- •U n I t 4
- •Reading drills
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •2. Name the word-building elements (suffixes, prefixes) and
- •Comments
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •I. Find equivalents:
- •II. Substitute the words in bold type by their synonyms:
- •IV. Fill in the blanks below with the most appropriate terms
- •V. Match each term in Column a with its definition in Column b:
- •1. In a free enterprise system
- •2. An economy is «mixed» when
- •3. Today in the American economy
- •4. Which of the following is a reason for government participation in the economy
- •IX. Translate into English:
- •X. Give the characteristic of the us economy using
- •Reading drills
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •Comments
- •VI. Ask someone
- •VII. Retell the text in English according to the plan:
- •Grammar exercises Participle II
- •I. Form Participle II of the following verbs:
- •III. Translate into English:
- •IV. State the functions of Participle II:
- •The Present Perfect Tense
- •V. Make the sentences interrogative and negative:
- •VI. Give short and full answers:
- •VII. Do as you are told and say what you have done:
- •VIII. Answer the questions:
- •IX. Ask and answer questions according to the Pattern:
- •X. Put questions to the italicized words:
- •XI. Complete the Disjunctive Questions:
- •XII. Paraphrase the sentences, using the Present Perfect Tense
- •XIII. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect:
- •XIV. Translate into Ukrainian:
- •XV. Translate into English:
- •The Functions of the Verb «to have»
- •XVI. Make the sentences interrogative and negative:
- •XVII. State the function of the verb «to have»:
- •XVIII. Translate into English:
- •Exercises for individual work
- •I. Choose the proper place of the adverb:
- •II. Insert since or for:
- •IV. Translate into English:
Comments
1. GNP — ВНП (валовий нацiональний продукт)
2. farming — сiльське господарство
3. increased productivity — зростання прoдуктивностi
4. gross agricultural output — обсяг валової продукцiї сiльського господарства
5. domestic needs — внутрiшнi потреби
6. arable land — орна земля
7. soy-beans — соя, соєвi боби
8. sugar-cane — цукрова тростина
9. pasture — пасовище
10. wool production — виробництво вовни
11. leather industry — шкiряна промисловiсть
12. countryside — сiльська мiсцевiсть
VOCABULARY EXERCISES
I. Give the corresponding nouns to the following verbs:
to develop, to generate, to mechanize, to communicate, to predominate, to employ, to irrigate, to grow, to occupy, to describe, to concentrate, to mean, to produce, to combine, to participate, to govern, to provide.
II. Form adverbs from to the following adjectives:
private, near, high, industrial, extreme, economic, substantial, scientific, especial, slow, large, primary, main, wide, easy, immense, dramatic.
III. Give the English equivalents for:
валовий нацiональний продукт; сiльське господарство; домiнуюча тенденцiя; зростання продуктивностi; обсяг валової продукцiї сiльського господарства; продукти харчування; внутрiшнi потреби; кiлькiсть опадiв; зрошення; цукрова тростина; у великiй кiлькостi; розведення молочної та м’ясної худоби; cвинарство; вiвчарство; птахiвництво; вирощування овочiв; провiдний експортер; орна земля; виробництво вовни; сiльська мiсцевiсть; шкiряна промисловiсть.
Match the synonyms:
farming, trend, sector, to increase, cattle-raising, to manage, tendency, to grow, agriculture, cattle-breeding, about, to operate, nearly, manufacturing, branch, to possess, ownership, production.
Translate into Ukrainian:
state power, oak forest, iron ore, animal products, fruit production, crop production increase, food industry, government participation and control, land use, spring wheat, winter wheat, market economy, business corporations, food products, free enterprise economy, capitalist country.
VI. Ask someone
if agriculture is one of the most important sectors of the US economy; it accounts about 3 per cent of the GNP; farming is largely mechanized and scientifically controlled; gross agricultural output has increased dramatically; animal husbandry is also developed in the country;
what the principal crops grown in the country are; vegetables the United States harvests; Florida and California are famous for; they grow; territory pastures occupy; the highlands are famous for; industries are developed there;
how the dominant trend in American agriculture can be summerized;
why irrigation is widely used in the country;
where poultry-farming and vegetable growing are concentrated.
VII. Retell the text in English according to the plan:
1. Сiльське господарство — одна з найважливiших галузей економiки Сполучених Штатiв Америки.
2. Провiдна роль ферм з високим рiвнем механiзацiї.
3. Основна тенденцiя в розвитку сiльського господарства країни.
4. Основнi зерновi культури, якi вирощуються в країнi.
5. Розвиток садiвництва та овочiвництва в країнi.
6. Роль тваринництва в сiльськогосподарському виробництвi.