- •Reading drills
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •Comments
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •I. Give the corresponding nouns to the following verbs:
- •VI. Complete the following sentences:
- •VII. Answer the following questions:
- •II. Match the synonyms:
- •III. Find equivalents:
- •IV. Match the antonyms:
- •V. Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs if necessary:
- •VIII. Translate into English:
- •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:
- •III. Fill in the blanks below with the most appropriate terms
- •IV. Complete the following sentences:
- •V. Match each term in Column a with its definition in Column b:
- •X. Retell the text b using the following words and
- •Grammar exercises The Past Continuous Tense
- •I. Give short and full answers:
- •II. Make the following sentences interrogative and negative:
- •III. Answer the following questions:
- •IV. Put questions to the italicized words:
- •V. Complete the sentences in your own way:
- •VI. Complete the disjunctive questions:
- •VII. Translate into Ukrainian:
- •VIII. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Indefinite or
- •IX. Translate into English:
- •The Future Continuous Tense
- •X. Give short and full answers:
- •XI. Answer the following questions:
- •XII. Make the following sentences interrogative and negative:
- •XIII. Translate into Ukrainian:
- •XIV. Put questions to the italicized words:
- •Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs
- •XXI. Complete the following sentences by using as ... As:
- •XXVI. Translate into Ukrainian.
- •XXVII. Translate into English:
- •Numerals
- •XXVIII. Write in words and read the following
- •Exercises for individual work
- •II. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Continuous Tense:
- •III. Change the following sentences into the Past Continuous:
- •IV. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Indefinite or
- •V. Translate into English:
- •VI. Put the verbs in brackets into the Future Continuous Tense:
- •VII. Complete the following sentences by using adjectives:
- •VIII. Translate into English:
- •IX. Put the adjectives in brackets into the correct form:
XIII. Translate into Ukrainian:
1. If you come after eleven o’clock, I shall be sleeping. 2. While you are having dinner, I shall be reading the newspaper. 3. They will be having supper when we come. 4. Don’t be late. He will be waiting for you in the library at nine o’clock. 5. Don’t ring her up at six. She will be putting the children to bed. Ring later. 6. You’d better go back now. Your mother will be wondering where you are. 7. She can’t come at two o’clock tomorrow, because she’ll be giving a lesson at that time.
XIV. Put questions to the italicized words:
1. The train will be approaching to the station at 10 o’clock. 2. They will be receiving their friends at this time the day after tomorrow. 3. Her son will be doing his military service next year. 4. My sister will be interviewing a foreign guest. 5. She will be reading a detective story tomorrow evening. 6. At this time next year Helen will be enjoying the sunshine of the Crimea. 7. My grandfather will be working in the garden when you arrive. 8. Your friends will be waiting at the airport to greet you.
XV. Complete the disjunctive questions:
1. Peter will be watching the match on television tonight, ... ? 2. She will be singing Ukrainian folk songs at the concert tomorrow, ... ? 3. His father will be repairing the car the whole day, ... ? 4.Your Granny won’t be grumbling, ... ? 5. It won’t be raining tomorrow morning, ... ? 6. He’ll be returning home at that time, ... ?
XVI. Change the following sentences into the Future Continuous:
1. He is talking to a friend of his. 2. Where are you hurrying to? — I am hurrying to the railway station. 3. My wife is preparing for departure. 4. I shall wait for you at the metro station. 5. Mary will bathe in the Black Sea next week. 6. Richard will type business letters tomorrow. 7. My daughter is washing her dress. 8. They were having dinner at three.
XVII. Complete the following sentences:
1. I think we’ll be there in time (we, come by the fast train). 2. Don’t leave yet (we, have an interesting conversation). 3. Look, it is getting dark (it, rain in a minute). 4. There is nothing he likes better than to tell stories. I wonder which (he, tell us next). 5. She will not come (she, move to a new flat). 6. He won’t go for a walk (he, work on his report).
XVIII. Translate into English:
1. Я ще працюватиму, коли ви повернетеся. 2. Приходьте, будь-ласка. Лектор розповідатиме про свою поїздку до Англії. 3. Улітку ви, звичайно, знову будете подорожувати. 4. Ходімо швидше. За хвилину піде дощ. 5. Студенти писатимуть курсову роботу в квітні. 6. Завтра о цій порі вони під’їжджатимуть до Києва.
Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs
Give the comparative and superlative forms of the following
adjectives and adverbs:
a) big, heavy, short, dirty, clean, near, bad, little, much, wet, cheap, pale, hot, large, fat, early, pretty, happy, bright, dark, dry, flat, fresh, full, quick, late, rich, clever, good, far, thin, thick, weak, easy.
b) famous, expensive, wonderful, important, active, difficult, interesting, beautiful, comfortable, careful, pleasant, active, popular.
XX. Answer the following questions:
a) 1. Which country is larger: England or the United States of America? 2. Is Kyiv larger than New York? 3. Is the Black Sea deeper than the Caspian Sea? 4. Which month is longer: March or April? 5. When is it warmer: in April or in May? 6. When is it colder: in November or in December?
b) 1. Which is the longest/shortest day of the year? 2. Which is the shortest month of the year? 3. Which is the largest city in Ukraine? 4. Which is the largest city in the United States of America? 5. Which is the deepest lake in the world? 6. Which is the highest mountain in the world?
