4.12 Prepositions

373. Choose the right variant:

In England most children go … school at the age of five.

1. of

2. from

3. in

4. to

5. at

374. Choose the right variant:

We've lived in this flat … five years.

A)in

B) for

C) since

D) already

E)ago

375. Complete the sentence:

Happy birthday … you.

A) for

B) in

C) to

D) at

E) on

376. Choose the right variant:

On our way to the village we drove … a small bridge.

1. above

2. over

3. with

D) in

E) for

377. Complete the sentence:

Tom’s father has been doing the same job … 20 years.

A) of

B) in

C) for

D) since

E) during

378. Complete the sentence:

Alma looked … a fresh interest … Arman.

A) over, for

B) with, at

C) above, to

D) with, to

E) at, from

379. Complete the sentence:

The bus is coming … two hours, let's have lunch before it comes.

A) to

B) for

C) at

D) after

E) in

380. Complete the sentence:

It's five years ... I have had a holiday.

A) before

B) while

C) when

D) since

E) lately

381. Complete the sentence:

Take a pen … your bag and write this sentence:

A) to

B) in

C) of

D) from

E) at

382. Complete the sentence:

Coats protect people … cold.

A) from

B) in

C) at

D) about

E) in front of

383. Complete the sentence:

I share my book … my friend.

A) to

B) with

C) at

D) from

E) for

384. Complete the sentence:

The computer classes are located … the first floor.

A) in

B) at

C) on

D) to

D) of

385. Complete the sentence:

Every student learns one … foreign languages.

A) of

B) from

C) about

D) at

E) after

386. Choose the right variant: Nancy is good … math, but she is bad … languages.

A) in /in

B) - /-

C) at /at

D) in /at

E) of /of

387. Choose the right variant: Do you know when he arrived … the hotel.

A) -

B) in

C) on

D) to

E) at

388. Choose the right variant:

We are coming back … the morning … the fifth of February.

A) in, on

B) in, in

C) in, -

D) on, in E) -, on

389. Choose the right variant:

This student is … England.

A) at

B) on

C) from

D) into E) to

390. Complete the sentence:

I'll see you … 7 o'clock … Monday.

A) in, -

B) at, on

C) from, on

D) at, -

E) at, at

391. Complete the sentence:

Excuse me, I must go … home.

A) to

B) -

C) in.

D) at.

E) from.

392. Complete the sentence:

Look ... me!

A) to

B) at

C) from

D) under

E) into

393. Complete the sentence:

I share my book … my friend.

A) to

B) with C) at

D) from

E) for

4.13 Adjectives

394. Choose the right variant:

Lion is the … animal.

1. as no strong as

2. strongest

3. most strong

4. stronger

5. as strong as

395. Choose the right variant:

Who studies … than you?

1. the best

2. the most best

3. better

4. good

5. more better

396. Choose the right variant:

I met my … friend yesterday.

1. goodest

2. the best

3. gooder

4. best

E) better

397. Choose the right variant:

He’s … intelligent than I am.

1. well

2. very

3. more

4. is more

E) most

398. Choose the right variant:

Where is … post-office?

1. nearer

2. the nearest

3. the most near

4. the nearer

E) near

399. Choose the right variant:

It's the … job he's ever had to do.

1. worse

2. bad

3. worst

4. badly

E) as bad as

400. Choose the right variant:

Tommy was one of … in his class.

A) the more happier children

B) the happier children

C) the more happy children

D) happiest children

E) the happiest children

401. Choose the right variant:

Who is … in your group?

A) the tallest

B) tall

C) more taller

D) most tallest

E) tallest

402. Choose the right variant:

My dog is … than yours.

A) better

B) good

C) the best

D) the worst

E) well

403. Choose the right variant:

They moved … through the hall.

A) quietest

B) quiet

C) quietly

D) the quietest

E) quieter

404. Choose the right variant:

Cuba is … sugar-growing areas in the world.

A) one of the large

B) one of largest

C) one of the largest

D) larger

E) largest

405. Choose the right variant:

He doesn't do … at his English.

A) good

B) the best

C) best

D) the better

E) well

406. Complete the sentence:

This was the … test I’ve ever done.

A) easiest

B) easy

C) easier

D) most easiest

E) more easier

407. Complete the sentence:

This box is not so … as that one.

A) more heavy

B) heavyer

C) heavier

D) heavy

E) the heaviest

408. Complete the sentence:

I like Kate less than John, but I like Pete … of all.

A) less

B) little

C) least

D) lesser

E) littlest

409. Complete the sentence:

My father is … than Ted’s father.

A) the oldest

B) older

C) old

D) more old

E) the most old

410. Complete the sentence:

Mr. Jones isn’t as … as Mr. Smith.

A) nicer

B) nice

C) nicest

D) more nice

E) most nice

411. Complete the sentence:

What is … hotel in Moscow?

A) comfortable

B) comfortabler

C) the most comfortable

D) more comfortable

E) the comfortablest

412. Complete the sentence:

My left arm is … than my right one.

A) strong

B) stronger

C) strongest

D) most strongest

E) more stronger

413. Choose the right variant:

He says he is … man now.

A) happier

B) the happiest

C) happy

D) more happy

E) the most happy

414. Choose the right variant:

The … word in this group is May.

A) short

B) shortest

C) shorter

D) more shorter

E) most short

415. Choose the right variant:

I am the … girl in the world.

A) happiest

B) happier

C) happy

D) most happy

E) more happy

416. Choose the right variant:

These shoes cost … mine.

A) more

B) as more as

C) as much as

D) much than

E) many than

417. Choose the right variant:

In London the weather is … than in Moscow.

A) the most changeable

B) more changeable

C) changeable

D) changeabler

E) the changeablest

418. Choose the right variant:

It is … than it was yesterday.

A) cold

B) more cold

C) coldest

D) colder

E) most cold

419. Choose the right variant:

It is ... here than there.

A) warmer

B) more warmer

C) the warmest

D) warm

E) warmest

420. Choose the right variant:

Vitamin В is as ... as vitamin C.

A) little

B) important

C) nice

D) high

E) clever

421. Choose the right variant:

These machine tools are the … on the world market.

A) better

B) best

C) good

D) more good

E) most good

422. Choose the right variant:

I think exercise 10 is as … as exercise 9.

A) more difficult

B) difficulter

C) the difficuitest

D) the most difficult

E) difficult

423. Complete the sentence:

What do you like doing … of all?

A) good В) better

C) best

D) more good

E) the most good

424. Complete the sentence: Could you speak … I can't understand you.

A) Most slowly

B) Slowliest

C) More slowly

D) More slow

E) Many slowly

425. Complete the sentence: The prices of this firm are … than ours.

A) low

B) lowest

C) lower

D) more lowest

E) most lower

426. Complete the sentence:

Almaty is the … city in Kazakhstan.

A) largest

B) larger

C) large

D) more large

E) most large

427. Complete the sentence:

My suit-case is ... than your suit-case.

A) heavier

B) heavy

C) the heaviest

D) more heavy

E) the most heavy

428. Complete the sentence:

Jack London is one of … American writers in this country.

A) as popular

B) more popular

C) the most popular

D) the popularest

E) popularer