Основы теории английского языка. Сборник упражнение для слушателей программы дополнительного (к высшему) образования «Переводчик в сфере профессиональ

1.s/he takes photographs

2.s/he plays the guitar

3.it washes dishes

4.the state of being able to do smth

5.the relationship you have with your friend

6.s/he designs roads, bridges and machines

7.s/he writes for a newspaper

8.he acts in films and plays

9.the thing we make when we build

10.the quality of being important

11.the period when you are a child

12.the feeling of being excited

13.the state of being happy

14.knowledge you get when you are educated

15.the act of dividing something

16.entering a place, or the cost of entering

17.the thing we open tins with

18.s/he is forced to seek refuge in a new country

19.smth we do when we are active

20.the state or fact of being great

2.Add a correct prefix to the following words. 1……………dependent 13……………….Atlantic 2……………polite 14……………….behaving 3……………do 15……………….moral 4……………driver 16……………….hear 5……………approve 17……………….interpret 6……………behave 18……………….national 7……………logical 19………………sleep 8……………zip 20……………….relevant 9……………inform 21……………….believe 10…………..agree 22……………….crowded 11…………..eat 23……………….understand

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3. Add a prefix to the correct form of the word at the end of each line and use the word in the space of the same line. The first (0) is given as an example.

4. Write abstract nouns for the following words, using one of the following suffixes:

-ance, -ence, -ment, -ness, -th.

5. Make adjectives from the following nouns.

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7. Use the word given at the end of each line to form a word that fits the gap in the same line.

A BREATH OF FRESH AIR

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8. Complete the chart with the original verbs.

Task 8

1. Write the opposites of the words underlined. Example: He's a very honest man. ...dishonest

1.I'm sure she's discreet.

2.He's very efficient.

3.I always find him very sensitive.

4.I always find her responsible.

5.It's a convincing argument.

6.He seems grateful for our help.

7.That's a very relevant point.

8.I'm sure she's loyal to the firm.

9.She's always obedient.

10.He's a tolerant person.

2. Which negative adjective fits each of the following definitions?

1means not having a husband or wife.

2.means impossible to eat.

3means unable to read or write.

4means not having a job.

5means fair in giving judgement, not favouring one side.

6means unable to be replaced.

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3.Use the word in brackets to complete the sentences. Add the necessary prefix and put the word in the correct form.

Example: The runner was ..disqualified.. after a blood test. (QUALIFY)

1Children and adults love………parcels at Christmas time. (WRAP)

2I almost always find that I……………with his opinion. (AGREE)

3I'm sure he's lying but it's going to be hard to……his story. (PROVE)

4After a brief speech the Queen…………..the new statue. (VEIL)

5It took the removal men an hour…our things from the van. (LOAD)

6His phone was……because he didn't pay his last bill. (CONNECT)

4.Answer the following questions.

1What kind of oven cooks things particularly fast?

2What kind of drug can help somebody with an infection?

3What kind of company has branches in many countries?

4How does a passenger aeroplane normally fly?

5What is a student who is studying for a second degree?

6What means 'underground railway' in the US and 'underground passage' in the UK?

5. Find two more examples for each prefix. Use a dictionary if necessary.

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relevant attractive literate flexible regular legal agreeable mature convenient tasteful moral responsible possible legible honest rational explicable justified mortal reversible destructible perfect friendly soluble polite logical interesting separable replaceable significant

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4. Here is a note written in a hurry, with a lot of abbreviations in it. Can you say what each one in bold means in full?

Example: tel telephone To: John Furness

From: Sally Oldbeck Dear John,

Here are the times for my trip: arr. from Paris 2.25 pm at Victoria Station, Wed 14th. Stay with friends, tel: 41356787, address 56 Carlton Ave, Eastcheap, London S4. Dep Sat 17th from Heathrow, flight no EI 654 to Dublin.

If you need to ring me in the office, it's Oriental Imports Ltd, tel 3546659, ext 5656.

Sally

5. Use abbreviations instead of the words in bold.

Example: care of - c/o

1.It is a digital camera, that is to say it doesn't use film, but takes pictures electronically.

2.I needed some paper, envelopes, pens, and so on.

3.There are several ways of solving the problem, for example, try fitting new batteries.

4.You can repair it yourself. Please note, the guarantee is no longer valid if you do.

5.She saw a flying saucer or some kind of spaceship in the sky above her house.

6.Her address is: Flat number 3, Block B, Horley Street, Bartsow.

7.She got a Bachelor of Science degree from London University, and now she's doing a Doctor of Philosophy degree.

8.There was a postscript at the end of the letter.

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7. 'Translate' this note from the boss to a group of workers in an office, into full words.

Memo from: Mr Richard Hedd (MD) To: All staff

Date: 3/5/91 Ref: 04056/DC

May I remind you that all new lab equipment should be registered with Stores & Supplies, Room 354 (ext 2683). NB: new items must be notified before 1700 hrs on the last day of the month of purchase, i.e. within the current budgeting month. All a/c nos must be recorded.

Rick

8. Explain 1-5 and match them with the contexts on the right.

9. People have developed a new informal way of writing in chat rooms and on message boards. They also use similar language when they send messages by phone. Explain the following messages.

r u alryt? thx

im good thx

duz ne1know how 2 make carrot cake? thx 4 ur msg. how r u?

im fine. c u @ work gtg

brb J4f

I k%d meet u @ 7 ILU

ttyl

c u l8er CSL

u r 2 cute 2 be 4gotten! GF

BB

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Task 10

Words from other languages

English has borrowed words from most of the other languages with which it has had contact. It has taken many expressions from the ancient languages, Latin and Greek, and these borrowings often have academic or literary associations. From French, English has taken lots of words to do with cooking, the arts, and a more sophisticated lifestyle in general. From Italian come words connected with music and the plastic arts. German expressions in English have been coined either by tourists bringing back words for new things they saw or by philosophers or historians describing German concepts or experiences. Words borrowed from other languages often relate to things which English speakers experienced from the first time abroad.

There are borrowings from a wide range of languages. For example, from Japanese, tycoon, karate, origami, judo, futon and bonsai. From Arabic, mattress, cipher, alcove, carafe, algebra, harem and yashmak. From Turkish, yoghurt, jackal, kiosk, tulip and caftan; from Farsi, caravan, shawl, bazaar and sherbet, and from Eskimo, kayak, igloo and anorak.

1. Match the adjectives on the left with the noun they are most likely to be

3. Give three nouns likely to follow macho and avant-garde.

Macho – Avant-garde –

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4. Find the odd one out. Explain why it's different.

5. Put the words given below the table into the appropriate category:

6. Choose a word that fits in each phrase.

Example: Einstein's …. theory... of relativity

1.to go on a luxury............................

2.to leave the baby in a ......................

3.to have a…...................................... after lunch

7.to employ a ...............

8.the evening was a…………

9.………….…….art.

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