- •Reading drills
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •Comments
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •I. Find equivalents:
- •VI. Translate into English:
- •II. Give the corresponding nouns to the following verbs:
- •III. Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs if necessary:
- •IV. Fill in the blanks below with the most appropriate terms
- •V. Ask someone
- •VII. Give the characteristic of British economy using
- •Reading drills
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •Comments
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •I. Name the word-building elements (suffixes, prefixes) and
- •II. Give the English equivalents for:
- •Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs if necessary:
- •Complete the following sentences:
- •V. Match each term in Column a with its definition in Column b:
- •VI. Answer the following questions:
- •VII. Translate into English:
- •Reading drills
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •Comments
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •I. Give the verbs from which the following nouns are derived:
- •II. Give the Ukrainian equivalents for the following words and
- •III. Fill in the blanks below with the most appropriate terms
- •IV. Match the synonyms:
- •V. Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs if necessary:
- •VI. Answer the following questions:
- •VII. Translate into English:
- •Communicative situations
- •Grammar exercises Participle I
- •I. Remember the spelling of ing-forms:
- •II. Form Participle I of the following verbs:
- •III. Translate into Ukrainian:
- •IV. State the functions of Participle I:
- •V. Open the brackets, using the Participle I. Retell the passage:
- •The Present Continuous Tense
- •VI. Make the following sentences interrogative and negative:
- •VII. Give short and full answers:
- •VIII. Do as you are told and say what you are doing:
- •Answer the following questions:
- •X. Use the Present Continuous Tense as in the pattern:
- •XI. Explain the use of the Present Continuous Tense:
- •XII. Complete the Disjunctive Questions:
- •XIII. Put questions to the italicized words:
- •XIV. Replace the Infinitives in brackets by the Present Continuous:
- •XV. Translate into Ukrainian:
- •XVI. Use the Present Continuous or Present Indefinite:
- •XVII. Translate into English:
- •The Construction «to be going to»
- •XVIII. Make the following sentences interrogative and negative:
- •XIX. Put the verbs in brackets into the «to be going to» form:
- •XX. Complete the sentences by using «to be going to»:
- •The Functions of the Verb «to be»
- •XXI. State the functions of the verb «to be»:
- •XXII. Translate into Ukrainian:
- •XXIII. Translate into English:
- •Exercises for individual work
- •I. Replace the Infinitives in brackets by the Present Continuous:
- •II. Change the following sentences using «to be going to»:
- •III. Use the Present Continuous or Present Indefinite:
- •IV. Translate into English:
VII. Give the characteristic of British economy using
the following words and word-combinations:
highly-developed naval and industrial power; mixed private- and public-enterprise economy; coal-mining and electric power industries; ship-building; ferrous metallurgy; private enterprise; public transport; civil aviation; national bank; manufacturing; services; agriculture; vital role; to account for; workforce; GNP; due to; considerable mineral resources; new industries; electrotechnical, automobile, aeromissile industries; hand-in-hand; science and technology; to meet present technical demands.
Reading drills
1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
a) stress the first syllable:
service, income, product, health, retail, wholesale, implement, monetary, policy, tourism, supervise, purchase, partner, textile, business, export, banking, loan, mortgage, leasing, output, lending, futures, Commonwealth, aircraft;
b) stress the second syllable:
increasing, increasingly, particularly, commodity, proportion, domestic, finance, financial, commercial, insurance, responsible, community, machinery, include, accept, comprise, society, facility, deposit, arrange;
c) stress the third syllable:
education, international, democratic.
Text B
Services play an important role in British economy and make up1 an increasing proportion of the national income2. They account for about 60 per cent of gross domestic product and 68 per cent of employees. This sector includes health, education, retail and wholesale trade3, tourism, financial and business services, insurance4, transport, etc.
Banking, finance, insurance, business services and leasing account for 14 per cent of the British economy’s total output. London has the world’s largest insurance market, and its banks are responsible for5 about a fifth of the international bank lending. London is the world’s principal trading centre for commodities, as well as an increasingly important centre for financial futures markets.
Britain’s banking system comprises the Bank of England, the commercial banks, branches of foreign and Commonwealth banks6 and building societies7. The Bank of England acts as the government’s bank. It helps to implement the government’s financial and monetary policy and supervises the banking system as a whole. Commercial banks provide financial services to individuals and companies, particularly account and loan facilities. Building societies accept deposits8 and arrange mortgages9 for house purchase. They also offer home loans and a wide range of banking and insurance services.
Britain has an open economy, in which international trade plays a vital role. About one-quarter of its gross domestic product comes from the export of goods and services. It is the fifth largest trading nation in the world. Since 1973 Britain has been a member of the European Economic Community, an association of 12 democratic states. About half Britain’s trade is with its European Community partners. Britain’s main exports are automobiles, textile, machinery, aircraft, electronic equipment and many others.