The manual that you hold in your hands is primarily intended for those who have to pass the entrance exams in English . As you know, most liberal arts universities and colleges in Russia hold two exams in English: written and oral. In this manual, options for written tests are presented. All tasks are clearly formulated, we would like to give you a few recommendations for working with tests:? Perform tasks in pencil. Test your options with answers. ? Underline errors. Find the appropriate section in the grammar manual and find out what your error is. You can enter the correct options with the handle . Unknown words from texts should be written out of the dictionary and learned; this will increase your vocabulary. The most typical for pedagogical universities and colleges are tests 1? 15. They consist of four tasks .. The first task is reminiscent of the traditional exercise of opening brackets, in which you need to use verbs in the correct form. In the second task, you should put five questions to the text (do not forget that there are four types of questions). In the third task, you need to choose the only correct answer from the four suggested by .. And finally, the fourth task is to translate sentences from Russian into English. Sometimes, instead of translating proposals, the applicant is invited to write a short essay. Do not forget that you will be given a certain time to perform tests, depending on the number of tasks . The authors thank all those who took part in the preparation of the manual and sincerely wish all applicants good luck in the entrance exams .