Упражнение 1. Использование «either... or», «neither... nor» и «both ... and».

Если подчеркнутое слово использовано неверно, напишите в пропущенном месте правильный вариант:

1. Antiochus I claimed descent from both Alexander the Great and the Persian monarch King Darius. __
2. Neither the Mormon Trail or the Oregon Trail was easy to follow. __
3. Goats provide both milk for cheese or wool for doming. __
4. When search parties failed to find the missing heir, Michael Rockefeller, authorities declared that he had both drowned or been eaten by sharks. __
5. People think of voodoo as either an obscure ritual nor pure superstition. __
6. In 1927, critics gave bad reviews to Buster Keaton's film The General, which is now regarded as both a classic or the best work of a cinematic genius. __
7. The new park will have neither a marina and an aquarium. __
8. The head of the Water Department said that either solar ponds nor desalination plants could provide all the needed water. __

Упражнение 2. Использование «so», «as» и «such as».

Если подчеркнутое слово использовано неверно, напишите в пропущенном месте правильный вариант:

1. There are remains of Rajput art and architecture, as the cusped arches and traces of painting on the ceiling. __
2. As Einstein suggested 70 years ago, space can vibrate. __
]3. Supernovas occur only once every few decades, so an instrument sensitive enough to detect such events is needed. __
4. Such as rockets zoom around in space, technicians track their progress on computer terminals. __
5. Organisms respond to stimuli so pressure, light, and temperature. __
6. During the American Revolution, people took part in subversive actions, such as the Boston Tea Party. __
7. The hormone androvine acts so a painkiller and is six times as strong as morphine. __
8. During a stroke, the blood flow to the heart is blocked such as the cells of the heart muscle die from the lack of oxygen. __

Упражнение 3. Использование «too», «enough» и «so».

Если подчеркнутое слово использовано неверно, напишите в пропущенном месте правильный вариант:

1. The West was so dry, the wood shrank on the wagons. __
2. The grip of the Venus-flytrap is too tight that an insect cannot escape from the leaf. __
3. The revival of the ancient art of tapestry making has provided too jobs in the village for everyone. __
4. The seven-gated city wall was once wide so to admit donkeys and carts. __
5. The students were too eager to use the computers that they skipped their lunch break. __
6. According to some ecologists, not enough is being done to save the whale from extinction. __
7. Unfortunately enough many of the buildings have collapsed because of lack of maintenance. __
8. If the eggs become enough warm, the chicks will not hatch. __

Упражнение 4. Использование «many», «much», «few» и «little».

Если подчеркнутое слово использовано неверно, напишите в пропущенном месте правильный вариант:

1. Intergalactic adventures are what many of today's animation consists of. __
2. Little scientists doubt the existence of an ozone hole over the polar regions. __
3. Yachting attracts many of the world's most famous and wealthy people. __
4. There are adult literacy classes for the workers, much of whom never graduated from high school.__
5. The rhinoceros has few natural enemies. __
6. The shark will eat anything from little fish to tin cans. __
7. Heavy fines and jail sentences have made few difference in preventing antelope poaching. __
8. Tropical fish and song birds give many pleasure to people who need to relax. __

Упражнение 5. Использование «like», «alike» и «unlike».

Если подчеркнутое слово использовано неверно, напишите в пропущенном месте правильный вариант:

1. The Cannes Film Festival exists, like most film festivals, for the purpose of awarding prizes. __
2. Identical twins are like in many ways and are often difficult to tell apart. __
3. The harpsichord is a keyboard instrument alike the piano. __
4. The Topkapi palace encompasses the forms of grand monuments and of vernacular styles like. __
5. Occasionally dolphins, like whales, get stranded on beaches. __
6. Like automobiles, which use a four-stroke engine, motorcycles use a two-stroke engine. __
7. Many sailing techniques of today and those of centuries past are alike. __
8. Unlike the coyote, which hunts in packs, the fox prefers to hunt alone. __