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- •Reading drills
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •Comments
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •I. State the part of speech and say how the words are formed:
- •II. Find equivalents:
- •III. Substitute the words in bold type by their synonyms:
- •IV. Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs if necessary:
- •V. Match the antonyms:
- •VI. Complete the following sentences:
- •VII. Answer the following questions:
- •VIII. Translate into English:
- •IX. Retell the text a using the following words and
- •Reading drills
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •Comments
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •I. Give the English equivalents for:
- •II. Fill in the blanks below with the most appropriate terms
- •III. Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs if necessary:
- •IV. Complete the following sentences:
- •V. Answer the following questions:
- •Reading drills
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •Comments
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •II. Fill in the blanks below with the most appropriate terms
- •III. Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs if necessary:
- •IV. Match each term in Column a with its definition in Column b:
- •V. Define which of the following items best completes the statement:
- •VII. Answer the following questions:
- •VIII. Translate into English:
- •IX. Replace the Ukrainian words and phrases by suitable English
- •X. Memorise the following proverbs with the word «business».
- •Communicative situations
- •Grammar exercises
- •IV. Ask how long the action has been taking place:
- •V. Change the sentences according to the patterns:
- •VI. Ask your groupmate:
- •VII. Put questions to the italicized words:
- •VIII. Complete the sentences in your own way:
- •IX. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect Continuous
- •X. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect
- •XI. Translate into Ukrainian:
- •The Past Perfect Continuous Tense
- •XIII. Put questions to the italicized words:
- •XIV. Translate into Ukrainian:
- •XV. Change the sentences into the Past Perfect Continuous:
- •The Future Perfect Continuous Tense
- •XVII. Translate into Ukrainian:
- •XVIII. Put questions to the italicized words:
- •XIX. Translate into English:
- •Indefinite Pronouns: much, many, few, little
- •XX. Fill in the blanks with many, much, a lot of, lots of,
- •XXI. Translate into Ukrainian:
- •XXII. Fill in the blanks with many or much:
- •XXIII. Translate into English:
- •Exercises for individual work
- •I. Fill in the blanks with for or since:
- •II. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect
- •III. Put the verbs in brackets into the Perfect Continuous tense forms:
Grammar exercises
The Present Perfect Continuous Tense
I. Give short and full answers:
1. Have you been studying at the University for two years? 2. Have you been studying hard since the beginning of the term? 3. Have the students been writing a dictation for half an hour? 4. Have they been waiting for the results long? 5. Have you been wearing glasses since you were at school? 6. Has it been snowing hard since morning?
II. Answer the following questions:
1. When did you enter the University? 2. How long have you been studying here? 3. What is your favourite subject? 4. When did you begin to study it? 5. How long have you been studying it? 6. When did you begin to learn English? 7. How long have you been learning it? 8. What have you been doing outside of class to improve your English?
III. Make the following sentences interrogative and negative:
Pattern: The film has been running for a month.
Has the film been running for a month?
The film hasn’t /has not/ been running for a month.
1. They have been waiting for the director since two o’clock. 2. It has been raining since the morning. 3. They have been repairing the road since March. 4. The students have been translating the text for an hour and a half. 5. He has been trying to open this door for half an hour. 6. The kettle has been boiling for a quarter of an hour. 7. My mother has been working at the same store for ten years.
IV. Ask how long the action has been taking place:
Pattern: It is raining. How long has it been raining?
1. Mike plays chess. 2. His foot is hurting. 3. George smokes. 4. Ann is looking for a job. 5. It is snowing. 6. They wait for him. 7. You live in this city. 8. She teaches English. 9. Mary sells washing machines.
V. Change the sentences according to the patterns:
Pattern A: He has already written this letter. (since morning)
He has been writing this letter since morning.
1. We have discussed all these problems (the whole month). 2. What has happened here? (while I have been away). 3. She has taught them how to do it. (for years). 4. He has just read this book. (all week). 5. They have already built the theatre. (for two years). 6. I’ve helped her with her work. (since she came to this office).
Pattern B: We organized our company a year ago (invest much money).
We have been investing much money since we organized our company.
1. We advertised the application last week (wait for reply). 2. My friend bought the stock of the company five years ago (make money). 3. They received the corporate charter a month ago (plan a meeting). 4. We elected a new Board of Directors last month (plane change). 5. He became a member of the Board of Directors (work hard).
VI. Ask your groupmate:
1. if he/she learns English; 2. when he/she began to study English; 3. since when he/she has been learning English; 4. how long he/she has been studying English; 5. where his/her father/mother works; 6. when he/she began to work there; 7. since when he/she has been working there; 8. how long he/she has been working there.