8. Напишите следующие утверждения, заполнив пропуски нужными по смыслу суффиксами.

e.g.	The experiment can be unsuccessful if the experimenter is not very care____. (careful)

1. You must analyse other properties of these two substances as they are both colour_____. 2. He did not know the grammar material well, so his test paper was not fault____. 3. It was so hot in the room that it seemed air_____. 4. The new engine is very good, it is very power_____. 5. You should be care____ with phosphorus as it is very harm____. 6. Though it stopped raining the sky was star___. 7. During the slow heating the fruit is cooked, the harm_____ organisms are destroyed. 8. He did not like the task, it seemed use_____ to him.

9. Прочитайте данные словосочетания и укажите номера тех из них, которые общее отрицательное значение.

e.g.	1. absolutely fruitless, 2. quite fearless, 3. not unsuccessful, 4. quite useless
	1, 4

1. quite harmless, 2. not very careful, 3. absolutely doubtless, 4. not unlawful, 5. absolutely unsuccessful, 6. not quite faultless, 7. quite needless, 8. not useless, 9. quite tireless, 10. not very useful, 11. rather helpful, 12. not healthful

10. Прослушайте следующие пары характеристик, отмечая плюсом номера тех из них, в которых оба члена пары сходны по значению, и минусом – те, в которых члены пары противоположны по значению.

e.g.	Speaker	Write down:
	1) not very careful – careless 2) absolutely unsuccessful	1) + 2) –

11. Переформулируйте письменно точку зрения автора, сводя его довольно уклончивую формулировку к более однозначной.

e.g.	Such experiments are not quite useless. – The author means they are useful.

1. This substance is not quite harmless. 2. The results are not absolutely doubtless. 3. The operation will not be quite painless. 4. The discussion was hardly fruitful. 5. He is not quite unskillful. 6. Our trip was not very successful. 7. His worde were hardly tactful.

12. Прочитайте ряд утверждений. Выразите устно свое несогласие с теми из них, которые противоречат объективным фактам или Вашей личной точке зрения.

e.g.	To make experiments is quite useless for a chemist. – Oh, no, to make experiments is (very) useful for a chemist.

1. Half a century ago operations were more painless than now. 2. Oxygen is a colourless, odourless gas. 3. Bananas are tasteless. 4. Freezing is harmful for meat products. 5. You should be very careful with sulphuric acid – it is very reactive. 6. Drinking water is tasteful. 7. Phosphorus is a harmless substance.

13. Три человека излагают свою точку зрения по определенному вопросу. Быстро прочитайте их утверждения и укажите номер того, автор которого принципиально не согласен с остальными двумя.

e.g. 1. His work is quite successful. 2. His work is absolutely unsuccessful.

3. His work is not quite unsuccessful. –2

1. 1. This sentence is quite meaningless. 2. This sentence is not quite meaningful. 3. This sentence is not meaningless.

2. 1. He is absolutely fearless. 2. He is rather fearful. 3. He is not fearless.

3. 1. Their work is not quite useless. 2. Their work is absolutely useless. 3. Their work is rather useful.

4. 1. He was not very careful with the explosives. 2. He was quite careless with the explosives. 3. He was very careful with the explosives.

5. 1. The trip was quite uneventful. 2. The trip was not uneventful. 3. The trip was quite eventful.

6. 1. Coffee in large quantities is very harmful. 2. Coffee in large quantities is not harmful. 3. Coffee in large quantities is absolutely harmless.

7. 1. The operation was not painful. 2. The operation was quite painful. 3. The operation was absolutely painless.