- •U n I t 8
- •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:
XIX. Translate into English:
1. Ми будемо готувати обід (уже) годину, коли до нас прийдуть гості. 2. Я почну працювати о десятій годині ранку. Коли ви повернетесь додому, я вже працюватиму сім годин. 3. Як довго ви будете писати контрольну роботу, перш ніж здати її викладачеві? 4. Я цілий день думаю про те, що розповідатиму їм, коли ми прийдемо до них. 5. До кінця року мої батьки житимуть у Лондоні вже чотири роки. 6. До кінця семестру я вивчатиму англійську мову вже десять років.
Indefinite Pronouns: much, many, few, little
XX. Fill in the blanks with many, much, a lot of, lots of,
plenty of, a good deal of, a great deal of:
1. I’ve got ... friends in this village. 2. ... people think so. 3. It took her ... time to clean the room. She works very slowly. 4. She put so ... salt in the soup that nobody could eat it. 5. A postman has to walk ... . 6. He spends ... money on books. 7. Has the town changed ... ? 8. My room has as ... windows as yours. 9. He hasn’t got ... work to do. 10. There isn’t ... water in the pond today. 11. Do big dogs eat much? Yes, they eat ... . 12. ... of what you say is true. 13. Did he make ... mistakes in his dictation?
XXI. Translate into Ukrainian:
1. The village was very small. There were only a few houses. 2. There was so much traffic that we were an hour late. 3. I don’t have much money with me. 4. She never eats much for breakfast. 5. Hurry up! We’ve only got a little time. 6. We spent a lot of money. 7. This jacket costs too much. 8. There too many advertisements during television shows. 9. Many people know about it. 10. We’ve got very little time. 11. I didn’t ski much during my vacation. 12. He read a lot during his vacation. 13. Have you got many friends? — I have got very few friends.
XXII. Fill in the blanks with many or much:
1. How ... sheets of paper do you want? 2. Hurry up! You haven’t got ... time. 3. How ... does it cost? 4. I don’t drink ... wine. 5. Did you pay ... money for your watch? 6. We haven’t had ... rain this summer. 7. How ... time does it take you to go there? 8. How ... butter did you buy? 9. How ... apples did you buy? 10. He doesn’t eat ... fruit. 11. Does Mary spend ... time on her English? 12. There are too ... mistakes in this essay.
XXIII. Translate into English:
1. Ви зробили дуже мало помилок у творі. 2. Скільки ви заплатили за ваш словник? — Багато. Я витрачаю дуже багато грошей на книжки. 3. Ви їсте багато фруктів улітку? 4. Не поспішайте! У нас багато часу. 5. Багато написано на цю тему. 6. Ви купили дуже мало м’яса. 7. У вас багато роботи сьогодні? — Так. Я не можу піти з вами в кіно сьогодні, оскільки в мене надто багато роботи. 8. Ви читали багато книжок з цього питання? — Так, я читав багато книжок з цього питання. 9. Багато людей пробували зійти на гору, але мало хто досяг вершини. 10. Учора в парку було мало дітей.
Exercises for individual work
I. Fill in the blanks with for or since:
1. We’ve been fishing ... two hours. 2. I’ve been working in this office ... a month. 3. They’ve been living in France ... 1970. 4. I’ve known that ... a long time. 5. That man has been standing there ... six o’clock. 6. I’ve been using this machine ... twelve years. 7. The strike has lasted ... six months. 8. We’ve been waiting ... half an hour. 9. I’ve been trying to open this door ... twenty minutes. 10. The police have been looking for him ... four days. 11. He has been very ill ... the last month.