1. Nowadays pigeons are not regarded to be as a form of farm stock.
2. In the past they provided fresh meat and eggs to vary the limited diet
of the times.
3. Massive stone dove-towers were the monopoly of the manor
in feudal times.
4. Complete the old rural proverb of four grains sown in a row:
One for the pigeon, one for the crow, one to rot and one to grow.
5. Later the importance of pigeons decreased and men began to emphasise the harm they did to crops rather than the value of their meat and manure.
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тест. 1. Вставьте глагол “to be” в нужной форме: Our teachers ... on holiday now. a) were b) am c) is d) are 2. There ... only one piece of cake on the table. a) am b) is c) are d) were 3. Tomorrow we ... at the exhibition of wax figures. I ... there last year. It ... great! a) are / am / is c) will be / was / was b) were / was /was d) were / will be / will be 4. The weather ... so bad today. Yesterday it ... much better. a) is / was c) will be / were b) was / will be d) am / is 5. Our next exam ... tomorrow. a) was c) are b) will be d) am 6. Найдите верный порядок перевода слов: племянник, дядя, двоюродный брат, внук. 7. “How is your sister?” – a) She is thirteen. b) She is in the bank. “” c) She is from Almaty. d) She is fine. a) b) c) d) nephew, cousin, uncle, grandson cousin, grandson, uncle, nephew nephew, uncle, cousin, grandson uncle, nephew, grandson, uncle 8. “Where are your friends?” – a) They are in the park. c) They aren’t from our city b) He is from Russia. d) They are eleven. 9. “?” – “Seventy one” a) What is he? c) How is he? b) What time is it now?” d) How old is he? 10. My uncle’s son is my a) cousin c) son-in-law b) nephew d) niece “” 11. My brother’s wife is my ... a) aunt c) sister-in-law b) niece d) great-grandmother 12. My father’s brother is my a) uncle c) grandfather b) cousin d) brother-in-law 13. Выберите правильный вариант артиклей: I see ... book in your hand. Is ... book interesting? a) a / a c) the / a b) a / the d) - / - 14. Where is your ... brother? – He is at ... school. a) a / a c) - / the b) a / the d) - / - 15. I have ... idea. I think ... idea is good enough. a) a / the c) an / the b) the / the d) - / - 16. She likes ... coffee with ... milk. a) a / the c) a / a b) the / an d) - / - 17. Множественная форма слова “a picture” a) pictures c) picturs b) a pictures d) picture 18. Mножественная форма слова “a fish” a) fishs c) fish b) fishes d) fishss 19. Mножественная форма слова “a country” a) countrys c) countrees b) countries d) country 20. Найдите неисчисляемое существительное: a) key c) tea b) page d) relative
1.c
2.с
3.с
4.a
5.b
6. nephew, uncle, cousin, grandson
7. d
8. a
9. D
10, a
11. с
12. a
13. b
14. d
15. a
16. d
17. a
18. b
19.b
20.с