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Все материалы на этой странице — реальные задания олимпиады «Покори Воробьёвы горы!» по английскому языку, встречавшиеся с 2012 года по настоящее время.
Key Word Transformations
For questions 1-5, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the grammar structure given in brackets. You must use the given number of words to reword each sentence, including the grammar structure indicated. Each correct answer earns you 2 points.
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Задания на перефразирование — очень частые гости и на олимпиадах, и на международных экзаменах. Делая transformations, необходимо быть очень внимательными:
максимально сохранять исходное значение предложения
не делать изменений там, где можно обойтись без них
следить, ч…
Launch Your Dream Business!
Launch Your Dream Business!
Imagine that you are applying for a national “Young Innovators” grant competition.
You are required to submit a short written proposal for a new company you would like to launch. The competition is open to high school students across the country, and the winning ideas will receive startup funding and mentorship.
Write a structured and persuasive business proposal in the form of a short article or promotional letter (250-300 words). The purpose of your writing is to convince readers that your idea is original, useful, and worth supporting.
Your text must include three clearly defined parts:
Introduction
Main body
Pro…
Matching Situations to Idioms
Match each of 10 situations (1–10) with the correct idiom (A–J). Each idiom can be used only once.
Situations
The baby is bossing everyone around in this family.
She is a skillful talker and can easily make people believe whatever she is saying. I wish I could be that persuasive.
Boy, I really showed Tom how to play badminton. I beat him in three sets straight. No one plays better than I do! I am the best player ever!
When it comes to using a hammer and a saw, my brother is clumsy and awkward.
After the accident…
Neologisms 2020—2025
You are given a passage that contains five terms recently added to online dictionaries (between 2020 and 2025). Read the passage and define the following 5 terms. Your definitions should mirror dictionary style (i.e., be formal and concise). Each correct answer earns you 2 points.
Passage
These days, it feels like we’re stuck in a never-ending loop of bad news - climate change, economic uncertainty... Some call it permacrisis, that exhausting sense that everything is falling apart at once. To cope, people disappear into phygital spaces, where screens and reality blend into something new.
Others…
Otley Hall — a spooky weekend
In most lines of this text there is one extra word. Write the extra word, or write OK if the line is correct.
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Trios — ПВГ 2013
Think of one word only which can be used appropriately in the gaps in all the three sentences.
Trios
We _ _ _ _ _ across this little restaurant when we were out walking.
The policewoman _ _ _ _ _ up to him and asked to see his passport.
Richard _ _ _ _ _ up with a really strange idea the other day.
How much money did you _ _ _ _ _ last year?
At the moment he's got to _ _ _ _ _ a great effort to pay off his debt.
What _ _ _ _ _ is his car? – I guess it's Nissan.
Grass is always greener on the other side of the _ _ _ _ _.
He did not even attempt to fight back. He…
Trios — ПВГ 2026
For sentences 1-5 fill in the gaps with 1 word. There is only 1 word that can be used in all of the sentences. Each correct answer earns you 2 points.
Trios
There are several options how to get to us but if I were you, I would just catch the _ _ _ _ _.
Once you get your board in the _ _ _ _ _, you’ll experience the true joy of surfing.
The cheapest way to watch Olympics these days is on the _ _ _ _ _.
I’d really _ _ _ _ _ every little bit of information you could offer to me.
The value of a flat will only _ _ _ _ _ over the years.
My boss doesn't _ _ _ _ _ how much time and…