III. Grammar work

1. Some adjectives have irregular forms of comparison. Find them in the text and define their degree of comparison. Read the sentences with these adjectives and translate them into Ukrainian.

Модуль 4. Завдання № 6

(Chapter VI (pp.53-61))

I. Phonetic drill

1. Transcribe and pronounce the following words:

comprehensible, scholarship, indebted, obstinate, fuss, whirl, wicked, anonymous, engrossing, upholstered, intersperse, omit, chaperon, burden, mahogany, sufficiently, gorgeous, ignore, deprive, irreproachable.

II. Vocabulary work

1. Read the text and find these word-combinations. Translate them into Ukrainian. Make up your own sentences with them:

• to miss smb (p.53);

• to get accustomed to (p.53);

• to think over (p.53);

• to be annoyed (p.55);

• to make a fuss (p.56);

• to dash down for smth (p.57);

• to be disturbed (p.58);

• to care much for smb (p.59);

• to intersperse (p.60);

• to omit details (p.61).

2. Find English equivalents to the following Ukrainian words and word-combinations. Read these sentences and translate them into Ukrainian:

• стипендія (р.53);

• бути тягарем для когось (р.54);

• точка зору (р.54);

• упертий (р.55);

• втратити щось (р.56);

• руде волосся (р.57);

• видатна особистість (р.57);

• сідати на поїзд (р.58);

• пихатий, марнославний (р.58);

• супроводжувати когось (р.61).

3. Explain in English the contextual meaning of these word-combinations:

• without much delay (p.53);

• a comprehensible reason (p.54);

• to pat smb on the head (p.55);

• a dutiful daughter (p.56);

• a social whirl (p.57);

• to get acclimated (p.58);

• an anonymous letter (p.58);

• an engrossing place (p.58);

• the atmosphere of academic calm (p.59);

• to be insulted (p.59).

4. Give synonyms to the following words from the text and translate them into Ukrainian:

• to gain (p.54);

• to suffer (p.54);

• to feel the necessity for (p.55);

• determined (p.55);

• to overlook (p.56);

• to initiate (p.56);

• to take exception (to) (p.58);

• a six-month period (p.60);

• inharmonious (p.60);

• a chaperon (p.60).

5. Translate these sentences from English into Ukrainian:

1) Think it over and let me have your decision tomorrow.

2) Do you enjoy caring for small children while their mothers are at work?

3) The pattern was interspersed with small dots.

4) The parents were annoyed because of the children’s bad behaviour.

5) Telling the story Jane omitted a lot of important details.

6. Helen’s friends left the camp for their homes after summer holidays and she missed them very much.

7. John had been walking for two hours in the street. He was so hungry that he dashed down to the hoister’s table for dinner without any invitation.

8. Sandy was afraid that he wouldn’t be able to catch a 9 o’clock train because he had a lot of work to do in the office that day.

9. I don’t agree with your point of view. It doesn’t reflect the main idea of our new project.

10) Parents were disturbed because of their sons’ absence. Some hours later they were called and told that their children were chaperoned by their uncle Mr. Green.

6. Read and translate the following extract from the text into Ukrainian: “January 11^th … Yours ever, Judy.” (pp.58-59)”.

III. Grammar work

1. Find all the sentences in the text where the Present Perfect Tense is used. Read and translate them into Ukrainian.

Модуль4. Завдання № 7

(Chapter VII (pp.61-69))