- •Міністерство освіти і науки україни
- •Contents
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •3. Match the missed affixes with negative meaning. Consult the dictionary or the text.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Decide why the italicized nouns are used with a, the, ø.
- •2. Identify if the words in bold are forms of the Participle or the Gerund.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Discuss the following:
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •3. Match the words with the definitions.
- •4. Choose the right word:
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Discuss the following:
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •3. Translate the underlined words and explain the meaning of prefixes and suffixes in them.
- •4. Translate the word-combinations with complex words:
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Determine if the words in bold are forms of the Participle or the Gerund.
- •2. Fill in the gaps with appropriate reflexive pronouns.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Discuss the following:
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •3. Match the words with the definitions.
- •4. Sort out the personality qualities and features of appearance from the text into corresponding column according to your opinion.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of degrees of comparison of adjectives and adverbs.
- •2. Complete these sentences with prepositions and particles.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Discuss the following:
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •3. Fill in the correct word derived from the words in bold.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Use the verbs in brackets in an appropriate tense and voice.
- •2. Complete the sentences with the appropriate modal verb.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •3. Match up the synonyms. Consult the dictionary.
- •4. Match up the antonyms. Consult the dictionary.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.
- •2. Choose the correct word.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •3. Use the words given in brackets to form words that fit in the spaces.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Complete the sentences with the appropriate modal verb.
- •2. Complete these sentences with prepositions.
- •3. Use the verbs in brackets in an appropriate tense and voice forms.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Discuss the following:
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •3. Translate the underlined words and explain the meaning of prefixes and suffixes in them.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Change the following sentences from the story:
- •2. Choose the right word.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Discuss the following:
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Complete the sentences with correct prepositions or particles.
- •2. Decide why the italicized nouns are used with a, the, ø.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •3. Translate the underlined words and explain the meaning of prefixes and suffixes in them.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Complete the sentences with the appropriate word.
- •2. Find mistakes in the sentences below.
- •3. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of adjectives and adverbs.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Discuss the following:
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •3. Match the words with the definitions.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Use the verbs in brackets in the correct form.
- •2. Choose the correct word.
- •3. Complete the sentences with correct prepositions or particles.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Discuss the following:
3. Match the words with the definitions.
1) a moan |
a) to show uncertainty, indecision, doubt or unwillingness |
2) vain |
b) a long pole with a flat end, used in rowing a boat |
3) precious |
c) useless; fruitless; empty; idle |
4) to hesitate |
d) not firm or steady |
5) to hiss |
e) a long, low sound expressing pain or sorrow |
6) a wad |
f) small; limited in space |
7) an oar |
g) to make a sound like the noise heard when water falls on a very hot surface |
8) congenial |
h) of great price or value |
9) poky |
i) having the same nature, tastes and interests; sympathetic |
10) wobbly |
j) a collection of papers, banknotes, etc., tightly pressed or folded together |
4. Choose the right word:
In the old days, of course, he would have taken a taxi … to a decent toyshop and chosen them something in five minutes.
on b) at c) off
Isabel’s friends could hardly go sneaking … to the nursery at the children’s meal-times.
up b) away c) off
All the same, as he bought the melon William had a horrible vision of one of Isabel’s young poets lapping … a slice, for some reason behind the nursery door.
out b) before c) up
He drew … his legs, tossed the papers aside, and shut his eyes.
a) up b) on c) into
But we’ve left Bobby Kane at the sweet shop, to be called … .
a) into b) for c) in
And she explained to William how they had been chasing … the town for ice whole she waited for him.
a) round b) after c) away
And bareheaded, all in white, with his sleeves rolled … to the shoulders, he leapt into his place.
a) off b) down c) up
8.After tea the others went … to bathe, while William stayed and made his peace with the kiddies.
a) at b) off c) into
She stooped and picked up the suit-case.
a) down b) up c) back
Grammar Tasks
1. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.
On his way to the station William _____( to remember) with a fresh pang of disappointment that he _____( to take) nothing down to the kiddies.
It was over a year since Isabel _____(to scrap) the old donkeys and engines.
And he _____( to remember) the holidays they used _____(to have), the four of them, with a little farm girl, Rose _____(to look) after the babies.
She _____(to be) at the station after all, standing just as he _____(to imagine), apart from the others, and – William’s heart _____(to leap) – she _____(to be) alone.
And she _____explained to William how they _____(to chase) round the town for ice while she waited for him.
The servants _____(to talk) as if they were alone in the house.
I’m sorry the babies _____(to be) out all day, but Miss Neil _____(to arrange) it.
And before they could _____(to recover) she _____(to run) into the house, through the hall, up the stairs into her bedroom.
When I _____(to be) their age I used _____(to go) to bed hugging an old towel with a knot in it.
Isabel _____(to sit) on a painted stool before the dressing-table that _____(to strew) with little black and green boxes.