I. Improve your word power.

1. Read the words, put the right stress and guess the meaning of the words:

Cubic, effectiveness, product, standard, super, mass, combine, recommend, guarantee, gram, centimeter, eccentric.

2. Study your active vocabulary:

admixture	примесь
specific gravity	удельный вес
bulb	колба
immerse	погружать
impervious	непроницаемый
inherently	присуще
intimately	близко
preliminary	предварительный
pulverize	измельчать
repellent	отталкивающий
calcareous	известковый

3. Form the adjectives from the following nouns with the help of the suffixes: -ic, -ive, -ous, -cy, -ness, -ing, -tion.

Cube, cycle, effect, product, variety, clay, clinker, pulverize, combine, define.

4. Match Russian equivalents for the following word combinations on the left and learn them:

1) iron oxide-bearing materials	1) соединяться с водой
2) calcareous and argillaceous materials	2) быть полученным путем
3) to be obtained by	3) вещество с окисью железа
4) clayed limestone	4) глинистый известняк
5) to take place	5) непроницаемые материалы
6) hydraulic property	6) иметь место, происходить
7) impervious materials	7) известковые и глинистые материалы
8) to combine with water	8) свойство гидратации
9) water repellent	9) вытесненный объем
10) in the same manner	10) водоотталкивающий
11) a glass bulb	11) стеклянная колба
12) displaced volume	12) таким же образом как

5. Arrange the following in pairs of synonyms:

1) determine; 2) moment; 3) intimately; 4) part; 5) usually; 6) obtained; 7) portion; 8) quickly; 9) resulting; 10) different; 11) thoroughly; 12) define; 13) point; 14) rapidly; 15) ordinary; 16) various.

6. Arrange the following in pairs of antonyms:

1) to cover; 2) together; 3) artificial; 4) before; 5) soft; 6) same; 7) apart; 8) natural; 9) after; 10) different; 11) liquid; 12) hard; 13) discover; 14) solid.

7. Translate the following groups of words into Russian:

thorough – thoroughly – thoroughness;

to result – result – resulting;

dense – density – densify – densely;

improve – improvable – improvement.

8. Translate the following sentences defining the infinitive and its functions.

1. The term “cement” is usually taken to mean various forms of Portland cement. 2. To deliver cement for small jobs stout paper bags are used. 3. Small additions of gypsum are used to control the setting properties. 4. It is necessary to distinguish between “setting” and “hardening”. 5. Cement products are difficult to decorate with oil paints, particularly when they are new. 6. The work must be arranged to allow quick placing after mixing. 7. To determine the time of setting is important for further work. 8. A special instrument is used to determine the time of initial and final set of cement.