X. Answer the following questions in writing

a) How many parts do the British Isles consist of? What are they?

b) What countries is the United Kingdom made up of?

c) Why is the climate in Britain generally mild and temperate?

d) Why are the English famous for their weather? What comparison do they use of a person who often changes his mood or opinion about something?

e) Why do many people travel to Britain and some other countries?

f) What ways of transport are the fastest and the most convenient ones?

g) What do people realize when they reach their place of destination?

Variant 2

I. Give the plural of the following nouns

address; agency; archipelago; beech; bellboy; boundary; breeze; businessman; charge; city; clothes; country; delay; dish; dress; facility; fish; gallery; laboratory; life; lounge; man; nationality; piano; poppy; purchase; sand­wich; scenery; shoelace; stewardess; tax; tributary; variety; way.

II. Give synonyms and antonyms of the following adjectives and their comparative and superlative

Model: different (s. unlike, a. similar), more different, most different

bright; cloudy; comfortable; convenient; cool; dry; excellent; famous; heavy; hot; interesting; large; major; modern; particular; permanent; plain; poor; principal; quiet; separate; stormy; swift; uneven; usual; wide.

III. Give the meaning of the following verbs and their four forms

Model: to book (booked, booked, booking) – to make arrangements to stay in a place, eat in a restaurant, go to a theatre etc. at a particular time in the future.

to avoid; to book; to comprise; to constitute; to disappear; to dominate; to fasten; to iron; to laze; to notify; to reach; to serve; to stock; to tempt; to vary.

IV. Replace the infinitives in brackets by the proper tense forms

1. Everybody (to be) at the station, but the guide (not to come) yet.

2. Fashionable young Londoners (to buy) their clothes in many small “boutiques”.

3. Harrods (to increase) its staff to 6000 by next Christmas time.

4. In the morning all the passengers (to feel) well after the night the (to spend) in the comfortable sleeper.

5. It usually (to be cold) in the USA in winter, but this winter (to be) exceptionally warm.

6. Last year there (to be) 564 branches of Marks & Spencer all over the world.

7. She just (to ask) a porter to carry her bags as they (to be) too heavy for her.

8. The receptionist (to give) the guests a registration card and (to ask) him to fill out the name and permanent address.

9. The store (to base) its business on three principles: good value, good quality and good service.

10. When the guest (to be) through with the formalities, the bellboy (to take) him and his luggage up to his room.

V. Fill in the gaps in the sentences below. The first letter or letters of the missing words are given, and the dashes correspond to the number of missing letters

1. A large portion of the pop _ _ _ _ _ _ _ lives in poverty.

2. The grasses that did thrive were not pr _ _ _ _ _ species.

3. The hotel was nice, and the me _ _ s were really good.

4. The price for the holiday includes flights and accom _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

5. The se _ _ _ _ for strawberries usually starts in early June.

6. There is always some degree of form _ _ _ _ _ when one speaks to a stranger.

7. There was a spectacular thun _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ that night.

8. This product should be consumed on the day of pur _ _ _ _ _ .

9. We couldn't see anything because of the sl _ _ _ and snow.

10. We sat in our seats like airline pas _ _ _ _ _ _ s.