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Exercise 64 Retell the following jokes.

1. English professor: What is the difference between an active verb and a passive verb?

Student: An active verb shows action and a passive verb shows passion.

2. Professor: Can you tell me anything about the great scientists of the 17^th century?

Student: They are all dead, sir.

3. A motorist speeding along a highway at a very high speed was stopped by a policeman. ‘Was I driving too fast?’ the motorist asked apologetically. ‘Hell, no’, replied the policeman, ‘You were flying too low’.

Exercise 65 a) Memorize the following proverbs with the passive form of the verb. Find their Ukrainian equivalents.

1. Rome was not built in a day. 2. What is done cannot be undone. 3. The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

b) Fill in the blanks of the following proverbs with the verbs in the Passive voice from the brackets.

1. Well begun ... half ... . (do) 2. The devil is not so black as he ... ... . (paint) 3. Marriages ... ... in heaven. (make)

U N I T 3

Grammar: Continuous Tense

Present Participle

Pronouns

Use of It

Numerals

Text: Railroad Track

Supplementary text: Unusual Railways

It’s interesting to know: Around the World: Track Innovations

Word Building: -ity, -ty, -ship; -ous, -ive, -y; -ate, -en

READING RULES

C с	[s]	перед i, e, y	capacity, cell, bicycle
	[k]	перед усіма іншими голосними та приголосними	come, exact, direction
	[C]	у сполученнях ch, tch	charge, watch
	[S]	перед сполученнями ial, ient	special, efficient викл. chemistry [k], technique [k], machine [ʃ]

Exercise 1 Practice the following sounds.

[s]	[k]	[tʃ]	[ʃ]
saucer once certain cinema centimetre December dance	can cat come close cake describe correct	watch fetch catch match patch chain chess	special efficient especially commercial crucial sufficient ancient

Exercise 2 Read the following words and explain the rules of reading.

Chalk, picture, chair, mechanic, machinery, French, teacher, exercise, pencil, clean, nice, ceiling, chemistry, mathematics, actual, black, cent, dance, colour, certainly, clock, watch, catch, children, circular, can, ice, nice, neck, space, pact, face, chin, chest, match, catch, cell, chick, chill, watch, charge, patch, snatch, place, chain, cheap, cigarette, cigar, class, species, specialize, specific, cycle.

Grammar Continuous Tense

(Часи групи Continuous)

	Active be+Present Participle (-ing)	Passive be+being+Past Participle (-ed)
Present	I am discussing a new plan now. He is still discussing a new plan. They are discussing a new plan.	A new plan is being discussed. New plans are being discussed.
Past	He was discussing a new plan when the manager came. They were discussing a new plan during the meeting.	A new plan was being discussed when we came. New plans were being discussed during the meeting.
Future	We will be discussing a new plan tomorrow at 5.	-

Spelling:

1. argue – arguing, hate – hating, love – loving (але: age – ageing, dye - dyeing, agree – agreeing, see – seeing)

2. hit – hitting, run – running, stop – stopping

3. ad'mit – admitting, be'gin – beginning, pre'fer – preferring (але: 'budget – budgeting, 'enter – entering)

4. signal – signalling, travel – travelling (AmE.: signaling, traveling)

5. carry – carrying, enjoy – enjoying, hurry – hurrying

6. die – dying, lie – lying