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FINAL EXAMINATION THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. MORHOLOGY

1. Fill in the spaces with a, an, the, or – (the zero article): 10 p

1. Who was … (1) person I saw you with when you were walking in … (2) park yesterday?
2. Let’s have … (3) cup of coffee together in … (4) morning.
3. We are planning … (5) holiday in Italy and will travel direct to … (6) Rome by plane and then take … (7)
tour of … (8) city by coach.
4. I thought you were … (9) honest person, but I guess I was wrong. You are no longer … (10) Tom I used to
know and like.

2. Fill in the correct form of the verb, singular or plural: 10 p

1. The island’s politics ….. (be) complex with over twelve parties competing for power.
2. The latest news of the earthquake survivors …. (be) very disturbing.
3. His family … (not be) very happy about their marriage.
4. 30 dollars … (be) enough for a good meal in town.
5. Diabetes …. (be) caused by the presence of too much sugar in the blood.

3. Complete the following sentences with some or any: 10 p

1. This evening I am going to the cinema with … friends of mine.
2. Have you seen … good plays lately? No, I haven’t been to the theatre for ages.
3. Can you give me … information about the museums in town?
4. You can find the latest edition of her novel at …bookshop.
5. Would you like … white wine with your beefsteak?

4. Complete the following sentences with much, many, little, a little, few, a few: 10 p
1. We must be quick. We have … time to pack our things and get to the station.
2. Do you mind if I ask you … questions?
3. Listen carefully. I am going to give you … precious advice.
4. We didn’t spend … money because we couldn’t find everything we wanted.
5. He feels rather lonely. He hasn’t got …friends.
6. The museum was really crowded. There were so … people indeed.
7. This is a boring summer resort. There is …to do.
8. Can you lend me …dollars until I get my salary?
9. Did you take …photographs when you were on holiday?
10. They speak …English so it is not difficult to communicate with them.
5. Complete the sentences below with the correct form of the adjectives in brackets: 10 p
1. Does your sister cycle to school with you? No, she never cycles or walks. She is …………………………….. person
in the world. (lazy)
2. Anna plays tennis very well. Yes, she is …………………………… than her sister. (good)
3. Do you like swimming? No, I am the ……………………………. swimmer in my class. (bad)
4. I like biology but I don’t like physics. I think biology is …………………………………………. than physics. (difficult)
5. Sarah should eat more. She is the …………………………………. girl of all my friends. (thin)
6. The books I bought last month are just as …………………………………….. as I expected them to be. (interesting)
7. Mary loves clothes and that is why she buys……………………………. clothes than I do. (many)
8. The situation was not very clear and that is why he asked for ………………………………… information. (far)
9. The food in this new restaurant is far ……………………….. and …………………………………. than the food we
ordered in the restaurant close to our house. (bad, expensive)

4. Refer to the essential differences between countable and uncountable nouns in English making reference
to: 1. the rules for forming the plural of regular nouns,
2. the plural forms of irregular nouns,
3. the major classes of uncountable nouns,
4. partitives used for counting uncountable nouns and
5. nouns which may be both countable and uncountable. 50 p