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Find and circle the example(s) of non-defining relative clause:

• He who does his best should be praised.

• Mary Brown, who is very generous, gave me these flowers.

• This is the man whose farm joins ours.

• It’s hoped that we will raise £10,000 for local charities, which help the homeless.

Define the part of speech of the word in bold: ‘The heat turned the milk sour’.

• an adjective

• an adverb

• an adverbial modifier

• an attribute

Choose the correct answer: The Lut Desert in Iran was the ______ place in the world in 2005.

• hotest

• hottest

• most hot

• hotter

Choose the correct order of adjectives: ‘She is constantly wearing her ... ’

• new comfortable velvet dress

• comfortable new velvet dress

• velvet new comfortable dress

• comfortable velvet new dress

Choose the correct form of the possessive case: ‘The laptop which belongs to Jack and Jill is

on the table. _______ is on the table.’

• Jack’s and Jill laptop...

• Jack and Jill’s laptop ...

• Jack and Jill laptop ...

• Jack’s and Jill’s laptops ...

Fill in the gaps and find a proper explanation of the use of articles in the given sentence:

‘I rushed to _____ main gate, and then I waited _____ second till I could breathe normally.’

• a) a = a descriptive attribute main is used; the = the “the very” second;

• b) a = a descriptive attribute main is used; a = denotes time; in the meaning of ‘one’;

• c) the = the noun is modified by the adjective “main”; the = the “the very” second;

• d) the = the noun is modified by the adjective “main”; a = denotes time; in the meaning of ‘one’.

Choose the correct form of the possessive case: top / page

• the top of the/a page

• the top of page

• the page’s top

• the pages’ top

Form the possessive case of the following phrase: «у подножия горы».

• at the mountain’s foot

• on the mountain’s feet

• on the feet of the mountain

• at the foot of the mountain

Choose the correct order of adjectives:

• an enormous old brown French wooden rocking chair

• a French old enormous brown wooden rocking chair

• an old enormous wooden brown French rocking chair

• an enormous brown wooden old French rocking chair

That's a lovely painting. The word "lovely" is ...

• an adverb

• an adjective

• a verb