- •What is a logistician responsible for? Read the text and check your prediction.
- •Match the subtitles with the paragraphs in the text:
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Many words in English can function as nouns, or verbs, or adjectives.
- •Fill in the table. The first one is done for you as the example.
- •Find the words hidden in the jumbles:
- •Which goods need specific treatment during transportation?
- •Name three products for which:
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Interpret the nominal compounds:
- •Find the words in the jumbles:
- •Seven names of vehicles have been hidden in the box below. Find them.
- •Complete each sentence with the correct form of the word in capitals:
- •Fill in the correct preposition which goes with the underlined word. Some of them may be used more than once.
- •Substitute the words in italics with their synonyms from the list below:
- •Complete the messages from a message board on the Internet. Use a, the or one.
- •Complete the blanks with a (an), the or zero article.
- •Complete the conversation. Use a, the or –.
- •Comment on the following famous words:
- •Do you know:
- •Read the text and mark the sentences below as true (t) or false (f).
- •Complete the missing information.
- •Find ten words in the text and match them with their definitions.
- •Fill in the missing prepositions. Choose from the box below.
- •Match the words from columns to make proper collocations (they all appeared in the text).
- •Put the verb into the correct tense form (Past Simple or Present Perfect).
- •How would you answer the question above?
- •Do you know where in the world people drive on the right and where on the left?
- •Do you know why? the romans drove on the left
- •Match the words from the text with their definitions.
- •What about the rest of the world?
- •List the countries from the text where people drive:
- •Complete the missing words in the table below.
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Use the correct form of the words from the table to complete the sentences. Change the form of the words in capitals.
- •Read the title of the short article below. What kind of pollution does it refer to? Read the article and check your predictions. Is this a problem where you live?
- •Invisible pollution
- •Here is a list of ten noises which most annoy people:
- •What are other curses of living in a city? What can be done to help city-dwellers?
- •Read the text and fill in the gaps with the expressions from the list:
- •Read the text below.
- •Match the following headlines with the paragraphs of the text.
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Match the words with their definitions:
- •Complete the table using the words from the list. Some of them can be used more than once.
- •Fill in the missing words:
Fill in the missing words:
Verb |
Noun |
Adjective |
Example: harm |
harm |
harmful |
emit |
|
|
|
warming, warmth |
|
consume |
|
|
----------- |
hazard |
|
|
|
long |
heighten |
|
|
|
reduction |
|
expect |
|
|
|
deterioration |
|
NOTE! ‘-ee’ combines with a verb to form a noun which refers to a person who is affected by an action or who has performed a particular action.
Example: an escapee is someone who has escaped from captivity
A Finish the following:
a person who is divorced is called a ……………
a person who is employed is called a ……………
a person who is devoted to an idea or subject is called a ……………
a person who has retired is called a ……………
a person who is absent is called an ……………
a person who is being trained to do a particular job is called a ……………
B Use nouns from part A to fill in the gaps.
The building has an enormous appeal for a …………… of history.
Conflict arose between an employer and ……………
The …………… are shown around each of the departments.
All …………… from prison have been captured.
The only …………… at the meeting was Lady Sackville.
Is she a …………… or has she never been married?
He became a …………… after 40 years of work.