- •Task 6. Give as many word forms as possible using necessary suffixes.
- •Task 7. Verbs in column a are used to talk about prices, profits, etc. Going a) up and b) down. Make up 15 sentences using these verbs and adverbs from part b.
- •Task 8. Match column a with column b to form the collocations, then read the text again and check your answers.
- •Task 9. Match phrasal verbs with the Russian equivalents. Make up 10 sentences using these verbs.
- •Task 10. Find the English equivalents for the following words and word-combinations. Explain their meaning.
- •Task 11. Find the Russian equivalents for the following word-combinations and explain their meaning.
- •Task 3. Selected vocabulary. Make up 20 sentences with the words and word-combinations from the vocabulary.
- •Task 4. Arrange these words into pairs of synonyms and explain their meaning.
- •Task 6. There are a lot of words with negative prefixes in the text. Form words with prefixes en-, dis-, in-(allomorphs im-/il-/ir- ) from the following words:
- •Task 9. Give the Russian equivalents for the following word-combinations or explain their meaning.
- •Task 10. Paraphrase or explain the following statements:
- •Task 11. Fill in the necessary prepositions (refer to the text if necessary). Make up 10 sentences using these lexical chunks.
- •Task 12. Study the following word-combinations. Explain their meanings, paying special attention to the collocations. Make up 10 sentences.
- •Task 3. Selected vocabulary. Make up 20 sentences with the words and word-combinations from the vocabulary.
- •Task 4. Arrange these words into pairs of synonyms and explain their meaning.
- •Task 5.
- •Task. 6. Make up word-combinations based on the text.
- •Task 7. Find the English equivalents for the following words and word-combinations. Explain their meaning.
- •Task 8. Give Russian equivalents for the following expressions or explain their meaning.
- •Task 9. Fill in the necessary prepositions (if necessary, refer to the text). Make up sentences using these lexical chunks.
- •Into in (6) to (4) in with at(2) aside from with(2) under for against from
- •Task 3. Selected vocabulary. Make up 20 sentences using the vocabulary.
- •Task 4. Arrange these words into pairs of synonyms and explain their meaning.
- •Task 8. Give Russian equivalents for the following expressions or explain their meaning.
- •Task 9. Fill in the necessary prepositions (if necessary, refer to the text). Make up sentences using these lexical chunks:
- •Task 10. Study the following word combinations. Make sentences with some of them:
Task 8. Match column a with column b to form the collocations, then read the text again and check your answers.
A |
B |
1. adverse |
c.environment |
2. capital |
m.punishment |
3. break |
h. code |
4. conventional |
s. wisdom |
5. bend |
a. the facts |
6. maximize |
l. value |
7. public |
p. record |
8. wayward |
k. thinking |
9. raise |
b.money |
10. assess |
d. information |
11. life-and-death |
f. issue |
12. sweeping |
e. changes |
13. societal |
i. norms |
14. objective |
t. merits |
15. life |
g. insurance |
16. booming |
r. economy |
17. dark |
o. side |
18. pressing |
n. question |
19. official |
j. act |
20. innovative |
q. strategies |
Task 9. Match phrasal verbs with the Russian equivalents. Make up 10 sentences using these verbs.
1. turn around |
m. изменить к лучшему |
2. pass up |
f. отказываться, упускать |
3. kick back |
i. давать взятку |
4. come along |
l. стремиться к чему-либо |
5. figure out |
n. вычислять, соображать |
6. turn out |
b. оказываться, выясняться |
7. put/set forth |
a. выдвигать, формулировать |
8. measure against |
d. сравнивать |
9. seek out |
e. разыскать, находить |
10. leave behind |
c. оставлять, забывать |
11. lay out |
q. располагать, планировать |
12. ferret out |
r. разузнавать, выявлять |
13. opt for |
g. делать выбор |
14. put together |
t. составлять, соединять |
15. go about |
s. приступать, приниматься за что-либо |
16. dip into |
j углубляться, погружаться |
17. hold out for |
k. происходить, появляться |
18. size up |
o. оценивать, измерять величину |
19. hurl into |
h. низвергать, швырять |
20. see through |
p. рассматривать, распознавать |
The broken edges of the plate were put together with glue.
The boat rocked wildly, hurling him into the water.
We had reached our car when we noticed that we had left our keys behind.
Give Joe an hour to size up the situation and he’ll tell you what to do next.
Bobby is going about his homework very seriously tonight.
Нow can we seek out a really good person for the job?
They held out for a shorter working day
John ferreted out the answer to the question in the library.
He turned out to be an excellent doctor
Mary passed up the dessert because she was on a diet