland;
b) I love the countryside in Scotland;

c) I love the nature in Scotland.

5) Choose the proper statement:
The object in English may be expressed by ...
a) a noun; b) a verb; c) a numeral.

6) Choose the right meaning of the idiom 'Monday Blues':
a) jazz songs;
b) blue suits people wear to work on Monday;

c) feeling depressed because it's Monday again.

7) Choose the proper spealling of a word which is used in folklore to describe a person who changes into a wolf:
a) wearwolf b) wherewolf c) werewolf d) were wolf

8) Choose the right word to fill the gap in the sentence:

When I cut mu head, I needed nine ...

a) fillings; b) stitches; c) slings; d) crutches.

9) Who designed and co-ordinated the presentation performance at the opening caremony of 2012 Summer Olympic games in London?

a) James Hewitt; b) David Bond; c) Nick Pritchett; d) Danny Boyle.

10)Complete the statement:

John Betjeman was famous English ...
a) poet; b) actor; c) scientist; d) architect.

11) Choose the proper variant:

Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet was a famous British ...

a) general of the Civil War;

b) painter;

c) composer;

d) member of the House of Lords during the Second World War.