Vocabulary exercises

I.

1. a

2. p

3. o

4. m

5. l

6. q

7. f

8. n

9. h

10. k

11. b

12. c

13. r

14. s

15. j

16. d

17. e

18. g

19. i

II.

1. g

2. f

3. b

4. d

5. c

6. e

7. a

III.

1. 2h 3j

2. 2l 3a

3. 2b 3c

4. 2g 3d

5. 2d 3h

6. 2a 3g

7. 2i 3f

8. 2f 3k

9. 2c 3b

10. 2e 3i

11. 2k 3e

12. 2j 3l

V.

1. n

2. l

3. m

4. f

5. g

6. d

7. c

8. a

9. b

10. h

11. i

12. k

13. e

14. j

VI.

1. populatіon; 2. mountaіn; 3. channel; 4. regіon; 5. island; 6. archіpelago; 7. capіtal; 8. descendant; 9. trіbutaries.

III.

1. from, by, from, to; 2. of, into; 3. in, in; 4. in, from, bу; 5. of, in; 6. of, on, at; 7. of, about, of; 8. across, from, of; 9. of, in; 10. of, by; 11. of; 12. of, over; 13. of, off, of.

IV.

1. _, _, the; 2. the, _, _, _; 3. the, the; 4. the, the, the, _; 5. the, the, the; 6. the, _, _; 7. the, _, the; 8. the; 9. the, _, _; 10. the, the, the; 11. the, _; 12. the, the.

V.

1. densely, contain; 2. subdivided into; 3. lying off; 4. comprises, most of; 5. descendants, settled; 6. consist of; 7. mild and temperate; 8. humid and mild; symbols; 9. is washed by; 10. ranks, depending on; 11. extends; 12. popu­lation, exceed, included; 13. inhabited by, constitute.

VI.

1. England is separated from Scotland by the Cheviot Hills, running from east to west. 2. The British Isles consist of two large islands, Great Britain and Ireland, and about five thousands five hundred smaller islands. 3. The UK is inhabited by the English, the Scottish, the Welsh, and the Northern Irish, who constitute the British nation. 4. The climate in Britain is generally mild and temperate because of the Gulf Stream. 5. Poppy is the symbol of peace, the red rose is the national emblem of England, the thistle is the national emblem of Scotland and the Ed­inburgh International Festival. 6. On the northwest side of the Pennine system there is the Lake District, containing the beautiful lakes which give it its name. 7. The daffodils and the leek are the emblems of Wales, the shamrock is the emblem of Ireland. 8. The distribution of the population is rather uneven, about 80 percent of the population is urban. 9. The island of Great Britain is subdivided into two main regions—Lowland Britain and Highland Britain. 10. The Isle of Man, the largest island in Europe, stretches over approximately ten degrees of latitude on its longer, northsouth axis. 11. The Pennine Chain extends southward from the Cheviot Hills into the Midlands, a plain region with low hills and valleys. 12. These various origins ex­plain many of the differences to be found between England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland — differences in education, re­ligion and the legal systems, but most obviously, in lan­guage.

II.

1. highest, higher; 2. largest; 3. fewer; 4. largest, most important; 5. longest; 6. narrowest; 7. swiftest; 8. widest.

IV.

1. saw, were hurrying; 2. had broken; 3. spends; 4. will be swimming; 5. shall have bought; 6. shall be seeing; 7. will be going; 8. shall be swimming; 9. have phoned; 10. left.

X.

1. They have been building this factory for five years. 2. He has been learning English for three months. 3. She had been living there for ten years by that time. 4. When you came we had been looking for it for an hour. 5. You will have been playing chess for half an hour by four o'clock. 6. When they came he had been reading a book for an hour. 7. You had been playing the piano for two hours by eight o'clock. 8. І had been reading it for two hours by that time.