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... Moon was shining brightly and... Thames was seen opposite the building

A) --, --

B) --, the

C) the, the

D) the, --

E) a, --

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Do you have … brother or … sister?

A) the / the

B) a / a

C) a / the

D) -- / the

E) -- / a

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… weather was fine in … May.

A) the/-.

B) a/the.

C) the/the.

D) -/-.

E) the/a.

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I think … Texas is the richest state of America.

A) -.

B) An.

C) On.

D) The.

E) A.

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How much are … apples?

A) The.

B) A.

C) -.

D) An.

E) At.

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It will be … great pleasure for me if she writes me … letter from … America.

A) A / a / -.

B) The / - / -.

C) The / a / the.

D) A / the / -.

E) A / - / -.

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He goes to... school in.. afternoon.

A) a / the

B) the / the

C) the / --

D) -- / the

E) -- / --

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... books and... notebooks are on... desk.

A) the / a / the

B) the / -- / the

C) the / the / the

D) -- / the / the

E) a / the / the

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This is … exercise-book. This is … English exercise-book.

A) -, -.

B) A, a.

C) The, an.

D) An, an.

E) The, the.

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This is … book. It is my … book.

A) a, -

B) -, the

C) the, a

D) a, a

E) a, the

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I have … sister. My … sister is … engineer.

A) the, a, an

B) an, the, a

C) a, -, an

D) a, the, an

E) -, -, an

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This … pen is good, and that … pen is bad.

A) a, a

B) a, the

C) the, a,

D) an, the

E) -, -

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This is … tree. … tree is green.

A) a, -

B) the, a

C) an, the

D) a, the

E) a, an

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I can see three … boys. … boys are playing.

A) the, the

B) -, the

C) a, the

D) -, a

E) the, -

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She has two … daughters and one … son.

A) -, -

B) a, -

C) the, the

D) the, a

E) -, a

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I got … letter from my … friend yesterday. … letter was interesting.

A) the, a, a

B) a, the, a

C) a, -, the

D) the, -, a

E) a, -, -

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These are … pencils. …pencils are black.

A) -, the

B) the, the

C) the, -

D) -, a

E) -, -

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This is … soup. … soup is tasty.

A) -, -

B) -, a

C) a, the

D) a, a

E) -, the

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In the morning I eat … sandwich and drink … tea.

A) the, a

B) a, the

C) a, a

D) a, -

E) -, the

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She gave me … coffee and … cake.

A) -, a

B) the, a

C) -, the

D) an, the

E) -, -

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Do you like … ice cream? – Yes, I like … ice cream.

A) the, a

B) a, an

C) -, an

D) the, an

E) an, an

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My brother is not at … home, he is at … school.

A) the, the

B) a, the

C) the, a

D) -, -

E) an, the

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My … mother is at … work. She is … doctor.

A) the, a, the

B) -, - a

C) a, the, a

D) a, -, the

E) -, -, -

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What’s … weather like today? - … weather is fine.

A) a, the

B) the, a,

C) -, the

D) the, -

E) the, the

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… Earth is … planet.

A) the, a

B) an, a

C) the, -

D) -, a

E) -, the

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We had … English lesson yesterday. … teacher asked me many … questions.

A) -, the, -

B) the, the, the

C) the, -, a

D) -, -, the

E) an, the, -

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There is … big tree in … garden.

A) the, a

B) an, the

C) a, the

D) -, the

E) an, -

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I can see … nice little bird. … bird is sitting in … big tree.

A) a, the, the

B) -, the, -

C) the, a, a

D) a, the, a

E) a, a, a

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My brother is … pupil. He goes to … school. He goes to … school in … morning.

A) a, -, -, the

B) the, a, -, a

C) -, the, an, a

D) an, the, a, -

E) the, -, the, a

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He usually goes to … bed at … half past ten. At … night he sleeps.

A) the, the, a

B) a, -a, the

C) -, -, -

D) an, the, a

E) -, the, an

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What do you do after … breakfast? – After … breakfast I go to … school.

A) the, a, an

B) a, an, the

C) -, the, an

D) an, the, a

E) -, -, -

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… People usually have … breakfast in … morning.

A) the, -, the

B) -, - the

C) a, - the

D) the, the, a

E) the, a, the

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What … colour is your new … hat? - It’s … red.

A) a, a, a

B ) -, -? -.

C) the, a, the

D) a, -, a

E) the, a, -

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… English is … world language.

A) -, a

B) the, a

C) an, the

D) an, a

E) -, -

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Who is …owner of this car?

A) a

B) the

C) an

D) -

E) your

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I gave her …bunch of flowers when she opened the door

A) an

B) a

C) the

D) -

E) his

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On our trip to... Australia we crossed... Pacific Ocean.

A) the, -

B) -, the

C) an, the

D) -, -

E) a, the

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... Urals are in... Russia.

A) -, -

B) the, -

C)the, the

D) -, the

E) an, the

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Elena is a very good pianist. She plays... piano very well.

A) a

B) an

C) the

D) -

E) no

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Sportsmen arrived in... Moscow on... twenty first of September.

A) an, the

B) the, the

C) -, the

D) a, an

E) -, an

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My brother … an engineer last year.

A) was

B) are

C) is

D) were

E) am

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There … a sports center in Moscow.

A) Are

B) Were

C) Been

D) Be

E) Is

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Mag and her sister … in Rome last summer.

A) were

B) am

C) is

D) are

E) was

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Once upon a time there … three little pigs.

A) Was

B) Were

C) Are

D) Be

E) Is

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She … in the fifth form.

A) am

B) is

C) been

D) were

E) are

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Here... money.

A) Be

B) Are

C) Is

D) Am

E) Been

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There … nobody in the room.

A) Been

B) Am

C) Be

D) Are

E) Is

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You... soup for breakfast last week.

A) have

B) will have

C) has

D) had

E) hasn’t

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The children … sometimes absolutely naughty.

A) am

B) are

C) is

D) was

E) does

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There … some big trees in the garden.

A) Is

B) Was

C) Are

D) Am

E) Been

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... the pupіls playіng when you came?

A) Were

B) Do

C) Are

D) Dіd

E) Was

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Тhese books... interesting.

A) Is

B) Am

C) Be

D) Are

E) Been

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There … three lamps in the room.

A) Was

B) Am

C) Is

D) Be

E) Are

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This pair of shoes... not good.

A) Been

B) Is

C) Be

D) Am

E) Are

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There … someone at the door.

A) Were

B) Be

C) Are

D) Am

E) Is

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Knowledge … power.

A) Were

B) Am

C) Been

D) Is

E) Are

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There … telephones in every room.

A) Am

B) Be

C) Is

D) Are

E) Was

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My glasses... on the table.

A) Are

B) Been

C) Be

D) Am

E) Is

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There … some oranges and apples on the table.

A) Be

B) –

C) Am

D) Are

E) Is

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My sister... a clever girl.

A) Be

B) Is

C) Been

D) Am

E) Are

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There … a lot of sugar on the floor.

A) Been

B) Are

C) Am

D) Be

E) Is

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There … several beautiful parks in this city.

A) Are

B) Was

C) Is

D) Be

E) Been

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There … a comfortable chair in the room.

A) Were

B) Am

C) Be

D) Is

E) Are

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I … at home yesterday.

A. were

B. was

C. am

D. have

E. has

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We … at the theatre now.

A. was

B. weren’t

C. are

D. has

C. have

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My grandmother … a pianist.

A. am

B. was

C. were

D. are

E. weren’t

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… you at work yesterday?

A. were

B. was

C. are

D. wasn’t

E. is

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Where … he last month?

A. is

B. were

C. was

D. isn’t

E. aren’t

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We … … at school yesterday.

A. was not

B. were not

C. are not

D. isn’t

E. am not

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… they late?

A. were

B. was

C. is

D. has

E. wasn’t

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Mary … … a piano.

A. had

B. have not

C. has not

D. does

E. did

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… they any relatives?

A. have

B. hadn’t

C. has

D. hasn’t

E. does

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… we an English lesson yesterday?

A. have

B. had

C. has

D. hasn’t

E. haven’t

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They … a comfortable flat last year.

A. has

B. have

C. had

D. haven’t

E. do

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He … a good library.

A. have

B. has

C. haven’t

D. does

E. did

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Vera … a cat

A. haven’t

B. has

C. have

D. is

E. does

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The students … new dictionaries.

A. have

B. do

C. has

D. hadn’t

E. hasn’t

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I … many stamps.

A. has

B. have

C. had

D. hadn’t

E. hasn’t

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You … a bicycle.

A. had

B. have

C. has

D. hadn’t

E. hasn’t

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Misha … … a brother.

A. has not

B. have not

C. had not

D. didn’t

E. doesn’t